Motorola Atrix 2 docks to work with other phones

 

Last week pictures of the Atrix 2 leaked. Well now we have some more concrete details, and the good news is there's a new dock coming, and that it'll work with other Moto phones too.

This Is My Next has news the Atrix 2 will have a 4.3-inch qHD display, 8-megapixel AF camera with single LED flash, and 1GB of RAM. Pretty impressive stuff. It's not scrimping on the storage either. It'll come with 8GB on board, expandable up to 40GB thanks to memory cards, with a 2GB one bundled in the box. Sweet.

So, onto those docks. They all look to be the same as the original Atrix 2's, apart from the Lapdock -- by far the coolest of the lot, which transforms the handset into a laptop. The Lapdock 100, as it's known, has a slightly different design, and while it doesn't appear to have any new features, the screen is 10.1-inches across rather the old one's 11.6. That'll translate as a lighter, more portable shell to carry round, effectively giving you a laptop that rivals the MacBook Air for portability.

The Lapdock 100 also connects to the Atrix 2 via a cable rather than slotting it in, meaning it'll be open for other mobiles to power it. (Word is the Droid RAZR will also be Webtop-enabled.) Which sounds pretty great, as your Lapdock won't be redundant the minute you upgrade to a better phone. There's no word if the other docks will connect the same way, but it'd certainly make sense.

Talk time and standby are pretty on a par with the original Atrix, and there's no mention of LTE, though that shouldn't bother us Brits, as it'll be a while until 4G reaches us.

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Skytex licenses ExoPC UI for Skytab S Series Windows 7 tablet

ExoPC may not have bowled folks over with its own Slate last year (or met its own promise of some all-in-one PCs this summer), but the company did produce an unquestionably unique UI, which it's since been trying to license to others. Now it's found what appears to be its first taker in Skytex, which has adopted the custom touch layer for its new Skytab S Series Windows 7 tablet. Like the ExoPC itself, this one packs a 9.7-inch capacitive display, although the internals get an upgrade to a dual-core Atom N550 processor, which is paired with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and an as-yet-unspecified amount of storage. ExoPC also describes this particular version of the UI as a "special edition," although it's not showing off too many of the changes just yet. There's no word on a price yet either, but the tablet's expected to ship in early October.

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iPhone 4S case by Otterbox leaked

Apple is expected to announce the release date of the iPhone 5 soon, and we’ve all heard that the company will be releasing two new iPhone models at the same time. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen our share of accessory leaks, but they are usually from unknown brands from China. Also, Case-mate leaked an iPhone 5 accessory on its website, which was quickly shut down. Now, an iPhone case from accessory maker Otterbox joins in on the fun, with the surfacing of an “iPhone 4S” case.
Unfortunately, the case is not present with the packaging, but the box gives us a decent depiction of what we will get when the phone finally arrives. The case shows a case for the iPhone 4, but the difference is the volume rockers appear to have been placed on the opposite side, just above the SIM tray. Apple is said to move the volume controls to the other side because a new feature of the iOS 5 enables users to use the volume buttons as the camera shutter key.
BGR reported that an iPhone 4S case carrying the Speck and Otterbox branding have been spotted at an AT&T store and was picked up by Chronic Wire, a rumor man from Twitter. According to MacStories, Chronic Wire has been successful in providing Apple leaks in the past.
The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 4 cases look identical when placed side-by-side, one difference is the size of the camera hole, but this has been dismissed as just a design improvement.
Now, people are wondering that if the Otterbox iPhone 4S case is real, are we going to get a refreshed iPhone 4, or are we going to see Apple release both the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5?

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The TritonFlash™ Power Cable: Big power for speedlights.

09.14.2011 -- Photoflex® Inc. of Watsonville, CA. announces the release of the TritonFlash™ Power Cable for Nikon© or Canon© speedlights.
The TritonFlash™ Power Cable enables users to leverage the power, immediate recycling time, and long life of the TritonFlash™ Lithium Ion battery pack for current model Nikon© or Canon© speedlights.
The TritonFlash™ battery pack has two output sockets and will simultaneously power any combination of TritonFlash™, Nikon© or Canon© heads at full power. Between 2000-2500 full power flashes are possible using the TritonFlash™ Power Cable and one speedlight. Addition heads do not slow recycle time, but will deplete the battery charge proportionally. Full battery recharge takes four hours, but Lithium Ion batteries benefit from partial charging with no ill effects.
Only Canon© and Nikon© compatible cables are available at this time.
Website: www.photoflex.com
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Canon® version: AC-TRITONPCCN
Nikon® version: AC-TRITONPCNK

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The TritonFlash Power Cable is available for either Canon or Nikon flash strobes. Photo provided by Photoflex Inc.

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