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New dock turns your Samsung Galaxy S into a tablet

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Eicus Media today announced a new dock for Samsung’s Galaxy S smart phones. The PhonePad turns your Galaxy S smart phone into a portable tablet and comes complete with a larger screen, additional battery and the works.

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The new PhonePad docking station comes with a free game controller and turns your Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy S III into a tablet. The station comes with a bunch of nice features such as an additional battery which allows for over 8 hours of runtime, two 3.5mm audio out jacks, two built in speakers and a 10-inch 1024×600 pixel touch display. It connect to your Galaxy using the built in MHL port.

Sadly the PhonePad won’t be here soon as it will only go on sale in July, for an estimated $230. Will you be getting your hands on a PhonePad?

LG launches the world’s smallest wireless charger; the LG WCP-300


LG today announced the world’s smallest wireless charger, the LG WCP-300 set to launch in South Korea this week.

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The LG WCP-300, now the world’s smallest wireless charger, may be small, but still packs a punch as it is said to be equipped with a 1.7 fold increase in charging power over regular wireless chargers, it also complies with the international Qi wireless charging standard. The LG WCP-300 has a 2.8-inch diameter and is set to cost roughly $55. Currently it will officially support the LG Optimus G, the LG Optimus Vu II, the LG Optimus LTE2 as well as the LG Nexus 4. There’s no word on whether it will work with Nokia devices nor when its global rollout will begin.

Apple bracelet patent may pave way for iWatch and other wrist accessories

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A recent patent filed by Apple under the name “bi-stable spring with flexible display,” could bring insight into what Apple has planned for their rumoured upcoming Apple iWatch.

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The patent details a slap bracelet with a flexible AMOLED display that can charge using solar and/or kinetic energy. The idea being that the supposed iWatch provide users with notifications such as new messages, social networking updates and mapping information and allow them to control their devices right from the palm of their hands.

Nokia rumoured to be working on solar charging smart phones


Nokia is rumoured to be partnering up with SunPartner Group to bring smart phones to the market that can charge off of sunlight.

The ailing smart phone manufacturer is rumoured to want to implement SunPartner Group’s What You See Is Photovoltaic Surface solar film into its future products. The thin film is semi-transparent and if applied to the device and will charge the device as long as there is sunlight available. Apparently Nokia has already produced testing devices and some may be shown of at this year’s Mobile World Congress next week in Spain. Considering Nokia’s efforts with wireless charging and prolonging battery life, solar charging seems like the logical next step for the company.

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Samsung Galaxy Altius smart watch leaks


T
he dust has barely settled after rumours of an Apple iWatch lit up the internet, now there seems to be a Samsung made smart watch in the works.

The Samsung smart watch dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Altius, is said to be in development by Samsung. The leaked screen shots indicate that it may have a 500×500 pixel display and it has 256MB of internal storage. The Galaxy Altius runs on Altius OS which may very well be a customized version of Android, a Java-based OS or even Tizen based. The user interface has tile-like elements which may just have been inspired by Windows Phone. Altius is Latin for higher and has also been rumoured to be the codename of the Samsung Galaxy S IV.

Considering Samsung’s innovation in flexible display and their ongoing efforts to keep up with the ever expanding market, a Samsung smart watch may just be the innovation they need.

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