As expected, Chinese phone maker is launching a wireless charging system for smartphones that connects to the back of a phone via magnets. Realme’s MagDart system is basically the company’s answer to Apple’s MagSafe charging for iPhones. And like Apple, Realme will offer accessories including wireless charging pads, stands, and battery packs. One key difference though? Apple’s […]
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Project Ara is getting a new design
The team behind Google’s Project Ara effort to build a modular smartphone design recently announced plans to scrap the upcoming Puerto Rico market pilot and launch a new pilot in a different location in 2016. Now the team is providing at least one of the reasons for the delay. Apparently the technology that held modules to […]
Make a Nexus 7 magnetic smart case for under $10
Google doesn’t mention this in the tech specs for the Google Nexus 7, but there are magnets built into the tablet, just below the screen. They work much like the magnets in Apple’s iPad, allowing you to attach a magnetic cover to the tablet and hold it in place — and allowing the screen to […]
Always Innovating Touch Book rotates, sticks to fridge, fails to slice or dice – Video
The Always Innovating Touch Book has been shipping for a few days now. And while early reports indicate that the tablet/netbook has kind of lousy build uality and obviously beta software, there are a few things it apparently does right. And the company’s CEO has posted a few videos that show those features off. While […]
Always Innovating Touch Book unboxed, stuck on a fridge
You know, netbooks are cool and all. They’re cheap; they’re portable. But you know what I really wish you could do with them? Stick them on the fridge next to grocery list and the kids’ artwork. Enter the Always Innovating Touch Book. Not only does this netbook have a detachable keyboard which lets you use […]