Python Library for Japanese Mobile Devices

geomobilejp 0.1.0 is a Python library for handling GPS information of Japanese mobile devices, such as DoCoMo's iArea.

Requirements:

Perl

Motion Sensor + Screen Saver = Battery Level Meter

The N702is 3G phone by NTT DoCoMo in Japan has a built in motion sensor and when the screen saver is activated, the screen acts exactly like a glass of water. The "water" level moves when you move the phone around with the information it gets from the motion sensors. The water level reflects your battery status, the lower it gets, the less power you have and therefore needs some juice.

Water powered mobile phone

NTT DoCoMo's direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) recharger last year wasn't a bad first effort, but how about shrinking it by a factor of four, doubling the output, and swapping methanol for water? That's what they've managed to do through a partnership with Aquafairy Co., pumping out a prototype polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) that rocks 800mAh at 3.6V -- enough juice to recharge your average FOMA handset in the same time as a wall wart. The new unit gets shown off this week at Wireless Japan 2006 with production plans slated for next year; availability outside Japan is (as usual) an open question, but with battery life falling to under a day on some modern smartphones, we can only hope manufacturers' hands are going to be forced on this one.