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North Korea: Want a mobile phone? Sure you do…

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By: , IntoMobile
Friday, June 15th, 2007 at 4:42 AM

North KoreaIn case you haven’t realized, if you’re reading this, you’re living in the free world — even owning a mobile phone is not legal everywhere. According to South Korean government think tank, North Korea has increased the public executions of people caught owning a mobile phone. While there are no mobile networks available to the general public, people smuggle them across the border with China, where the Chinese carriers are reported to have an unusually strong signal strength which reaches deep inside the North Korean border zone. Guess we’re not that popular among the North Koreans. :(

[Via: textually.org]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.