Archive for December, 2007
What Indians are really searching for? Nov’07 Update
Earlier this year, I tried to gather What Indians are searching for. The results I found were quite interesting and a few are little surprising too. Over the last 6 months I have observed a clear change in that trend. More Indians are increasingly looking for Investments, Auto and Digital gadgets.
Entertainment is no longer in the top of the list towards the end of the year of those elite few who access Internet regularly. See the top 10 gaining queries as in November 2007. The November numbers clearly consolidates the trend that I have been trying to predict for some time.
(Source: Google Press Center: Zeitgeist )
Apple iPhone – Best of Cellular Lifestyles 2007
Apple’s iPhone is without any doubt has been considered as the "Best Gadget" of 2007, for it has dramatically changed our Cellular Lifestyles. It would be unfair if we limit iPhone to just that. It has completely changed the meaning of a Cellular Phone.
Time’s Invention of the Year and Top 10 Gadgets of 2007
No wonder, it has been named Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year 2007: iPhone. And also, Time Magazine’s Top 10 Gadgets of 2007 gives iPhone No.1 slot:
The iPhone changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform. The design is exceptional inside and out:
NPR’s Best Technology Innovation of The Year
NPR’s Morning Editions cites iPhone as the Best Technology Innovation of the Year
Tech guru Mario Armstrong claims the iPhone as the best technology innovation of the year. The iPhone’s touch-screen technology, visual voicemail, and integration of the digital camera, iTune software brought new energy to the design of cell phones. Consumers’ appetite for wanting to stay in touch is pushing the advancement.
Whole World is Looking for iPhone
Though only little more than 1 Million iPhones have been sold as per most recent reports, the whole world is looking to get one. iPhone is the fastest raising Search keyword both globally and in US as per Google Search trends. (Google Zeitgeist 2007)
Without any doubt, iPhone is a revolutionary phone that changed the meaning of mobile phones that we always knew of. The best that could happen to the world because of iPhone is that everybody started thinking differently about a mobile phone. That is the best achievement of iPhone. Now you can expect more devices subscribing to the new idea of a cellular phone, the idea that we at Cellular Lifestyles have been constantly trying to communicate. Cell Phone is a lifestyle. No longer just a gadget.
With that Life Style Changing Gadget of the Year, We would like to wish all our readers A Wonderful and Eventful New Year.
Mobile Phones : Today’s top Video Reviews
Watch Today’s Top Video Reviews on YouTube.
Your Zune isn’t as good as my iPod!
Cell Phone : The itchy Second Skin
If you haven’t noticed, Mobile or a cell phone is no longer just a phone that we knew. Today, we CAN take pictures, record video, access email, browse internet, download music, watch TV, use cell phone as a smart card, pay at a shop, listen to podcasts, write your blog and the list goes on almost endless.
NPR’s Eric Weiner wrote an interesting summary of how Mobile phones are changing our lifestyles here. Few interesting snips:
Americans spend, on average, seven hours a month talking on their cell phones, but that figure doesn’t capture how much the cell phone has become a part of our lives. It is, as one researcher put it, "a second skin"— itchy at times and prone to blemishes but something that increasingly we can’t imagine living without.
2007 will likely be the first year in which Americans spend more on cell phone calls than land line ones.
In other ways, too, cell phones are changing how we relate to one another.
On the other hand, cell phones loosen the bonds with those outside our inner circle.
The article also points to an interesting graphic about US mobile consumers, "The Rise of the cell phone".
Also don’t forget to watch this wonderful video "The Evolution of Cell Phone".
While watching the above video, I came across this interesting conversation of "Three Generations View of Cell phone".
Cell Phones Do Double Duty in India
Listen to this 5 minute special on how Mobile phones are changing the lifestyles in India:
All Things Considered, December 24, 2007 · In India, people use cell phones for more than just talking and texting — they’re entertainment tools, as well. Partly because broadband Internet access isn’t widely available for computers, Indians use their cell phones to download and share music and watch videos — especially swapping MP3s and watching musical numbers from Bollywood movies.
