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Mobile Phones Review :T-Mobile CMO Says Device Subsidies Need To Go, Not Likely To Happen

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T-Mobile CMO Says Device Subsidies Need To Go, Not Likely To Happen Even if you have a lower rate plan, FREE is the only thing most people want when buying a new phone They can go to Walmart and get a $ 5 prepaid. Europeans pay full price for their unlocked GSM phones, and have [...]Post

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T-Mobile CMO Says Device Subsidies Need To Go, Not Likely To Happen Even if you have a lower rate plan, FREE is the only thing most people want when buying a new phone They can go to Walmart and get a $ 5 prepaid. Europeans pay full price for their unlocked GSM phones, and have complete mobility. Read more on TmoNews
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Mobile Phones Review :Cheap HTC wildfire contract deals are offered on Orange

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:42:52 +0000

by BoydJones Cheap HTC wildfire contract deals are offered on Orange Article by Tomy Nastey HTC wildfire come with the unification of latest technical development and stunning design. The handset working on both 3G and 2G network technologies features a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen.

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by BoydJonesCheap HTC wildfire contract deals are offered on Orange
Article by Tomy Nastey
HTC wildfire come with the unification of latest technical development and stunning design. The handset working on both 3G and 2G network technologies features a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen.
People always go for the price while choosing among the various mobile phone deals provided by the frontrunner mobile phone network companies in the UK market. The brand HTC provide their handsets at an affordable rate with various deals in cooperation of the mobile network operators. HTC handsets are counted for their cost effectiveness and easy to use features. Among numerous incredible HTC phones, wildfire is one of the best selling product from its kitty. Various HTC wildfire contract deals are offered by the top UK mobile network retailers.
HTC wildfire come with the unification of latest technical development and stunning design. The handset working on both 3G and 2G network technologies features a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels along with other features like Multi-touch input method, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate,Touch-sensitive controls, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Optical trackpad and HTC Sense UI. mobile phone users will be able to capture their memorable moments with the phone’s built in 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels. Advanced camera features like autofocus, LED flash Geo-tagging allow capturing blur free images. It is also supported with internal 348 MB storage capacity and you can enhance its capacity by using microSD card slot. The GDRS, EDGE, wi-fi, and blue tooth.
The gizmo lovers can obtain cheap HTC wildfire through various phone deals such as contract, pay as you go and SIM free deals provided by the leading network like Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Three, Vodafone, Virgin. Consumers can choose any deal and any network of their desire and which fulfill their requirements. HTC wildfire contract deals provide one of the best contract deal on this mesmerising mobile phone with many affluent and valuable free gifts and offers. Orange provide a contract for 18 months at a monthly cost of 25 per month. Here you are offered with 200 minutes and 300 text and the handset is offered free of cost.

Tomy Nastey shares his knowledge on technical gizmos that makes you able to find the plans that best fits your needs. He has won appreciation from people for write about latest phones, HTC Wildfire contract, HTC Wildfire deals, Cheap HTC wildfire contract deals, Free gifts.

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Mobiles Phones :BlackBerry 8520 Curve : A Powerful phone with up-to-date features

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by chrishimself BlackBerry 8520 Curve : A Powerful phone with up-to-date features Article by Stephen George The BlackBerry phones have always been known for their wide range of devices packed with modern functionalities and high speed performance. This time, with the launch the of

