iRetroPhone Smartphone Dock

iRetroPhone is a versatile docking station and handset that measures 140 x 141 x 70mm and weights 363g. As we can see from the images, the docking station is inspired by a retro telephone, and comes with a tray to dock your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or other smartphones, while the retro handset allows you to answer your calls in a vintage way, and the free app on App Store gives you a retro dial interface on your iPhone or iPod touch. Moreover, the innovative auto-select function can automatically select between sync and charge mode without any user intervention. Apart from that, the docking station is compatible with over 1500 devices.

iRetroPhone allows you to add a little old school retro feel to your modern state-of-the-art smartphone. Enabling you to sync and make calls when its docked within the iRetroPhone using a 70′s handset to speak into. iRetroPhone is compatible with 1500 devices, says its creatures and the device is capable of charging 3 devices simultaneously.

Using a Auto-Select function enabling the iRetroPhone to automatically choose between Sync & Charge mode without any user intervention.If you own an iPhone the iRetroPhone can be combined with a free iRetroPhone rotary dialler app. Which is also compatible with Apple’s iPad and iPod Touch devices. iRetroPhone is now available to purchase for around $99 and is available in black, white and purple, and compatible with Apple, Android, Blackberry Phones.

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In App Adverts Found To Drain Smartphone Battery Life

According to a recent report by Abhinav Pathak, a computer scientist at the Purdue University in Indiana, one of the cause of battery drain on smartphones may be down to free applications that have adverts. The team at the university have been testing out free applications that come with adverts and have discovered that around 10 to 30 percent of the energy used by the application was spent powering the applications core functions.

The remaining amount of power spent was actually used to deliver adverts to the application, and a number of different applications were tested on Google’s Android platform. The researchers determined that in some applications up to 75 percent of the actual powered used by the application was used for serving adverts and tracking and uploading user data.

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iSlic Smartphone Mounting System

If you are looking for a universal mount to help you attach your smartphone to any number of places. The new iSlic mount which is currently on Kickstarter might well be worth a look. iSlic has been designed to accommodate any smartphone and hold it firmly in place on your bike handlebars, gym equipment or in your car to name a few places. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

iSlic has been designed by Moreno’s Team and has been created to provide a handy adjustable smartphone holder for the iPhone, Android and Windows devices. iSlic developers explains a little more about their creation:

The iSLIC naturally attaches to most surfaces such as exercise bikes, car dashboards, and shopping carts (just to name a few). Use it to check items off your grocery list as you shop, follow GPS directions as you drive, and scroll through your music list while you exercise. Watching a movie on your iPhone? Use the iSlic to prop your phone on your desk, sit back and enjoy. If you think you might be able to use the iSlic visit the Kickstarter website now to make a pledge and help iSlic smartphone mount make the jump from concept to production.

16 MP Kodak Polaroid Android HD smartphone does optical zoom

Hey, look - it's Big Foot! No, it's just the Altek Leo, a creature that appears occasionally, the local newspaper writes about it and then disappears for another year. This time there's a big name attached to it at least, so maybe this time it will get a proper market release. Meet the Kodak Polaroid SC1630 Android HD Smart Camera.

Styled like an old school camera, the Polaroid SC1630's crowning feature is a 16MP camera unit (was 14MP when we last saw the Leo), with 3x optical zoom, F3.1-F5.6 aperture, ISO up to 3200 and shutter speeds of up to 1/1400. There's a xenon flash to go with it too. The SC1630 can shoot 720p videos.

On the phone side of things, there's quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G connectivity, microSIM card, a 3.2" WVGA screen, Android OS (not sure which version) and a 2.5mm audio jack (huh?). The phone is rather thick at 18.5mm, but if you look at it as a point-and-shoot camera it's actually quite compact.

The battery is reportedly just 1020mAh, which is insufficient for all the mechanical zoom and xenon flash goodies, so we hope it will be replaced by the time the Kodak Polaroid SC1630 hits the shelves.

Kodak's contribution to the project comes in the form of their proprietary compression technology, which allows the user to tweak the size of photos.

The Polaroid Android HD will reportedly cost $299 when it hits the shelves in April, but Kodak is still in talks with carriers so it's unclear who will carry it. They are also considering offering the phone pre-paid.