1,001 uses for a dead mobile phone

[image courtesy of dM.NYC]

Joel Garreau of the Washington Post has written an intriguing piece regarding the ubiquitous nature of mobile phones – We’ve become a globally connected organism. According to Computerworld, 2007 was a blockbuster year for mobile phones. 1 Billion phones were sold in 2007 and there are now more than 3.3 Billion active mobile phones across the globe. That’s one active mobile phone for every 2 people on the planet!

There are 30 countries where the number of mobile phones exceeds the number of people! I guess there are a lot of people like me who have multiple active phones!

1,000 phones are activated every minute …

Read textually.org to see how vibrant and innovative this market still is, especially in the “emerging economies” where mobile phones are more sort after than running water or sanitation.

So, where to from here? Nokia just launched a video showing how nanotechnology in the next few years will further revolutionalize this marketplace.