China based company Gole is currently raising funds for a compact 5-inch all-in-one PC called Gole1 that dual-boots Windows 10 and Android Lollipop, with support for Google Play Store. The project is launched on Indiegogo and the goal is to reach $30,000, but has already raised $86,481 with 10 days to go.
The Gole1 has a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) touch screen display and is powered Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Cherry Trail processor, and comes in 2GB or 3GB RAM, along with 32GB or 64GB internal storage. There's also an optional 2.5-inch hard drive case that magnetically connects to the PC, and extend storage by up to 2TB.
The mini PC comes with 3 x USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port, a micro USB port, and HDMI port, a Ethernet port, 3.5mm jack and microSD card slot. For wireless connectivity it includes WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 w/ external antenna. It is backed by 2600mAh battery, which is rated to deliver two hours on mixed usage.
The company says that Gole1 can be used for office works, connect with projector to do presentation, and by connecting to TV you can play games and stream videos from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu and other video streaming services.
The Gole1 with 2GB RAM + 32GB storage is priced at $79, while the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage model is available for $199. The company is expected to ship the Gole1 to Indiegogo backers by July 2016.
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In August, Nexbit, a company that boasts of verterans from HTC, Apple and Google announced its plan to launch a 'fri**in awesome' phone. Now the company has taken wraps of its cloud first Android phone called Robin. The phone offers flagship level specs and is being sold through Kickstarter campaign.
Nexbit's Robin is aimed at addressing the issue of limited storage on our smartphones. The company tackles that problem by leveraging a cloud-based storage solution. For this, Nexbit is offering smart, automated uploading of the photos and other data to make space on the smartphones on-board storage. The phone is embedded with 100GB of free cloud
storage. Robin will automatically backup photos and videos to cloud storage when your device is plugged in to a charge and connected to a WiFi network.
As for the specs, Robin features 5.2-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) display and is powered by hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor paired with 3GB RAM. On-board storage is 32GB and is non-expandable. t runs on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow. For imaging there a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual tone flash and 5-megapixel front shooter. Other features include fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE, 3G, WiFi, NFC, USB Type-C port. It is fueled by 2680mAh battery and comes Mint and Midnight colors.
Nexbit is selling the Robin via Kickstarter campaign with a funding goal of $500,000. The first 1000 backers can grab the phone for $299 (Rs. 19,800). After that the Kickstarter price will be $349 (Rs. 23,000). Robin eventually will retail for a price of $399 (Rs. 26,400). The first batch will ship in January next year, the
next one is scheduled for February 2016. The phone will be manufactured
by Foxconn.
Sony announced a new smartwatch called the Wena Wrist. The company will be using its First Flight crowdfunding platform for funding Wena Wrist smartwatch in Japan.
Wena stands for Wear electronics Naturally and looks similar to traditional looking watched with round dial, analog hands. The smartwatch mainly focuses on three main features- NFC, activity tracking and display notifications from supported devices.
Wena Wirst alerts users of incoming notifications by vibrating and by blinking an LED light. It comes in two variants, Wena Wrist 'Three Hands' and 'Chronograph'. The Three Hands model offer a battery life of three years, while the Chronograph model is rated to deliver five years of life. However, the band which will have the suite of sensor need to be charged on a weekly basis. At the moment, activity tracking is only available for iOS devices. The smartwatch comes in silver and black metallic colors.
The Wena Wrist prices range from ¥34,800 ($287) for a silver Three Hands model up to
¥69,800 ($576) for the Chronograph in black. It is expected to ship in March and April next year.
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Modular smartphone that let you swap out components like battery, camera has been around for a few years. Google's Project Ara is one such concept but and still is in the prototype stage.
Now Crowdfunding site Kickstarter is offering a modular smartphone product that you can buy and use in the coming months. It is not a smartphone but a smartphone case that can be customized in modular fashion.
Meet nexpaq, the first smartphone case with add on storage, battery power, speaker and more. It allows users to easily customize, enhance and add features to their smartphone via the case. You can add and remove physical modules from the back of the case without turning your smartphone off. The modules are controlled via an app on your smartphone.
The nexpaq case include built-in 1000mAh battery and is compatible with Android and iOS smartphones. As for smartphone models, it is compatible with iPhone 6, Samsung Galasy S6 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S5. The company plans to expand the lineup in the future. Currently there are 12 modules available-
At nexpaq's Kickstarter campaign the goal is to reach $50,000 (Rs. 32m lakh), so far the project has been backed by 380 backers and has reached a funding of just over $40,000. Pledges start from $89 which includes smartphone case and four modules (speaker, hotkey, battery power, SD card reader). Nexpaq cases are expected to be delivered worldwide by January 2016.
