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Apple is not the first to consider solar power For Mobile Devices

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Apple is reportedly looking into solar panels as a power source for mobile devices. A recently published patent application discovered by the Apple enthusiast site MacRumors.com describes a technique in which solar panels would be built behind a portable device’s LCD screen. From that location, the panels could absorb ambient light that passes through.

The technique would eliminate the need for Apple to redesign its iPods and laptops to make room for the new technology. Among the problems with using solar panels on devices are durability and the need to take up valuable space on the compact devices.

Apple isn’t the first to consider this technique for using solar power. Motorola describes a similar approach in a 2001 patent.
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Apple and technology companies routinely apply for patents on technology that may never find its way into products.

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Motorola RAZR V9 Ferrari Limited Edition soon

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Motorola is still managing to hook up with the big names like Ferrari and apparently launch a few Limited Edition handsets with the renowned car maker.

The MOTO Z8 Edition was launched at the end of last year and this souped up RIZR Ferrari colored handset came also included videos, wallpapers and ringtones as well as a rather generous pre-registration to the official Ferrari website.

MOTO’s latest, it seems, is the RAZR V9 that will also bear the famous Prancing Horse, and come with a lamb-skin case that will have the Ferrari logo. The handset’s specs won’t be any different. Some of the features include a 2MP camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, MicroSD card support and a secondary 2-inch semi-touch sensitive, external display.
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These darn Limited Editions cost a bundle. No price has been officially pinned to the handset yet.

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Videocon Plans to Buy Motorola’s Mobile Ferm

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Motorola will split into two companies, one making mobile devices and the other making network infrastructure, the company announced last month. After the split, which is expected to happen next year, the companies will operate separately and be publicly traded, Motorola said.
Videocon Industries, a large Indian vendor of consumer electronics equipment and home appliances, has expressed an interest in bidding for Motorola’s mobile handset business.

The Videocon board is meeting Wednesday to discuss its acquisition strategy, an informed source said.

Videocon is interested in buying Motorola’s handset business and hopes to sell the mobile phones through its consumer durables retail chain in India, Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot told Indian newspapers on Wednesday.

The company also plans to enter the mobile services market in India, building its own GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network.

There’s still room for growth in the Indian mobile market, which has been adding more than 8 million mobile subscribers a month. The total number of mobile subscribers in the country was 251 million at the end of February, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in Delhi.

Videocon could transfer Motorola’s manufacturing facility to India to take advantage of India’s lower costs, Dhoot told the Business Standard.

Indian companies that were initially focused on the domestic market have recently shown interest in buying companies that help them acquire new brands and markets abroad. India’s Tata Group company, Tata Motors announced last month that it was acquiring the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford.

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Motorola Inc in Trouble? “Split in Motorola”

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Motorola Inc. announced plans to separate its struggling handset business from other operations Wednesday, forming two separate publicly traded companies after months of agitation from frustrated investors.

The suburban Chicago-based cell phone maker has been under pressure from billionaire investor Carl Icahn for changes meant to revitalize its cell-phone business. The cell phone unit has seen its sales and stock price plummet with the company unable to produce second act to the once-popular Razr phone.

Motorola said the handset business will operate separately from another company that will encompass its home and networks business, which sells TV set-top boxes and modems, and its enterprise mobility solutions, which sells computing and communications equipment to businesses.

Last year, the company pulled back from developing markets, cut 7,500 jobs and CEO Ed Zander resigned.

A flock of executives have left the company this year, and more cuts and changes are likely as the new management team scrambles to retain control in the face of a revived threat from Icahn.

Icahn, who has been steadily increasing his Motorola position, disclosed in a filing this month that he now owns 142,362,000 million shares, or 6.3 percent – up from 5 percent a month ago.

Wednesday’s announcement came two days after Icahn sued Motorola, seeking documents about its executives and its cell phone business.

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Water [H2O] Cell powered Motorola L7 prototype Unveils

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Right around a month ago, we heard that Angstrom Power had managed to stuff some of its sophisticated hydrogen fuel cells into a MOTOSLVR L7. That prototype, Unfortunately we’re no closer to realizing when this stuff will actually escape the proverbial beta stage, and for whatever it’s worth, but the concept is certainly interesting. Imagine, all you’ll need to do is fill up your cellphone with water – and voile, it’ll start working again.

Angstrom has already developed an LED flashlight that runs on a similar concept of a hydrogen fuel cell. The good thing is perhaps we can look forward to a cleaner planet in the not-so-distant future.

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Motorola Unveils 3 New Phones

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Motorola Unveils 3 New Phones at GSMA 2008

The Wi-Fi enabled MOTO Z6w is fully compatible with Windows Media Player 11 on the PC, works on high-speed USB 2.0, and features a 2.0 megapixel camera and video capture, and has up to 4GB of optional removable memory.”We’re proud to add our latest Wi-Fi enabled handset to our growing portfolio, delivering a compelling wireless experience to consumers anywhere they go,” said Rob Shaddock, senior VP, feature and mass market handsets, Motorola Mobile Devices. “The new W series handsets offer both great mobile phone basics and a solid music experience, in a candybar form factor that you can show off with pride.”

The new candybar W161 and W181 come with the patented Motorola CrystalTalk technology, and also feature FM radio.

The MOTO Z6w is expected to hit the market in Q2 2008, while the W161 and W181 will be available in Q1 2008. Prices are yet to be announced.

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