Nokia revealed Lumia 710 and Lumia 800

Nokia just launched two of the latest addition to their mobile smartphones that both sports a windows phone 7 OS. The before-code-named SeaRay, Lumia 800 looks very much like its sibling Nokia N9. It comes with a 3.7-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display which is a bit smaller compared to N9. Here’s what it boasts on the paper: Continue reading »

Should Children Be Allowed To Use Mobile Phones At School?

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There was once a time where mobile phones were solely meant for adults. Nowadays, however, children as young as four or five are being given their first mobile phones. Worse yet, some parents are even browsing through mobile phone comparisons, trying to decide whether or not their toddler should have a smartphone yet. A kid with unlimited access to the internet. Imagine that.

So, with more and more kids becoming owners of mobile phones at earlier ages, this leads to the problem of school disruptions. First is the jealousy factor, whereas some parents are still making their kids wait until they’re teenagers before granting them the big responsibility of a mobile phone. These kids oftentimes feel envious of their mobile phone-owning peers, which has led to fights and stealing in some classrooms.

Also at risk is the child’s developmental behaviour, because heavy usage of mobile phones by kids under the ages of seven and eight can spur hyperactivity and make them more easily distracted. These are two problems that affect the child for the rest of their school years and even beyond in some cases. Hyperactive kids have trouble paying attention to the teacher in class, don’t like focusing on homework if it’s not exciting and digitalized, and tend to show lower levels of critical thinking when compared to their phone-less peers. Continue reading »

New Facebook app now available for ‘not-so-smart’ phones

Facebook, the social network giant in the world, just recently announced the availability of a new Facebook app that can possibly support 2500 mobile devices that doesn’t came with a native Facebook app out of the box through their Facebook For Every Phone project. Continue reading »

‘Geniusphones’ LG Optimus 2x and Optimus Black have arrived!

A few years back, we have seen tons of phone brand names emerging from nowhere with features that once were fine to us but we, as a human, wanted more.

Lets take a quick look at how mobile phones started: Continue reading »

Nokia C2-03 announced

A new Series 40-powered phone from Nokia has been announced known as the Nokia C2-03 which features Dual-SIM functionality with Touch and Type technology. Continue reading »