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by chrishimselfBlackBerry 8520 Curve : A Powerful phone with up-to-date features
Article by Stephen George
The BlackBerry phones have always been known for their wide range of devices packed with modern functionalities and high speed performance. This time, with the launch the of BlackBerry 8520 Curve it has immensely been successful winning the world wide acclaim. The device features most of the ultra modern technology which again are very much helpful a keen user.
BlackBerry phones have their own class of users and to meet the growing communication needs of this class of users, the brand has come up with a yet another powerful mobile phone in the name of BlackBerry 8520 Curve. This device is embellished with the features which make it stand up to every hatched expectation of the users worldwide. The device incorporates the dimensions of 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm and the total weight of the device is just 106g. It comes equipped with a 2.46 inches TFT screen that is further supported by up to 65K of separate colour definitions. It has full QWERTY keyboard that is again very much helpful specially when one is typing any text or email messages. It considerably makes the text inputs faster.
The BlackBerry 8520 Curve is integrated with almost all the regular and the standard features of a handset and beside it, it has a good number of the ultra modern and up-to-date features which add to the overall sophistication for the users. Coming to the imaging aspects supported by this powerful device, it sports a 2 mega pixels camera that is a indeed not of very advance aspects in comparison with the modern digital camera, yet if you do not look for the number in mega pixels and rather you look for the quality of the image, you would be bound to the praise the quality of the images produced by phone. This 2 mega pixels camera snaps images enriched with vibrant colours. Besides clicking images, it captures videos too and that too of a great quality. Moving further, the built-in audio player of the device plays the music in a very beautiful fashion. It can play a good number of the modern audio formats, among many others it plays the formats like MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA and ASF. The music play back is facilitated with the dedicated music keys which gives one the options to play music even from the main screen of the device.
The BlackBerry 8520 Curve has taken well care of professional needs of the users. This device is dedicated to provide the high speed of data transfer and connectivity speed to the users. The technological supports like GPRS and EDGE let one surf whole of the web right from the phone’s menu. The on-board browser of the device can the load HTML pages with much ease. When it comes to the messaging supports of the phone, it does not disappoint the users at all even here. It is incorporated with the messaging supports like SMS, MMS, Email, IM. Most importantly, the gadget runs on BlackBerry platform with the BlackBerry operating system. This operating system is backed with the supports of 512MHz processor which enables the device to give a great speed at overall functioning of the phone. The standard Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery of the phone is competent enough to give the talk time of around 4 hours and 30 minutes and the standby time can go up to the maximum of 408 hours. Hence, the 8520 Curve is a nice phone indeed which pays the every penny spent on it back.

Stephen George is expert author of Telecommunication industry. Who writes on Mobile Phone Reviews like Blackberry Mobile Phones

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Mobiles Phones :Top 5 accessories to keep your mobile safe

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Hello, everyone! In this continuing series, we’ll be looking at some of the most essential accessories in a given situation or towards a certain purpose. This week, it’s all about keeping that expensive hunk of silicon and plastic that we love so very much safe and sound:

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Hello, everyone! In this continuing series, we’ll be looking at some of the most essential accessories in a given situation or towards a certain purpose. This week, it’s all about keeping that expensive hunk of silicon and plastic that we love so very much safe and sound: protective accessories! In the spirit of fairness, our example phone this week will be the most popular Windows Phone: The Nokia Lumia 800. I’ll try to be quite general in my recommendations though, so that it’ll be easy to find a good accessory no matter what phone you’ve got.OK then, let’s get right into it, starting with the most essential accessory of the lot for keeping your phone safe.Top 5 accessories to keep your mobile safePost from: HOT Mobile Phone OffersTop 5 accessories to keep your mobile safe

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Mobiles Phones :Nokia E72 Contract : A complete Business Solution

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by clintonjeff Nokia E72 Contract : A complete Business Solution Article by Jack Martin Nokia, the leading smart phone manufacturing company has always delighted its customers with amazing mobile phone full of some never before like features. There are n number of smart phone available

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by clintonjeffNokia E72 Contract : A complete Business Solution
Article by Jack Martin
Nokia, the leading smart phone manufacturing company has always delighted its customers with amazing mobile phone full of some never before like features. There are n number of smart phone available in the market but smart phones from Nokia always stand away from the crowd.
Nokia E72 is one of the best office phones available in the market. This gadget is complete in itself and hence enables the user to feel relaxed and do what ever he/she wants to. The Nokia E72 operates on Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI operating system on an ARM 11 600 MHz processor to provides excellent processing speed. This brilliant gizmo has got a very sleek, trendy but yet a formal design. This smart phone measures 114 x 58 x 10 mm and weighs just 128 grams. The Nokia E72 is extremely high tech and support both 2G and 3G networks.
Along with these Nokia E72 Contract has got a 2.36 inches screen based on TFT technology and filled with 16M colors and an accelerometer sensor for auto rotate and tap-for-time. Along with this Nokia E72 owns a full QWERTY keyboard, a five – way scroll key plus an optical track-pad. The device has a massive storage of 250 MB and 128 MB RAM which can further expanded up to 16GB externally. It also supports the basic features like GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Blue tooth and so on. The device bags a superb camera of 5 MP aided with features like auto focus and LED flash. The gadget also bags a front camera in order to enable video call.
Nokia E72 is available in six extraordinary colors: White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple and White Edition in order to spread the magic. There are various other features available in this gadget like printing, digital compass, Document editor (Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF) to help complete the office work as well as WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player, MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player to provide complete entertainment.
Various Nokia E72 Contract are easily available in the stores as this gadget has a never ending demand. The Nokia E72 deals especially the Nokia E72 contract deals are very popular. The Nokia E72 contract deals are very cool and easy to go for. The Nokia E72 mobile phone is such an extraordinary phone that signing a bond of 18 months is not a big deal. Plus these Nokia E72 contract deals bag fabulous gifts and value added services to make them more attractive and a must go.

