South Korea has a reputation for being home to some of most ardent smartphone users in existence, and Android devices are supposed to be among the world's most advanced smartphones. It never made much sense, then, that Koreans were only allowed to access free Android apps, and Google's now (mostly) corrected the oversight. Tim Bray announced on the Android Developers Blog , "As of today, Android Market is open for business to application buyers in the Republic of Korea. . . .