Monday, January 28, 2008
‘Cinema limits freedom of viewers’: poet Rajanbabu
MALAPPURAM, Kerala: Cinema as a medium never gives its viewers as much freedom of imagination and interpretation as a literary work gives its readers. Rather than allowing the viewer to interpret according to his or her imagination, cinema limits the meaning to what its director sees or wants to convey, said poet Manamboor Rajanbabu, summing up an open forum held as part of the Rasmi International Film Festival here on Sunday.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Small kids snatch purse from woman
Small kids snatch purse from woman
MEERUT: Giving 'Oliver Twist' a run for his money, two small children allegedly decamped with a woman's purse from a shopping complex here.
The woman Shikha Agrawal, who is a lecturer at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, today lodged an FIR at Medical College police station that the purse containing a mobile phone, Rs 1,200 and some documents was stolen by the children. The complaint said she had gone to Krishna Plaza to get some papers xeroxed yesterday and had left the bag lying on a chair at the photocopy shop, Senior Superintendent of Police Jyoti Narayan said. Agrawal alleged that two children, aged between five and eight years, came into the shop, grabbed the purse and ran away. The police have launched a search for the children, the SSP said.
MEERUT: Giving 'Oliver Twist' a run for his money, two small children allegedly decamped with a woman's purse from a shopping complex here.
The woman Shikha Agrawal, who is a lecturer at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, today lodged an FIR at Medical College police station that the purse containing a mobile phone, Rs 1,200 and some documents was stolen by the children. The complaint said she had gone to Krishna Plaza to get some papers xeroxed yesterday and had left the bag lying on a chair at the photocopy shop, Senior Superintendent of Police Jyoti Narayan said. Agrawal alleged that two children, aged between five and eight years, came into the shop, grabbed the purse and ran away. The police have launched a search for the children, the SSP said.
1.1 billion mobiles sold around the world in 2007
1.1 billion mobiles sold around the world in 2007
PARIS: More than 1.1 billion mobile phones were sold around the world last year, and developing countries in Africa and elsewhere should maintain the momentum in 2008, according to a study released.
Nokia of Finland strengthened its position as the world's best selling phone maker while South Korea's Samsung moved up to second place and American maker Motorola dropped back to third, according to the Strategy Analytics study. Apple's much vaunted iPhone was not as big a hit as expected however, the study said. Sales increased about 10 per cent from one billion in 2006 to 1.12 billion in 2007 and for 2008 Strategy Analytics predicted another 10 per cent surge to 1.24 billion phones. "Emerging regions, particularly Africa, will continue to drive shipments," it said. "Saturated Western markets -- many of them likely to see weak GDP growth -- will remain sluggish in 2008." The market information firm said Nokia made sizeable gains in Africa and the Middle East "despite fierce competition from dozens of rivals in every price tier." It sold 437 million handsets in 2007, up from 347 million in 2006 to grab a 38.8 per cent market share. Samsung increased sales from 113 million to 161 million -- growing three times faster than the industry average -- to move ahead of Motorola which saw sales collapse from 217 million to 159 million.
"Motorola's device portfolio remains weak; without a more attractive lineup of handsets the pain is likely to continue into the second half of 2008." The study said better third generation (3G) phones and "cooler sub-branding" by Samsung, LG Electronics and Nokia ate into Sony Ericsson's market share.
PARIS: More than 1.1 billion mobile phones were sold around the world last year, and developing countries in Africa and elsewhere should maintain the momentum in 2008, according to a study released.
Nokia of Finland strengthened its position as the world's best selling phone maker while South Korea's Samsung moved up to second place and American maker Motorola dropped back to third, according to the Strategy Analytics study. Apple's much vaunted iPhone was not as big a hit as expected however, the study said. Sales increased about 10 per cent from one billion in 2006 to 1.12 billion in 2007 and for 2008 Strategy Analytics predicted another 10 per cent surge to 1.24 billion phones. "Emerging regions, particularly Africa, will continue to drive shipments," it said. "Saturated Western markets -- many of them likely to see weak GDP growth -- will remain sluggish in 2008." The market information firm said Nokia made sizeable gains in Africa and the Middle East "despite fierce competition from dozens of rivals in every price tier." It sold 437 million handsets in 2007, up from 347 million in 2006 to grab a 38.8 per cent market share. Samsung increased sales from 113 million to 161 million -- growing three times faster than the industry average -- to move ahead of Motorola which saw sales collapse from 217 million to 159 million.
"Motorola's device portfolio remains weak; without a more attractive lineup of handsets the pain is likely to continue into the second half of 2008." The study said better third generation (3G) phones and "cooler sub-branding" by Samsung, LG Electronics and Nokia ate into Sony Ericsson's market share.
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