Two-edged knife
This is not Cambodia’s autumn
It’s dry season; the heat of April is coming
These pictures were taken with my new camera phone; I also posted these pictures using this new smart phone over a 3G connection.
Not only that more and more print newspapers decided to offer more digital content, more mobile phone network service firms are at the battlefield to provide their users advanced technologies and competitive services. I now use High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), a 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family. The speed is not as fast as some broadband connections over telephone line I’ve experienced, but I can now have my email inbox in my palm. I can use my smart phone to check email when I’m on the road; I turned the phone web browser to text mode only so that I can easily read online news. As far as I could figured out, the speed I’ve access is 384 kbit/s. Not too bad as it can be used when I’m on the go.
As Alfonso Gumucio Dagron reminds us, “when we talk about technology we are only referring to instruments, not to social, economic or cultural development. A knife is just a knife; it can be used to hurt someone or to carve a beautiful wood sculpture. Content and utilisation is what makes the difference.”
March 30th, 2008 18:47
384 kbit/s is not bad at all. May I know the rate for that connection?
March 30th, 2008 19:40
I’m a beta user. I think it’s free for a period of two months during their initial launch.
The network service covers only in Phnom Penh for the meantime. The network strength is good all the place in town, however. But it works for me.