Studies on Mobile Phones and Youth
Research Articles on mobile phones and youth - 1. Mobile Phone usage among college students in America – Aoki & Downes (2003) 2. Cross-cultural comparison of perceptions and uses of mobile...
View ArticleJan Blom – Nokia Designer on Indian mobile phone market
In the Internews report, The Promise of Ubiquity, Jan Blom, the designer for Nokia in Bangalore is quoted as saying that: 1. India is a fashion conscious market, where mobile phones are seen as a way...
View ArticleMobile phones as media platforms in developing world
The Internews report, The Promise of Ubiquity, written by John West provides interesting information on how mobile phones are growing in the developing countries. The report points out that mobile...
View ArticleCreate, Collaborate or Share: The latest Pew Survey report points out...
The Pew Internet and American Life Project has come out with a second typology of ICT users in it’s report “Internet Typology: The Mobile Difference”. The report places the ICT users in 10 groups, 5 of...
View ArticleWeb resources for Indian mobile industry
Several people have been inquiring me about some useful web resources on Indian mobile sector. Here is a list of websites I have found useful. I will keep adding to it as and when I find more websites....
View ArticleIndia’s mobile subscribers close to 400 million
Techtree reports India’s mobile subscriber base 391.76 million, despite the push, the growth in the rural sectors is slow. With a subscriber base of 282 million, urban centers account for 72% of all...
View ArticleMobile India: A statistical look at urban Indian mobile users
I found this excellent stats on mobile phone usage in India by Arun Prabhudesai on his blog Trak.in. I have summarized the main points in my post, you can read the full report here. - India’s mobile...
View ArticleHow true is the promise of a “Flat world” ? The use of social networking...
While many would believe that social networks sites (SNS) offer the opportunity to mingle with a different segment of people than in real lives, a study (2008) by Eszter Hargittai suggests that...
View ArticleEmpowering Women Worldwide: Mobile Technology & the mWomen Initiative
On October 20, 2010, I participated in a web chat with Ambassador Melanne Verveer on the how and why it is important to address the gender gap in mobile technology. The web chat was organized by the...
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