Huge achievement for the Telecom markets. As per the statistics, at the end of 2007, as per ITU report, one in two in the world now have a cellular phone. Wow!
Listen to this 5 minute special on how Mobile phones are changing the lifestyles in India:
All Things Considered, December 24, 2007 · In India, people use cell phones for more than just talking and texting — they’re entertainment tools, as well. Partly because broadband Internet access isn’t widely available for computers, Indians use their cell phones to download and share music and watch videos — especially swapping MP3s and watching musical numbers from Bollywood movies.
Mobile Web is increasingly gaining momentum in US and more Americans are now using Mobile devices to quickly search web. While most men eagerly look up Sports on their Mobile devices, weather concerns most women followed by News and Entertainment.
About 23 Million Americans have been reportedly using Mobile web. As per M:Metrics, here are the top 10 categories of news and information accessed by Cellular Subscribers in US:
Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. Along the way, he’s made some unexpected discoveries: about the novel ways illiterate people interface with their cellphones, or the role the cellphone can sometimes play in commerce, or the deep emotional bonds we all seem to share with our phones. And watch for his surefire trick to keep you from misplacing your keys.