Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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North Korea has the first "domestic" smartphone

North Korea has the first "domestic" smartphone


North Korea rarely gets to strip publications for IT subjects, but for now this is the case. And it is not a new attack pro-government North Korean hackers and not about anger the country's leadership for a new shooter antikoreyskogo or even the blocking of signals GPS. It is about creating the first North Korean mobile device based on Android. This morning the North Korean news agency KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) reported that the country's leader Kim Jong-un attended the "Plant them on May 11" in Pyongyang, where he was shown the production of the first North Korean Android-phone. new device, called a news bulletin Arirang after a popular folk song, judging by their appearance is a rather primitive Android-devices.

Naturally, in the official reports is a set of words of wisdom, and the head of the development of high-tech production, but did not say a word about the real characteristics of a smartphone. Western media, discussing the news, saying that North Korea has previously often gave the world the fake news, focused only on propaganda, but this time the majority of experts believe that the smartphone is shown - the present. Experts say that the new product will be sold through mobile local Sotovik Koryolink, but the fact that the machine was assembled in North Korea (and even more of the North Korean toppings), experts are skeptical. Previously, a number of North Korean newspaper reported that the country was produced tablet , but experts agreed that the said tablet was set up in China, and in addition it was intended only for the newspaper pages and in reality is not for sale in the country. "said Kim Jong-un user experience with the phone, but also stressed the quality of the camera device" - Reports to KCNA.

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