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The 9th annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships were held in the Estonian town of Narva. This was in fact the first time the contest was held outside Finland, we are told. Nothing unusual so far you might think….
Timmo Lilium won the men’s category with a throw of 85 meters, and Valeria Kadorova taking the women’s category with a throw of 41 meters. A twelve year old from Finland, Riku Kankkunen won the children’s category with a throw of 55 meters.
Again, nothing too odd about that…..
However in the freestyle category, a dog called Cara won after spitting (?) the phone a full 30cm, in a category where it’s only the “style” that matters.
OK, hold on a minute – a dog spat a phone 30cm and won a competition? There are just too many things that don’t compute in that sentence!! Anyway, the 10th Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships next year returns to Finland and will be held in Savonlinna region Kesämaa.
If you want to check out the website you can click here. Alternatively you may already know a lot of Phone Tossers 
[Via: Cellular News]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
