Kids as young as 2 years old are downloading content to cell phones, computers, and portable digital music players according to a report from NPD Group – says this report on InformationWeek. Two year olds! I got my first mobile phone when I was 27; the study says, about 15% of 2- to 5-year-olds and… Continue reading Attack of the tech-savvy toddlers
Category: – Mobile phones
Mobile phones : does size matter?
Mobile phones. At first large and comfortable, brick-like. Then suddenly as in everything else, small was beautiful – mobile phones got smaller and slicker. And now, I find mobile phones, especially higher end versions becoming large again. People want to pay for a phone that looks ugly and is unwiedly to carry around – and… Continue reading Mobile phones : does size matter?
Mind your mobile manners
There is a saying in Tamil… roughly translated means, to first pinch the child and then rock the cradle… or – the troubleshooter is the troublemaker… And that is what Hutch, soon to be followed by other mobile phone operators are doing with their Mobile Manners communication campaign. Hutch now, Airtel and others soon. I… Continue reading Mind your mobile manners
Mobile phones and potato-onions
Some people never learn – make that some companies. Remember how Reliance mobile had started out in India – with those “dealers” who sold you the mobile phone and then vanished – or if were present, had no clue about handling after-sales queries and complaints? Remember how Reliance called them not dealers but entrepreneurs under… Continue reading Mobile phones and potato-onions
The mobile is the message
Being sent to your bedroom used to be a punishment: now it’s a teen dream. Through personal computers, mobile phones and gaming consoles, teenagers are spurning antisocial angst for a culture of “connected cocooning”, reports the Guardian (link via textually). The article on textually continues, The mobile phone, especially, has become an integral part of… Continue reading The mobile is the message
Rainwear for your cell phones
Priceless tips on how to protect your phone during the monsoon – and textually says this is the third article in a week on waterproofing mobiles… The article in cybernoon which textually has linked to begins with, A mobile phone is a cherished possession of most people these days. For many, they are second only… Continue reading Rainwear for your cell phones