Correction June 6th, 11:27AM ET: The Omen Desktop's hard drives are cold swappable, not hot swappable, as initially stated.
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The two companies created swappable bands that are now shipping.
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It comes with a swappable outer shell and lights up.
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The battery on this prototype is hot swappable, too. Yup!
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Both are considered swappable, being close to the 1967 line.
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And now this changes to swappable batteries operations in which the vehicles are equipped with batteries that are swappable so you charge only the battery in the warehouse… and mechanics do light maintenance in-field.
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Skip unveiled its scooters with external, swappable batteries back in December.
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The swappable filter system on the Alfa Genus is particularly appealing.
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Includes two swappable rechargeable batteries so you always have a backup.
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Once again, the swappable method keeps things running on the road.
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A swappable battery and no more clunky U-lock or keypad?
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It's also not water resistant — likely because of that swappable battery.
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That's owed, in part, to the inclusion of swappable silicone tips.
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Though, JUMP recently unveiled its vision for swappable batteries on bikes.
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It's sleek and mostly white, though it comes with swappable bases.
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He also said that Tier's move to swappable battery-based e-scooters has already seen 80% of its fleet replaced with scooters using swappable battery technology, which in turn is helping drive much better unit economics.
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It has swappable mics, four XLR inputs, audio out, and visual levels.
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Thankfully, it's fully swappable, so flyers can push it a bit longer.
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Holt also debuted a new swappable battery for JUMP's dockless electric bikes.
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Uber-owned Jump already uses swappable batteries in its newest electric-assist bicycle (as do other e-bikes, like GenZe's), while other companies like Scoot, VeoRide, Wheels, and VOI in Europe already built swappable batteries into their scooter fleets.
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While there's no Alexa integration, there is a swappable PC base and display.
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They were fast, loaded with big, user swappable batteries and microSD card slots.
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It is also building charging infrastructure and swappable battery systems for these vehicles.
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The battery is swappable and offers 60 km (35 miles) on a charge.
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As with Smith's goggles, the sunglasses come with two pairs of swappable lenses.
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It has swappable accessories, called Moto Mods, that supercharge the devices with extra features.
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Swappable batteries are also helpful so you can have a backup if one dies.
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Those are powered by a 10,000mAh (swappable) battery that charges over USB Type-A.
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Both are modular smartphones, which means that you can connect swappable mods to them.
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This tool lets advertisers create many versions of their same ad using swappable elements.
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Analog numbers would have done a better job here — or better yet, swappable faces.
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Last month, Skip unveiled a new scooter with swappable batteries for those exact reasons.
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Vehicle components are swappable and designed to be changed in 15 minutes or less.
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But like all of Gogoro's other scooters, the Viva is powered by swappable batteries.
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Wheels, founded by Wag co-founders Josh and Jonathan Viner, aims to differentiate itself from the likes of other bike-share startups with its modular design, which includes swappable parts and batteries (though, JUMP recently unveiled its vision for swappable batteries on bikes).
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And as it experiments with different scooter types — ones with swappable batteries, locks, cameras, etc.
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And if the base color combos aren't enough, there's also about six gazillion swappable straps.
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The battery only lasts about 10 minutes on a charge, but at least they're swappable.
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Mountie comes with five swappable grips to secure your smart device to most modern laptops.
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The S Pen also gets some upgrades here, with improved latency and three swappable tips.
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Instead, the company was focused on sharing the (easily swappable) batteries that power the scooters.
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That's the thinking behind a new phone-case prototype with swappable mechanical buttons and dials.
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Lyft also plans to deploy some Segway-Ninebot scooters with swappable batteries "soon," Eyler said.
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Fortunately, they're a lot comfier than AirPods, with swappable eartips that hug your ear tighter.
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That includes interchangeable thumbstick shapes, swappable d-pads, and different back paddles to choose from.
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Speaking of which, much of the suit will be made from easily swappable, modular parts.
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The current Jump e-bikes have swappable batteries, but only for Jump employees to access.
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The Inspire accomplishes this with a nice line of swappable straps and a relatively small profile.