Jack Martin is an expert author of Telecommunication industry and contributes his valuable thoughts for telecom industry readers.

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Mobile Phone :Buy mobile phones: Its as easier as it can be.

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by paulswansen Buy mobile phones: Its as easier as it can be. Article by adam caitlin More options, more choices and more confusion, yes, it can be when you have a brand new handset hitting the mobile market every week. Its mind boggling to see such enormous developments, but that’s

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by paulswansenBuy mobile phones: Its as easier as it can be.
Article by adam caitlin
More options, more choices and more confusion, yes, it can be when you have a brand new handset hitting the mobile market every week. Its mind boggling to see such enormous developments, but that’s the only way to survive in this highly competitive world of mobile phones. Not a single handset manufacturing company can think of being complacent for a little while, as users do change their preferences with changing trends. Its like supply as per the demand, where a vigilant and highly agile trader or mobile handset manufacturer can survive. Though, the handsets manufacturers and service provides are right on the task, as they are consistently offering handsets with numerous mobile phone deals to live up to the expectations of the users. So, is it tough to buy a mobile phone? Its really not if you do all the basic things right with prior planning or research to avoid any sort of regret in future. As such there are three basic ways to get the desired mobile phone deals, as per the financial limits. Well, the first and foremost way to get right mobile phone deals is to shop online. All you got to do is do an online research and by the time it has become quite reliable and easier way to get right mobile phone deals. First of all, you have to choose your favourite phone from a plethora of options. Henceforth, you can search about the various dealers who offer mobile phone deals. Then, you can choose the right phone after getting all the nitty-gritty details about your favourite gadget. In the second option, you can buy used mobile phones. Such mobile phone deals are quite cheaper and there is every possibility that you might get a newly bought mobile handset. Actually, there are various reasons for users to change handsets, as their preferences do change quickly. You can also bargain about the prices of such mobile phone deals. Furthermore, you can also get latest mobile phones at very reasonable prices. The third and conventional option is to go shopping physically to buy mobile phones. Although, it is the oldest way, but it is as effective as it was thousand years ago. You can ask about the various features or capabilities of mobile phones prior to take final decision. Just decide upon the phone you like and simply choose one of these options to get your best mobile phone deals.
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Mobile Phones Review :Booni, Chitral, Pakistan

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Some cool Mobile Phones Deals images: Booni, Chitral, Pakistan Image by 350.org *1. **Introduction & Background* 10/10/10 International Day of Climate Change was celebrated in Booni, Chitral, Pakistan, through the joint venture of Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism

