Portable

Energizer Inductive Charger Only Requires Near Contact

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Energizer has released their inductive-charging alternative to the Powermat – they call it the Energizer IC2B-US Qi-Enabled 3 Position Inductive Charger. We’ll call it the Energizer Inductive Charger for short. The gizmo is compatible with all devices that use Qi technologies for charging. At the moment this appears to consist of covers for the iPhone [...]

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LaCie’s Little Big 1TB Drive has 10Gb/s Transfer Speed

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LaCie have announced their new Little Big Disk, featuring Thunderbolt technology. And, no, it has nothing to do with Little Big Planet – this is a storage drive that offers transfer speeds of 10Gb/s! Developed by Intel,Thunderbolt even trumps USB 3.0′s top-end 5Gb/s speeds.

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WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab on Sale April 10 for $349

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A WiFi-only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab goes on sale on Sunday (Apr 10) for $349 in retail stores and on the Web. The Galaxy Tab runs Android 2.2, and has a 7″ 1024×600 TFT screen with 16GB of internal storage and a micro-SD slot.

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Motorola Xoom vs Apple iPad 2 – A Spec-by-Spec Breakdown

Motorola Xoom and Apple iPad 2

The tablet war rages on and it is still not completely clear who will be the eventual victor (perhaps no single vendor at all). Will it be Apple (and their new iPad 2) or Motorola and the Xoom, their new tablet running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) or perhaps another up-and-comer? Of course, many have already anointed [...]

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Plug-In Compact iPhone/iPod Speaker Dock

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Similar to Quirky, Kickstarter is another website that helps back designer’s innovative ideas, as long as enough money is pledged to the product. The idea we’re featuring today is the WALdok – a iPhone/iPod plug-in speaker, and has already met its funding pledge so will go into production on the 9th of April this year.

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Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 Now Available

Spirit iPhone-iPad Jailbreak

If you want to jailbreak your iPad or iPhone to use some of those cool jailbreak hacks we showcased last year, but you already upgraded to the latest v 4.x firmware, you are in luck. An (untethered) iOS jailbreak is now out for v4.3.1. It still doesn’t work on the iPad 2 (fix is forthcoming) [...]

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The Ultimate Backpack for Technology-Inclined Travellers

TrekSupportBackpack

Quirky have churned out some neat products recently, and they currently need your support for their new Trek Support Electric Backpack. This is a backpack for travellers to fit in their essential gadgets, and have them recharged by the internal battery as they’re going about their business. The battery can last around 7 hours depending [...]

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Plantronics Voyager PRO Bluetooth and USB Wireless Headset

Plantronics VoyagerPRO

If you’re busy talking to people all day and switching from phone to computer constantly, it would make sense to have a dual-purpose headset. Plantronics’ Voyager PRO does exactly that. This wireless headset has bluetooth compatibility, but also has a USB receiver for your PC and when needed can swap between the 2 transmitters.

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Review: Garageband iPad App

Garageband iPad App

How would you like to carry a portable music studio with you? Using the Garageband App on the iPad, you can! This next generation iPad app provides value by allowing iPad user’s to create music content rather than just consume by turning the iPad into a collection of touch instruments including Guitars, Basses, Keyboards and [...]

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nPower Peg Charges While You Walk

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A lot of energy we use while going about our daily lives is wasted. When we charge up our phones and iPods we have to pay for the energy we use. nPower has come up with their nPower PEG (Power Energy Generator) which offers a bridge between the two activities. All you do is pop [...]

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