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They rest deeper in the ear canal, and the swappable tips let you customize the fit.
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The company also offers swappable MFi-certified Lightning tips for charging iOS devices for $9.95 each.
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But Wheels says it's different because of its modular design, which includes swappable parts and batteries.
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But it has one major design differentiator that will make riders very happy: a swappable battery.
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But all-day battery life without a battery pack or hot-swappable batteries remains a challenge.
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The LG G5 is supposed to have a swappable battery thanks to a new slot design.
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Having a swappable battery is great, and it's nice to see LG carrying that convenience forward.
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The novel employs devices borrowed from Patricia Highsmith's books, those ruthless tales of unstable, swappable identity.
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The port is helping the company establish a network of charging hubs for the swappable batteries.
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The bands are also swappable, so parents can pick up larger sizes as their wrists grow.
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Gayam Motor Works of Hyderabad has developed swappable batteries for its vehicles to avoid charging delays.
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Wheels differentiates itself from other bike-share companies with its modular design, swappable parts and batteries.
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But Wheels says it's different because of its modular design, which includes swappable parts and batteries. 5.
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For commuters, swappable batteries are a game changer, and the M1's implementation really is top notch.
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The cameras aren't swappable — that's why DJI opted to go with two distinct SKUs on this one.
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Plenty dismissed modularity (the concept of making a phone's innards swappable and upgradeable) the first time around.
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Gogoro also played up its swappable battery technology, which could hint at future products and services, too.
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But wait, there's more: the PopGrip can handle swappable PopTops, so users can customize their PopTop's look.
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Back in December, JUMP unveiled its next generation of bikes with swappable batteries and on-board diagnostics.
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Until the swappable versions fully replace Skip's traditional scooters, those workers will still have scooters to charge.
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Cool as the bone-conducting shades are, the Panther also comes with another sweet feature: swappable lenses.
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The on-board battery is swappable on the fly – a big deal for a drone this small.
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Uber also showed off a new swappable battery system for the e-bikes on its Jump shared network.
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It's also better looking, with six swappable shells designed to help it better blend in with its surroundings.
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And about the back – once again the company has made it removable, which means the battery is swappable.
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But interest in phones with swappable parts waned as companies like Google and LG abandoned their pet projects.
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They're more reminiscent of something like Apple's forthcoming HomePod or the Google Home, which has swappable decorative shells.
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That's a long-term problem, though, and Rice says the modular component is specifically designed to be swappable.
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It is sophisticated malware with swappable components that have been used in the field since at least 2008.
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Kymco, the largest two-wheeled manufacturer in Taiwan, announced a pair of all-electric scooters with swappable batteries.
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Now, along comes Starlink with its sleek plastic toy space ships and their swappable pilots, wings, and weapons.
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Back in December, Uber unveiled its next generation of JUMP bikes, with self-diagnostic capabilities and swappable batteries.
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It'll also come with swappable silicon bands, so you can change the color of your tracker at will.
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Scoot also proposed using swappable batteries instead of manually taking the scooters off the street for regular recharging.
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This would, of course, mean we absolutely must get a minifig Elon, too — and maybe swappable shattered windows.
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The first is one with a rear-facing camera and swappable battery, and the other has a retractable lock.
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The Bamboo Sketch has a swappable fine tip and is for sketching or drawing on an iPad or iPhone.
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But the 300mAh battery is easily swappable, and the headset won't immediately power down while you change it out.
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The Echo's new swappable decorative shells are also designed to make the device blend in with your home better.
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The $149 controller has four interchangeable paddles around the back, Hair Trigger Locks, remappable buttons, and completely swappable components.
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It'll be out at some unspecified point this year, along with swappable wrist bands, priced at $20 a pop.
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All of these swappable components can also be programmed to set presets for different games using a customization app.
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The electric, swappable battery sits on top of the board and allows you to go up to 25 mph.
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JUMP added swappable batteries to its bikes late last year, but now riders will be able to replace them.
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"The current batteries that are on the scooters and bikes are really not designed to be swappable," she said.
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With the G5, LG believes it's found a way to meet those expectations by adding functionality through swappable modules.