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Booni, Chitral, Pakistan Image by 350.org *1. **Introduction & Background*
10/10/10 International Day of Climate Change was celebrated in Booni, Chitral, Pakistan, through the joint venture of Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL). The event was facilitated by 350.org. the theme of the day was ‘Breaking of Booni Glacier, Its Relation to Climate Change’. As many as 500 people from different walks of life e.g. community leadership, women representatives, scholars, volunteers, parents and students participated.
The day has had significance for the people of Booni, Chitral as they have recently witnessed a devastating flood destroying their valuable property and causing them major health problems, psychological twists and infrastructure disruption. This bitter experience has sensitized the locals to seriously think about saving the natural environment.
*2. **Objective*
The objectives to observe the day was to join the worldwide communities in highlighting problems—breaking of glacier, untimely melting of snow, frequent floods and unpredictable climate conditions—in the Hindu Kush Mountains apart from sensitizing the local communities.
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The activities of International Day of Climate Change were as follows:
*3. **Speeches*
To begin with, speeches aimed at enumerating the prospects of climate change in the Hindu Kush Mountains, were delivered. Mr Sadruddin, the principal of Orion School of Learning (OSL) impressed upon the participants to prepare themselves and their children for the protection of Booni village by protecting natural environment. He pointed out that such preparation could be attained through inculcating environmental-friendly education to children within the family right from their childhood. In turn, this will make the task easier for teachers, once they are admitted to schools. He also said that ecology/ natural biodiversity had to be included into the curriculum of government/ private schools as compulsory subject right from class 1st. Meanwhile; teachers need to be imparted skill enhancement training with regards to natural environment.
Mr Shams Uddin, Manager CAMAT, who was also organizer of the event, upheld that nature has the characteristics quite like those of a loving mother. Nonetheless, the difference is that ‘mother’ along with her children is dependant on a healthy ‘mother nature’ for sustainable life. Nature feeds us with a variety of cereals, fruits and vegetable. It provides us with oxygen and clean water to mention a few. Bearing this in mind, we have to take great care of nature, the manifestation of which could be the adoption of environmental-friendly manners and values by the entire society.
Advocate Amir Akber Khan, himself a social worker, said that we did not have to loose time waiting for another catastrophe to happen. We have to stand united to tackle the flood in future. First, proper canalization of the stream bed stream is paramount importance. Second, ‘as charity begins at home’, there has to be hectic and coordinated fund raising campaign in the Booni village. “In order to save the village from further devastation, even livestock have to be sold out and the same amount be invested on canalizing the stream bed and construction of protective walls along the stream line”, he said. Meanwhile, grazing on the Booni Gol rangeland has to be restricted for ever. Without coming forward to deal with the problem with our own resources, we should not expect government and NGOs to play role in this regard.
He categorized the local communities into those educated ones who read out from books and watch television that is helpful in raising their understanding and motivate them for practical action. Second, there are people who just learn from witnessing some unforgettable events being unfolded, as was the breaking of the Booni glacier, which he termed as an eye-opener for the people.
*4. **Theatre*
The students arranged an exciting theatre centering on the Booni flood and its aftermath. The play they enacted depicted social, political, cultural complexities in times of crisis and highlighted the helpfulness of modern technology. For instance, mobile phone was used as an instrument for Early Warning System (EWS) by volunteers high up in the Booni stream. Similarly, they played of individuals who remained oblivious towards natural hazards as they basically lacked the inbuilt knowledge and skills to assess the enormity of a natural disaster. Likewise lack of medical care, non-existence of portable water that led to widespread water born diseases was effectively highlighted. Further, the women’s drudgery of fetching water from long distance for household use and cattle constituted interesting part of the play.
The participants appreciated the efficiency of the students in preparing the theatre work and the way they played.
*5. **Songs for Environment*
The students sang songs of love for nature apart from the serene beauty of the Chitral district with its lakes, snow-capped peaks, forest, alpine meadows, flowers, medicinal herbs, fruits and crops, all of which depend on a suitable natural climate. The singers mourned the missing of the valuable bird species from the ecological chain. Some birds used to live when most of the participants were young people. It was indicated that climate change has been responsible for the migration/ extinction of the precious bird species.
*6. **Poems*
*‘Don’t turn my heaven into hell’ *was the theme of poetic session. The student poets wisely couched the issues climate change into poetic language. They appealed to the sentiments of the participants to save the natural environment of the region to degrade into a sort of ‘hell’ by becoming unbearably hot. Further, funny anecdotes related to natural environment were shared with the audients. Pieces of engaging wits were skillfully blended into making the cause of climate change more motivating. It must be noted that *Khowar* poetic sessions have been used as an effective tool of campaign to mobilize communities for political issues, poverty, financial corruption and forced marriage and so on.
*7. **Walk*
