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Energizer Power Max P16K Pro promises all-week battery life (in a huge phone)

As expected, the Energizer Power Max P16K Pro smartphone with a massive 16,000 mAh battery is on display at Mobile World Congress this week. Unfortunately it’s just an early prototype at this point, so the folks at GSM Arena, Mashable, and TechRadar who got a look at it weren’t able to turn the phone on. […]

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Elephone smartphone prototype: Slim bezels, ultra-wide display, physical home button

Chinese smartphone maker Elephone is showing off pictures of a new phone that looks more than a little like rival Xiaomi’s Mi Mix. Like the Mi Mix, Elephone’s new device has super-slim left, right, and top bezels with a bit of a bezel below the screen. But the Elephone model has one thing Xiaomi’s phone does […]

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Razer’s stolen 3-screen laptop posted on Chinese shopping site

Razer’s Project Valerie laptop prototype made a splash at CES earlier this month. The computer has three displays, with two that can slide out when you need them or be packed away when you don’t. It was one of the most unusual devices unveiled at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, and apparently someone couldn’t wait […]

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WhammyPhone prototype: Bend your smartphone to make music

Researchers at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab unveiled a flexible smartphone prototype earlier this year that didn’t just have a screen that could bend… it uses the bending motion as a form of input for doing things like flipping through eBook pages. Now the Human Media Lab is going one step further with the introduction […]

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Sony unveils Future Lab T interactive smart table concept

Sony introduced a Future lab program in March, to showcase prototypes of hardware concepts that may or may not eventually come to market. The company is now taking applications for beta testers who want to try out the Future Lab N wearable “voice interaction system” for hands-free interactions with a phone. And now Sony has unveiled a […]

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Doppio dual-screen smartwatch concept (video)

Two screens are better than one (sometimes) when you’re using a desktop computer. But what about a laptop? You can get secondary displays for those too. Let’s go smaller: what about smartwatches? Maybe one day you’ll be able to get a dual-screen version of that too. Doppio is a smartwatch concept that incorporates two displays […]

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SkinTrack turns your arm into a touchscreen for your smartwatch

Smartwatches may let you view information at a glance without taking your phone out of your pocket. But the 1.5 inch screen on most smartwatches doesn’t give you a lot of room for writing, drawing, or even tapping and zooming. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s Future Interfaces Group have a solution: extend the touch surface to […]

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More Remix OS laptops on the way?

There’s no shortage of low-cost laptops on the market today, but most run Google’s Chrome OS or Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating systems. But last year some Chinese device makers started offering models with Jide’s Remix OS as an option, and it looks like more models may be on the way. Charbax from ARMDevices got a […]

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Samsung’s next C-Lab showcase features music transcription, VR, and social media tools

Samsung’s Creative Lab is an incubator for projects from current and former employees. The company showed off some of the first projects from C-Lab at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, including the TipTalk wearable that turns your finger into a sort of smartphone headset and a couple of other device prototypes. Now Samsung is […]

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Kyocera demonstrates solar-powered smartphone prototype

Some companies are busy stuffing big batteries in smartphones and tablets, to help them run longer. Others are making it easy to quickly charge the battery so you don’t have to spend much time plugged in. Japanese electronics company Kyocera has another idea: solar-powered phones. At Mobile World Congress this week, Kyocera is showing off […]