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PowerSquare charges multiple devices from anywhere in the pad

The days of wall chargers for devices are dwindling down, as more and more consumers have multiple gadgets and are constantly mobile (not to mention the battery drain since we use these gadgets a lot). PowerSquare is the latest entry into the wireless charging market and it lets you power multiple devices and place it anywhere in the pad, freeing you from the few seconds it will take you to dock a gadget properly.



Using the Adaptive Position-Free (APF) system, a technology that is patent-pending, PowerSquare lets you charge as many devices as you can, as long as they touch the pad’s surface. It uses transmitter coils that is easy for consumers in terms of usability while at the same time it’s not too heavy on the wallet. But of course the major requirement is that the gadgets, whether they’re old or new, have to be Qi-wireless charging compatible. So that means if you have Nokia Lumia devices, most Samsung Galaxy phones, Motorola Droids, Nexus (4,5,7) and several LG smartphones among others, then this wireless charger will work for you.






PowerSquare is part of the Wireless Power Consortium that developed the the Qi interface standard and includes OEMs like Asus, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Blackberry and Sony. This means that when they finally roll out the product, they will have official certification for Qi-wireless charging compatibility. While wireless charging is still in its early stages, early adaptors will probably appreciate and spend for a device like this.


Now as to how much this will cost and where you’ll be able to buy PowerSquare, that is still unclear at this moment. While their website says it will be available in the market by the end of 2014, there is still no specific date and price range for it. If you want to be one of the first to order it, you can register your email address on their official website and they’ll send an email when they’re already accepting reservations and orders.


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SOURCE: PowerSquare


VIA: SlashGear


Navdy HUD projects virtual images onto car’s windshield

Several sci-fi movies from the past (and recent) years have scenes showing holograms being projected on a car’s dashboard or windshield. But with the advances in technology, sooner or later, that kind of device would not be fiction anymore, but a common reality for consumers. Navdy’s aftermarket HUD is bringing it one step closer, as the device acts as a Google Glass for your car.



Aside from just using it as a navigation system through Google Maps, the device can also be used as a secondary screen for your smartphone, as it can project several functions at least six feet in front of your windshield. Through the use of gesture controls, you can show calls and messages into your line of sight so that you don’t need to look at your phone every time a message or call comes in. If you want to answer the call, you just need to wave your hand to the left or if you’re avoiding (hiding from) a call, just wave it to the other direction.


As for reading and sending messages and making calls, you will be able to use Google’s voice recognition system to do those functions. You can even use it to post something on Twitter while you’re driving (and maybe not be pulled over by the police for tweeting while driving).


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Navdy can also be used for Google Now and most of the major music apps, which might eventually make the need for a tape or CD deck in your car obsolete. Your other notifications can also be projected but not all of them can be actionable. There's also a split-screen option so you can see both your notifications and your navigation details.




The device, which runs on Android 4.4, has a 5.1-inch transparent HUD display and has WiFi and Bluetooth for connectivity. For the touchless controls, it uses an IR camera and in terms of navigating, it includes an accelerometer, digital compass and ambient light sensor. It can also warn you when your oil needs replacing and when your car needs to be serviced next. You can pre-order it now at $299 although by the time it hits retail stores in 2015, it will cost you $499. But if you really want a cool device in your car and you could afford it, then you wouldn’t mind shelling out that much for sure.


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VIA: SlashGear


Must download game: Skulls of the Shogun for Android

“Skulls of the Shogun”, a turn-based strategy game built by developers 17-Bit, has had gamers on PC and iOS glowing with all the nice things to say about this game. It’s about time that it’s made the jump to Android, and not surprisingly, it is still as amazing as they come.



The fellows at 17-Bit have resumes that include Sega, Nintendo, Irem, Sony, and EA among their former employers – so we are not surprised that this game is as fine as they come. The bobblehead-inspired art of the game is in keeping with the zaniness of the concept – you are a dead Japanese general/shogun who wakes up in the afterlife… and there is a long queue to get into paradise.


As the dead general rebels against the guards, he gathers an army of undead to do the fighting for him. This is turn-based fun, without the hexagons to bore you with limited movement. The fighting aspect of the game is pretty fluid and straight-forward – without spoiling it for you, we can say that you’ll learn to do it the first time you try it. That is not to say that the game is not challenging at all, the fight AI will not give you any freebies, so you have to be on your toes.


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The game is a USD$1.99 download from the Google Play Store, and we can assure you that even just by the game length (it is looong), the game pays for itself many times over. The gameplay is deep, and will sure to keep you interested for long periods of time, unlike other such games out there which really fail in this aspect. Check out the source link to get it.


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DOWNLOAD: Google Play Store





First Galaxy Note 4 phone pictures leaked

Less than one month until Samsung reveals the new Galaxy Note 4, we now have the first pictures leak of the Samsung phablet flagship. It looks like the Galaxy Note 4 will use the same faux leather design as the current Galaxy Note 3 and a microUSB 3.0 connector, S-PEN stylus.



