We’re unfortunately not quite at the point where wireless charging is a reality, but there have been some phones capable of sucking down power via induction, like the Palm Pre. With a little bit of modding know-how and hard work, one YouTube user has taken apart a Nokia Lumia 800 and added the ability to charge via Palm’s Touchstone.
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HP’s Rubinstein addresses TouchPad reviews; Compares webOS to early OS X feedback
Ex-Palm CEO and current webOS lead at HP, Jon Rubinstein, has fired out an internal email of support to the TouchPad and webOS 3.0 teams at the company, urging them to keep faith in the product and platform despite mediocre day-one reviews. In the letter, leaked to PreCentral, Rubinstein cites early reviews of Mac OS X in which critics labeled it "sluggish" and derided its lack of apps, going on to say that "similarities to our situation are obvious."
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webOS 3.0 Review
July 1 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of HP buying Palm, and it’s celebrating with the launch of webOS 3.0. Making its debut on the HP TouchPad, the company’s big push for the consumer tablet market, but then headed to HP smartphones too, webOS 3.0 promises to take the simplicity, elegance and flexibility we’ve been praising in previous iterations of the platform, and bring it bang up to speed when compared to Android Honeycomb and the imminent iOS 5. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
HP TouchPad Review
We’ve been demanding a tablet running webOS for years now, and it’s taken HP’s new stewardship of the software to guide just that onto store shelves. Palm’s mobile platform always seemed to good to be left solely to smartphones, and the HP TouchPad is the inevitable result. Problem is, the iPad has already made its presence well and truly known, dominating the consumer tablet market, and Android’s Honeycomb drive gains OEM support by the week. Can the multitasking charms of webOS 3.0 promise the TouchPad a bright future, or is it simply a case of too late to the party? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
HP TouchPad hits US July 1 from $500
HP has confirmed that its TouchPad webOS tablet will launch in the US on July 1 2011, priced from $499.99 for the 16GB WiFi-only model. The 32GB version of the 9.7-inch slate will be priced at $599.99. Meanwhile, UK, Ireland, France and German availability will follow on “a few days later”, before Canada gets the TouchPad in mid-July.
AT&T HP Veer 4G lands May 15 for $100
AT&T will begin selling the HP Veer 4G as of May 15, the first of HP's new webOS smartphone range to hit the market. The Veer 4G has a 2.6-inch 320 x 400 touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, triband HSPA and a 5-megapixel camera, all packed into a tiny 3.63oz chassis.
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Verizon ThunderBolt inductive charging kit incoming
We loved the Verizon ThunderBolt by HTC's LTE speed, but hated the fact that, at full throttle, the smartphone could drain its battery in under four hours. Happily it seems easier ways to top up your charge are fast incoming: GottaBeMobile spotted a replacement Inductive Battery Cover for the ThunderBolt listed on the carrier's site.
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Fujitsu 22-inch Wireless Displays cut all the cords
Fujitsu has unveiled what the company is calling the "world's first truly wireless display," using a combination of cable-cutting wireless data and an inductive power system. Set to go on show at CeBIT 2011 this week, and expected to spawn commercial displays "within the next year," the Wireless 22-inch Fujitsu screens use SUPA (Smart Universal Power Access) hotspots built into desks, countertops and office panels.
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HP Touchpad live
It feels like we’ve been waiting for the HP TouchPad ever since we first used webOS, making no bones of the fact that Palm’s platform seemed tailor-made for larger screen tablets. The wait has been worth it; we’ve just been checking out the TouchPad after HP’s launch event, and it’s a slick, solid slate on which webOS scales nicely.
HP TouchPad webOS 3.0 tablet official
We’ve been calling for a webOS-based tablet for years now, and HP has finally delivered with the HP TouchPad. The first of a new HP webOS TouchPad tablet family, it has a 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 capacitive touchscreen and dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, squeezed into a 242 x 190 x 13.7 mm chassis weighing around 740g. It will also help debut the next-generation of Touchstone wireless peripherals and webOS 3.0.
HP Pre3: 1.4GHz webOS flagship
HP has officially announced the third-generation Pre, the HP Pre3, the company’s new flagship webOS smartphone. Based around a 3.58-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen and offering an enlarged slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the Pre3 runs Qualcomm’s 1.4GHz MSM8x55 chipset with either 8GB or 16GB of storage. HP has also used its new Touchstone technology, which allows the new webOS range to transfer information by tapping them together.
The Daily Slash: January 24 2011
Without giving away the whole surprise, we've got some big things in store for you readers over the next few weeks. New voices, free stuff, a whole new look for one of our outlets, and a variety of mini-updates you're going to flip over. Today we're bringing you a wild assortment of updates from all corners of the tech world, most of which are previews of devices you've almost certainly already got your eye on. Behold the coming of the next generation - stick with us as we cover it.
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