Email Is For Old People

At least if you live in South Korea.

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "The email era is coming to an end because replacement communication means such as Internet messengers, mini-homepages (dubbed 'one-man media'), and SMS are wielding their power. As a consequence, the stronghold of email, once the favorite of the Internet, is being shaken from its roots.

The ebbing of email is a phenomenon peculiar to Korea, an IT power. Leading the big change, unprecedented in the world, are our teens and those in their 20's. The perception that 'email is an old and formal communication means' is rapidly spreading among them. 'I use email when I send messages to elders,' said a college student by the name of Park. For 22-year-old office worker Kim, 'I use email only for receiving cellphone and credit card invoices.'

A poll conducted by Chungbuk University computer education professor Lee Ok-hwa on over 2,000 middle, high school and college students in Gyeonggi and Chungcheong provinces in October revealed that more than two-thirds of the respondents said, 'I rarely use or don't use e-mail at all.'"

Damn, and I was just getting excited about GMail working on my Zodiac...