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Much of Nokia's emerging market dominance boils down to cost management - a crucial advantage when it comes to selling smart phones to price-sensitive consumers in India and elsewhere. Nokia will likely ship more devices worldwide this year than the next three biggest cell-phone makers - Korean rivals Samsung and LG, and London-based Sony Ericsson - combined. Manufacturing on that scale brings enormous purchasing power, making it possible to squeeze the cost of everything from memory chips to plastic casings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nokia Calling | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...real genius is simply in selling phones in more places than any of its competitors. From Indian mountain villages to towns on the dry plains of northern Nigeria, Nokia is everywhere. Supplying the end user with a smart phone in Western Europe and America is typically the job of cell-phone operators who will even subsidize the cost of a device in return for tying a buyer to a monthly plan. Not so in emerging markets, where users typically buy their phone independently. That means manufacturers need their own "very efficient distribution," says Sanford C. Bernstein's Ferragu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nokia Calling | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...ultraviolet light (UV) good for your health?" the answer reads cheerfully, "Absolutely. There is a growing body of well-conducted, validated scientific research demonstrating that the production of the activated form of vitamin D is one of the most effective ways the body controls abnormal cell growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing the Risks of Tanning Beds | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...station, reported that "an underground network providing foreign media outlets with photos and footage of the post-election unrest has been identified and arrested in Iran." Despite such threats and the existence of undercover Basij within the crowds, witnesses said that protesters were defiantly snapping videos and pictures with cell-phone cameras during Thursday's demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tehran Dispatch: A Crackdown to Forbid Mourning | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...Lawmakers should ban texting while driving, and all cell-phone use for teen drivers: The study warns that danger lurks as today's text-happy teens become a larger proportion of drivers on the road. Drawing on earlier research, they also report that teens are four times more likely to get into an accident related to overall cell-phone use than adult drivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texting Drivers, Tempting Fate | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

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