http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/news Latest news, updated every five minutes http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13579_3-10030565-37.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The on-again, off-again talks between the two companies over bringing the iPhone 3G to the world's largest cell network are apparently on again. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1009_3-10028589-83.html?part=ecoustics-cnet New thumb-type device can be used by law enforcement, thieves or parents to snoop on the cell phone activities of anyone who leaves the phone unattended. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510919.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:48:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510911.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:43:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-11128_3-10025885-54.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Wind high flier Makani attracts more Google money; solar plane makes three-day flight; Senator Biden's record on energy; tapping bacteria power; solar revives manufacturing; technical challenges for wind turbine maker; where cell phones go to die. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:57:45 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13577_3-10025661-36.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The San Francisco-based company is most popular in Latin America, where it's more likely that a social-network user will own a cell phone but not a PC. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510317.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:55:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510301.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:18:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-11128_3-10023421-54.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Start-up M2EPower harvest the energy from human motion in a self-powering device that can give an additional charge to cell phones and other small gadgets. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17938_105-10023144-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Concerned about low demand, mobile phone operator Orange created fake lines in front of its stores in anticipation of the iPhone launch this week. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:22:43 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17634 Alabama resident Jessica Alena Smith has become the first to file suit against Apple for sub-standard 3G performance in its new iPhone 3G. And she's requesting her suit be granted class-action status, owing to the large number of iPhone users who are experiencing dropped calls and unreliable 3G data service from the devices.Numerous iPhone 3G owners in the U.S. and around the world claim to be experiencing dropped calls and problems with 3G data services, even in areas where cell signals and 3G data service are reliable and readily available to other devices. Although some sources Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17604 It might seem that American culture is currently obsessed with everything mobile: mobile phones, mobile media, mobile advertising, and mobile connectivity. But that obsession might not be as strong as some people think: according to the NPD Group, sales of cell phone handsets during the second quarter of 2008 actually declined 13 percent, considered year-on-year."Quarterly unit-sales of handsets fell to their lowest level, since NPD begin tracking the category in 2005," said NPD industry analysis director Ross Rubin, in a statement. "Even so, most major manufacturers picked up market share that was lost by Motorola." Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17852_3-10020003-71.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Ralph Lauren's has become the first luxury retailer to enjoy mobile tech shopping capabilities. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:37:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1035_3-10019231-94.html?part=ecoustics-cnet In Monday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the long-awaited Google cell phone. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17581 You know the story: every year, consumers around the world buy hundreds of millions of mobile phones (last year the number was probably over a billion), which means that hundreds of millions of old cell phones (dare we say "billion?") get discarded. Some get handed down to new cell phone users, some get recycled responsibly…but many wind up in landfills…and that's not a good thing, since the plastics in cell phone cases don't break down, and the phones themselves often contain many toxic materials.Samsung has been working to come up with more environmentally-friendly phone designs, and at its showcase at the Beijing Olympics took the wraps off the new E200 Eco, a re-chri Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/149757 Forget being stranded on a desert island or in the Australian Outback. We're far more likely to be caught in an urban jungle without our laptops or wallets. Thank heavens we have our indispensable cell phones. Here's how to use them to find food, shelter, and to phone our way home. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:20:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17533 It’s not exactly the way you’d want to receive flight instructions when you’re in the air, but it worked: the pilot of a twin-engine small plane in Ireland was guided into land by text messages.It came about after the plane, which was en route from Kerry to the Channel Islands last November and carrying five passengers, lost all electrical power, which included communications. With no alternative, the pilot used his cell phone to call airports in Kerry, then Cork – only to have his calls dropped.After contacting Air Traffic Control at Cork, the controller decided to use texting as the most secure way to give the pilot the vital information he needed to land safely in Cork after lowe Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17530 New figures released by Strategy Analytics show that the mobile business seems to be weathering the economic slowdown quite well. According to their figures, 42 million cell phones were shipped to the US during the second quarter of this year. That’s an increase of 5% over the first quarter.The report, "BlackBerry Blows Past 10% Share in North America in Q2 2008," gave very good news to RIM, whose BlackBerry is obviously gaining in the consumer market as it grabbed a double-digit market share and shipped 4.5 million handsets.But that only put it in fifth place, behind Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-11128_3-10013487-54.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Michigan-based handset-recycling service plans to use the Series A round to expand operations and collections of retired cell phones. Partners include Motorola and Verizon. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:21:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17522 Electronics retailer Best Buy has announced a partnership with Zoomsystems to introduce self-serve gadget kiosks in a handful of major U.S. airports. Described as a pilot program, the kiosks will operate under the name "Best Buy Express" and carry small electronics items like portable storage devices and memory cards, chargers, headphones, travel adapters, gaming devices, digital cameras, and cell phone and computer accessories."The launch of Best Buy Express is another way for Best Buy to provide consumers with the products they need from a brand they trust, even while they're on-the-go," said Best Buy VP of strategic planning Chris Stidman, i Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-11128_3-10011170-54.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Car and Driver's fuel-saving technology list; Philippe Starck's home wind turbine; ReCellular raises funds for phone recycling; more on the clean-tech bubble discussion. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:13:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507140.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:39:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507122.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:28:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13555_3-10007628-34.html?tag=rsspr.6244884&part=ecoustics-cnet Featured links from the CNET Blog Network The alternative energy bubble--VCs smell a hot market, but that doesn't mean the market will support all those companies and all the capacity they need to bring online for their business models to work. Cell phone tech for robots--University students in the U.K. think small and dial into big savings for robotics researchers. How we learned to stop listening to music--Other than the folks buying vinyl, is there anybody out there who actually listens to music? Ultralight notebooks may be cool but they still run Windows--I struggle to see how hardware vendors think they can excite the market with cool new gear when it all runs Windows. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:16:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17912_3-10008243-72.html?part=ecoustics-cnet University students in the U.K. think small and dial into big savings for robotics researchers. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:23:00 -0400