If you’re an iPhone user, the only privacy notice you’ll see from an app regards your current location — as much a warning about the associated battery hit from the GPS pinging as anything. If you’re an Android user, however, things are different, with a tap-through dialog showing you exactly what each app will access on your phone. But, do you read them?

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Lookout’s App Genome Project warns about sketchy apps you may have already downloaded

It’s a good day here, because rather than poor ‘ol Sad Moto we get to bust out Happy Moto, as Motorola has released some good news in its Q2 financial report. Earnings were $162 million, up from $26 million this time last year . That sounds like a big jump, but compared to overall sales of $5.4 billion you can see things are still rather tight — especially since those sales were down from $5.5 billion the year before and all-important mobile device sales figures dropped six percent to $1.7 billion.

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Motorola manages $162 million Q2 profit, turns that frown upside down

The company’s not committing to any US carriers just yet ( ahem ), but LG is already puffing up its chest and talking big about its impending Windows Phone 7 release plans. To date, all we’ve had to go on was Microsoft’s vow of seeing WP7 devices on store shelves before this holiday season , but now Ken Hong, an LG representative in Seoul, has offered a wee bit more insight regarding his company in particular

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LG aiming to ship ‘a couple’ of Windows Phone 7 devices by year-end

Think giant active-shutter glasses are a roadblock to 3D adoption? Wait until you get a load of this, the N-3D from Aircord Labs, a glass pyramid with semi-reflective sides that allows you to peer through while reflecting the image of a screen above

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Aircord Lab’s N-3D concept turns an iPad into world’s second least practical 3D display (video)

The Wireless Power Consortium took a big step forward this past week with the confirmation that its precocious Qi interoperability standard has been finalized. Composed of three documents setting out the interface, performance and compliance requirements, the new dictum has set itself the not inconsiderable challenge of making wireless charging universal , so that any Qi-approved phone can soak up juice from any Qi-verified base station, dock or omnitool. This first spec is limited to devices requiring no more than 5 Watts, an appropriately humble early goal, though cauldrons are already bubbling with ideas for laptops and the like.

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Qi wireless power standard finalized, universal contactless chargers look closer to reality than ever

Click has had a look at the market and found a couple of wireless chargers that could help you can the cables and juice up your phone or laptop - but will they catch on?

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Can wireless charging work?

This time last year, almost to the day, Microsoft saw its first annual sales decline in history . Things are looking much better now, with the company reporting a record $16.04 billion in revenue, a 22 percent year-over-year increase for its Q4 revenue ending June 30th. In fact, revenue is up across all divisions, with Windows and Windows Live seeing the biggest uptick (43.5 percent to $4.55 billion) followed by Entertainment and Devices (27.3 percent to $1.6 billion).

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Microsoft reports $4.5b in profit, a record $16.04b in revenue

Microsoft is no stranger to having partners galore in the phone business, but its lineup of manufacturers for the upcoming, surprisingly promising Windows Phone 7 launch is no less impressive. After plenty of rumoring, Microsoft has confirmed that Dell and HTC will be making Windows Phone 7 phones, in addition to ASUS, LG, and Samsung who had already been confirmed.

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Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7 manufacturers: ASUS, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung all on board

Well, what do you know? Turns out you don’t actually need to invest in a Nook e-reader to enjoy the experience on your existing smartphone. And considering that the average Android smartphone will boast a display larger than your face within 2 years (if current trends continue, anyway), we’d say we could be onto something good here.

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Nook for Android now available to download, offers eBook lending

It’s recently come to our attention that Birdman over at the AllDroid.org forums has rooted the Droid X . By all accounts (which, at the time of this writing, consists of two forum posts that exclaim “it works!”) things are going beautifully, so what do you think

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Droid X can now be counted among the rooted