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This swappable battery should also help with unit economics, given that it won't need to be replaced as often.
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It serves that purpose, of course, coupled with a trio of swappable international wall adapters (bonus points for travelers).
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The battery is hot swappable, too, meaning that it should be more efficient to run the Wind e-scooter service.
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Apple said today that some of the swappable AC adapters have been found to present a risk of electrical shock.
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The new Smartscooter is powered by the same swappable batteries that helped the company stand out in the first place.
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The feature was rumored for weeks, but Android Authority managed to snag a product packaging showing the hot swappable action.
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A California company called Abyss Creations makes a female sex robot with swappable faces — do you prefer Harmony or Solana?
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Dedicated bike lanes across the country would be a start; gas stations with dedicated chargers and swappable batteries would be better.
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The 7130e had it all: A scroll wheel, Java apps, a keyboard and a swappable battery that would last for days.
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Like previous models, the G5 has a swappable battery, but changing the battery in this model will hurt a bit less.
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Taiwan's largest maker of two-wheelers, Kymco, finally bought into electric drivetrains this year with a scooter that uses swappable batteries.
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Yamaha, Aeon Motor and PGO will all launch new scooters this summer that run on Gogoro's swappable batteries and charging infrastructure.
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Up next, Dott plans to release a second generation of scooter with swappable batteries, which should make fleet management much easier.
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Google canceling Project Ara, its own truly modular phone concept, certainly didn't help, slowing momentum for phones with swappable components further.
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It's got Bluetooth built-in so it can be tracked and comes with swappable Lightning, micro-USB, or USB-C cables.
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Previous models of Skip's scooters had swappable batteries and even cameras, but the cameras didn't make it into the new version.
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This doesn't sound like a desirable experience; competing drones typically have flying times of 20 to 30 minutes and swappable batteries.
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It comes with swappable charging tips for Android and iOS devices, and it can charge two devices at once — and fast.
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In 1994, a company called Iomega introduced a product called the Zip drive that could store a whopping 100MB on swappable disks.
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There's been everything from GeForce RTX-equipped thin gaming laptops to AMD-powered Chromebooks to 17-inch desktop replacements with swappable CPUs.
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The Ultimate appears to live up to its name, with a 40,300 mAh battery that's swappable, so you're never out of juice.
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The Swidget is made of two components: the outlet itself and the swappable inserts, which can be controlled via the Swidget app.
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The company's advisory stated that there is an ongoing investigation related to two incidents in which the swappable lithium-ion battery overheated.
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There's also a swappable battery to reduce scooter downtime, as well as to reduce the environmental impact and cost of charging scooters.
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There's a universal tripod mount on the bottom of the camera and a swappable battery that Samsung says will last all day.
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The Kangaroo Notebook is expected to ship in October for $299, which will get you the notebook itself with two swappable modules.
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The Urbanetic, however, is a body-swappable hybrid that can haul palettes, packages, or people, depending on when and where it's rolling.
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Finally, Gadowski says the move to swappable battery technology means that Circ can run more efficiently and therefore also requires fewer people.
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Motors are swappable via an Allen key that is stored in the front truck, and batteries are easy to unscrew and remove.
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With interchangeable thumbsticks, swappable D-pads, and optimization options for each, you'll be able to play the way you want every time.
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Charging the board takes more than three hours in many cases, and the battery isn't swappable like the one on the Inboard M1.
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While the company sold "millions" of that first phone, it's only moved between one and two of the swappable backs for every handset.
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The cases all wrap around the sides of the Neo Reloaded, too, as opposed to other modular phones which just have swappable backplates.
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The phones, part of Moto Mods lineup, support a range of swappable modules that connect to the smartphone through 23 magnetic ports setup.
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For one, spacecraft are tight, crowded environments, where people's microbial passengers (and those microbes' swappable resistance genes) are constantly shared with one another.
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As a reminder, these drones are more detailed than previous Star Wars drone attempts and rely on swappable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs.
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The $50 hanger also comes with a swappable pair of articulated arms designed to quickly dry a pair of boots from the inside.
