The iPhone Revolution?

The iPhone, released to the public last Friday, is one of the most hyped devices in memory. But is all the excitement justified?

John McCormick of Baseline suggests that the iPhone could blow the market for handheld rich Internet applications wide open, even though the iPhone was designed for the consumer rather than the enterprise market. Om Malik concurs, noting the significance of the built-in Safari browser that brings the full Web experience to mobile phones for the first time. Smart Mobs opines that mobile phones (not just the iPhone) represent a mass medium unto themselves that are revolutionizing the fundamental ways in which we communicate.

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Recently, a potentially path breaking NAND solution marrying the hugely popular mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, with one of the most popular smartphones, HTC HD2, was unveiled.

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compare smart phones Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a nanotechnology polymer that can 'heal' itself by filling in cracks and tears automatically. Although self-healing plastic is not an entirely new concept, the UIUC material is different because it can repair itself multiple times without any intervention.

The material could have important uses where making repairs is difficult, where materials are under enormous stress and/or where material failure would be catastrophic -- such as in implanted medical devices, airplane and spacecraft components, and microprocessors. The UIUC researchers emphasize, however, that practical applications are years away, and that initial products will be highly expensive.

Source: MIT Technology Review

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I was poking around the iTunes AppStore this week and took a $.99 chance on a recently launched game from FDG Entertainment called Parachute Panic.

This fun casual game requires you to successfully land a host of parachutists into passing boats while trying to avoid obstacles such as helicopters, U.F.O´s, sharks and thunder clouds.

The game play is reminiscent of the vintage Nintendo Game & Watch handheld parachute game that I used to love to play back in the early 80's.

The game has very cool hand drawn graphics, smooth animations, catchy music and awesome sound effects. The game has been getting good reviews in the App Store and I have to agree - it is very well done and lots of fun.

Check out a video of the game here.

The only slightly negative comment I will make is that this game is not easy. It takes a little while to get used to the controls and even after mastering the techniques, the action picks up fast and furious. My 7 year old lost interest pretty quickly as it was too hard, but personally, I love the game, and for a buck it's well worth it. Click here to get it now.

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According to a new report from PriceGrabber.com, the increased popularity of Web-enabled phones in the United States has helped online shoppers become mobile Internet shoppers. One in 10 online consumers said they purchase online from their mobile device, 16% compare prices and another 16% research product details/specifications. Of the online consumers making purchases from their mobile phones, 58% have purchased digital content for their phone, 51% have purchased consumer electronics, 37% have purchased computers, 36% have purchased books, and 31% have purchased clothing.

Smartphone and iPhone owners are comfortable using the mobile Internet to make purchases. 56% of Apple iPhone owners and 28% of smartphone owners already are comparing prices online with their mobile phones. Additionally, 27% of iPhone owners and 35% of smartphone owners anticipate that they will be comparing prices within two years.

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The report is based on a survey of 3,305 U.S. online consumers with mobile phones, which was conducted from March 10-31, 2009.

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After a host of beta releases, Firefox 4 has finally entered Release Candidate (RC) stage. The newer improved version features faster scrolling, better responsiveness with Firefox Sync while taking the overall user experience up many notches.

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El equipo fue presentado por el vicepresidente senior de Lenovo, Liu Jun, quien estuvo en el escenario junto al CEO de Intel, Paul Otellini. Jun señaló que además del K800, estarán presentando en CES un tablet que usará el mismo chip de Intel. Intentaremos echarle un ojo en los días que dure la feria.

No se entregaron demasiados detalles, pero sabemos que el K800 trae una pantalla capacitiva de 4,03 pulgadas que permite reproducción de video a 720p, cámara de 8 megapixeles, un chip NFC y Android 4.0.

Samsung Announces First Android Device

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's second largest cellphone maker, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With the launch, Samsung becomes the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

"Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. "With Samsung's accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers" he added.

The I7500, a touch screen smartphone, offers a 5 megapixel camera and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, that gives users access to all of Google's services.

Samsung said that the phone would be available in major European countries in June. No word on pricing.

Se empieza a hablar de la llegada de Sony Xperia S a Europa

Establecer como referencia a Reino Unido para la salida de un teléfono en Europa, la mayoría de las veces suele ser una idea equivocada, ya que el mercado de las islas suele ser bastante potente y se trae las novedades con algo de antelación con respecto al resto de vecinos del viejo continente.

Pero la información trata de un teléfono tan esperado como el Sony Xperia S, que seguro que mucho queréis seguir sus pasos por Europa hasta llegar a nuestro territorio. Lo último que nos confirman es que a las islas británicas el teléfono estará disponible en marzo.

Han sido la operadora Phones 4u y el distribuidor Clove los que han informado de la fecha, incluso la primera asegura que tendrá en exclusiva al versión blanca, y ya ha abierto un formulario de inscripción en el que se les informará de su llegada.

En lo que respecta a Clove, nos invita a esperar al cinco de marzo, acepta reservas, y nos pone un precio: 468 libras, libre. Al cambio unos 570 euros, más o menos el precio que podemos esperar de un teléfono de última generación, y que nos sirve para hacernos una idea, pero que debemos esperar a que Sony marque su PVP.

Esperamos que pronto empiece el baile de operadoras nacionales en lanzar informaciones sobre el teléfono, ya que es uno de los más esperados de la temporada, además de ser considerado como "el primer Sony", tras la adquisición de la totalidad de la joint-venture.

How to Stop -- Or Live With -- Global Warming

According to research at Princeton, current technologies are capable of stopping (or at least slowing) the rate of global warming by 2050 if properly applied. Using a mix-and-match approach, students who participated in a game-like experiment found that the current portfolio of energy-saving policies and technologies (flourescent bulbs, nuclear power, wind turbines, reducing deforestation, etc.) could indeed keep global greenhouse gases constant over the next 50 years. The trick is to apply these solutions to developing countries, where rapid industrial growth will put them on track to overtake the developed world in greenhouse gas output within the next several decades.

Meanwhile, Live Science has a top-10 list of side effects of global warming, such as more severe allergies, more sinkholes from permafrost melting, a less dense upper atmosphere that will affect how satellites orbit the earth, more forest fires and rapid deterioration of ancient ruins. Perhaps the strangest prediction of all: mountains that lose their glaciers and permanent snow caps will actually 'grow' as the weight on them decreases.

MIT Demonstrates 'Wireless Electricity'

The ability to direct and transmit electrical power through the air, without wires, took a further step from the theoretical to the practical in June when a group of MIT researchers demonstrated their 'WiTricity' concept.

The technology works by transmitting electricity as a magnetic field oscillating at a specific frequency. Through 'magnetically coupled resonance,' the 'receiver' can capture the electricity, making for an efficient and safe method of over-the-air transfer.

Wireless transmission of electricity has been understood in theory since the work of Nikolai Tesla in the 19th Century. Safe, efficient and cost-effective wireless electricity could hold countless beenfits, from eliminating the need to install costly copper wiring to lowered reliance on batteries for small devices. However, despite the success of WiTricity, the technology has a long way to go before it is deployed commercially... not to mention the need to better understand side effects such as interference and possible effects on health and the environment.

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