A placard bearing walk of parents and students through the Booni village was taken out from OSL, which ended as it reached near the Booni Market. The purpose of the walk was to spread the message of International Day of Climate Change amongst the villagers.
The participants of the International Day of Climate Change in Booni, Chitral, northern Pakistan, put forward the recommendations as follows:
· That there has to be an effective fund raising campaign by the local communities to protect the Booni from the catastrophe of natural hazards in future. To this end, every household has to contribute a sizeable amount even if they have sell out their livestock.
· The environmental-unfriendly practice of irration grazing of the Booni Gol rangeland by the nomads, who keep as many as 6000 goats and sheep, has to be halted forthwith.
· Standard research work by reputed glaciologists and environment scientists is what the participants recommended to properly evaluate, understand and establish authentic baseline data on the deteriorating condition of natural environment in the mountains of Chitral.
· In order to protect the Booni from the spillover of mud-flood in future, check dams need to be constructed in the side valleys high up in the Booni Gol rangeland.
· Protective walls have to be constructed at different points where the flood has already broken into the villages. However, such protective walls have to be technically sound with their foundation deep into the ground.
· Deforestation of juniper, birch and shrubs in the Booni Gol rangeland has to be immediately stopped and efforts for plantation on a wide scale has to be undertaken by communities/ school students.
· The bed of the Booni stream needs to be canalized to provide permanent course for the stream. This way the stream can wash into the Mastuj River the material that the flood deposited all along the stream bed.
· There have to be awareness raising seminars, workshops and conferences on climate change and its impacts on the mountainous communities of Chitral.
· Last but not the least, the participants thanked Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL) for organizing the event of International Day of Climate Change, which the local community so urgently needed.
Booni, Chitral, Pakistan Image by 350.org *1. **Introduction & Background*
10/10/10 International Day of Climate Change was celebrated in Booni, Chitral, Pakistan, through the joint venture of Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL). The event was facilitated by 350.org. the theme of the day was ‘Breaking of Booni Glacier, Its Relation to Climate Change’. As many as 500 people from different walks of life e.g. community leadership, women representatives, scholars, volunteers, parents and students participated.
The day has had significance for the people of Booni, Chitral as they have recently witnessed a devastating flood destroying their valuable property and causing them major health problems, psychological twists and infrastructure disruption. This bitter experience has sensitized the locals to seriously think about saving the natural environment.
*2. **Objective*
The objectives to observe the day was to join the worldwide communities in highlighting problems—breaking of glacier, untimely melting of snow, frequent floods and unpredictable climate conditions—in the Hindu Kush Mountains apart from sensitizing the local communities.
* *
The activities of International Day of Climate Change were as follows:
*3. **Speeches*
To begin with, speeches aimed at enumerating the prospects of climate change in the Hindu Kush Mountains, were delivered. Mr Sadruddin, the principal of Orion School of Learning (OSL) impressed upon the participants to prepare themselves and their children for the protection of Booni village by protecting natural environment. He pointed out that such preparation could be attained through inculcating environmental-friendly education to children within the family right from their childhood. In turn, this will make the task easier for teachers, once they are admitted to schools. He also said that ecology/ natural biodiversity had to be included into the curriculum of government/ private schools as compulsory subject right from class 1st. Meanwhile; teachers need to be imparted skill enhancement training with regards to natural environment.
Mr Shams Uddin, Manager CAMAT, who was also organizer of the event, upheld that nature has the characteristics quite like those of a loving mother. Nonetheless, the difference is that ‘mother’ along with her children is dependant on a healthy ‘mother nature’ for sustainable life. Nature feeds us with a variety of cereals, fruits and vegetable. It provides us with oxygen and clean water to mention a few. Bearing this in mind, we have to take great care of nature, the manifestation of which could be the adoption of environmental-friendly manners and values by the entire society.
Advocate Amir Akber Khan, himself a social worker, said that we did not have to loose time waiting for another catastrophe to happen. We have to stand united to tackle the flood in future. First, proper canalization of the stream bed stream is paramount importance. Second, ‘as charity begins at home’, there has to be hectic and coordinated fund raising campaign in the Booni village. “In order to save the village from further devastation, even livestock have to be sold out and the same amount be invested on canalizing the stream bed and construction of protective walls along the stream line”, he said. Meanwhile, grazing on the Booni Gol rangeland has to be restricted for ever. Without coming forward to deal with the problem with our own resources, we should not expect government and NGOs to play role in this regard.
He categorized the local communities into those educated ones who read out from books and watch television that is helpful in raising their understanding and motivate them for practical action. Second, there are people who just learn from witnessing some unforgettable events being unfolded, as was the breaking of the Booni glacier, which he termed as an eye-opener for the people.
*4. **Theatre*
