Mobile computing may be the great equalizer for people in the developing world, but access to affordable, reliable energy to power mobile devices is not a trivial matter. Nokia today introduced a bicycle dynamo that charges your mobile phone when you pedal. Go for a bike ride and then spend the evening reading and publishing to Facebook Zero , which is now free of data charges as well? It’s not hard to picture millions of people doing exactly that. When power becomes easy and free, all kinds of new uses of mobile devices make more sense. Nokia sold 35% of all mobile phones in the world in the first quarter of 2010. Sponsor The company says that a ten minute bike ride will power 28 minutes worth of talking time. The kit will cost about €15, around $18. Nokia also unveiled a phone that can switch between multiple SIM cards with the push of a button, making it easier for families to share phones but maintain different contact lists. They say that freedom of the press belongs to those who can afford to own one. It turns out that millions of people already had one in their pocket and now it’s powered by bike. Discuss

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Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple , which leapt fully armed from the head of Zeus in 1976, spoke this evening at the D8 Conference near Los Angeles. The conversation was live-blogged on the conference site and elsewhere . All Things Digital ‘s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher moderating, feeding Jobs questions. Asked about Apple’s rejection of Flash , Jobs said he did not think it was unfair to consumers. Sponsor “Sometimes when we get rid of things, people call us crazy… But sometimes you just have to pick the things that are going to be the right horse to ride forward… And Flash has had its day… but HTML5 is starting emerge.” Apple, the live-blogs note Jobs as saying, was the first to drop both the floppy and use USB. However, Jobs also noted that “Adobe came after us” and his Flash letter was a response to that. “We’re just trying to make great products,” says Jobs.”We don’t think Flash makes a great product, so we’re leaving it out. Instead, we’re going to focus on technologies that are in ascendancy.” Top photo by Tom Bottom photo by Robert Gaal Discuss

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Just 13 days after it launched to the public, the iPad is the subject of the latest Silicon Valley developers’ unconference event. At 5 PM this evening iPadDevCamp kicked off at the PayPal/eBay offices in San Jose. The photo above of developers waiting in line to enter was posted to Twitter by Portland, Oregon based iPhone (and now iPad) push notification service Urban Airship . Build some cool apps in there, folks! Sponsor

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