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Information for:	Mashups: Bike Phones and Boat Phones
Geographical area:	Africa, Asia-Pacific
Specific country:	NONE Specified
Project category:	Other
Type of resource:	Article
Organisation:	The Abaporu Project http://abaporu.wordpress.com
Summary:	Accounts of cell phone appropriation in developing countries are filled with tales of ingenious mash-ups combining public phones with a variety of vehicles. This article looks at phones being attached to wheelchairs, rickshaws and even boats (with accompanying photos!)
Archived resource:	http://www.kiwanja.net/database/article/article_mo bile_mashups.pdf
Originating URL:	http://abaporu.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/vehiclepho ne-mash-ups-1-bike-phones-and-boat-phones/