Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Always-on mobiles

Motorola has filed a US patent for a solar-powered mobile that will be charged by light filtering through its display screen, according to the CIO website.

The sun will keep the mobile constantly powered up, without the need for a charger.

The same article mentions that Nokia has applied for a US patent to cover technology “to warn cell phone users of impending lightning strikes”.

More on:
http://www.cio.com/article/119108/Solar_Power_to_Fuel
_Cell_Phones

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sharing ideas on mobile use

Nokia, the mobile handset maker, and Vodafone, the mobile operator, have set up a website to help people and organisations share ideas on using mobile communications for social and environmental benefit.

The site is in the Wiki format so anyone can add information, such as advice, comment and case studies.

The site, www.shareideas.org, was created in response to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) calls for better tools and information to help them use mobile services more effectively in their work.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

New uses for fish oil

Ericsson, the Swedish mobile equipment company, is hoping to win more business in India and China, partly by helping operators use biofuels to power base stations in remote areas. So says The Wall Street Journal Europe in a long article which mentions some unusual fuels.

In one area of India, cotton and fish oil are being used to power mobile transmission equipment, according to the article. Ericsson is also said to be providing easier finance terms to these developing countries. More on: www.wsj.com.

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Intimacy of strangers takes off

A delightful 20-minute film showing real people on their mobiles
is getting an airing as one of Virgin Atlantic's June in-flight
entertainment choices.

If you like it, you can vote for it while airborne as it forms part
of the Virgin/NFTS short-film scheme.

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Google eyes mobile YouTube

A very interesting post on the blog of Jason Goldberg (of online career networking site Jobster) shows where Google's video sharing site YouTube may be going next. See June 7 story headed You are who you hire.

More on: http://jobster.blogs.com/

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