Corn really does have a lot of different uses. We can use it for food, cooking, and even gas for our cars (E-85 ethanol). Now, thanks to the R&D team at NEC, we can use corn to make plastics. We’ve seen this eco-friendly technology used to make disposable tableware, but now we can benefit from…
Palm Goes Linux For With Next Operating System
With the Windows Mobile and Symbian war going strong, Palm has decided to explore a less travelled path. Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced today that his company will be releasing a new OS by year’s end. The new OS will be based on the Linux kernel and will be merged with Palm’s current Garnet OS…
T-mobile Wing Flying In To Replace MDA?
T-mobile may be replacing the MDA with another new Windows Mobile smartphone featuring that familiar sliding qwerty keyboard. The T-mobile Wing could take the place of the older and bulkier MDA with some stylish Windows Mobile 6.0 action. The T-mobile Wing rocks that super-slick spring-loaded sliding-keyboard (had enoug hyphens yet?) that brought the HTC P4350…
Mobio Opens Public Beta Program With Mobile Lifestyle Applications
Mobio, the company that wants to redefine the way we use the web on our mobile phones, opens up its beta program today. With 50 mobile applications grouped into 8 “lifestyle” collections, Mobio’s got the mobile web covered. Instead of bringing the entire web, in it’s full page browsing glory, to your mobile phone, Mobio…
Toss Out Your Cell Phone’s Battery! – Nanowires Capture Vibration Energy For Power
Georgia Institute of Technology researcher Zhong Lin Wang has applied his remarkable research breakthrough – flexing zinc oxide nanowires produces current – to building a nanogenerator for ” a portable, adaptable and cost-effective technology for powering small electronic devices.” He has built an array of nanowires that can produce nanoamperes of power through flexing induced…
Will: Free Software, Ultimate, HTC
We asked before, we’ll ask again. Who doesn’t like FREE? That’s the best damn price in the world! We happen to love free stuff, but I love it even more when it’s free Windows Mobile stuff. There are just soo many open-source apps out there, it was hard to list just five. Keep checkin’, there…
Blackberry Rocks AIM, ICQ, Live Messenger – With Service Book Update
Finally! RIM has announced that they are busting out AIM, ICQ, and Live Messenger clients for their Blackberry line. You can freely download the software, but you will need an update for your service book before the software will work. Go get your instant messaging on, download the software here – AIM, ICQ, Live Messenger,…
Mobile TV In The US?
The US is something of an awkward, late-blooming teen when it comes to wireless tech. It’s barely hit pubescence with emerging 3G technology, and even then the US spec is awkwardly different from the rest of the world – what with it’s alternative frequency choices. But, now it seems that the US is starting to…
Wi-Ex zBoost zP Gets Personal- Indoor Wireless Signal Booster Promises Better Reception
At last! No more fumbling to get indoor reception on your mobile phone. Those days of trying to find that one reception “sweet-spot” in your dorm, condo, apartment, or any other signal-blocking domicile are over! The Wi-Ex zBoost zP works and looks the same as a WiFi repeater – it repeats and amplifies the cellphone…
KDDI Busts Onto US MVNO Scene – KDDI Mobile To Launch In April
Japan’s KDDI just announced that their new MVNO service will go live within US borders by mid-month. The second-largest Japanese wireless carrier wants to use Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network to setup KDDI Mobile. Finally, those wacky-cool Japanese phones will hit US shores in all their feature packed glory. And, with a robust lineup of mobile…