Slashdot | New IrDA Spec Shoots for 100Mbit/s Data Rate

Infrared has been generally considered a low-tech compared with Bluetooth because of its data rate. Now the new IrDA spec comes out with a peak data rate of 100Mbit/s, way faster than Bluetooth 2.0.

Still, this is line-of-sight and you must carefully align two IrDA ports to establish a connection.

How about power consumption? Not mentioned in the article.

Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos

This is one way to solve the tiny-screen problem for Mobile Video on cell phones: DigitalCamera@101reviews � Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos.

The projected screen is about 12-inch as seen from three feet away. The resolution is 320*240 QVGA. Not bad.

Business 2.0 - The $50 Million Giveaway

Got an idea of a startup? Check out the $50 million giveaway on Business 2.0. The article lists a bunch of very cool ideas that VCs are seeking for business plans.

You will notice that most projects are mobile and wireless related. Smarter phones for RFID based mobile payment, mobile social networking, plug-n-play mobile services, and so on.

Just wondering if these ideas could be possibly ported to other countries....