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Street repair services for mobile phones are a big industry in India, with technicians getting a full fledged diploma from a “Mobile Repairing Institute.”Jan Chipchase is leading Nokia’s team which is trying to lower the cost of phones for emerging markets, an effort that also has an eco-friendly character.
The group of 15 has scanned bazaars and street shops across such countries as Ghana, Brazil, Iran, India, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, China, and Mongolia to learn how end-users relate to their mobile phones. Their main finding – there’s no limit to how mobile phones can be modified and how their life spans can be extended!
In addition, they’ve also found out that breathing a new life into phones usually doesn’t take a complex set of tools — in most cases, a screwdriver and a toothbrush sprayed with alcohol do the work just fine…
[Via: news.com]
About The Author
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.
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