Nokia ask to mobile developer to see poor people

Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo praised the mobile phone on Friday as a history- changing tool and challenged developers to create programs for poor countries. "These little devices have done more to improve people's lives than perhaps any technology in history," the head of the Finnish mobile phone giant said in a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here. The Nokia CEO said relatively cheap mobile phones had done much to improve the lives of people in developing nations. "Here is the Nokia 1616 , nothing to get too excited about," he said. "(But) it includes a built- in flashlight, a dust resistant keypad, an FM radio, a speaking alarm clock. "Farmers in India and Indonesia can use it to get the latest information on crops," Kallasvuo said. " The mobile device has become a necessity for upward mobility. "For the majority of the world's people, their first and only access to the Internet will be through a mobile device -- not a PC," he said. " And this access is spreading very, very fast."