Cliphanger for cell phones, iPhones and iPods, now with flashlight

One of Popgadget''s favorite accessories, Cliphanger, now has a very simple yet useful add-on, a little flashlight for those moments when you need just a little bit of light.



The original Cliphanger is a very lightweight clip shaped somewhat like a large paper clip that you attach to the back of your cell phone ($12.95 for one, but cheaper by the pack). You can then clip it onto a belt loop, purse strap, dashboard (or any surface using the included autohook that you attach to the surface). The Cliphanger Light version is $16.95 for a single purchase.

It now comes in 16 different colors, including the 6 lighter colors shown above. Cliphanger also makes 50 different kinds of shields with attached Cliphangers, including the one below for the iPhone 3G (for $19.95). All can be purchased directly from the Cliphanger website. Some versions are also available at Amazon.

Eco-friendly packaging for 3G iPhone

For those of us plagued by thoughts of waste when contemplating ditching our old iPhones to upgrade to the 3G iPhone, there''s a bit of good news, as it turns out that the packaging for the new iPhone to be released on July 11th is made of recyclable potato starch. Dutch company PaperFoam, maker of carbon-friendly packaging, is providing millions of paperfoam packages to Apple.Via The Register, by way of textually.org.

Google Maps Mobile now has Voice Recognition

Google has moved its popular Google Maps Mobile application one step ahead and added Voice Recognition to it. This allows users to easily search for their desired location by just saying where they want to go. This is a beta version for test purposes and it is currently available on a limited range of handsets including Blackberry Pearl 8110, 8120, or 8130.

Here's how you use it. You simply hold the left soft key, say you search and release the key and Google happily searches your desired result for you. Blackberry users can get the update here http://www.google.com/gmm

Source: Mobile Crunch

Ubuntu Hardy Heron At a Glance

Pros
* Clear look with new Human theme
* More support for drivers, it has detected my dell BCM 4328 card automatically
* It has detected appropriate and maximum screen resolution for my laptop automatically which I had to do in gutsy by installing proprietary xorg fglrx driver. But I installed fglrx driver to use the maximum 3D output from my ATI Radeon 1400. I can also use compiz fusion now.
* Blazing fast, really!
* Integration of Wubi (Well, ubuntu is my primary OS and I have only one OS in my machine, but it is very good for those who want to give it a try from windows)

Cons
* so far there is only one con and that is it comes with Firefox 3 beta 5. I really dont like this version of firefox caus all my favorite extensions breaks in it.

So in overall I am very happy to using the new ubuntu Hardy Heron. Give it a try.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download