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If you like the idea of wireless charging, you might be interested to learn that according to a report from Digitimes, it seems that Intel is interested in bringing the wireless charging feature to their smartphones in 2013. This standard of wireless charging has reportedly been approved by the Wireless Power Consortium as the Qi standard and is expected to draw its source of power from Intel-powered ultrabooks. This coupled with the required software and transmitter is said to be able to charge phones from a distance without having to be placed in a specific position and is also said to consume low power.

As a quick recap, Intel recently released Intel-based smartphones this year. Granted they are a bit late to the Android game what with Qualcomm, NVIDIA and Texas Instruments having already released Android devices, so it will be interesting to see if this wireless charging feature using ultrabooks will be one of the ways for Intel to gain an upperhand. However it should be noted that Digitimes has a hit and miss record when it comes to these rumors, so perhaps taking them with a grain of salt for now might be a good idea.

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We’ve known for a while that NVIDIA is working with Lenovo (and ASUS) on a Windows RT Tablet, but ABC News believes that we might already have seen the mystery device in action. Its sources have let slip that alongside the Intel-powered IdeaPad Yoga laptop / tablet hybrid (LapLet? TabTop?), the company will release a Tegra-powered version running Windows RT, combining the same sexy hardware with ARM’s power-sipping technology. If true, then we might have a very tough purchasing decision on our hands when the gear arrives — with the launch date still expected to be on October 26th.

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If you’re a photographer and you’re looking forward to Photokina, perhaps in hopes that Canon might have something interesting like a new DSLR to announce, you might be in for a disappointment. According to the folks at Northlight Images, it seems that if a full-frame DSLR camera is what you’re waiting for, you might have to wait until October. This camera is expected to be the EOS 6D that will look like the 7D, but is expected to sport a 22MP image sensor similar to that of the 5D MK III. Apart from that, not much else is known about the EOS 6D, assuming it even exists at all. Rumors are suggesting that it will share some of the 7D’s features, such as its 19 point AF system, Viewfinder LCD, metering and is speculated to be around the $2,000 mark at its introduction. Either way with Photokina taking place next month, we guess we will have to wait and see if these rumors pan out. Until then we suggest you take this with a grain of salt and be sure to check back us then for the details!

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As we get closer to September, which is purportedly when the next-gen iPhone will be announced, images of alleged leaked components are starting to become more commonplace. It wasn’t too long ago when the SIM tray for the next-gen iPhone was spotted, revealing Apple’s plans to use the nano SIM standard for its upcoming device. Now thanks to the folks at iColorOS, more images of the next-gen iPhone have surfaced. This is not a photo of the fully assembled device, but rather some of the alleged components belonging to the phone. This includes the glass cover, internal sensors, external buttons along with a thin sheet of metal which apparently will be a shield for the back of the screen. Its purpose is unclear at this point in time, but it has been suggested that it could be put there for EMI shielding or to protect the screen from the heat coming from the internal components, but we guess we will have to wait and see if the final product will actually look like the leaked images. In any case be sure to check back with us in September for the details! Until then we suggest you take this with a grain of salt.

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Remember the image of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that we talked about yesterday? Well, it is nothing but an old, recirculated image of a Samsung Galaxy S3 concept that was thought up of by a fan, nothing else than that. I guess the folks over at Samsung’s Pakistan Facebook page got more than what they bargained for after posting up this particular image, sending rumors flying through cyberspace.

The good people over at Concept Phones were one of the handful of online publications who were duly informed by Samsung Russia that what was thought to be the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was just a rendering which was part of the “Imagined Phones” section which can be found over at the Samsung Phone Owners’ Club website. I guess everything is settled then, and in an orderly manner to boot – the real Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will just be revealed later at the end of this month at IFA which is happening in Berlin, Germany. Are you looking forward to August 29th for what Samsung has in store?

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