Russia's First Smart Phone Goes on Sale
The Yotaphone
Russia's first smartphone – a quirky, dual-screen device with a traditional LCD-color display on one side and an electronic-paper display similar to the Amazon Kindle on the other – began selling in Russia and several other European countries on Wednesday.
The Yotaphone, developed by a Russian tech start-up, Yota Devices, will be sold for about $675 in Europe and for $600 in Russia, slightly cheaper than top competitors like the Apple iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S4.
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In Russia, phone find you!
Which might have been humorous prior to Snowden’s heroics…
Is Hagel the stupid factors poster boy. Wow. I’m going to have to eat, but this is fucking hilarious but sad in the overall picture