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Talk about weird statistics. People of India apparently have greater access to mobile phones than toilets. That’s according to the UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health – which is the UN’s Think Tank on Water.
I understand that it’s much easier to put a cell tower and provide thousands of people in the surrounding area with the signal, but with the economy growing as fast as India’s does, one would expect the government would do much more to tackle this issue. I’m not saying they don’t and I also don’t say it’s easy, and I’m sure there other countries across Asia and Africa that have the same problem… That’s unfortunate and I’m hoping things will change and we won’t be hearing stories like this within 10 years.
At the end of this story, we pass along words of Says Zafar Adeel, who is the director of the mentioned think tank: “It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, about half cannot afford the basic necessity and dignity of a toilet.”
And you can get the full report in PDF from here.
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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.
