JUMP Backup Battery with Charging Cable and Organizer

Need a lightweight and compact way to charge your smartphone on the go? Take a look at JUMP, the backup battery with charging cable and organizer may be a suitable solution. The JUMP is a practical and portable backup battery that measures 1.96 x 1.96 x 0.53 inches and weights 40g.

As we can see from the images, the backup battery features ultra compact design, and comes with a 800mAh backup battery in order to provide up to 3 hours and 50 minutes of additional talk-time, moreover, the backup battery also features an integrated charging cable to charge your smartphone and the built-in backup battery, and using its AutoCharge technology the USB charger is able to detect when the battery inside your smartphone is full, and automatically redirect the power to charge the backup battery. Apart from that, built-in cable organizer prevents the charging cable from getting tangled for easy carrying.

At present Native Union is raising fund for JUMP via Kickstarter. Pledging $40 will let you own the backup battery with charging cable and organizer for iPhone or micro-USB-enabled smartphones. If you’re interested, jump to Kickstarter official site for more details.

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Mushkin Atom 3.0 USB Flash Drive Introduced

I am quite sure that by now, many of us have already amassed quite a collection of USB flash drives over the months and years that have gone by. Hardly any conference or road show is devoid of a USB flash drive which more often than not contains the press release of a particular company, or a portfolio of new products.

Having said that, it can be pretty difficult trying to keep track of just where exactly have you placed that particular file over in the myriad of USB flash drives that you have in your collection, and instead get a personal USB flash drive for yourself so that you can keep personal things private and secure. Just in case you are in the market scouting for a new USB flash drive, have you considered checking out the Mushkin Atom 3.0?

The Mushkin Atom 3.0 USB flash drive will place plenty of emphasis on convenience, where it comes in an extremely small form factor which is slightly less than the size of your average quarter. All of this without having to sacrifice on performance, since the Mushkin Atom 3.0 will still be able to boast of USB 3.0 extreme performance even when exercising low power consumption. Apart from that, you do not have to worry about legacy systems, since the Atom USB 3.0 flash drive will still play nice with USB 2.0 and 1.1 ports.

As for the 8GB model, it will feature 80MB/s read, 5.5MB/s write, and consumes 0.65W while idle, or 0.905W at load. There is also a 16GB flash drive model that boasts of 155MB/s read and 11.5MB/s write on 0.25W idle and 0.67W load. As for the 32GB model, it reads at 155MB/s with 21.5MB/s write, and low power consumption of 0.2475W when idle and 0.75W under load. Since it is so small, you can always opt to leave the Atom USB 3.0 flash drive in the USB port while working on-the-go without having to suffer from any obstruction. Notebook and Ultrabook owners, especially, would be able to appreciate its tiny design and performance.(Via)

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The Optimus Popularis is a keyboard For Every Occasion

There are a few standard pieces of hardware we use for our computers. They come in various shapes and sizes with different features, but we all have a mouse, monitor, and keyboard. While some have more buttons than others, you don’t normally find any that are so over the top that they have a price tag in the thousands.

The Optimus Popularis is looking to change the status quo, by draining your bank account. This keyboard has 77 programmable keys that are all a half-inch square displays. Why on Earth would this come into existence you ask? Well, obviously there’s a market for it. It seems their target audience is ‘application power users’, and those who often write in a multitude of different languages on a daily basis. You can switch between layouts with ease, which means changing from task to task will be a breeze. There is a 7” LCD display that will show you whatever information you’d like such as weather, stock tickers, and server alerts.

The resolution is 72x72p, and the minimum frame rate is 10 fps. It’s made of aluminum and plastic, and weighs close to 7 pounds. It will work on Windows XP or Mac 10.8 or higher through USB. This will cost you…get ready for it…$2,400. Needless to say, even their target audience likely isn’t going to blow this much money unless it perfectly fits their daily life needs.

 Available for purchase on ThinkGeek

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