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Hitachi Maxell is planning to release a wireless charging pad for the iPhone 4 in April for Japan. The company will release two models called WP-PD10.BK and WP-PS10S. The WP-SL10A.BK, meanwhile, will be more of a charging sleeve than pad. 

All three pads use a cable free method of charging that is standard, called Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). WP-PD10.BK has enough room for 2 iPhones or iPods to charge at a single time. Other than that, they are pretty much the same. Hitachi has not released any info about if you can charge other devices on it, as of yet. Also no price was released for any of the 3 charging pads.

I think charging pads for devices are pure genius. My only real issue here, is that they do say if it is safe to charge other devices on it. I think if they did state if it is safe or not would make a good selling point for the charging pads.

Via Hot Hardware

There’s been no shortage of cases for Verizon’s flavor of the iPhone 4 — Ballistic, iLuv, iKit, AGF and Scosche have already announced ones of their own — but if you’re looking for a mainstay in the industry, you can now turn to Mophie. The company’s life-doubling Juice Pack Air has been ever-so-slightly reengineered to work with both AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4 units, with initial shipments expected by the end of the month. At first it’ll ship in black with silver accents, while soft-touch red and glossy white versions are scheduled for release shortly thereafter. Still $79.95, and still awfully hard to resist for 3G power users.

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Mophie sneaks out new Juice Pack Air with Verizon and AT&T iPhone 4 compatibility originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If these screens look vaguely familiar, that’s because they’re essentially the same ones Apple has been using to test the iPhone’s various components since day one. Problem is, this is apparently a production Verizon iPhone that was shipped out to an actual customer this week, which… well, let’s just put it this way: it’s not going to help you play Angry Birds any faster. They’ve tried to restore the phone using iTunes to no avail, so here’s the million-dollar question: collectible or worthless return? Hit the gallery for a couple more shots.

[Thanks, Alexei]

Visualized: Verizon iPhone customer shipped a device in test mode originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Translate for iPhone hits the App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aw, suki suki now! Merely hours after the first Verizon iPhone 4 units began to land in the hands of mere mortals, out pops two download links that you’ll most certainly want to give a little consideration to. Chronic Dev Team has just pushed out greenpois0n RC5.4 for Mac and Windows machines, enabling those with iOS 4.2.6 devices to uncage their phone and mate it with Cydia. Hit the links below to get started (including a tutorial over at Quickpwn), but make sure you consider all possible outcomes before doing the deed. Will you life be forever altered for the worse? Will your Verizon iPhone suddenly have less coverage than your old AT&T iPhone? Will you find the always-elusive “true happiness?” Let us know how fate treats you in comments below.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Verizon iPhone 4 (iOS 4.2.6) jailbreak now available for Mac and Windows, courtesy of greenpois0n originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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