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The system also features a swappable battery, because these things tend not to stay in the air for long on a single charge.
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They come with the same swappable tips and each bud has a small touchpad that lets you control music playback and sound settings.Â
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Confirming the restructuring, Circ issued the following statement, citing the move to swappable batteries and a shift of focus to "efficiency and ops excellence": After fast growth in the initial stage now we focus on efficiency and ops excellence, including switching our operations mode to swappable battery scooters, [we] just introduced the Circ "KAISER" vehicle in a few German cities.
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The G5's selling point was its modularity, the swappable battery and attachable camera "Friends" LG hoped would create a whole new smartphone ecosystem.
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All three Moto G4 models come in black or white, but only the G2883 and G4 Plus have swappable back covers for colorized personalization.
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It also features swappable base accent colors, and can work with Chromecast Audio and Cast-enabled speaker devices for whole-home synchronized audio streaming.
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It didn't take long to figure out that if taxibot batteries were swappable, they could be entirely electric without charge time being idle time.
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To make the new Gear VR backwards compatible, the headset comes with two swappable adapters — one for USB-C and one for Micro-USB.
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As its name suggests, it's more for the fashion-conscious — you can swap out the straps, whereas the Watch Sport's rubber strap is non-swappable.
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The Versa — which, the company says, is short for "Versatile" (a nod to the swappable bands) — is up for pre-order today, priced at $200.
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Those complaints aside, it's still a much better solution for quick reloads than having to buy, preload, and carry a bunch of swappable plastic magazines.
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Unveiled with much fanfare at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in February, the G5 smartphone with the swappable chin nonetheless roundly failed to excite consumers.
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It captures up to 4K video at 30 frames per second, and has a battery life of about an hour, though the battery is swappable.
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The batteries are, thankfully, swappable, and a USB port on the Spark lets you charge the battery by plugging a cable directly into the drone.
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San Francisco-based e-scooter rental company Skip is mixing it up with swappable batteries in its new light blue custom-designed scooter, the S3.
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That would appear to mean parts like the CPU, battery, and display will not be immediately swappable, at least not with the first-generation version.
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If you absolutely cannot wait until 2019 to get some of these on your desktop, the browser-based version of Winamp currently supports swappable skins.
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There's also a slot for the microSD card (up to 128GB supported) and a swappable battery, both of which are hidden behind a small door.
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There are some really clever ideas baked into the 360cam First, the bottom section of the pear-shaped camera — which houses a swappable battery — detaches.
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In fact, Twitter user Ryan Salamanda has devised a fascinating Joy-Con peripheral concept that would make the right unit swappable for game-specific modules.
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Swappable face and backplates, plus open 3D models of each hardware component, mean that community-developed hardware add-ons and modifications are totally possible, too.
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Quality control and durability were reasons why Project Ara was delayed from its original 2015 launch and then the kinds of swappable modules were simplified.
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Say there was a different scooter available on the market— a SuperScooter — with a swappable battery pack that clocks in at a hefty $1,343 MSRP.
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It comes in black or white, with a red swappable wristband coming later (though the bands are, for the time being, one size fits all).
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The phone's swappable, quick-charging 2,800mAh battery attaches to the chin, and you slide the whole thing out like a chimp harvesting termites with a twig.
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A modified Telepod scooter with lots of red paint, the scooters will have swappable batteries that company employees can swap out, just like with Scoot's mopeds.
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All in all, though, the M1's swappable battery is such a revelation that it's hard to go back to other boards with built-in batteries.
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It comes with 6 head attachments, 2 swappable batteries that have a longer 75-minute runtime, and it has a more powerful 60-pound maximum force.
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But as phone designs changed over the years, swappable batteries were abandoned by phone manufacturers to keep their phones sleeker and to accommodate wrap-around screens.
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The MW50+ is the same basic hardware, but comes with easily swappable ear pads to switch between the two styles of headphones at a moment's notice.
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And since this older Steve Jobs model with swappable hands is no longer on sale, it seems like you'll just have to wait until next year.
