Reflections on the lost cell-phone

My wife recently lost her newly purchased Nokia mobile handset, while using the public transport. But, what is the fuss? Every day, people either lose something or gain

something, and for my wife it was no different — she just lost a mobile handset of about 50k, which I had gifted on her birthday.

No, I am not upset about it; neither had I scolded her as any semi-intelligent husband might have done in such a situation. All right, the big worry is that I am waiting for the lost mobile set to return. As if any wise husband would do, I am waiting for the person who might have found the mobile handset, to return it. It has been a long wait already, and I am still wondering, why the woman operator after dialling into her number says, “the number you have dialled is switched off”. Maybe, the lost mobile phone has been by someone, I mean some human (not monkey), who has voluntarily switched off the mobile phone.

Mobile technology has progressed vastly in recent years. It has been upgraded with performance, battery life, operating system, child safety, camera and what not. Nevertheless, it still lacks traceable technology (suitable enough to find it) when a person loses it involuntarily. On the other hand, consumers do not always necessarily record their phone’s IMEI number —which is a unique manufactured number given for each handset. If this number is known, one might possibly track their expensive handset. I put “possibly” because I am no mobile expert and this in surely not my domain of research.

Some mobile operators also give special services to their customer when they lose their SIM card. After this bitter mobile losing experience, I found that one could visit the mobile service operator’s office and ask for the same SIM card. How can I not bring forth philosophical ideologies of Buddha and our Nepalese stereotype in this context? Why are you saying that you are a Nepalese, if you do not obey the teachings of Buddha? Some of his moral attributes: honesty, loyalty and bravery are three pillars of our Nepalese individualism.

Meanwhile, I do want to make a point on honesty and loyalty. People lose their belongings daily, and those who find them would never like to return them. Why? Never mind, I have to re-consider buying her a new handset.



Published: The Himalayan Times
Editorial section: Topics

Added At:  2011-07-05 10:25 PM

Last Updated At: 2011-07-06 10:25 PM

Steve Jobs’s Home Run With the iPhone

In response to the article posted on the above title at NYTimes. The link for the tile is given below. I thought of writing some comments after reading that article.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/steve-jobss-home-run-with-the-iphone/

The comment given on the article with above title has also been Published in NYTimes web site at following address.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/steve-jobss-home-run-with-the-iphone/#comment-64971

Enjoy the article below:



Well, Apple is very sweet just like the Natural apple. It is crispy and it has great look and feel. Similarly, the vision of Apple to make any product lies with the same notion.

History can teach us the good lesson. For example, Apple Macintosh PC then Apple Mac, then Apple notebook, then Apple thin notebook and Now they are making Apple netbook. The concept of developing Apple netbook is really good. Simply because, the next generation is heading towards the advancement of the Internet.

"Whatever we do, whatever we feel and whatever we share is on the Internet."

Netbook will surely give rise to new types of product. Again, As Steve has pointed out. It is the fight with the software and not with the hardware. Hardware will not any difference because of taste of humans.

Some people like thin notebook and some do not like notebook at all, may be Desktop.

The cost has dramatically gone down over the year of the hardware and we can get faster performance with cheaper cost.

However, the point now lies on who is going towards which direction ? Apple from the selling computers are selling mobile phones. Microsoft from selling Windows have now a days, closed there windows for some reason.

And they have new door of the business of buying companies like Yahoo or in fact bidding for them.

Google App Engine provides Android for the mobile phones. Therefore, the whole product which used to be huge in older days is getting smaller and smaller.

There was once a vision during my childhood days when there was no mobile phones existing. There was no big companies and there was no mobile technology much discussed.

The vision was that, when I will grow young, I will watch a "music video on my hand and in very small device". Today, when I can really do that, I think My vision was not alone but somebody also had the same vision as I do.

Now, In the same race of thinking the one who can read what others are thinking on him (company) will always win. Let us see who wins the race in next 5 years.