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The government of Liberia has recently started giving away specially programmed mobile phones to villages so they can report crimes to the local police for free. 10 phones will be given away to prominent people in each of 400 neighborhoods in and around the capital city, Monrovia.
Following the demobilization of militia groups which formed during the civil wars of the 1990′s, crime has become endemic in the country. With the country’s approximate 85% unemployment rate, most of the young adults who gave up their arms have not found replacement jobs and turned to violent crime.
But there’s a catch. One of the most desirable items for criminals to steal are mobile phones… Go figure how will this work.
[Via: Cellular-News]
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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.