If you have been following the recent Galaxy Alpha leaks, the Galaxy Note 4 seems to have a similar metal side-frame design. Part of the metal frame at the bottom is also thicker for the microUSB 3.0 connector. Home button and the 2 soft keys are the same as what Galaxy S5 has. There is no longer a menu soft key, instead it is replaced with a multi-tasking button for app switching. Though, you can still bring up the menu if you press and hold the multi-tasking button.


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Samsung has finally decided that 5.7-inch display size is good enough for phablet. Display screen size for the Galaxy Note series has been increasing from 5.3-inch (Galaxy Note), 5.5-inch (Galaxy Note 2) to the Galaxy Note 3’s 5.7-inch. According to the previous rumor, Galaxy Note 4 will come with the same 5.7-inch display size, but upgraded with a QHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixel).


Other specs of the Galaxy Note 4 remain unknown, Samsung plans to announce the smartphone on 3rd of September, which is two days before the start of IFA 2014.


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SOURCE: GSMArena


New HTC mid-tier phone gets leaked, to feature 64bit SoC

A possible HTC mid-tier phone got leaked, code named the HTC A11, which from visible aesthetics and design would go well with the brand’s Desire line. HTC has been relatively quiet on new products these past few weeks, and so it’s good to see that it is not resting on its laurels on putting out what is arguably one of the best Android phones to date with the HTC One M8.



The highlight of this newly leaked smartphone will be its rumored 64bit processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410, the first ever 64bit quadcore SoC from the brand. It will run a 1.4 GHz quadcore Cortex-A53 CPU, and an Adreno 306 GPU. 64bit processors have not been part of the highlights even for most high-end phones, and very few apps will be able to take advantage of this – but maybe HTC will start a trend here. Will this feature also be in their next-in-line flagship phones?


To complete the specs, the device will also have a 4.7-inch (480x854) touchscreen, a 5MP rear camera without an LED flash, and a VGA front-facing camera. It will all run on an Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS, of course, with an HTC-tweaked UI.


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If you check out the images above, the mid-range phone will not have the dual front-facing speakers found on HTC’s higher-end devices. That is pretty much all the details we have for the HTC A11 as of now. There is no available release date yet, and no idea yet on the pricing as well. Given the meager spec line, you can expect this phone to have a decent enough price tag.


SOURCE: Upleaks


VIA: GSM Arena





Samsung files trademark for ‘Galaxy Note Edge’, hints at new tech?

It is understood that South Korean smartphone giant Samsung has filed a number of new trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), these are for new names including the “Galaxy Note Edge”, “Alterna”, and “Audition”. Now, all of you Samsung fans calm the heck down – this is not tantamount to an announcement of a new Galaxy Note device yet. But it looks like Samsung is at least making the name available for them to use.



We recently wrote about Samsung testing out multi-sided OLED screens, and there have been numerous rumors about a multi-sided Galaxy Note device. Industry hacks are partly hoping-slash-wishing that the feature would be launched with the new Galaxy Note 4 expected to launch concurrent with IFA 2014 at Berlin in September, but the conservative view is that it might take at least one more season for Samsung to come out with such a device.


“Samsung Galaxy Note Edge” does have a certain ring to it, and it does sound like a catchy name for a device with a folded but fully functioning touch-based OLED screen either on the top and bottom edges or the left and right edges. In fact, Samsung have not back down in showing prototypes of these devices. The only real problem, we think, is the mass production part.


According to the USPTO filing, the “Galaxy Note Edge” name will apply to, at the very least, smartphone devices. As will the “Alterna” and Audition names, both filed categorically for “mobile phones” and “smartphones”. It might not be anything at all – we have seen tech companies file with the USPTO and come out with nothing with the name. But then again, it might point to a future device – or in this case, future Samsung devices.


VIA: My Samsung Phones





Android x86 releases stable version of 4.4 for your PC

There are a few ways to run Android on your PC that probably has an Intel or an AMD processor, but one of the most popular and worthwhile would be doing it with Android x86. This is a software that runs back to Android’s Linux roots, allowing it to be installed as an operating system for your PC. They have just recently released a stable version based on Android 4.4.2 KitKat, and all of you aficionados would probably want to check it out.



What is Android x86? Well, it is an unofficial port of Android – which is really a mobile operating system to run on devices powered by Intel and AMD x86 processors, rather than the usual ARM processors. The results have been pretty encouraging, especially pairing the ported OS with netbooks and ultra-mobile PCs like the ASUS Eee PC.


The new features of this latest stable release, apart from being based on KitKat, includes support for HD and full HD video playback in apps. This is done using codecs and plugins from ffmpeg and stagefright plugins. There is also new OpenGL ES hardware acceleration for devices with Intel or AMD Radeon graphics. Lastly, a KitKat-style app launcher is now employed, which is really the Trebuchet launcher developed by CyanogenMod.


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Installation is actually easy. If you’ve installed Linux or Ubuntu on a PC before, then you should be right at home with Android x86. You can download the open source installer from the source link, and make sure to pick the one that says Android x86 4.4-r1.


SOURCE: Android x86





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