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At Google I/O, the Ara team demoed its swappable modules, swiping in an camera and snapping a pic all without rebooting the phone, for example.
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A new motor that powers the electric-assist boost is still on the front wheel, but now the bicycle has a swappable battery on its neck.
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The Zotac VR Go offers around two hours of battery life per charge, with hot-swappable batteries to let you quickly get back into the action.
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That's been a really tough moment for bicycles because they're getting thrown all over the place, so swappable batteries are really going to extend the lifespan.
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To answer this, we've rounded up 24 swappable products, ranging from prepackaged snacks to produce, that can be found on the shelves at both grocery chains.
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What we're doing for the new battery packs is to make them user-swappable so that anyone can swap this battery pack really quickly and easily.
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And with the entire strategy behind charging and swappable batteries and charging, we're learning from all of that to kind of get to our ultimate plan.
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Had LG found a way to make these modules hot-swappable without powering down, it would have improved the functionality and potential of the new system.
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It runs on two batteries which are swappable, meaning that the car won't need to stop for too long at a charging station to re-juice.
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The Active 2 is available in 40-mm and 44-mm case sizes, with swappable bands, and you can also choose between stainless steel or aluminum.
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There are also so many styles to choose from, as well as swappable bands, and it comes in either 13-mm or 46-mm case sizes.
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Called the Viva, the scooter can run for 85 kilometers on one of Gogoro's swappable batteries, which are charged at the same stations as its Smartscooters.
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In 2020, it will introduce swappable battery kiosks in cities, which will allow Uber (UBER) riders, drivers and couriers to exchange batteries on Jump-branded vehicles.
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Other smartwatch makers have put the LTE antennae in the watch's strap, but that makes it impossible to change straps; whereas the Apple Watch has swappable straps.
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As TechCrunch noted, Uber Jump recently unveiled a series of upgrades to give some of its bikes "self-diagnostic capabilities and swappable batteries," designed to minimize downtime.
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You get a 1.2-inch AMOLED display and built-in GPS with easily swappable 20mm straps, but without the hyper-aggressive macho styling of the Gear S23.
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The 4,000mAh battery is swappable, so while it should last for around six hours, according to Sphero, users can swap them out for multiple hours of playtime.
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It has released a new concept called "Transpose," which uses swappable plane interiors to offer travelers everything from restaurants to spas to co-working spaces while aloft.
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Inboard's light and styilsh electric skateboard will come with a low charge time of one hour and, better yet, swappable batteries when it's released later this year.
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Lear will focus on security with its upcoming modular solution, too, both via swappable hardware and a plan to support regular security-focused, over-the-air updates.
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One year it was giant Skylander toys (some of which lit up), then it was swappable body parts and last year Skylanders added vehicles into the mix.
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Apple announces new AirPods The earbuds ship with swappable silicone tips, though I found the default set to be a pretty good fit for my own ears.
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An integrated laser, LED lights and speaker throw more possibilities into the mix and a swappable shell makes it easy to customize the look of the ball.
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"The gig economy is dead [in relation to e-scooter rentals]," Leuschner says emphatically, noting that swappable battery tech means a centralised system makes even greater sense.
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Co-founders Edwin Tan and Candice Xie showed me its swappable battery design that's already in use in about 40 cities and college campuses where VeoRide operates.
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The moped only goes up to 16 mph and the swappable lithium-ion battery comes with a range of either 25, 37, or 47 miles per charge.
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It uses the same swappable face system as other PopSockets — "PopTops", as they call them — so you can drop a new one on with just a quick twist.
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But while Dyson's hair dryer is purpose-built for quickly drying your locks, the Airwrap features three different types of swappable tools designed to style your hair instead.
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Most notably, these Pro 'pods have swappable in-ear tips, undoubtedly an effort to appeal to customers who never bought the fixed-fit AirPods because of comfort concerns.
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Corsair's new Glaive RGB gaming mouse is a right-handed mouse that comes with three swappable thumb grips so you can pick the exact shape you're comfortable with.
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They also come with new comfort fit options, like swappable earbud tips and wings, and an easy way to tighten or loosen the overall length of the cord.
