Much Ado About Nothing

Looks do wonders and invented looks can really take you places. Of late, all the leading mobile handset manufacturers joined the rat race to come up with good-looking handsets (That’s what they said prior to launch these beauties). And, it paid off really well initially just for the time being –all looked stagnated after the big bubble burst. “Old habits die hard” and the surge continues to surprise you no end. Get ready to expect anything as bizarre and silly as anything can be from them, as they can go one step ahead while redefining a typical marketing gimmick –but, does it really work?

They are cool, trendy and the latest hip-thing – the real test of your taste quotient begins now!

1. Nokia 7380:



This “oh-so-nice” gadget belongs to Nokia’s “L’Amour” Collection. Surely, Nokia does deserve all applauds not only for designing something so peculiar, but also promoting it –big times. You have to pay a big amount to possess this beauty. Looks do not come easy and people do anything to look good. With striking resemble to a Zippo, don’t feel bad when somebody asks for light.



2. Apple iPhone:



Whether it’s the iPhone fascination or my lunacy, whenever I try to forget about this forbidden fruit, it pops up to do rounds in my mind. Leave functionalities aside, Apple Inc. are capable of creating something so unique that every now and then you would fancy holding this beauty in your palm. And, if you are the proud owner of Apple iPhone then you surely know how it feels to have it (everyone knows how it looks –thanks to Apple’s exaggerated marketing campaigns, which made it look like more of a household item than a special phone).

3. Nokia 888 communicator:



Hailed as the concept phone by the manufacturer, but where is the IDEA folks? Now take this, as they say, this phone is built by a soft and malleable material. Yes, it can be wrapped or rolled around in any particular shape, you like. Still in the conduit, this phone might come with a flexible circuitry system and a LED display. So, you can wrap it around your body to show off your style. But, do you really believe in something like this. Ok, wear one and don’t get shocked if somebody takes you as an alien. Yet another stereotypical approach (something beyond our rational understanding).

4.The Goldvish Piece:



When it comes to bragging about expensive things, a tech-savvy person wouldn’t mind paying a huge price for a compatible mobile handset (loaded with superb functionalities). But, our world is full of posers, who just hate to look genuine or normal human being. And, this masterpiece is meant for them. With a wafer of gold over the body and stamped 160 diamonds, it works as your “I m rich” tag. More of a jewelry item than a handset; human vanities can go to any extent.


That’s our pick, you can add more in this category for the welfare of all the tech-buffs…all I can say…Spare the technology from spooky tantrums.

Nokia readies for a perfect Twango

We have heard about Google buying href="http://youtube.com">YouTube and News Corp buying MySpace, and this time another giant to snap up another social networking site is Nokia. The largest manufacturer of mobile phones has acquired the picture sharing site Twango. While the market speculates if Nokia would really do the popular dance with its new acquisition; Nokia striking a confident smile have announced, “ The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our Internet services vision of providing seamless access to information, entertainment, and social networks – at anytime, anywhere, from any connected device, in any way that you choose.”

Hmm ... so much so, seems like it makes some sense after all. Nokia has till date sold over 140 million connected cameras, and would further want to ensure that the users enjoy all that mobile multimedia goodness as much as possible.

The platter of Twango indeed comes with desirable goodies. The service allows users to share, organise, and republish photos, videos and audio clips easily. Unlike the popular photo-sharing site Flickr, Twango also supports multiple media types (110 file types in total). Further, the Twango platform allows developers to create companion applications, connect with mobile devices, and integrate with other Web services.

If the near future has any radical change in store for social networking services, and if mobile phones increasingly become the primary tool for accessing and sharing them – its sure a clap clap to the futuristic vision of Nokia.

Wishful thinking?

In the cluttered world of mobile telephony, together with the innumerable push-to-publish news websites which are continuously feeding it, one cannot perhaps remain out of touch and out of sight for a long time. You will find the ubiquitous, omnipresent and omnipotent presence of mobile technology hovering above you, keeping a track on you. There is no place on the earth where you could hide yourself away from this wireless equipment!

There is a mobile phone that always rings at the most inappropriate of times; there are these mobile operators' customer executive racing to catch you off-guard. Well, even if you are able to save yourself from the disturbing, annoying tune of your mobile phone (and moreover from the pushy sales pitch of the sale executive of the mobile telecom provider), it is certain you would still be bombarded incessantly by the no-where news websites!

While I was searching for the latest news from the mobile world, I got stuck at a news item that really caught my attention, froze my eyeballs! No it was not a new over-hyped launch nor any miraculous addition to mobile technology; it was a report about a Canadian valley aiming to stay mobile phone-free!

Reuters has carried out the fabulous news that officials in a rural valley in British Columbia are hoping to keep out mobile phones from their area. According to the news report, residents of the area have expressed their belief that there lives will be much better without the incessant sound of pesky ring tones. As it was not enough, local residents of the British Columbia have debarred an interested telephone company from building a mobile phone tower in their area.


Is this a regressive or a progressive move? Share your views and comment about the residents of the British Columbia

Music phones: So far...an eventful journey.

Speculations were literally ruling the gadget world, until some highly powerful or so called multifunctional devices went ahead to steal the show. I really don't remember, when i started taking all this seriously. Undoubtedly, these illustrious buzzers...(yeah, it does take little bit pressing to make them work) were already there before I was bitten by the bug of mobilism. But, it was a sheer dilemma for musicbuffs: can mobile phones replace their favourite ipods –dear companions for a long time.


If i am not wrong, as per the conventional trends, it was inevitable, as music mobile phones were right on the threshold to enter our world. On the other hand, it was never easy to say goodbye to all your favourite things...(i still love my childhood bicycle..even though it is wrapped up somewhere in the store-room). Along with this commotion came a flurry of questions about music capabilities, battery strength and interface. Even i was adamant to replace my iPod with a music phone – who would provide 60-GB of memory with superb music effects...music phones just cannot beat my iPod.


Things change with a lightening speed and to my surprise/ i was taken aback, when i saw music phones with MP3 players stormed the world. Its better to do an in-depth analysis to see the hidden truth and i did so by scrutinising music phones. These gadgets are just fabulous with simple interface (all options: Play/Pause, Stop, FF and Rew). Making life easier for an imbued listener like me...there are dedicated buttons to pave the way to ecstasy. Yeah, my iPod cannot make calls nor it would let me surf...but you can surely do that on music phones.


So, its all about options or something else. No...no..no..music phones are right there with good sound. Seems, as if everything has fallen at the right place and their (music phones) entry was as good as anything. This post is not the result of my sheer adulation for music phones, but your valuable comments can make the picture more clear – the way you like it.

The genesis of Mobilism

How abjectly crippled do you feel if you & your cellphone are estranged for a day? The sense of loss,ennui & isolation bordering on paranoia? Just how chronic & infectious is our almost paralytic subservience to technology?

Relax! This opening note is not a premonition of any impending Judgement Day when the human fate will be signed, sealed & delivered by some creepy,wiry, self-replicating squids of our own ingenuity & invention!!!

What i'm referring to is the metamorphosis in the axes of Time & Space that have altered the "matrix" of our existence ( intellectual masturbation...i know). From being an elitist auxiliary of the privileged few, mobile phones are now ubiquitous & cardinal to our perception of time & space ( oops! that almost broke my jaw!). So much so that we have decided to add a new 'ism'to our urban dictionary - Mobilism

The gospel of Mobilism is to unravel the mystery of mobiles & gadgets we love, hate, use, abuse but simply cant ignore! Our testament is writ from the consumers point of view & we follow every letter of it. Amen