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I will have a little expo at the Professional Imaging 2010 from 7 till 9 March 2010 in the Apple stand.

The Case That Shines

quirky’s Beamer is an iphone case with a built in light. This light can dual function as a flash for your iphone’s camera as well as a light for use whenever you see fit – Dropped something under the table at dinner? Need a flashlight for your car? Squinting to read a menu in candlelight? Taking a picture in the dark? Beamer is the case that shines!

Beamer is a hard, durable plastic case with a friction-fit, 2 piece design. Beamer’s base slides out for quick insertion of your iphone. Turning on the light is easy. Simply press the silicone button once and the light will remain on for 10 seconds – leaving you with enough time to snap your picture. Pressing the button twice in a row will leave the light on indefinitely until you are ready to turn it off – to do so, just press the button a 3rd time.

Beamer’s super bright LED is powered by its own battery (residing on the inside of the case) so it does not drain any of your iphone’s battery. And not to worry, the button is set in a groove to avoid being accidentally turned on when in your pocket thus keeping the battery alive as long as possible.

You can choose from one of quirky’s funky case colors. With the Beamer, all you iPhone-ers out there need not feel jealous of your Blackberry-ing friends. Now you too can have stellar phone pictures.

NOTE: Beamer will use replaceable Lithium coin cell batteries for an estimated life of about 10 hours of super bright illumination. Beamer is compatible for iPhone 3G and 3GS

read more @ quirky

An average mobile phone user wastes 2.8 kW of electricity per year due to overcharging. With more than 4 Billion Mobile users across the globe (as per International Telecommunication Union), the estimated electricity wastage per year due to overcharging of mobile phone alone is more than 11,000 MW, and this figure is growing.

Electricity is one of the major causes of greenhouse gas emissions. Any efforts made to save electricity can make a significant difference in the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. In Britain alone, 85,000 ton of CO2 is emitted due to overcharging of mobile phones and results in wastage of £40 million per year. (Source- www.insidemoneytalk.com)

Green Charging for a Greener Planet

Green Charging is an energy- saving utility application for mobile phone which will assist its users to save electricity and contribute towards a greener planet if used by over 4 billion mobile phone users across the globe.

Why Green Charging?

Enables every individual to contribute to the global cause of a greener planet
Helps save power & energy
Can be a contributor in reducing global warming if the application is adopted at a global level

This unique application notifies the user when the battery of the mobile phone is fully charged by creating a sound and vibration when the user charges the battery of the mobile phone .It also shows the following message that will encourage user to be more conscious and careful while using electricity.

Green Charging is an energy- saving utility application for mobile phone which will assist its users to save electricity and contribute towards a greener planet if used by over 4 billion mobile phone users across the globe.

Saving electricity doesn’t just save money, it also saves the planet.
Stop Global Warming!

Green charging application will also help with other important information like the battery status, stand by time and talk-time (in %). The application has a rich help text which gives suggestions on how to save electricity while using the mobile phone.

Inside Screen

Application Features:

Black UI to save battery power
Loud alarm and vibration to notify user about full battery status
Shares important information like battery status, stand by time, talk time

This application aims to make the mobile users aware and inculcate in them the habit of saving electricity. Green Charging is a small initiative to create a better tomorrow.

Amsterdam. The Netherlands. An international iPhone photography contest, from October 8th till December 18th 2009.

seven snaps tell a story
seven snaps teach a lesson
seven snaps make us laugh
seven snaps unravel a secret
seven snaps show your talent

What do your seven snaps reveal?

Seven Snaps is all about a daily lifestyle: capturing the world with our mobile phone. Seven Snaps challenges you to be creative and share the fun of telling a story in a sequence of seven images. To connect space, language, culture, expressions and visualization and freeze it in seven snaps.

Our aim is to promote mobile photography in a snap culture-based society. And make it a fun and active way of connecting people through shared interests. We cooperate with the promissing dutch company Mobypicture, a distributor of mobile pictures to social media platforms.
Grab your iPhone and share your seven snaps with the world!

