Within four weeks of South China Morning Post launch of their app, it has been downloaded by over 17,000 users.
I was not surprised, iPhone is already leading the market in Hong Kong as the number 1 preferred mobile phone.
When iPad finally enters Hong Kong market, people were jumping all over the place to try and get hold of the piece of tech. It was amazing when I was in several tech store in Hong Kong listening to people going around asking if the store have stock iPad, but most of the answer are "you'll have to get on the waiting list".
Second factor to consider is, in 2008 the media research already shows that people are spending more time on Internet versus print media - newspaper, magazine and TV. The reach is a lot faster, the city is perfect with the telecommunications infrastructure, with PCCW dominance on WIFI hotspot all around the city just helps technology like iPad.
Media will definitely need to have online and offline presence, the tech is working and people love it. Interested to know how this will shift the landscape of journalism. I mean news are on your hand, you don't have to wait anymore for morning paper, no more piling up papers and throwing them off or cluttering your desk. Some tech are able to make the news read it for you.
