Future Sony
cell phones and Xperia
smartphones
will
recharge wirelessly in just
1
hourYes, it's futuristic, but that
slow
energy
recharge
isn't great for impatient types. Sony
has a plan to resolve the problem of
slow wireless charging with its latest
wireless charging
invention
for cell phones.
The new unit, based on a forthcoming version of the Qi standard, promises to pump 10 to 15 watts of energy into your device
allowing you to charge your cell phone in just 1 hour.
Using that much power would usually cause
your smartphone to overheat
, but
chip and power company Rohm promises that its new
cell phone charging chips
can handle the temperature issues.
We expect the technology to be release mid
2014
.
Lenovo
Considers buying
BlackBerry
the
Canadian Smartphone
Company
Lenovo
(China)
is considering a bid for all of BlackBerry according to people
involved
with the matter,
Lenovo
has signed a non
-
disclosure agreement with
the Blackberry cell phones company.
A Lenovo purchase of BlackBerry would be one of the biggest and most noteworthy Chinese acquisitions of a Western company
.
Lenovo,
a late comer to the smartphone market, has gained traction in its home
market and now ships more smartphones than BlackBerry.
T
he proposed deal would be certain to face government scrutiny in both Canada and the U.S.O2 United Kingdom
's
18-carat gold HTC OneO2
announced today
that
one lucky customer who buys a HTC One from an O2 store between Thursday
17 and Sunday 20 October will get more than just a multi-award winning
phone – they'll get a HTC One made out of 18 carat gold. The 18 carat
Gold HTC One, one of only five in the country, is worth over £2000 and
is the most exclusive and expensive phone ever made by HTC. To win the
device each HTC One sold in an O2 shop between Thursday and Sunday will
come with a Golden Ticket – entering that code online will give
customers a chance of winning the golden phone. They'll also keep the
HTC One they purchased in the O2 store, meaning they can share the HTC
One love with another person too.
AT&T Announces $5 Tablet Day Passes, Deal to Power Tesla’s In-Car Wireless
While consumers are clearly buying tablets in droves, getting them to fork over to connect them to cellular networks has been another story. Buyers have overwhelmingly chosen Wi-Fi-only models, and, even when buying cellular-capable devices, they aren’t always connecting them to the network. AT&T is hoping that a new $5-per-day option will convince more customers to try out cellular, perhaps going with that option over hotel Wi-Fi when traveling. Another plan aimed at less-frequent users allows customers to pay $25 for 1 gigabyte of data that can be used any time in a three-month period. Separately, the company is also announcing that electric-car maker Tesla is using AT&T’s wireless network to power in-car diagnostics, infotainment and other services. The deal, though only now being talked about, has been in place for a while. Earlier this year, GM said it was using AT&T for the next generation of its OnStar service, replacing Verizon.
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Zoom leaked
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Zoom appears to be coming, Images of the smart camera appeared on Twitter today, hinting that the device could be forthcoming. The 16-megapixel Zoom is an intriguing mash up between the Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy S4 Mini.
