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Sony has apparently developed wireless charging technology that uses 10-15 watts of electricity supplied at twice the rate of current chargers. This in turn would allow users to fully charge their next Sony smartphone in just one hour. The usual problem with fast-charging technologies is that it makes battery too hot. Sony found a way…
Flexible screens are cool but in order to make the phones (and tablets) flexible, you also need such batteries. And that’s apparently something Samsung is working on at the moment. However, right from the start they’re not exactly making batteries you can bend; rather they want to make sure their batteries never explode. You may’ve…
AT&T is trying to connect more tablet users to their data network by introducing a $5 per day data option. AT&T is also said to be introducing a $25 plan for 1GB of data, which will be usable for a three-month period. The plans were mentioned today at GigaOM’s mobilize conference in San Francisco. AT&T…
Next year will be important for Allwinner, which is preparing to bring quite a few chips to the market. Among products the Chinese company will launch is the 8-core processor we’ve told you about, featuring ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture with four slower Cortex-A7 and four powerful Cortex-A15 cores. But that’s not all, Allwinner will also be…
Japan Display has started the mass production of WhiteMagic 5.inch full HD TFT LCD module, which is said to utilize unique technology that realizes both high luminance and power-saving. Here’s what you should know: “WhiteMagic” adds a White (W) subpixel into a predominantly Red/Green/Blue (RGB) LCD panel and improves picture brightness. At the same time,…
Both Microsoft and Google are reportedly working on technologies that would replace cookies and track users across platforms. While cookies continue to “get the job done” in most cases, modern technologies bring along new set of challenges and opportunities. On one hand, rising privacy concerns have forced web browser makers to add “Do Not Track”…
Vodafone managed to scoop more than 100,000 subscribers to its LTE network, MobileWorldLive is reporting. This milestone was reached in just seven weeks after launching the network in the UK, and only five weeks since the service went live in London. Next phase is to bring 4G to other major markets, including Liverpool on October…
Google has announced today a new addition to the Chromebook line, the HP Chromebook 11. The model will retail for $279, and was designed after the Chromebook Pixel, yet comes in at a much lower cost than the touchscreen touting Chromebook. The Chromebook 11 comes with a Samsung Exynos 5250 ARM processor, 2GB of RAM,…
Chinese chip maker Allwinner is working on its very first octa-core chip that will use ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture, which includes two pairs for four cores. This in turn will allow Allwinner A80 Octa to either fire-up all eight cores at once or just four of them to prolong the battery life. Unfortunately though, Allwinner failed…
China will soon be flooded with 4G LTE phones and MediaTek wants to see its chips being used in many of them. Right now, MediaTek processors don’t come with integrated LTE connectivity support with handset makers turning to the likes of Qualcomm for their 4G devices. That’s about to change with the upcoming MTK6290 SoC…