Saturday, August 10, 2013

4. From North Korea With Love: A Tablet With No Internet Access

The article talks briefly about a tablet created in North Korea, a country labeled "the world’s most hard-line communist country" The tablet remained mostly unheard of, until an anonymous tourist went to North Korea and brought one back to show to the rest of the world. According to him, who wants to remain anonymous so that he can return to the country later, the tablet comes  with a 7-inch screen, a 2-megapixel camera, a 1.2-GHz processor and a version of Google’s Android system. Many apps come pre-installed, including games like “Angry Birds". The tourist said that although it has no Internet, the device operates very well, with practically no lagging.

The article is simple and informative. It doesn't go into too much detail, or offer a specific personal opinion. The title and certain phrases hint at the writer's opinion on North Korea and Apple. North Korea is portrayed as highly restrictive and paranoid, as usual, and Apple is depicted as worrying about having it's patents violated. The writer uses simple language; no overly technical details. The article ends abruptly, but after reading a few articles, I'm beginning to wonder if they are supposed to be like that.

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