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Ever since it made its debut on Kickstarter, Pebble Time smartwatch has been the centre of atrraction. It has become on of the most successful crowd funded campaign on kickstarter. The goal was to reach $500,000 (Rs. 3 crores) and just within half an hour it smashed through the funding goal.
The crowdfunding campaign for Pebble Watch ended on March 28 raising $20,388,986 (Rs. 123 crores) more than 40 times the goal from 78,471 backers. It shattered two Kickstarter records, the first on its debut where it raised $1 million in just 49 minutes and the second the following week when it became kickstarter's most funded campaign.
Pebble CEO, Eric Migicovsky said “We cannot thank the Pebble community enough for their
monumental support. We continue to listen to and be inspired by the
backers who believed in us and supported our vision from day one.”
For
early backers the Pebble Time was priced $159 and $179, and will be
shipped in May or June. When it lands on the retail stores it will be
priced $199 (Rs. 12,000)
The Pebble Time features color e-paper display that is made out of Gorilla Glass with the bezel being made of stainless steel and is also water resistant. It has a
battery life of 7 days without the display ever going dark to save
power. The smartwatch is compatible with Android 4.0 and above phones and Apple devices running iOS 8.
The smartwatch has a microphone that lets you send
voice replies for notifications or take short voice notes. On Android
sending voice replies work with apps like SMS, Hangouts, G mail, FB
Messenger, Whatsapp and many more. For iOS voice replies are currently
limited to G mail notification , the company will add more apps in the
future.
China based Jide announced the Remix tablet earlier this year in January. The tablet is already available in the Chinese market.
Now Jide wants to sell the tablet around the globe and for this reason the company has started a Kickstarter campaign that lets people from the US, Canada, Australia UK and most European countries order the tablet.
When the kickstarter campaign kicked off for the Remix tablet, 355 units were made available for just $39, 200 units for $199 and 500 units for $349 for early backers. Not surprisingly, the $39 and $199 tables have been sold out.
Right now, you can buy the $349 tablet and the device will start shipping from May.
The Remix tablet runs a custom version of Android 4.4.2 dubbed RemixOS that runs Android in a Windows-like manner (resembles Microsoft's Surface Pro 3) with multi-windows support for better multitasking, taskbar and file manager to enhance mobile productivity.
Coming to its specs, the Remix tablet features 11.6-inch (1080x1920 pixels) full HD IPS touchscreen display. The tablet is powered by an 1.81GHz NVIDIA Tegra4+ A15 processor paired with Tegra GPU GeForce ULP72.
It houses 2GB DDR3L RAM, 64GBemmc intenal stoage and microSD card slot (up to 128GB microSD card supported.
Camera features include 5-megapixel rear and front facing camera with duo mics for optimal video conferencing. The camera support 1080p full HD videos. It is backed by a 8100mAh battery. The tablet also comes with detachable keyboard and a kickstand.
For those who don't know Jide is a Chinese company based in Beijing which was founded last year by three former Google engineers. The company unveiled the Remix tablet earlier this year at CES 2015, Las Vegas.
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Rocketbook offers the pleasure of writing in a traditional paper and pen notebook, while digitizing all notes and sending them to cloud. In simple words, whatever you write and draw on the notebook is sent to the cloud using a Android or iOS device.
The Rocketbook is up on Crowd funding website Indiegogo and the goal is to reach $20,000, and in just a week of time it smashed through the funding goal raising over $250,000.
The Rocketbook contains unique pages that allows for easy organization in the cloud. All the pages feature a dot grid pattern that allows you to write, sketch and design.
There are seven icons at the bottom of each page. These
icons can be assigned to different functions of your choice, such as
saving to dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs or sending document to your
email box. Mark one of the icon on the page and Rocketbook (using
smartphone app) will instantly send the notes to the cloud storage
platform of your choice.
Now here's the crazy part, After you have scanned,
digitized and saved the notes, you can simply throw the Rocketbook in
the microwave, and in just 30 seconds it will erase all your notes and
you can reuse it. For this you will have to use Pilot FriXion pens. The
FriXion pens use a sepcial kind of thermo-sensitive ink that turns clear
when exposed to high temperatures. The Rocketbook has been designed to
be microwave-safe.
You can get the Rocketbook for $25 (plus $15 shipping
charges) which includes 50-sheets and one FriXion Pilot pen.
If things
go as planned the company will ship the Rocketbook in July.
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