Dual SIM cards phone explanation below, but first, take a look at this toy.... Kal prefers my old phones

Toddler toy mimics text messaging: LeapFrog unveiled a new smart phone toy called Text & Learn, allow small children to mimic their BlackBerry-addicted parents.

Text & Learn, which is scheduled to arrive in U.S. stores this summer, is modeled after a personal digital assistant and allows children to practice spelling and computer skills with games that emulate text messaging, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday.

Some of you asked me about dual SIM cards phones and why I was so excited about them.

Based on your carrier and phone, you should be able to use your cell phone outside the US. For instance, in London, my ATT phone gets connected to local Voda phone network. So far, so good.

However, whenever I call a local number I am actually paying international charges. Same is in reverse; if I call my number from a local phone I would again, be paying international chargers.

So, with secondary SIM card, and that can be bought in most grocery stores, I receive a local number and can use secondary card to make and receive local calls.

Cellphone Application for Farmers among Finalists from India

A cellphone application which allows farmers in Maharashtra to remotely access their irrigation pumps has earned Pune-based Ossian Agro Automation a place in the finals of the Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators Contest to be held in Barcelona, Spain, next month.

Livemint.com reports the contest is set for February 17, 2009.

“The remote access eliminates the need to travel, sometimes long distances in inclement weather, to check the power and turn on/off the pumps.”About 5,000 farmers have used the application, called Nano Ganesh , since its launch in September.