ET Phones The Laundry.
by Pippa ~ July 29th, 2006. Filed under: Uncategorized.Everything is really going quite well. I’m writing more and creating more, sleeping less and drinking more. But that is just an occupational hazard.
Just a quick post before my internet time runs out and I need to run back to work so I can pee for free (damn European paid washroom facilities!).
In Finland they’re really into using their mobile phones. It may or may not have something to do with Nokia being based here. But Nokia made rubber boots too and while they are popular most people are just wearing boots, not using them for amazing stuff.
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Anyway, some cool things you can use your mobile account to pay for are:
- a tram ticket (you sms a number and receive a receipt message valid for 2 hours)
- Going to the laundromat (I ring a number, my account is debited and the machine switches on)
- Paying for car parking… (Don’t have change? Well just use your phone instead).
And at Secco shop (one of the cool places I’ve found here in Helsinki) you can buy necklaces made out of recycled mobile phone keypads!
The future is here in Finland!
July 29th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
And here was silly me thinking the future was tomorrow . . .or is it already here ? o(^ゥ^)o
Aren’t mobile-ophile countries crazy! I’m sure there are lots more things that I could be doing but then there’s the language thing and the fact that I don’t find fiddling with technology overinspiring - what the tram thing I like! That’s one to Moomin-land!
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:46 am
Hello - someone send this post to the melbourne tram nazis please …