The capabilities of the cell phone are developing but access is controlled by the parties who need to have positive cash flow. There is now an app for the i-Phone that lets one access and participate in Second Life. In the US the service providers all have usb systems that connect to their cell services so that one has an alternative to the availability of broad band. One can buy English lessons in China which down load to a cell and there are cell phones that for all intents and purposes come close to the WII game system. Want to play dice? load the game, shake the phone, hear the rattle see what you rolled.
The capabilities are such that one goes with what gives the best access at an affordable cost. The smart money appears to be on cells for many uses that are now forced onto the broadband networks. cells are NOT just the next gadget. thoughts? tom tom abeles > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:11:16 -0700 > Subject: Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking > > What do you-all mean by "the latest ICT gadget"? Do you think it is trivial > and will decline? From what I've seen all over West Africa, it is nontrivial > and here to stay. We are working on how to use it for getting information to > villagers, who despite their remoteness seem to have access (Ghana, e.g., > has 300+ cell towers). > > Sarah Blackmun-Eskow, M.A. > Deputy Director > Office of External Affairs > Ghana Telecom University College > PMB 100, Tesano-Accra, Ghana > U.S. Address: 290 North Fairview Avenue > Goleta CA 93117 > 805-692-6998 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.gtuc.edu.gh > > > > > The narratives of the world are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has > been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes > > Sarah Blackmun-Eskow > President, The Pangaea Network > 290 North Fairview Avenue > Goleta CA 93117 > 805-692-6998 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.pangaeanetwork.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel O. > Escasa > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:30 AM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking > > Sabi ni Jacky noong Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:31:29 -0400: > > I agree with the idea that mobile phone is the latest ICT gadget; > > however, there is a lot that remains to be done in terms of broadband > > penetration. > > You don't need much bandwidth for SMS, and there's a lot you can do with > SMS. For example, the Community Heath Information System (CHITS -- > http://www.apdip.net/resources/case/rnd48/view) > > <excerpt> > In this study free and open source tools from the Linux community combined > with participatory people-centric strategies were employed to enable > implementation of an injury surveillance system by health workers. The > project has three main components: a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for > reporting injuries, training of health workers on injury surveillance and a > web-based system for the graphic presentation of injury data used by > decision makers. The pilot project was implemented in a poor urban village > of the Philippines. SMS was selected because of its widespread penetration > in the Philippines and its wireless capabilities. > </excerpt> > > Another SMS-enabled service is B2Bpricenow (www.b2bpricenow.com), a portal > that provides up-to-the-minute price updates on market information for > agriculture, consumer manufactures, and industrial produce. It brings > together farmers and transport providers so that the former can get > information such as pricing and transport availability from the latter. > > In a previous post (or it might've been in another mailing list), I thought > that mobile telephone carriers could tie up with The Knowledge Channel (TKC) > or some similar educational TV station to provide quick quizzes to the > student viewers. TKC would flash a question on screen and invite viewers to > SMS in their answers, and TKC would reply to a viewer's cell phone with > either "correct" or "wrong". In the latter case, it would send the correct > answer. The carriers would lend their infrastructure, ideally at reduced SMS > rates. > > So who needs 3G? <G> > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