The most funny, touching and amazing seven snaps will be selected around Christmas by an international jury of diverse creative backgrounds including the writer Paulo Coelho, composer Max Richter and sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor. The winning entries will be rewarded and will be published in a book and exposed in a public environment.

Be creative and enjoy!

www.sevensnaps.com

For more information you can contact Annet de Graaf + 31 6 24306438 or email: info@droombos.nl

For more information contact Annet de Graaf of Droombos Design (http://www.droombos.nl)
+31 6 24306438

I was one of the judges @ the iphoneclub.nl photo comeptititon

translated from Dutch to English by Google translate

iPhoneclub.nl photo competition: the results

Saturday, September 19, 2009 (12:28) | Gonny van der Zwaag

With almost a thousand entries it was not easy for the winners of the iPhone club photo contest to determine. The result is then a few days later than originally thought, but we understand that positive: a bit more time for careful consideration, then working quickly with a few pictures designate, is not it? There are four images chosen by the jury, whose subject matter are very different. The iPhone camera has its limitations, but who can then act takes great pictures.

This explains the jury, consisting of Fred van der Ende and Hans de Kort from, how they came to their decision. The third juror Glyn Evans has withdrawn its request to the jury.

Motivation of the jury:

There was plenty submitted for this contest. With such a small 1,000 entries, the jury his hands full with the assessment of the entries. Best a difficult task because there are no categories for entries were defined so that predetermined criteria are missing. So you’re comparing apples with pears and the other only try to convince that a picture really is not comparable but nevertheless better than the others …

A few things we noticed:

1. We were first surprised by the high quality of most entries. Of course there were the necessary slack snapshots of pets, beer glasses on the table and other funny dialogues between. Photographing subjects with a camera phone just to invite, but on the whole we got the impression that the average iPhone owner a creative person with an eye for detail, light and composition.

2. There were surprisingly low proportion of people sent in pictures. This is remarkable because one would expect a camera properly used at any suitable time pictures of loved ones or friends to make. Of the submitted photographs which were shown to some people was also striking that many of them not looked into the camera. As if the “stolen” moments were.

3. The images were significantly modified by many contributors to the many useful apps for the iPhone available. Photo Gene, and Camera kit Camerabag frequently came over, but it was striking that many raw images just very well kept up. The old law that does not sound beautiful frame work is also needed in modern times still.

4. No surprise was the fact that most subjects were very static in nature. The iPhone is not suitable camera to capture moments of action …

The Winners

To still to come have a balanced approach to our selection of favorites roughly divided into categories: ‘people’, ‘landscapes’,’ stylistic details of architecture “and” striking moments “. It is ultimately the following winners …

1. “Zenna” of sender “daandraait ‘

With so much people have wanted to see the understated black and white photo of the girl the first prize. This is a beautiful classic image as a snapshot in Tram (or metro?) taken underground. Everything here just right, the look of the girl, the light and atmosphere of the surroundings. Under a typical time for us to capture an iPhone, then upload directly to a memory for the family.

2. ‘Nederland ontwaakt’ from sender ‘wgroenwold’

We have seen many beautiful landscapes and many of them were made during spectacular sunsets. All very nice, but it struck us because we believe that it was only during the early morning sun was created. The quality of the moment, taken from a moving car, is so strong that if you could make an ad. The fact that there is little or nothing to make the image more heavily modified …

3. ‘Up? “ from sender “Medjo ‘

In the category details / architecture “was also very nice pass. This was because of the beautiful color contrast and strong composition. The spiral staircase is really perfect in the framework.

4. “Wheel Barrow break ‘from sender’ Menno Ophelia ‘

The latter price is a picture from the category “striking moments” become. Two people are in a wheelbarrow from the rest of (probably) hard work. The high level view and the perfect distribution to make this a recording that requires a photographic eye. Many people would probably not recognize such a moment.

All winners will have our personal message about the price they have won. As editors, we warmly thank the jurors for the effort they have taken so many pictures to see and evaluate.

All photos submitted are seen in the Flickr iPhone Photo Contest Club Pool. Note that you must be logged in to Flickr all the pictures are. Flickr shows only a subset of non-logged users!