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Kim Jong Un Praises North Korean Smart Phone
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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.


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To: rightwingintelligentsia
What kind of apps are on a North Korean smartphone?
Daily “Dear Leader” worship instructions?....

You're thinking of the Obama phones here being distributed here...

21 posted on 08/14/2013 1:30:04 PM PDT by Mopp4
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To: Sub-Driver

Tough to locate their cell towers, though...

22 posted on 08/14/2013 1:30:32 PM PDT by mikrofon (Un-Lighted)
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To: SpaceBar
"In one photo, there appears to be a technician weighing one to make sure it has enough Juche."

Only on FR can one have such knowing high humor as on this thread.

"Tastiest tree bark!" There's an app for that!

23 posted on 08/14/2013 1:35:23 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Where's my pressure cooker backpack wmd ricin laced al qaeda terrorist BASSELOPE?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Arirang, also known as Brackbelly


24 posted on 08/14/2013 1:39:40 PM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Sub-Driver

NK tried offering internet, at very high prices, to tourists and stuff but that didn’t last but a few months. They cut the cord.


25 posted on 08/14/2013 1:41:47 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: apillar

That is exactly the kind of thing they did with TV’s or computer monitors, slap a new label on them. lol


26 posted on 08/14/2013 1:44:00 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Sub-Driver
I bet they're great phones.

Except they only work one way. You get calls from the central party office (and you will answer when it rings, Comrade). You listen and then you obey.

Don't bother talking. There's no microphone.

I hear the DNC is waiting for version 1.2 to come out before they get on board.
27 posted on 08/14/2013 1:45:37 PM PDT by chrisser (Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
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To: Sub-Driver; a fool in paradise

The US version of this phone will include an anti-racism chip which will prevent all forms of racism from being transmitted.


28 posted on 08/14/2013 1:48:43 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Sub-Driver

I believe the phone may actually be produced in China, and then inspected or completed in North Korea.


29 posted on 08/14/2013 1:50:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Sub-Driver

South Korean smartphone

North Korean "smartphone"

30 posted on 08/14/2013 1:53:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Obama Had A City It Would Look Like Detroit)
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To: Gay State Conservative

That is about the truth


31 posted on 08/14/2013 1:54:39 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: ConservativeMan55
Wonder what Moe, Larry and Curly are writing in their notepads? The Norks are a laugh riot...miles from shore without a paddle.
32 posted on 08/14/2013 1:58:25 PM PDT by JPG (Obama, Juan and Linda Do Egypt.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
North Korean "smartphone"

You beat me to it.

33 posted on 08/14/2013 2:07:12 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Un Workable!


34 posted on 08/14/2013 2:20:58 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Look at the guy behind Dear Leader. Comrade, you're getting a Dell.

35 posted on 08/14/2013 2:27:00 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: GeronL
That is exactly the kind of thing they did with TV’s or computer monitors, slap a new label on them. lol

That's what communists do, and they really believe the West falls for it (but we all laugh at them). I remember a news article in the early 1980's, where the Soviets were touting their manufacturing prowess in creating a home-grown PC and software, at a trade show in Moscow. The machine looked suspiciously like an Apple II. A western journalist typed a couple commands, and the screen display showed a listing of the monitor ROM (operating system) that displayed the Apple copyrights. Yup, a complete copy and the Soviets were too dumb to alter it before showing it to the world.

36 posted on 08/14/2013 3:35:57 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: ConservativeMan55; Revolting cat!
"What the heck kind of Princess IS this???"


37 posted on 08/14/2013 3:52:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Sub-Driver; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono

"Who is 'Carlos Danger' and why he send me pictures of his junk?!!!"

38 posted on 08/14/2013 3:53:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: roadcat

bump

Hey Jong-un, you could at least change the background image. lol


39 posted on 08/14/2013 3:56:49 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: a fool in paradise

40 posted on 08/14/2013 5:15:46 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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