NETBOOKS, those small and inexpensive notebooks with small keyboards and screens, have been a hit since it was introduced barely three years ago and now selling millions per month.
So, I think it is only expected that the world’s largest cell phone company, Nokia, will be introducing their own netbook.
After all, the line between a cell phone and a notebook in terms of functionality has started to become blurred. Cell phones with full QWERTY keyboards are coming out with regularity.
Nokia names its netbooks Booklet 3G. It is reported to have 3G connectivity, of course, and long battery life. It is also supposed to run Windows, something surprising because Nokia uses its own operating system Symbian in most of its products.
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As more and more cell phone companies are now bundling 3G data services and also netbooks, it only stands to reason that Nokia, which probably has one of the deepest relationships with telcos all over the world, would get into the game. Most probably, its netbooks will sold mainly through cell phone company subscriptions.
COURT EVIDENCE. On another note, it is interesting that SMS or text messages are now acceptable as evidence in France, particularly in divorce cases. France is known as having very difficult divorce laws, and people have to wait for years to get out of marriages, unless they can prove that their spouses have been misbehaving and/or mistreating them. Now, text messages that point to that will be acceptable as proof.
SMS messages are also starting to become acceptable as evidence of fraud and other crimes, such as defamation suits. So next time, think twice before sending that SMS. In Cebu, a person was accused of murder based on the messages in his cell phone.
Aside from exercising care in composing text messages, cell phone users should also make sure to delete messages or data that they do not want others to see. Most cell phone companies have text messages stored in their computers for a couple of days, but they will not retrieve or produce it unless there is a court order. But one cannot stop anyone from snooping around.
People should also be careful about using their cell phones while they have other tasks at hand. Many road accidents have been blamed on motorists who use their cell phones—composing text messages, for instance—while driving. I read with amusement a report about a person who fell into a canal because he was texting while walking.
One of the most effective message against driving while using ones cell phone is a video produced by the British Government of a teenage girl who was involved in a fatal accident.
The video, a graphic reenactment of that bloody accident, was posted on YouTube to warn people of the dangers of driving while using one’s cell phone.
Source: The Sunstar Cebu