The students arranged an exciting theatre centering on the Booni flood and its aftermath. The play they enacted depicted social, political, cultural complexities in times of crisis and highlighted the helpfulness of modern technology. For instance, mobile phone was used as an instrument for Early Warning System (EWS) by volunteers high up in the Booni stream. Similarly, they played of individuals who remained oblivious towards natural hazards as they basically lacked the inbuilt knowledge and skills to assess the enormity of a natural disaster. Likewise lack of medical care, non-existence of portable water that led to widespread water born diseases was effectively highlighted. Further, the women’s drudgery of fetching water from long distance for household use and cattle constituted interesting part of the play.
The participants appreciated the efficiency of the students in preparing the theatre work and the way they played.
*5. **Songs for Environment*
The students sang songs of love for nature apart from the serene beauty of the Chitral district with its lakes, snow-capped peaks, forest, alpine meadows, flowers, medicinal herbs, fruits and crops, all of which depend on a suitable natural climate. The singers mourned the missing of the valuable bird species from the ecological chain. Some birds used to live when most of the participants were young people. It was indicated that climate change has been responsible for the migration/ extinction of the precious bird species.
*6. **Poems*
*‘Don’t turn my heaven into hell’ *was the theme of poetic session. The student poets wisely couched the issues climate change into poetic language. They appealed to the sentiments of the participants to save the natural environment of the region to degrade into a sort of ‘hell’ by becoming unbearably hot. Further, funny anecdotes related to natural environment were shared with the audients. Pieces of engaging wits were skillfully blended into making the cause of climate change more motivating. It must be noted that *Khowar* poetic sessions have been used as an effective tool of campaign to mobilize communities for political issues, poverty, financial corruption and forced marriage and so on.
*7. **Walk*
A placard bearing walk of parents and students through the Booni village was taken out from OSL, which ended as it reached near the Booni Market. The purpose of the walk was to spread the message of International Day of Climate Change amongst the villagers.
The participants of the International Day of Climate Change in Booni, Chitral, northern Pakistan, put forward the recommendations as follows:
· That there has to be an effective fund raising campaign by the local communities to protect the Booni from the catastrophe of natural hazards in future. To this end, every household has to contribute a sizeable amount even if they have sell out their livestock.
· The environmental-unfriendly practice of irration grazing of the Booni Gol rangeland by the nomads, who keep as many as 6000 goats and sheep, has to be halted forthwith.
· Standard research work by reputed glaciologists and environment scientists is what the participants recommended to properly evaluate, understand and establish authentic baseline data on the deteriorating condition of natural environment in the mountains of Chitral.
· In order to protect the Booni from the spillover of mud-flood in future, check dams need to be constructed in the side valleys high up in the Booni Gol rangeland.
· Protective walls have to be constructed at different points where the flood has already broken into the villages. However, such protective walls have to be technically sound with their foundation deep into the ground.
· Deforestation of juniper, birch and shrubs in the Booni Gol rangeland has to be immediately stopped and efforts for plantation on a wide scale has to be undertaken by communities/ school students.
· The bed of the Booni stream needs to be canalized to provide permanent course for the stream. This way the stream can wash into the Mastuj River the material that the flood deposited all along the stream bed.
· There have to be awareness raising seminars, workshops and conferences on climate change and its impacts on the mountainous communities of Chitral.
· Last but not the least, the participants thanked Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL) for organizing the event of International Day of Climate Change, which the local community so urgently needed.
Booni, Chitral, Pakistan Image by 350.org *1. **Introduction & Background*
10/10/10 International Day of Climate Change was celebrated in Booni, Chitral, Pakistan, through the joint venture of Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL). The event was facilitated by 350.org. the theme of the day was ‘Breaking of Booni Glacier, Its Relation to Climate Change’. As many as 500 people from different walks of life e.g. community leadership, women representatives, scholars, volunteers, parents and students participated.
The day has had significance for the people of Booni, Chitral as they have recently witnessed a devastating flood destroying their valuable property and causing them major health problems, psychological twists and infrastructure disruption. This bitter experience has sensitized the locals to seriously think about saving the natural environment.
*2. **Objective*
The objectives to observe the day was to join the worldwide communities in highlighting problems—breaking of glacier, untimely melting of snow, frequent floods and unpredictable climate conditions—in the Hindu Kush Mountains apart from sensitizing the local communities.
* *
The activities of International Day of Climate Change were as follows:
*3. **Speeches*
To begin with, speeches aimed at enumerating the prospects of climate change in the Hindu Kush Mountains, were delivered. Mr Sadruddin, the principal of Orion School of Learning (OSL) impressed upon the participants to prepare themselves and their children for the protection of Booni village by protecting natural environment. He pointed out that such preparation could be attained through inculcating environmental-friendly education to children within the family right from their childhood. In turn, this will make the task easier for teachers, once they are admitted to schools. He also said that ecology/ natural biodiversity had to be included into the curriculum of government/ private schools as compulsory subject right from class 1st. Meanwhile; teachers need to be imparted skill enhancement training with regards to natural environment.
