2012-02-29

Spilled Juice on Your Cell Phone? Don't Worry, Be Happy!

I can see your face and reaction once you drop your beloved cell phone in water, worse in the toilet or a waiter tripped and spilled some juice onto your cell phone.

Even if you learn all those anger management techniques you will still have at least thought of getting even with the waiter who spilled juice on your expensive cell phone.

Well, before you lose your cool or let off steam, the Mobile World Congress 2012 held in Barcelona, Spain have spoken. Later this year, they will come up with a technology that can protect your mobile devices from liquids. you can now sleep soundly after you dropped your phone in a bowl full of soup.

The possibility of waterproofing all gadgets from ipads to laptops is endless. I can’t wait to be a proud owner of this new super technology. I will definitely waterproof my newly bought tablet and all other gadgets my children have.

2012-02-12

Nokia to Cut 4,000 Jobs in Europe and the Americas - Good News for the Asian Workers????

Nokia - a Finnish leading phonemaker whose products have become an important part of the lives of people around the globe is set to cut about 4,000 jobs at its smartphone manufacturing bases in Europe and the Americas through the end of 2012.

The cut in its workforce does not gain more access to additional work in Asia because Nokia has no plans to hire additional workers under its aggressive transfer. The Finnish company just simply transferred its assembly work in South Korea and Beijing in China.

The factories in Finland, Hungary and Mexico are the ones affected. However, these factories are still in operation but only for smartphone customization intended for regional markets following assembly in Asia.