Google’s been working on a foldable phone for quite some time (possibly several phones, as rumor has it that the company has scrapped a few models and started over). But according to the latest rumors, Google could launch a Pixel Fold in May, 2023. Now we have a better idea of what it could look […]
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You probably shouldn’t buy a smartphone from Pablo Escobar’s brother (Updated)
Late last year a company founded by the little brother of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar started promising to sell a smartphone with a foldable display for a fraction of the price charged by more established companies. So far Escobar Inc has failed to deliver its first phone… but that hasn’t stopped the […]
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Shady Pebble smartwatch clone hits Indiegogo (Updated)
Before the Apple, Samsung, and Google got into the smartwatch game, there was Pebble. The startup made affordable watches with electronic paper displays, the ability to display smartphone notifications, and an app store that was filled with third-party apps. Activity tracker company Fitbit acquired Pebble a few years ago and used some of the company’s […]
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The Mi Mini PC might be too good to be true (crowdfunding)
Last time I checked in on the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the Mi Mini PC, the folks behind this pocket-sized computer had raised over $350,000 from folks willing to spend $149 or more to reserve an inexpensive, compact, and versatile machine that could run Windows 10 or Android. That was a week ago. Now the […]
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PGS handheld gaming PC Kickstarter campaign cancelled
The PGS handheld game PC looks good on paper: it has two screens, physical gaming buttons, support for up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage, and support for both Windows 10 and Android 6.0 software. But when Portable Solutions started a Kickstarter campaign for the project, a lot of people started wondering […]
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Peachy Printer turns sour: After crowdfunded $100 3D printer fails to ship, co-founder makes theft allegations
Comments Off on Peachy Printer turns sour: After crowdfunded $100 3D printer fails to ship, co-founder makes theft allegationsSeveral years before the makers of the OLOÂ promised to deliver a $99 3D printer, there was the Peachy Printer. The founders of the project took to Kickstarter in 2013, hoping to raise $50,000 to produce a 3D printer and scanner. That product never shipped… and now we know why. Maybe. Peachy Printer CEO Rylan Grayston […]
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Fonkraft’s fishy modular smartphone campaign pulled from Indiegogo
A few days ago a company called Fonkraft unveiled a new design for a modular smartphone platform and launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $50,000 to turn the concept into reality. That struck me as a surprisingly small amount of money for such an ambitious project… and apparently I wasn’t the only one who was […]
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Fonkraft wants to build a modular smartphone too (crowdfunding… and probably too good to be true) Update: it probably was
6 Comments on Fonkraft wants to build a modular smartphone too (crowdfunding… and probably too good to be true) Update: it probably wasGoogle’s Project Ara may be the highest-profile attempt to build a modular smartphone and an ecosystem of modules and software that will let you swap out displays, batteries, processors, and just about everything else. But Google isn’t the only company working on modular designs for mobile devices. Click ARM and PuzzlePhone have their own ideas, and Chinese phone […]