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Jan 10, 2010
Nokia chief executive
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo praised
the mobile phone on Friday as
a history-changing tool and
challenged developers to
create programs for poor
countries.
"These little devices have
done more to improve people's
lives than perhaps any
technology in history," the
head of the Finnish mobile
phone giant said in a keynote
address at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) here.
The Nokia CEO said relatively
cheap mobile phones had done
much to improve the lives of
people in developing nations.
"Here is the Nokia 1616,
nothing to get too excited
about," he said. "(But) it
includes a built-in
flashlight, a dust resistant
keypad, an FM radio, a
speaking alarm clock.
"Farmers in India and
Indonesia can use it to get
the latest information on
crops," Kallasvuo said. "The
mobile device has become a
necessity for upward mobility.
"For the majority of the
world's people, their first
and only access to the
Internet will be through a
mobile device not a PC," he
said. "And this access is
spreading very, very fast.”
Source: Afp, Las Vegas, Nevada
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