May 24, 2013

Battery - News


Best Buy offers Dell Streak for $ 99 on 2 year Contract

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Earlier, manufacturers seemed to pile up multiple devices for users to lavishly choose from during the festivities. Best Buy is keeping with this trend by treating its customers to a nice big saving on the AT&T-attached Dell Streak, offering it up for $99 in upfront costs on a two-year contract with AT&T. With an original [...]

Meet the Google “Cr-48 Chrome Netbook”

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Although the official release of its cloud-based Chrome OS is months away, Google has begun a massive pilot program, offering specially-chosen end users, Google employees, and journalists their own prototype Chrome netbooks. Known as the Cr-48 (for the element Chromium 48), these particular 12.1-inch laptops will never be sold commercially, but they offer a very [...]

Jailbreak Detection API in iOS 4.2 Removed

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Consumers who have jailbroken Apple devices were worried a few months back as Apple Inc. introduced the jailbreak detection API with the iOS 4 update. Now, however, the Cupertino-based company has decided to disable the API with the iOS 4.2 update. it was either disabled or removed by Apple for no apparent reason. While Apple [...]

ViewSonic “ViewPad 7″ Review

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The ViewSonic ViewPad 7 delivers Android 2.2 on a swift 7-inch capacitive display. But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.One of the more intriguing underdogs of the tablet wars is ViewSonic–a company known more for computer monitors than portable computers. It’s understandable that Google’s open source Android is on the majority of tabs [...]

Rooted Froyo Devices can have “Android 2.3 Gingerbread Keyboard”

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Developers of custom ROMs are already working hard on bringing Android 2.3 to a number of devices, The latest version of Android – Android Gingerbread – is finally official. It’ll make its debut on the Nexus S later this month, and offers a range of upgrades for Android developers and enthusiasts alike. If you have [...]

ASUS E600 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Passed FCC; to be heading to AT&T

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It looks like this Monday morning has brought some good news for those hoping to see something Windows Phone 7 flavored coming from Asus. New images of the WP7-toting device comes courtesy of the FCC, which also reveals the handset was submitted a whole 6 months ago in April. Back in August, a Windows Phone [...]

Looxcie “LX1″ Life Casting Camera Now Supports iPhone

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Looxcie the makers of the behind the ear video cameras have just unveiled their new iPhone app that allows you to connect your camera and phone via Bluetooth. iPhone users might have been disappointed that the $199 ear-mounted Looxcie camera only supported Android when it was first released, with this app it has got the [...]

US Cellular Comes with Three New Pre-Paid Plans; Offering Unlimited Texting

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Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular has announced three new prepaid calling plans just in time for the holiday buying season,  each of which includes unlimited text messaging. Talk time on the three plans is 200, 400 or 1000 minutes for $29, $39 or $49 respectively. The 400 minute plan includes 5GB of monthly data. Company VP [...]

Mophie “Juice Pack Plus” Battery for iPhone4 Unveiled; doubles your “iPhone 4″ Power

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Regardless of the fact those Apple products are made with some of the best batteries on the market. Even the most conservative iPhone 4 user is going to have a day that pushes the limits of his phone’s built-in 1420 mAh battery. Mophie has outed its new Juice Pack Plus battery case for the iPhone [...]

Dell “Vostro V130”-A New Notebook from Dell for Small Business

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Despite a couple of quibbles with its screen and design,  like many Dell laptops, the slim and light Dell Vostro V130 is still a top ultraportable notebook that’s great for business users. The ultra-low-voltage Core i5 CPU provides much faster performance at a better price than the previous Vostro V13 model. The branding is confusing [...]

Nissan Leaf EV Wins 2011 European Car of the Year

Nissan Leaf has become the first zero emissions vehicle to win the European Car of the Year competition. A panel of journalists voted and made this the first all electric vehicle to receive the award. The Nissan leaf is a midsize vehicle and has a fuel rating of 99 miles per gallon according to the [...]

AAXA “ L1 v2 Laser Pico Projector” launched-can be used with iPad/iPhon

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AAXA Technologies has just introduced its newest L1 v2 laser pico projector, successor to the original L1. The updated design improves the performance of L1 v2 by increasing the thermal efficiency of the PCOS laser light engine. It packs unique three-color laser light source for producing images with amazing color saturation that are always in [...]