"4phun" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I came across an article that will be published tomorrow in the NY
> Times about cellphones. It is extremely long and very informative
> about the future marketing of cellphones globally. Nokia is trying
> hard to be a leader by examining cultural needs of potential
> customers. The future ideal global phone suggested and described near
> the end of the article is remarkably close to the Apple iPhone in its
> current design. Go figure.
>
> Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/ma...pagewanted=all
>
> or a shorter link version of that URL I just created
>
> http://NYTimes-cellphone.notlong.com
>
> Now for all those nut cases that hang out on Usenet.
>
> This article is not my idea but the thoughts of NY Times and Nokia.
> Read it and enjoy or hate it for what it is. It may expand your view
> of how cellphones affect others around the world. Will cell phones
> end poverty, I don't think so but they may clearly alter the speed of
> future events in currently unforeseen ways.
>
>

Connectivity enhances technological and economic advancement. The old
approach of distributing copper cable pairs is very expensive and might be
avoided in third world environments.