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Amnesty Wireless is a new cell phone services launched by Amnesty International USA. Their service is unique in a sense that by signing with them you agree to donate a 10% of the service’s charges to the Amnesty International. Basically you use your phone regularly, and donate money at the same time.
The service doesn’t cost subscribers anything extra. For $29.99 per month you get 200 minutes to talk, plus unlimited nights and weekends. Furthermore you will get a free 30 minutes of “support calls,” with political leaders that Amnesty is targeting. Finally, if you persuade your friends to join, you can call them for free.
The bad thing is that with the service you get a low-end LG 225. But, there’s a free activation and shipping, and Amnesty Wireless will even buy out your current contract with credit up to $175.
It’s certainly interesting to see the Amnesty International implementing the mobile technology in their everyday operations, and I guess we can see other organization following their trail. (via: Gizmodo)
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