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The new bikes, which will be introduced in January 2019, have swappable lithium-ion batteries, fancy new displays, retractable mounts for smartphones, and cable locks in the rear.
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And like the previous system, because the VR Backpack's batteries are hot-swappable, you never have to take more than a quick break to extend your VR session.
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Riders may also notice the swappable batteries, which will help with vehicle availability, but this feature is especially useful to Uber and its unit economics for JUMP bikes.
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It looks like a DualShock 4 controller but with the same rubberized grips, swappable accessories, paddles, and extremely familiar-looking geometric D-pad from Microsoft's high-end offering.
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The latest version of the device, announced at an Alexa event at Amazon HQ in Seattle earlier this month, ditches the swappable face gimmick of the previous generation.
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At an event today in San Francisco, Uber also showed off its swappable batteries for JUMP bikes, as well as kiosks, which it plans to deploy next year.
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Hjelm said the sector had learnt from past mistakes, with VOI upgrading to a model with longer-range swappable batteries to eliminate transport costs and increase product life.
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We've rounded up seven inexpensive fountain pens (all are under $30; one is only $3) that either are disposable or employ swappable cartridges to make refilling simple and tidy.
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Keyboards with these so-called "hot-swappable" switches aren't unheard of, but previously they've mainly been seen on keyboards produced by niche enthusiast manufacturers like Input Club or Massdrop.
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The Video Doorbell 2 also brings the price back down to $199 (compared to $250 for the Pro), and includes features like swappable faceplates (black and white are included).
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A Moto rep tells me that it's closer to two than one… but when swappable backs are the device's whole raison d'etre, that's not exactly selling like hot cakes.
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Gogoro, a Taiwanese startup helmed by former HTC designer Horace Luke, makes a smartphone-connected electric scooter powered by swappable batteries available at kiosks strategically placed around a city.
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It's all powered off of a standard (and user-swappable!) coin-cell battery, with an estimated battery life of up to a year depending on which mode it's in.
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Pros: Extremely powerful, features an adjustable arm, the battery is swappable, comes with a carrying case, delivers deep stroke lengthCons: Loud, might be too intense for some, short battery runtime
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The product is described in the patent as a "modular electromagnetic device" and would work with different swappable modules like a speaker, microphone, GPS system, touchpad, and even a thermometer.
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Outside of its hot-swappable switches, this is a fairly typical tenkeyless mechanical keyboard (this form-factor means it omits the number pad to the right of the arrow keys).
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They're shorter, they include swappable silicone tips for added comfort, offer a noise-canceling mode and a transparency mode to let outside sounds in, and are sweat- and water-resistant.
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But players can buy "crystals" and use them to buy loot boxes which contain Star Cards (different swappable abilities and upgrades), and getting duplicate Star Cards rewards players with credits.
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The Mu One retains the slim design and swappable plug ends from the USB Type-A version, making it seemingly perfect for throwing in a bag on a business trip.
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And with the addition of automation, these vehicles could be manufactured to have swappable interior modules, with seats or package racks or even drone charging and deployment for package deliveries.
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He wields a gun and a sword, but he also packs special abilities in the form of his Devil Breakers, swappable prosthetic arms that come with a little extra punch.
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With that, comes swappable silicone tips and a rubberized loop on top that helps the buds stay put when going for a run — or just rushing to catch the subway.
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It adds a row of dedicated audio controls for managing voice chat, with two extra triggers and bumpers on the back of the controller, and two hot swappable configuration profiles.
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"The battery life is currently over six hours, but the cells are hot swappable so left and right hand chambers can be swapped without the Helmet HUD stopping," Waldern says.
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The band is even hypoallergenic so you won't have to worry about it irritating your child's wrist, and it's swappable in case the band ever gets dirty (which it will).
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The spare parts (aka swappable modules) are sold in its online shop… Surely this more practical, less flashy 'modularity for sustainability' is something Google could have pushed for with Ara.
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Interestingly, the Echo Plus looks a lot more like the original Echo than the new one – borrowing the same tall and slender plasticky build, rather than the swappable cloth covers.
