In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all–a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video.

Sony released video of the new 2.5-inch display Friday. In it, a hand squeezes a display that is 0.3 millimeters, or 0.01 inch, thick. The display shows color images of a bicyclist stuntman and a picturesque lake.

California State Senator Carole Migden, who voted last year to impose a fine for using a cell phone while driving, crashed her SUV into another car while talking on her cell phone.

In this fascinating article, G. Denise Lance, Ph.D. takes a look at some helper robots for people with disabilities. Is Rosie from The Jetson’s here yet? Denise doesn’t think so, but there are some promising technologies in development.

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Since he’s discussed so much about mobile ad-hoc networks, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht thinks it’s the right time to introduce you to an in-depth mechanism of various network controls in mobile ad-hoc networks. In this article, he explains how you can position wireless devices in an ad-hoc environment.

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Palm has released a new ROM update for the Treo 680 smartphone on the AT&T (formerly Cingular) network. The update includes a number of previous updates, and adds improved power management, bug fixes and updated AT&T branding.

Palm provides an installer for Windows XP users, and provides instructions for using a blank SD card for Mac OS and Windows Vista systems. Palm recommends setting aside 30 minutes for the update process. When completed, the update brings the 680’s firmware version number to R01.34 and the software to Treo680-1.09-ATT. BlackBerry Connect and Good Mobile Messaging users will need to re-install each product after performing the update.

O2 is offering a free upgrade of the Windows Mobile 6 operating system for all Xda Atom Life customers. Windows Mobile 6 provides increased value for customers in several key areas, including messaging and collaboration, infrastructure interoperability, security features and platform development.

Gx5’s Treo optimized weather application, TreoWeather, has reached version 1.0. The software can display current weather conditions and forecasts for an unlimited amount of custom locations. It features automatic and scheduled updating capabilities, user selectable wallpaper images and custom fonts and overlays. The new version features a number of optimizations and bug fixes from the beta and has a new UI clean up.

AT&T’s exclusivity arrangement with Apple and the iPhone is an indication that AT&T believes the iPhone is sufficiently compelling technology to motivate people to change carriers, particularly as the cellular market approaches saturation, forcing cellular companies to focus efforts on pirating customers from their competitors.

The terms of AT&T’s corporate relationship with iPhone manufacturer Apple are slowly emerging, and fickle consumers notwithstanding, AT&T has reportedly inked a deal with Apple that gives the company the exclusive distribution rights to the red-hot handset for the next five years.

Resco announced the release of the new version of Resco Photo Viewer 2007. The newest version includes many new features, alongside the exciting new possibility to ensure pictures are available anytime by uploading them flickr.com. Uploading photos saves mobile users loads of memory space without having to delete any captured memories.

SplashData announced an all-new version of its SplashTravel application for wireless Palm OS handhelds and Treo smartphones. The new version, called SplashTravel Professional Edition, features wireless updates of flight, weather, and currency data, enabling smartphone users to access airline schedules, check for flight delays, obtain gate information, view worldwide weather forecasts, and look up the latest exchange rates for major currencies. SplashTravel Professional Edition, like the original SplashTravel, continues to provide business travelers and frequent fliers with a complete set of travel tools–allowing them to create packing lists, check time differences between cities, track expenses, look up area codes, and much more.