When the Kindle was released last week, a lot of people, including Eli, our reviewer of the Kindle, made the inevitable comparison to the iPhone. I know it is not the same kind of product, but the question was asked by many; “Do I really need to spend all that money on a Kindle when I can just read on an iPhone”? Well, seems like Amazon was listening.
John Stewart Talks About Twitter
It is always fun to have a good laugh at yourself. Mine is in the following video.
Intel Outdoes Modu with Its New Technology
OK, being the chemistry dummy that I am, I am not even going to attempt to explain this one to you. All I will say is that Intel is working on what’s called programmable matter, which basically means that in the future we will be able to take an object, decide what shape we want it to take, hit Enter (I am assuming if we are that far in the future, we will just need to think Enter), and walla, the object will reshape. In terms of what this means for the mobile industry, forget Modu or the LG Versa, this technology will enable you to really transform your mobile device based on your mood.
Motorola Following Palm and Coming Back to Life
One of the companies struggling most in this hard economy is Motorola. Now, I am sure the economy has some part in their hardships but I am pretty convinced Motorola itself is not exactly innocent. I cannot remember the last handset coming out of Motorola that even remotely excited me, since of course, the Razr (you know you loved it the first time you saw it too). So now the people over there at Motorola have to be thinking how to get back in the game. What does Motorola have to do to become relevant again?
Kindle 2 in-depth Review (Hands-on, Pics, and Video)
When Steve Jobs told John Markoff of the New York Times that it didn’t matter how good a device the Kindle was because Americans don’t read anymore, somewhere an angel lost its wings.It’s not that Jobs was wrong. The statistic he quoted, which states that forty percent of Americans read one book or less in 2007, actually sounds a bit generous to me, but what he really meant was that Apple would not be paying any attention to the fledgling eBook Reader market. And that’s sad, because having spent three days playing with my new Kindle 2, the dominant feelings that I’m coping with right now are disappointment and frustration.
The Mobile Industry Meets Hollywood
One of the big questions of the year in the mobile world has been QWERTY or no QWERTY? The different manufacturers had differing opinions on this matter in 2008. Comes along two, let’s call them “creative” companies and offers an alternate solution to this problem…
How iTunes Should Manage iPhone Apps
This is still a concept video, but I totally see Apple implementing this technology in the next version of iTunes.
CNET Delivers Once Again
You can always count on Cnet to bring you videos of the newest phones out there. Check out these exclusive videos.
How To Use Gas & Save the Planet
Well it’s true if you use this kind of Gas, you will help save the planet one click at at time. It’s called Green Any Site or GAS for short. This little bookmark “gives shoppers the ability to easily donate a portion of any online purchase they make, to the environmental charity of their choice. All it takes is clicking a special “green this!” bookmark whenever they shop online.”
It really is as simple as that. I had that chance to speak with the guy behind it, Tal Ater, who showed me how it works. He really didn’t need to show me much, because what I love about it, is how easy it is to use. The installation is just a drag and drop bookmark, and the process is really just a click and confirm action. 
I am all for saving the planet and everything like that, a treehugger at heart, but when it comes to the web, ease of use needs to be the first priority, or else users like myself won’t use it. Not that I don’t want to help out, but if it is hard and annoying to use, then it is just not going to happen.
GAS has really incorporated both the environmental aspect and the user experience factor, into a really amazing and easy to use tool. Kudos to people like Tal who are using his talent as a programmer and web designer to save the planet. The world needs more people like you.
Tal isn’t out there just to save the planet, and disregard his needs, he actually has a business plan. It’s rare to see such a venture with a business plan that makes sense and is attainable.
GAS’s business plan is focused around two areas:
- Extremely targeted, ethical advertising at the time of purchase… Knowing what a user is about to buy and where he is about to buy it, is an amazing opportunity to advertise other products to him, and to help him make greener choices. This is one of our plans on how to not only raise money for the environment, but also help our users make smarter, greener buying decisions.
- For example, when you’re about to buy a book online and click “green this”, you may see a small notice next to the GAS window suggesting you save an extra tree and buy the audio or e-book instead. This space may also be used for green tips such as suggesting places to recycle your old phone when you purchase a new one.
- It should be noted, that GAS uses the data about a user’s purchase only for the duration of the transaction. No personally identifiable information is kept on a user’s shopping habits, in order not to intrude on his privacy.
- Packaging and providing our technology for use by other non-profit and for-profit companies, so they can create their own version of GAS, completely branded to their charity, and benefiting different causes.
GAS is a really great way to make a change with a click, so check GAS out and start saving the plant one click at a time.
-Aryeh
The iPhone of the Future
Cnet posted a video of what the future iPhone might look like, and it was not too far fetched, except of course the dog-walking part. Watch this video, and tell me what you think.
Top Mobile Device To Come Preinstalled With Industry Leading Software
It is not often that two industry leaders that both have revolutionary products, join forces. That is exactly what has just happened with my favorite phone of this year’s mobile congress, and my favorite mobile application.