Right on the heels of the mega-successful CES, the Macworld has kicked off in San Francisco.

Another event that showcases hip new technology, this year’s conference has not let us down.

During the kick-off, Steve Jobs opened up a standard-sized manila office envelope and slid out … a laptop.

And the audience went wild.

The ultra-thin “MacBook Air” notebook computer is between .16 and .76 inches thick depending on the configuration you choose. It is packaged with a 80-gigabyte hard drive, and the option of a 64GB flash-based solid state drive as an upgrade.

Cool!

This was followed up by confirmation that Apple IS entering the movie rental market. iTunes will have 1,000 movies for online rental by the end of February, with prices of $2.99 for older movies and $3.99 for new releases. You can choose to  watch instantly over a broadband Internet connection, or download and keep the movie for 30 days while having 24 hours to finish the movie once it’s started.

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Recipe for success:  Take 1 part huge communications company, add 1 part of the biggest internet company in the world, toss in a dash of a new ideas on a new technology platform and you get something that will most likely get huge, and stay pretty darn successful.  That’s what Sprint and Google are hoping for as the two have paired up on the new WiMax Network to bring “to bring web search, interactive communications and social networking tools.”

According to the article, “the companies plan to create a new mobile portal to use with the technology.”  Don’t you just love it when to big companies come together and try to make another big company?  At any rate, a lot of criticism has come down on Sprint as of late for investing so much time, money, and energy into the WiMax portal, this new pairing with Google and the announcement last week that they are joining forces with Clearwire, might just quiet people down as they aren’t solely sharing the burden.

I love new technologies, and I love new ideas.  Speaking of, head over to MoGo’s homepage and check out all the new innovation going down in that realm.  I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised all the new stuff coming out.  Then, head back here and let us know if YOU have any ideas for how things could be better, different, or even more amazing than before.

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I guess it goes without saying that with every cool new technology that pops up, before too long someone, somewhere, figures out how to use it for absolute pure evil.  Evil in this case, being the beyond annoying Spam that we’re all so accustomed to in this day and age.  Spammers, have been around for ages, and now that Bluetooth is an official staple in our daily lives, well many of us Mobile Warriors, does it really surprise you that they’ve taken it to the next level?

That’s right, Bluespamming, Bluecasting, whatever you want to call it, it’s all about what we’ve talked about here before:  tapping into the open Bluetooth market and sending messages, voicemails or a combination of both to your Bluetooth enabled device.   The article I just read dives into this very controversial topic and it got me thinking about a question they posed:  “If a person does leave their Bluetooth sensor in the on status, does that mean they welcome these messages?”  I want to know your opinions on the topic, so please, sound off in the comments section.

My opinion, no.  If I left my car window open while driving down the road, does that mean I want people to throw things in at me?  If I stopped on the sidewalk to open my briefcase of messenger bag, does that imply that people can come check out what is inside it and add things if they want?  No.  Simply No.  Just because I’ll soon have a sweet MoGo Headest, doesn’t mean I want to hear commercials on it as I walk by certain buildings.  Simple as that.

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Sometimes I sit back and I seriously ask myself…Self, what next?!  Every morning I wake up and check my ol’ RSS feeds, and I swear there’s some new technology, some new big idea, product, announcement or innovation.  So, what is next?

How about Bluetooth Clothing?   How about this, it’s already here, and it has the potential to do absolutely amazing things.  The implications are already showing through in the field of military use.  As the article I just read said, “Picture it…you’re flying a helicopter over a warzone and you’re looking for soldiers who need to be rescued. You see uniforms spread out across the battlefield but you can’t tell who is in need of assistance. Well…imagine now that these same soldiers had illuminations on their uniforms that allowed you, and only you, to determine their level of distress. “  Can you imagine that?!

The fact is, with how fast things are moving these days, we don’t have to really Imagine things very long.  Soon after the imagining takes place, a great deal of the time, the production phase begins.  Bluetooth, I’m happy to say, is one of these technologies that is really opening the door for so many new things.  The worlds of gaming, information, news, safety and convenience are all changing before our eyes.  What can YOU imagine?

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