Until his recent immersion in music studies, Mr. Bae texted 200 to 300 messages a day. Ms. Ha averages 150 to 200.

“That’s average among my friends,” she said defensively, glancing at her mother sitting nearby. “Some send as many as 500 a day.”

Ok. Let's put this in perspective.

Let's assume that a Korean is awake 12 hours a day. 500 text messages in a day would be like 41 to 42 messages per hour. Sweet jesus.

Just announced today and will start hitting US stores in April. Outside US? Only a matter of time.

Music, movies, books, office apps, games, internet... think iPod Touch (+ 3G option) on a 10" LED screen. Faster at 1Ghz A4 processor. Up to 10 hours of juice.

The iPhone started as an iPod + internet communicator + phone but now it is an electronic swiss knife of sorts. One can only imagine the possibilities the iPad can offer in the future.

The new products we are planning to release this year are strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.

This is probably the first time in 2010 that Steve Jobs has been directly quoted to refer to a product that has has been rumored all year long last year (not counting those indirect quotes from sources familiar with the whatever).