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"\r\n\r\nIn the wake of all the hoo-hah around the NSA's international snooping exploits, encrypted communications firm Silent Circle and Spanish smartphone maker Geeksphone have announced a new Switzerland-based venture AND its inaugural product: Blackphone.\r\n\r\nBlackphone is touted as &amp;quot;the world\u2019s first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users&amp;quot;, which in real terms constitutes a version of Android called PrivatOS that promises to let consumers and companies make phone calls, send texts and everything else, &amp;quot;without compromising user privacy&amp;quot;.\r\n\r\nThe company says that the device will be sold unlocked and work with any carrier. Pre-orders start at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, on February 24. Meanwhile, check out the official promo video for yourself below.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Blackphone\r\n\r\nhttp://vimeo.com/84167384\r\n\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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