Mr Shams Uddin, Manager CAMAT, who was also organizer of the event, upheld that nature has the characteristics quite like those of a loving mother. Nonetheless, the difference is that ‘mother’ along with her children is dependant on a healthy ‘mother nature’ for sustainable life. Nature feeds us with a variety of cereals, fruits and vegetable. It provides us with oxygen and clean water to mention a few. Bearing this in mind, we have to take great care of nature, the manifestation of which could be the adoption of environmental-friendly manners and values by the entire society.
Advocate Amir Akber Khan, himself a social worker, said that we did not have to loose time waiting for another catastrophe to happen. We have to stand united to tackle the flood in future. First, proper canalization of the stream bed stream is paramount importance. Second, ‘as charity begins at home’, there has to be hectic and coordinated fund raising campaign in the Booni village. “In order to save the village from further devastation, even livestock have to be sold out and the same amount be invested on canalizing the stream bed and construction of protective walls along the stream line”, he said. Meanwhile, grazing on the Booni Gol rangeland has to be restricted for ever. Without coming forward to deal with the problem with our own resources, we should not expect government and NGOs to play role in this regard.
He categorized the local communities into those educated ones who read out from books and watch television that is helpful in raising their understanding and motivate them for practical action. Second, there are people who just learn from witnessing some unforgettable events being unfolded, as was the breaking of the Booni glacier, which he termed as an eye-opener for the people.
*4. **Theatre*
The students arranged an exciting theatre centering on the Booni flood and its aftermath. The play they enacted depicted social, political, cultural complexities in times of crisis and highlighted the helpfulness of modern technology. For instance, mobile phone was used as an instrument for Early Warning System (EWS) by volunteers high up in the Booni stream. Similarly, they played of individuals who remained oblivious towards natural hazards as they basically lacked the inbuilt knowledge and skills to assess the enormity of a natural disaster. Likewise lack of medical care, non-existence of portable water that led to widespread water born diseases was effectively highlighted. Further, the women’s drudgery of fetching water from long distance for household use and cattle constituted interesting part of the play.
The participants appreciated the efficiency of the students in preparing the theatre work and the way they played.
*5. **Songs for Environment*
The students sang songs of love for nature apart from the serene beauty of the Chitral district with its lakes, snow-capped peaks, forest, alpine meadows, flowers, medicinal herbs, fruits and crops, all of which depend on a suitable natural climate. The singers mourned the missing of the valuable bird species from the ecological chain. Some birds used to live when most of the participants were young people. It was indicated that climate change has been responsible for the migration/ extinction of the precious bird species.
*6. **Poems*
*‘Don’t turn my heaven into hell’ *was the theme of poetic session. The student poets wisely couched the issues climate change into poetic language. They appealed to the sentiments of the participants to save the natural environment of the region to degrade into a sort of ‘hell’ by becoming unbearably hot. Further, funny anecdotes related to natural environment were shared with the audients. Pieces of engaging wits were skillfully blended into making the cause of climate change more motivating. It must be noted that *Khowar* poetic sessions have been used as an effective tool of campaign to mobilize communities for political issues, poverty, financial corruption and forced marriage and so on.
*7. **Walk*
A placard bearing walk of parents and students through the Booni village was taken out from OSL, which ended as it reached near the Booni Market. The purpose of the walk was to spread the message of International Day of Climate Change amongst the villagers.
The participants of the International Day of Climate Change in Booni, Chitral, northern Pakistan, put forward the recommendations as follows:
· That there has to be an effective fund raising campaign by the local communities to protect the Booni from the catastrophe of natural hazards in future. To this end, every household has to contribute a sizeable amount even if they have sell out their livestock.
· The environmental-unfriendly practice of irration grazing of the Booni Gol rangeland by the nomads, who keep as many as 6000 goats and sheep, has to be halted forthwith.
· Standard research work by reputed glaciologists and environment scientists is what the participants recommended to properly evaluate, understand and establish authentic baseline data on the deteriorating condition of natural environment in the mountains of Chitral.
· In order to protect the Booni from the spillover of mud-flood in future, check dams need to be constructed in the side valleys high up in the Booni Gol rangeland.
· Protective walls have to be constructed at different points where the flood has already broken into the villages. However, such protective walls have to be technically sound with their foundation deep into the ground.
· Deforestation of juniper, birch and shrubs in the Booni Gol rangeland has to be immediately stopped and efforts for plantation on a wide scale has to be undertaken by communities/ school students.
· The bed of the Booni stream needs to be canalized to provide permanent course for the stream. This way the stream can wash into the Mastuj River the material that the flood deposited all along the stream bed.
· There have to be awareness raising seminars, workshops and conferences on climate change and its impacts on the mountainous communities of Chitral.
· Last but not the least, the participants thanked Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) and Orion School of Learning (OSL) for organizing the event of International Day of Climate Change, which the local community so urgently needed.
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Mobile Phone :The Amazing Wildfire From HTC-An Introduction

