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TwelveSouth AirFly Goes Pro

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Airfly ProTwelveSouth announces a Pro version of the AirFly wireless headphone adapter-- a means customers to use wireless headphones or earbuds in places with only a headphone jack featuring audio in capability as well as out.

Audio in functionality allows users to connect a wireless device with an audio system featuring auxiliary audio in, such as a car stereo or legacy hifi equipment, but no Bluetooth streaming connection. Audio out capability remains as standard, of course, allowing one to pair wireless headphones or earbuds with gym treadmills, in-flight entertainment systems and the like.

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A Razer Switch-Style Controller for Phones

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Razer JunglecatRazer announces the Junglecat-- a pair of game controllers users can snap on either side of a smartphone, making them very similar (if not outright identical) to the Joy-Con included with the Nintendo Switch.

The controllers slot in a specific case currently available for a selection of four phones, namely the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S10 Plus, the Huawei P30 Pro and, perhaps obviously, the Razer Phone 2. Razer promises “instantaneous response with a reliable, low latency connection to your smartphone" via Bluetooth Low Energy, as well as native support with many games.

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Wireless Charging Via Nomad Base Station Pro

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Nomad follows a number of other companies to fill the void following the failure of the Apple AirPower wireless charger with the Base Station Pro, a device able to simultaneously charge three different devices.

Nomad Base ProThe AirPower failed to make to the market after Apple admitted it could manage to achieve its typical "high standards" for the project. Nomad says this is not the case with the Base Station Pro, since it also charge devices without need for exact placement on the pad. To do so it uses an 18-coil matrix and Aira FreePower wireless charging technology to create a single large wireless charging surface with algorithms able to figure out where the devices being charged are.

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A Polaroid Lab for Instant Mobile Prints

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Customers appear to still have a want for physical photos, bringing about the Polaroid Lab from Polaroid Origins-- "an instant formula for timeless images"... or just a portable means to print photos taken on a smartphone.

Polaroid lab

Technically an update of the Instant Lab, a crowdfunded project from 2012, the Polaroid Lab does not actually connect with smartphones. Instead, it uses a 3-lens camera to essentially take a photo of the photo on the smartphone display, before optimising it and printing it out. Polaroid Labs describes the process as a "miniature tabletop darkroom," since printing involves the same chemistry as traditional Polaroid snaps.

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OtterBox Stacks Batteries in OtterSpot

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Smartphone case specialist OtterBox takes on wireless charging with OtterSpot-- a modular wireless charging system consisting of stackable, portable pucks, with each puck adding a 5000mAh capacity battery with an own Qi charging coil.

OtterboxThe OtterSpot package consists of a charging base and one wireless charging battery. The 36W base can charge a stack of three batteries with a phone on top or up to four batteries, if with diminished charging speeds. Once charged, the batteries can be used with any other Qi-enabled device, and are capable of wireless charging speeds of up to 10W. In addition, a USB-C port allows for wired charging.

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