Posted on 08/14/2013 1:10:05 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Kim Jong Un Praises North Korean Smart Phone By Katherine Connell August 14, 2013 3:41 PM
North Korea claims to have domestically manufactured a smart phone, a device called the Arirang, which appears to use a version of Android as its operating system.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency released photos of Kim Jong Un touring a facility where the phones are supposedly made. (Notice that nothing resembling manufacturing is going on in the photos.)
According to KCNA, Kim Jong Un praised the “high pixels” of the phone’s camera function and predicted that the “hand phone” would “instill national pride and self-respect” in the North Korean people. Though the manufacture of the phones began “a few days ago,” according to the report, Kim Jong Un believes they are in “high demand.”
Martyn Williams, the editor of a website on North Korean technology, says the phones were likely produced in China and shipped to the factory.
Cell phones were introduced into North Korea in 2008 thanks to a partnership with the Egyptian telecom firm Orascom, but subscribers are limited to making domestic calls. Presumably anyone purchasing an “Arirang” would be prohibited from using it to surf the worldwide web.
” Arirang”
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No matter where these 3rd world sh**holes are around the globe, the citizens always seem to have cell phones and cigarettes.
What kind of apps are on a North Korean smartphone?
Daily “Dear Leader” worship instructions?
Directions to the nearest labor camp?
Guide to the tastiest tree bark?
Not sure about cell phones or military hardware, but the Norks are good at making one thing: The rest of us laugh.
LOL
You know I just realized something. In every picture of Kim what’s his face is in.. his flunkies are also in.. and in every one they are taking meticulous notes.
Hmmm sounds it’s high time for an Obama photoshop job!
I’m not laughing. I am worried we will BE them in a few short years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arirang#Association_with_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_%28United_States%29
My Dad’s unit in that war...
No kidding.
Cell phones require a lot less new infrastructure, in 3rd world countries, than land lines would. The 3rd world is going directly from no phones, to cell phones — skipping an expensive step in the technology.
Tobacco would be as cheap as any other weed, if it weren’t for all the taxes. They are simply priced to what the local markets can bear.
Thanks for the info.
“Can I eat this?”
LOL
This is something ordinary North Koreans may be wondering.
As for lil Kim.. he’s dining on the finest Dog known to man I am sure.
In one photo, there appears to be a technician weighing one to make sure it has enough Juche.
Should we tell him his hair cut looks funny?
when you get no signal you’re in deep kimchi.
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