Until recently, if you’ve wanted to use Twitter in Korea you’ve had to use an iPod Touch, the Internet or you’ve been holding out for the iPhone, which will be showing up next week. Now, however, you can tweet from your regular phone by using an intermediary application called HanTweet (of course). Let me walk you through the registration process.
To register for HanTweet, you need:
- a mobile phone with a Korean carrier
- a Twitter account.
You don’t need:
- A Korean OR Foreigner Registration Number (Wheeeeee!)
How to Register
Click on the Blue START (시작하기) button.
Log in to your Twitter account.
Authorize HanTweet to use access your account login
1. Put your phone number in the three blocks at the top, and click on the link at the right to have an authorization code sent to your phone. 2. When you receive the 4-digit code on your phone, type it into the second line box and press the big blue button.
If you registered successfully, you will be given a Korean cell phone number to tweet to. Your tweets are processed by HanTweet and uploaded to your Twitter feed immediately. If you put something in the "암호" box, apparently only messages containing that password will be posted online, and the password will be removed before posting.
Click on the second tab to get receiving options. I chose not to receive messages because I don't know how the cost structure works.
Outgoing messages are charged as per your agreement with your mobile carrier. Incoming messages are available from HanTweet for a fee but I don’t know how that works yet and it’s not a service that’s important to me.
Many thanks to Professor Sang-il Oum at KAIST for the information!
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