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Converta-Tech

Innovations that augment and convert existing gadgets

Implications - For those tech brands that aren't Apple, Google, Samsung or the like, it can be hard to make it in the competitive and fast-paced tech industry. Rather than trying to create a copycat smartphone or tablet, many brands are instead producing devices that work to enhance, convert or function with an existing device -- for example, camera attachments that enhance iPhone photography and keyboards that can be attached to tablets to convert them into mini laptops. This direction in "converta-tech" allows for a whole new wave of tech brands to come to the fore with options and extras to make current consumer electronics even better.
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Mobile Device Laptop Docks - The Lifebook Concept Sources Processing Power from Mobile Gadgets
SCORE 5.5
Warm 11,650 Clicks Pub: Jan 18, 12
Mobile Device Laptop Docks
The Lifebook Concept Sources Processing Power from Mobile Gadgets
Prashant Chandra's Fujitsu Lifebook concept may be the future of the laptop. The Indian designer's conceptual computer meshes with tablets and cellphones to provide a boost of power and to make document-sharing… [More]
Classy Convertible Laptops - Lenovo's 'IdeaPad Yoga' Tablet is Unveiled at CES 2012
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Warm 3,853 Clicks Pub: Jan 15, 12
Classy Convertible Laptops
Lenovo's 'IdeaPad Yoga' Tablet is Unveiled at CES 2012
Debuted at the CES 2012, the 'IdeaPad Yoga' is a convertible laptop/tablet hybrid. The IdeaPad is ideal for surfing the web, digital art rendering and movie watching. The product can be opened and closed… [More]
Laptop-Creating Covers - The iPad NoteBookCase Gives You a Mini Macbook Pro in Just Seconds
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Average 10,052 Clicks Pub: Apr 16, 12
Laptop-Creating Covers
The iPad NoteBookCase Gives You a Mini Macbook Pro in Just Seconds
A great new creative Japanese invention, the iPad NoteBookCase, will be saving you spending a lot of money on buying a full laptop. The iPad case transforms an iPad or iPad 2 into a Mini Macbook Pro... [More]
Mountable Microscope Adapters - The Magnifi iPhone Photoadapter Case Connects to Optical Instruments
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Mild 7,625 Clicks Pub: Apr 13, 12
Mountable Microscope Adapters
The Magnifi iPhone Photoadapter Case Connects to Optical Instruments
The Magnifi iPhone photoadapter case connects to optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes or telescopes to relay tiny objects seen in the devices onto the screen of a smart phone. The... [More]
Panoramic Phone Chat Devices - The Galileo Pan-Tilt iOS Accessory Makes Conversations 3-D
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Average 1,906 Clicks Pub: Mar 29, 12
Panoramic Phone Chat Devices
The Galileo Pan-Tilt iOS Accessory Makes Conversations 3-D
Created by Josh Guyot and JoeBen Bevirt, the Galileo Pan-Tilt iOS accessory makes video calling closer to a real life conversation than ever before. The biggest problem with video chatting is that... [More]
DSLR-Smartphone Hybrids - The HotShoe 'Flash-Dock' Uses the iPhone for Better Shoots
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Average 61,741 Clicks Pub: Apr 19, 12
DSLR-Smartphone Hybrids
The HotShoe 'Flash-Dock' Uses the iPhone for Better Shoots
The HotShoe ‘Flash-Dock’ is the perfect piece to attach to the HotShoe socket on a DLSR camera. If a photographer doesn’t already have an attached piece there and owns a smartphone,... [More]
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