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iPhone Clone with Fingerprint Reader


This Chinese iPhone look-alike is codenamed A380 comes with a fingerprint reader (visible at the bottom, it’s the yellow stripe). The A380 is a GSM phone, powered by Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel 3.1, which is a solid software base to build on. We’re not certain how good the user interface re…

Super-USB to reach 4.8Gbps


Building by the success of USB and USB 2.0, a new set of detailed specifications for a “USB 3.0” will be available in January. Here are the highlights:

It will be called Super-USB
It should be as fast as 4.8Gbps (10x USB 2.0)
It is backwards-compatible
Power consumption will be smarte…

Exploding Phone Kills

This moment, a 33-year old excavator driver from Korea. Mr. Seo was found lying dead beside his excavator in a stone quarry by his friends, with a cellphone in his pocket that had a severely melted battery, resulting in a burnt and fractured chest. Judging by the image, that is most probably a Samsu…