Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Mobile phones can fight poverty http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/on10_17513_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Mobile phones can fight poverty Mobile phones are arguably the ultimate gadget, and as a gadget they sometimes get a bad rap as distractions or time wasters. To realign your appreciation for mobiles however, you simply need to spend fifteen minutes with Iqbal Quadir’s TED Talk: The power of the mobile phone to end poverty. Throughout history technological advances have enabled the masses to upgrade their abilities and quality of life, and Iqbal argues that the connectivity that comes from mobiles (like the Motorola MOTOFONE you see here) can help to empower citizens to bring themselves out of poverty. The whole thing makes us wonder; is there a ‘Sponsor a mobile customer’ program out there? en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:54 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:54 GMT Rev9 Re: Mobile phones can fight poverty posted by Lord Zimbu

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142440300000000 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:00:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142440300000000 Lord Zimbu Re: Mobile phones can fight poverty This is really great!  I'm always for empowering people to help themselves.  Awesome!

posted by HumanCompiler

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142453740000000 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:22:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142453740000000 HumanCompiler Re: Mobile phones can fight poverty In Iqbal's talk he looks at the typical system for purchasing a car in the developed world. Most people put down some lump some of money, and then make payments on their car. Because the car enables them to reach a job that pays well, the car, in escence, pays for itself through it's application.

The same logic has been applied to mobiles, which I think makes them far from crippling.

posted by JD Lewin

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142466880000000 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:44:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Mobile-phones-can-fight-poverty#c633142466880000000 JD Lewin