With the slow death of newspapers and magazines in favor of new media, the loss of revenue from classifieds has been a tough reality for printed paper.

Paid ads have been a constant source of revenue for small and big newspapers until some years ago. Or, more precisely, before the Internet. The explosion of Internet penetration brought a huge number of alternatives for those who want to buy or sell second hand.

Some weeks ago the Norwegian media giant Schibsted entered the Indian market with Sahipasand, an Indian version of their free classified ads model. Sahipasand is based upon the Swedish Blocket and belongs to a network made of more than twenty sites in as many different countries.

Considering the number of competing sites in this sector I was expecting to see the standard model (let’s call it “the Craigslist model”). Instead, what Shaipasand offers is a very clean and stramlined experience.

From the homepage the user is prompted to choose a region. This is a pretty strong difference compared to most other classified sites, where category has the priority. From this very first approach, Sahipasand shows its interest in focusing exchanges on the local level.

After the user has choosen a region, is possible to see all the most recent ads in that region. The number of ads is remarkable, especially considering how young the site is. From houses to cars and jobs, the categories are limited in number but cover most merchandise. In order to keep a family feeling to the site, there are no personal or dating ads.

Inserting an ad is also very simple and just requires filling a form (with no registration required). The system used by Sahipasand represents a rethinking of the traditional model of free ads sites and it will be interesting to see how they will do in a relatively young but competitive market such as India.

The Samsung Galaxy S should seriously take a look in the mirror and ask itself, “Am I really a Galaxy Samsung S or am I an iPhone?” This phone is very similar in design to the latest release by Apple and with dimensions measuring at 122.4×64.2×9.9mm, you wouldn’t be blamed for mistaking it for one.

Unfortunately for Apple, and despite the remarkable similarities, this phone is not just an iPhone replica and it is far superior to the last samsung wave. Samsung have developed a smart phone that boasts some of the most innovative technology on the market today; never mind an attempt to de-thrown the iPhone, it may just do that.

This phone is super light at 118g but don’t be fooled, its design is by no means cheap. The light chassis houses one of the highest quality Super AMOLED touch screens, and measuring at 4” it’s not exactly small, allowing for high quality picture viewing from the 5Megapixel camera.

The touch screen capability, coupled with ingenious interface design, makes this hand set so simple to use and has led to the Galaxy acquiring more of those customers who may not be totally savvy with touch screen technology.  In fact many aspects of this phone’s design would be suited to a new user of smart phone technology as all the basics are there, and more!

With a more or less unlimited call record and contact memory, it is clear that even the tiniest details have been attended to and many would struggle to find a user who has not been surprised by the increased usability of even the most basic of functions.

The Samsung Galaxy S is not the cheapest smart phone on the market but when you consider what you are actually paying for, the price seems to be fairly reasonable. This handset can be picked for around £30 a month on an 18 or 24 month deal. Pick up the Samsung galaxy s now at phones4u.co.uk, visit the site to see all thier latest deals