New Google Labs project (not yet open to the public):

http://flipper.googlelabs.com/

A way to flip through the news, browse by sections, keywords, most popular…..

Launched today for Android:

http://layar.eu/

New report from Pew Internet:

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference–Typology/1-Summary-of-Findings/Overview.aspx?r=1

Current social implications of mobile internet access in the United States. Which group would you be in?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8091398.stm

The answer surely is that users shouldn’t even perceive that they’re going on to the web.

NTT’s hardware add-ons for phones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sit35RPuI

http://www.bee.tv/default.asp

Check out the video demo, they include many of the concepts we’ve talked about:

http://www.bee.tv/demo.asp

New kind of LCD technology that uses standard LCD fabrication tools to create an LCD/e-paper/transflective screen that displays full color in direct sunlight and takes very little power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZErQ5Kl6w

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logics-ereader-re-emerges-at-d-with-an-interface-and-3g/

Video, showing advantages of a larger and touchable screen:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/video-plastic-logic-prototype-e-reader/