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Smartphone sales buck the recession

A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession.  more

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Open Source Software in PDAs Assist in Rural Healthcare

A joint project between the United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Group Foundation have used open-source software on mobile devices to monitor health services in rural areas in Africa. The one-year pilot programs in Kenya and Zambia used EpiSurveyor software on Palm handheld devices to facilitate the supervision of public health clinics, and resulted in improved drug supply-chain management and more regular access to public health trends.  more

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