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North Korea makes home grown Arirang smartphone

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  By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News North Korea says it has produced its first home-grown smartphone, but experts have disputed its origins. The Arirang handset, described as a "hand phone" in state media, was shown to leader Kim Jong-un during a factory tour. The country has had a mobile network since 2008, but activity is heavily monitored and restricted. Last year the country launched a tablet, but it later emerged it was likely to have been made in China. Clues to the tablet's origin were uncovered by Martyn Williams, an expert on North Korean technology, who noted that parts of the tablet's software code suggested links to a manufacturer in Hong Kong. The Arirang smartphone, named after a popular folk song, was unlikely to have been made in the country, Mr Williams added. He noted that actual manufacturing was shown, and that the device was "probably made to order by a Chinese manufacturer and shipped to the May 11 Factory where they are inspected...

The network got a photo of the first Microsoft Lumia smartphone

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      The site of the certification authorities of China TENAA image appeared first smartphone under the brand Microsoft Lumia. Model RM-1090 is probably the enlarged version of Lumia 530 with support for two SIM-cards and, most likely, the entry-level specifications. According to unofficial data, the screen resolution of the smartphone will be 960 × 540 pixels. In October, Microsoft has disclosed how it will look new brand its smartphones, and also reported that the appearance of the first devices in the offing. Despite the rebranding, the company will continue to support and sell existing smartphones Nokia Lumia. Subsequently disappear from the market and the ordinary mobile phones under the brand Nokia: Microsoft Corporation owns the rights to the trademark for use in such devices.