May 25, 2006

Does depression lead to cellphone addiction, or vice versa?

In another classic “chicken -or-the-egg” type of conundrum, a newly released study is claiming that instead of a so-called “cellphone addiction” causing people depression and lower self-esteem, as we’d previously heard, the supposed addiction may actually be triggered by those very same negative feelings. In a study of school-aged South Korean children, Dr. Jee Hyan Ha found that those students who used their phones the most (90 or more times a day, including SMS) also tended to score higher on a psychological test intended to measure a person’s level of depression. Although none of the students’ scores reached the level of clinical depression, the heaviest users were observed to have significantly more self-identity issues than average, suggesting to researchers that communicating via cellphone made the “addicts” feel popular. So which is it: does heavy cellphone use lead to depression, or does depression lead to heavy cellphone use — or is it just a vicious cycle with no end and no beginning?

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World’s most expensive mobile number is 666 6666

World’s most expensive mobile number is 666 6666. Yeah, thats right.

The number, 666 6666, sold for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m. (1.5 Million)

The previous record holder was Chinese number 8888 8888, which sold for £270,000. The Cantonese word for eight sounds very similar to the word for rich. It was bought by Sichuan Airlines.

The auction started at a million riyals and interest quickly narrowed from eight bidders to just two, according to Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA).

The auction was organised by national telco Qtel, which has run two previous auctions and plans to run another in September.

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Lots of Bollywood Themes for Nokia

Below is the list of Some Bollywood based Nokia Themes

All themes are in SIS format so they work best on series 60 of Nokia.
Sorry we couldn’t arrange screenshots for these themes, but we are sure you will like them.
Click Theme title to download it.

Aishwarya
Celina
Kareena
Preity
Riya Sen
Celina 2
Aishwarya 2
Aishwarya 3
Amisha
Amrita
Amrita Rao (more…)

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