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<p>But the Samjiyon tablet, manufactured and released in <a href="/category/north-korea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">North Korea</a> last year, does have at least one novel trick up its 7-inch sleeve: a built-in antenna for watching live, non-streaming TV.</p>
<div><p>See also: <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/07/22/north-korea-instagram-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss" data-crackerjax="#post-slider">First North Korea Instagram Videos Give Eerie Glimpse at Mysterious Land</a></p></div>
<p>The $200 tablet was purchased late last month in Pyongyang by a tourist identified only as Michael, who sent the unboxing video below to <a href="http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/08/01/review-samjiyon-tablet/" target="_blank">Northkoreatech.org</a>. If you believe the specs on the box, it has a 1.2 GHz processor &#8212; making it theoretically faster than the <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss" data-crackerjax="#post-slider">Samsung Galaxy Tab 2</a> and the <a href="/category/ipad-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">iPad 2</a>, and within striking distance of the latest <a href="/category/ipad/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;ut
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