Wireless charging: The future or a passing fad?

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Wireless charging, much like many other technologies that find their ways into the hands of the everyday consumer has a long and unspectacular past. First attempted, at least in the public sphere, in the early 1900’s by one Nikolas Tesla, whose many brilliant ideas and even more spectacular failures (this being one of them) coloured a rather interesting period in innovation and developments for consumer-facing products. The idea was revived in the mid-2000’s by a number of independent individuals working out of MIT, Jeff Lieberman and Marin Soljacic and team. Wireless power transmission is a bit of a misnomer as wires are almost certainly involved in nearly every step of the way with the sole exception being the wire usually linking the power supply to the “sink” which is the device using the power in the first place.

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Leak reports Gtalk and Twitter to be integrated with BB10 O.S

Just a few weeks back we had reported that RIM is all set to launch BB10 with loads of applications, now as the time comes closer to the launch of RIM’s much awaited O.S rumors are coming in that Twitter and Gtalk will be integrated right into the O.S and will be included inside the Blackberry hub.

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In surprising turn of events, HTC has sued Apple this time

Apple has been suing HTC from a long time for infringing various patents, just recently we had heard Apple telling that the whole idea of Android was taken from Apple because Andy Rubin who is the godfather of Android used to work for Apple some 20 years back, but this was not used in the case as Andy Rubin does not really work for HTC. Now HTC has had it enough and with the help of Google are trying to sue Apple.

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HP Pre 3 Gets Secretly Updated To 1.2 Ghz Dual Core Processor

The Web OS running HP Pre 3 was announced to come to come with a fast but single core 1.4 Ghz processor. Looks like HP had a change of heart after the slew of high profile Dual Core enabled handsets. It seems that the Pre 3 will now be coming with a Dual Core 1.2Ghz Qualcomm chipset. The chipset in mention is the Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2GHz which also powers the WebOS based HP TouchPad Tablet.

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HP WebOS roadmap leaked, good news with some bad news

HP recently launched their first ever WebOS tablet which is known as HP TouchPad. TouchPad seems to be a good tablet and it was launched in USA earlier this month. Now it looks like HP is planning to expand their TouchPad line, according to a roadmap leaked by PreCentral. HP will be launching 64GB Wi-Fi version of TouchPad with white glossy finish and it will feature a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, instead of 1.2 GHz. Continue reading “HP WebOS roadmap leaked, good news with some bad news”

HP Opal 7-Inch WebOS coming out in August?

HP recently announced the TouchPad which is their first ever WebOS tablet. WebOS is an amazing operating system and a massive challenge to operating systems like Android and iOS. At the moment, Apple iPad is ruling the tablet world but that doesn’t mean others can’t try their luck. Android entered the tablet game last year, and Android tablets are not famous like Apple iPad but they are still growing gradually. Continue reading “HP Opal 7-Inch WebOS coming out in August?”

AT&T officially announces HP Veer 4G, coming out on May 15th

We recently showed you a leaked shot of AT&T HP Veer 4G, where we saw it running on AT&T network and we told you that it will be out soon. Now AT&T has officially announced the HP Veer 4G. The device features the new WebOS and it’s the smallest WebOS device yet. It’s small but it comes with a power of a smartphone. Continue reading “AT&T officially announces HP Veer 4G, coming out on May 15th”

HP Veer 4G leaked for AT&T, hitting next month?

HP officially announced the HP Veer at Mobile World Congress which is the smallest WebOS phone and the size of the phone is almost equal to a size of credit card. The phone is small but it comes with a power of smartphones. A few days ago, we told you that AT&T will be launching the HP Veer in USA soon and it looks like the rumor was legit because our friends over at PocketNow got their hands on a press image of HP Veer running on AT&T network. Continue reading “HP Veer 4G leaked for AT&T, hitting next month?”

Keyboard-less webOS phone leaked, Pre 3 headed to Verizon

WebOS was announced by Palm back in January 2009, and last year it was acquired by HP. Back in February, HP officially announced several new devices which include their first ever webOS tablet Touchpad and successor to Pre 2 known as Pre 3. Now our friends over at PreCentral got their hands on the images of two new WebOS phones. Continue reading “Keyboard-less webOS phone leaked, Pre 3 headed to Verizon”

Palm Pre 2 Up For Pre-Order At Verizon

Palm Pre 2 is currently up for pre-order in the U.S. This handset will be available exclusively on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless. It comes with a price tag of $99.99 with a 2 years contract.

Back in October, HP announced the Palm Pre 2 smartphone. This handset is the successor of Palm Pre and it is the first device which runs on the HP’s latest operating system, the webOS 2.0. Palm Pre 2 is already available in the UK, Canada and Germany, but this handset have not been launched in the US. Finally after waiting for 4 months, this handset is up for pre-order in the U.S. Palm Pre 2 will be available exclusively on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless. Continue reading “Palm Pre 2 Up For Pre-Order At Verizon”

HP Announces The Pre 3 Smartphone

HP recently announced the successor of Palm Pre 2 at the HP webOS event. The HP Pre 3 comes with a 3.6 inch touchscreen display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This handset runs on 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor.

HP recently announced the successor of Palm Pre 2 at the HP webOS event. The HP Pre 3 comes with a 3.6 inch touchscreen display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This handset runs on 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor. HP Pre 3 will be available in 8 GB and 16 GB variant. Check out the complete specs below. Continue reading “HP Announces The Pre 3 Smartphone”