Two of my phones and my PSP got stolen right outta my hotel room in Kumasi!! Shocking!
I will put a little blog on how it happened and the rising level of crime involving mobile phones and various tech devices
Friday, July 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Dudes in Ghana and What They Play With
In the last few months, i have had friends comment on my gadget craziness. I tried to deny that until i took stock of what i have, what i drool over and how i react to new tech. Then i realized this was true. How could it not be? At last count, my total collection of personal gadget was as follows:
1. Nokia N95
2. Sony PSP
3. Nokia 5610d-1 Xpress Music
4. Nokia N80
5. Nokia E61
6. SonyEricsson M600
7. SonyEricsson W200
8. Xbox 360
9. Motorola V3m
10. Blackberry 8100
11. My old Playstation 2
12. Dell Vostro 1700
13. Compaq Presario
14. Apple iPhone
I am sure the rather large number of smartphones in that list has been observed. I have them mainly because i like phones, and like books even more. Hence smarthphones. Much as i like hardcopy books, i have to admit ebooks are much more convenient. I installed the mobipocket book reader from www.mobipocket.com on all my smarthphones, and since i have an extensive library of ebooks, convert them with the Mobipocket Pc version of the book reader and viola, instant library on my phone.
But i digress. The list just made me realize that yes, i am a gadget freak. I love playing with them and i love owning them. I also realized that a significant proportion of the people i know are by and large, gadget freaks too. 5 years ago, i might have been a lone wolf among my friends, but in that time, major changes in the type of technology available to people in Ghana have occurred. One only has to walk down any major street in Accra to see the sheer number of gadgets, especially cell phones, that the average Ghanaian owns.
This trend struck me the hardest when the Nokia N95 8GB version was released. I had barely seen the reviews on the internet when a customer walked into my shop with 3 of them to unlock. (I, by the way, unlock cell phones for a living). Since then, i can honestly say that very few major cell phones released in the USA or Europe have not passed through my shop for unlocking. I have personally unlocked more than 150 Apple iPhones in the last 9 months.
All this points at an increase in the tech savvy of Ghanaians, in the last few years. This is without looking at the explosive growth of IT oriented companies since 1999 in Ghana, with attendant leaps in IT education. The average Ghanaian level of computer knowledge has also shown a marked increase with the introduction of IT eduction as part of the school syllabus for all levels of basic education.
More next week.......
1. Nokia N95
2. Sony PSP
3. Nokia 5610d-1 Xpress Music
4. Nokia N80
5. Nokia E61
6. SonyEricsson M600
7. SonyEricsson W200
8. Xbox 360
9. Motorola V3m
10. Blackberry 8100
11. My old Playstation 2
12. Dell Vostro 1700
13. Compaq Presario
14. Apple iPhone
I am sure the rather large number of smartphones in that list has been observed. I have them mainly because i like phones, and like books even more. Hence smarthphones. Much as i like hardcopy books, i have to admit ebooks are much more convenient. I installed the mobipocket book reader from www.mobipocket.com on all my smarthphones, and since i have an extensive library of ebooks, convert them with the Mobipocket Pc version of the book reader and viola, instant library on my phone.
But i digress. The list just made me realize that yes, i am a gadget freak. I love playing with them and i love owning them. I also realized that a significant proportion of the people i know are by and large, gadget freaks too. 5 years ago, i might have been a lone wolf among my friends, but in that time, major changes in the type of technology available to people in Ghana have occurred. One only has to walk down any major street in Accra to see the sheer number of gadgets, especially cell phones, that the average Ghanaian owns.
This trend struck me the hardest when the Nokia N95 8GB version was released. I had barely seen the reviews on the internet when a customer walked into my shop with 3 of them to unlock. (I, by the way, unlock cell phones for a living). Since then, i can honestly say that very few major cell phones released in the USA or Europe have not passed through my shop for unlocking. I have personally unlocked more than 150 Apple iPhones in the last 9 months.
All this points at an increase in the tech savvy of Ghanaians, in the last few years. This is without looking at the explosive growth of IT oriented companies since 1999 in Ghana, with attendant leaps in IT education. The average Ghanaian level of computer knowledge has also shown a marked increase with the introduction of IT eduction as part of the school syllabus for all levels of basic education.
More next week.......
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