New iPhone 3G S (the ski racer)

Posted on June 8, 2009 by hydle

iPhone 3G S now has video capability, faster processing power and longer battery life. It is hard to determine what differences are actually hardware driven and which ones Apple is software marketing into the phone… but this chart should help.

On a green note – the new packaging is 23% smaller then the already minimal packaging. Go Apple.

Thanks to the Engadget crew for creating this short bus chart

iPhone 3G – available now

8GB black only – $99

iPhone 3G S – available June 19th

16GB black or white – $199
32GB black or white – $299

iPhone 3.0 software – available June 17th

iPod Touch will have to pay for this update

Worlds Greenest Notebooks

Posted on June 8, 2009 by hydle

New kids are in town. Which means my current 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro 2.66GHz / 4GB / 320GB is for sale.

Apple claims these are the greenest notebooks available with their revolutionary new built-in battery that can recharge up to 1000 times. That equates to 3x less battery waste over the course of a traditional 5 year standard computer user life cycle and although that really just sounds like a lot of variables to me… they will take less green backs out of your pocket to get one.

13″ MacBook Pro

2.26 GHz / 2GB / 160GB / 9400M + SD Card Slot = $1199
2.53 GHz / 4GB / 250GB / 9400M + SD Card Slot = $1499

15″ MacBook Pro

2.53 GHz / 4GB / 250GB / 9400M + SD Card Slot = $1699
2.66 GHz / 4GB / 320GB / 9400M + 9600M GT + SD Card Slot = $1999
2.80 GHz / 4GB / 500GB / 9400M + 9600M GT + SD Card Slot = $2299

17″ MacBook Pro

2.80 GHz / 4GB / 500GB / 9400M + 9600M GT + ExpressCard Slot = $2499

MacBook “who cares” Air

1.86 GHz / 2GB / 120GB / 9400M + NothingElse = $1499
2.13 GHz / 2GB / 128GB SSD / 9400M + ExtremeNothingElse = $1799

Green Steps = Small Steps

Posted on June 1, 2009 by hydle

This video is not interesting enough to embed… and neither is this feel good story about Marcal – the oldest recycled paper maker in the country – but it brings up good points about green-washing.