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This is the last post in the series on Mobile Innovations based on a learning journey that I was a part of. Here’s the full series:Mobile Innovations - IntroductionNokia Life Tools - Agriculture Service - “The Internet for the next...
Topics: emerging markets, Ethnography, India, innovation, learning journey, Market Insights, Mobile, mobile innovations, mobile phones, nokia tej, SME

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I took this picture of Dhanaji Dongre, the farmer we visited during our Nokia Life Tools immersions, on my test N97 (which has a pretty cool camera but a lousy touch-screen esp. when compared to the iPhone). He is taking a picture of the crew on his own..
Topics: Bridging The Divide Rural India, change, emerging markets, empowerment, India, Life, Mobile, mobile phones, new technologies, rural india

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It’s how Natesh, Head of  Nokia Life Tools India describes the program - I like the realism when he uses ‘million’ and not ‘millions’ or ‘billion’! Alan Reiter, who was with us during our rural immersions has a..
Topics: Bridging The Divide Rural India, emerging markets, India, innovation, Mobile, mobile phones, nokia life tools, rural india, villages

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Umesh Markat, a 9th grade school boy, shyly rattles off this line, quietly proud that he can actually string together a sentence in English! Another example of a sentence in English he shared with us - “Raja Ravi Verma is the best Indian...
Topics: Bridging The Divide Rural India, changing lives, Mobile, mobile innovations, nokia life tools, rural india, villages

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