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by Kevin C. Tofel The Amazing Wildfire From HTC-An Introduction Article by Emma Rosher The mid range mobile phone market can brace itself for a newcomer to its ranks in the form of the HTC Wildfire. Despite the brand being famous for their high specification handsets, this model signals

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by Kevin C. TofelThe Amazing Wildfire From HTC-An Introduction
Article by Emma Rosher
The mid range mobile phone market can brace itself for a newcomer to its ranks in the form of the HTC Wildfire. Despite the brand being famous for their high specification handsets, this model signals a different direction, aimed at an area of the market that sells more volume of phones than any other.
Like many HTC handsets that have gone before it, the Wildfire once again incorporates the acclaimed Sense user interface, developed by HTC with the user in mind. The idea behind Sense is not only to make the operation of the phone functional and simple, but also to add a different appearance from the many other Android handsets currently available. In order to not place to much pressure on the average size 528Mhz processor some feature are not included on this model. Active wallpapers are not present, but this is not to much of a problem, especially given the speed at which the modest processor handles most tasks. Intergration seems to be a major aspect of this handset. The Friendstream function illustrates this perfectly. What this feature does is group social networking updates together in one feed, resulting in an easy overview of what is happening in the world around you. You can also make updates yourself which can be automatically submitted to multiple sites such as Facebook and Twitter at the same time. Such excellent social networking features make this model very relevant, and given the low price ensure that it will be a huge success with the younger market.
Local connectivity is well catered for on the HTC Wildfire. The handset incorporates a micro USB port, essential for linking to a hope laptop or PC. For a more wire free solution, Bluetooth is also supported, allowing link up with compatible devices. The Wildfire sports a 3.5mm headphone socket. This is always welecomed as it means an almost endless choice of headphones are available for use with the phone. Team this up with the fact that the model features a handy FM tuner and you have a fairly comprehensive audio package, especially considering the huge range of audio file formats the handset can support. Connectivity is also impressive on a bigger scale. The handset allows for 3G connection which is the fastest mobile connection currently available. The ultimate online connection is achieved when connected to a WiFi network.
The HTC Wildfire is the perfect first smartphone, or indeed a great upgrade for anybody with an ageing model. Feature wise the unit is packed, and thanks to a modern design and a range of colours, it scores highly for its styling.
The HTC Wildfire and the Motorola Defy are available now.

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Mobile Phones Reviews :Samsung Galaxy S III, new iPad at 47°C, Windows Phone in China: Mobile Headlines This Week

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Welcome aboard, good readers. We’ll be covering the biggest headlines of the week, including Android, Apple and Windows Phone. It’s been a fairly good week, with exciting new information about the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III coming to light, Apple

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Welcome aboard, good readers. We’ll be covering the biggest headlines of the week, including Android, Apple and Windows Phone. It’s been a fairly good week, with exciting new information about the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III coming to light, Apple facing heat over the rather toasty new iPad and its Apple TV user interface, and Windows Phone launching in China. Let’s get right into the headlines, starting with Android, after the jump.

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