Kenya's Maasai vets and the Android connection

3 Nov 2010

There is much excitement in the developed world over the strides that have been made in the mobile market during the last couple of years. But it is in the developing world where the changes are having the most significant impact on the lives of ordinary people.

It all began with Apple and its groundbreaking iPhone OS and app store. Blackberry and Nokia swiftly followed with their new mobile technologies, which had the effect of unleashing the huge potential of mobile applications and connecting users to their social networks and the web easily and quickly.

The latest big player on the scene is Google's Android OS which was swiftly adopted by HTC, who have brought out a range of smartphones which, for the first time, seriously challenge Apple and Nokia's monopoly on the market.

In the UK

Right now I live in London, where six major mobile networks (3, Virgin Mobile, Vodaphone, 02, Orange, T-Mobile) all support smartphones running on all the different major mobile operating systems at very low costs.

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