This gadget is called the Battery Boost. It comes from Sprint and is designed to recharge gadgets such as cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, MiFi devices or MP3 players as well as other small gadgets.
The device is quite small in capacity and appears to have been designed for emergency use as it provides about an hours worth of extra juice to make calls on a smartphone.
The Battery Boost is also a micro SD card reader and can be plugged in to a laptop or USB port to both read the microSD card installed, and charge up the internal battery. [Read more…]
It appears that the Google [GOOG] operating system “Android” is now becoming so popular that a virus has been created for it.
For those who prefer to use pen and paper rather than a smartphone or tablet, Sharpie has created a unique product called the Liquid Pencil. The Sharpie Liquid Pencil is capable of writing like a pencil but setting like a pen in that when notes are written on regular paper you can erase the contents of the notes. However, if you leave those notes for 24 hours to 3 days, the liquid pencil dries out and is un-erasable.
We have heard quite a bit from various places about HP’s plans for tablet based devices. It first started off early this year when the 
ASUS is launching a new range of notebooks called the ASUS B Series. The B Series will launch with two models called the B43 and the B53. The B43 is a 14 inch device while the B53 is a 15 inch device.
Verizon [VZ] has announced the Motorola DROID 2 along with a release date and pricing. The pre-sale of the DROID 2 will start tomorrow on August 11 with shipping of the smartphone starting August 12.
The Apple iPad only allows videos to play natively that have been processed through iTunes. If you copy other video formats to the iPad, they are not recognised.
Tawkon is an app that can be used to measure radiation on a cell phone. When gripping a mobile phone with a so called “death grip”, the amount of power needed by the call increases to keep the signal active. In turn, radiation levels rise.
BGR managed to get it’s hands on a roadmap for Verizon [VZ] that shows new device launches for this year and in to next year. As well as going in to 2011, the roadmap also makes mention of a few 2012 plans for the company.
The white iPhone 4 has been delayed a number of times since June 24. Last we heard was that it would be released “this year” with no specific time scale of when this year it would arrive.
AT&T [T] has announced that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will be landing on AT&T as of August 15.
The guys at Yankodesign have posted a concept gadget called the E-Ink ruler. The e-ink ruler is a Tape Measure that uses e-ink on the tape rather than fixed drawn on measurements. By using e-ink the measuring system can be easily switched between metric or imperial to show a number more familiar with you.
