Comments on: Exclusive: North Korea’s Samjiyon tablet — Made in China?

By: North Korean tablet, laptop imports increase | NK News - North Korea News

North Korean tablet, laptop imports increase | NK News - North Korea News — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:54:34 +0000

[…] capability to design products like tablet computers from the components up,” Williams writes in a feature covering the […]

By: North Korea’s Samjiyon tablet no longer on sale to foreigners | NK News - North Korea News

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:57:41 +0000

[…] Williams, who has covered the Samjiyon tablet in close detail at his North Korea Tech website, speculated that Pyongyang may be restricting the sale of Samjiyon tablets due to fears […]

By: Samjiyon appears again on Ebay, price drops to $425 | NK Analysis

Samjiyon appears again on Ebay, price drops to $425 | NK Analysis — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:40:09 +0000

[…] Exclusive: North Korea’s Samjiyon tablet — Made in China? […]

By: North Korea enters tablet race with Samijyon | Digital News Daily CA

North Korea enters tablet race with Samijyon | Digital News Daily CA — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 19:52:49 +0000

[…] the software is of North Korean origin, the news website North Korea Watch theorises that the tablets are assembled by Pyongyang’s Korea Computer Center from parts supplied by Hong […]

By: North Korea's Samjiyon Tablet Ships With Angry Birds, Gone With the Wind, but No Wifi (video) - The Digital Reader

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:15:05 +0000

[…] tablet was initially unveiled last September and has been showing up here and there on the web. The current best guess places this as either a Chinese-made tablet or a design copied from a Chinese device maker. North […]

By: Samjiyon, a North Korean Tablet better than iPad Air | TND

Samjiyon, a North Korean Tablet better than iPad Air | TND — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:20:42 +0000

[…] North Korea tech reported that Samjiyon runs on a tweaked version of Google’s Android OS with the electric components sourced from China’s Shenzen-based Yecon Industry Company and assembled in North Korea. The pre-loaded Ad-free content is one of the main features of the tablet making it better than the iPad Air as apps have to be purchased from the Apple App store. […]

By: North Korea: Witness to Transformation | Ruediger Frank on the North Korean Tablet

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:51:40 +0000

[…] new North Korean tablet, following the work of Martyn Williams at IT World and in even more detail back at his own blog. Rudi Frank has offered up a serious product review of the Samjiyon for 38North (in .pdf). The big […]

By: North Korea: Witness to Transformation | The Little Smartphone That Became an International Star

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:03:07 +0000

[…] supposedly all in-country produced Samjiyon released than it was cracked open by a skeptical sleuth to expose guts virtually identical to components produced by a Hong Kong manufacturer. Similarly, numerous commentators have pointed out that the smartphone “factory” Un toured […]

By: Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair | American in North Korea

Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair | American in North Korea — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:47:55 +0000

[…] The North Korean Samjiyon Tablet – are their tablets and new smart phones really made in North Korea? […]

By: North Korea 'makes own smartphone' | Information of North Korea

North Korea 'makes own smartphone' | Information of North Korea — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:59:13 +0000

[…] 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 […]