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The LG G5 comprises the handset itself, but also a series of swappable add-ons, called Friends, that range from a camera grip with bonus battery power to an audiophile boost.
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The Moto Z was a surprise hit for Motorola — so much so that the company made the swappable, modular-backed phone its flagship product with the Z2 Play's arrival last month.
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It's also swappable, meaning you can stock up on the units (they're about $22 per for first-party, or less for third-party versions) to keep fully charged ones on hand.
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Today, Boosted opened pre-orders of its Gen 2 boards for $999 to $1599, solving the problem with extended and swappable battery options that let them go almost twice as far.
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Taking the "brains" and swappable battery tech from the e-bikes, Foley thinks Jump scooters could last much longer than the few months most scooters survive out in the wild now.
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A similar device appeared 18 years ago, when the creators of the Palm Pilot created the Handspring Visor, a Game Boy-like PDA with near infinite functionality thanks to swappable cartridges.
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Plenty had tried and failed to deliver a device with swappable hardware components, but Lenovo/Motorola managed to pull it off — and sold "millions and millions" of phones in the process.
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The new Max will also have a swappable battery, which would make it easier to recharge without making people take them home or to an overnight facility to be plugged in.
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Once you decide to create that color, the Perso uses three swappable color cartridges to squirt out the right amount of each color that, when mixed together, create your desired look.
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Because of this new design, the new Viola switches are now hot-swappable, so if one ever goes bad, swapping in a new one shouldn't take more than a few seconds.
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Instead of designing even tinier seats, the company has revealed plans to create swappable modules that turn a plane's cargo hold into spacious flying dorm rooms packed full of comfy-looking beds.
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The shields on the exterior of each ear cup are swappable, and you can also pick particular colors for the headband and ear pads, lending the whole headset a more personalized look.
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Bigger scooter-share brands Lime and Bird also use charging networks — Lime calls its charging workforce Juicers — but swappable batteries can cut back on waste and keep more scooters available and running.
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It's actually a really powerful Windows 10 machine with dual hard drives, up to an Intel Core i7 processor, a minimum of 153GB of (swappable) RAM, and a full-HD touchscreen display.
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It's powered by two 12-pound batteries that last around 8 hours; they're hot swappable though, so you don't need to wait for the suit to charge back up to continue working.
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But it's entirely possible that if funding isn't met, you'll be left with an outlet that, while swappable, has nothing to swap with, essentially becoming just another smart outlet with a singular function.
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It has two cold swappable hard drive slots on the front; its side can just pop open for tinkering; and it can now be configured with dual graphics cards, unlike last year's model.
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The new Jump bikes have field-swappable batteries, which is supposed to address the high costs associated with recharging a fleet of electric vehicles that is spread out over a large metropolitan area.
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And owners of the original MW50 headphones aren't getting left out, either — Master & Dynamic will be selling the swappable over-ear pads separately later in June, although price has yet to be announced.
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Chris grows up with Haden's Syndrome, which means interacting with the outside world through a series of readily swappable machines, which can be presented in any number of ways to the general public.
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In practice that means following a path that's not unlike Docker's own "batteries included but swappable" model where Kubernetes may play favorites but still allows users to swap in their own preferred parts.
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But the day-night comparison also showed how efficiently the subway can spread strains of bacteria known to cause disease, as well as swappable genes that allow bacteria to resist antibiotics used in people.
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The rest of the design of the M3 follows through on B&O Play's usual excellence in the field, with an aluminum casing and swappable covers that allow for an extra degree of customization.
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Amazon's second-generation Echo has the benefit of easily swappable shells, and today the company announced that it's releasing a red version of the smart speaker to benefit (RED) and its fight against AIDS.
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The swappable watches have begun shipping to Kickstarter backers and the company is using CES this week to let the world know that it's finally ready to start selling the product to everyone else.
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Ring's product roadmap ramp has been impressive, with recent releases including the Floodlight camera and the second generation of their initial Wi-Fi doorbell with a swappable battery design all released already this year.
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The quite frankly dangerous-looking RAT line of gaming mice was announced in 2010, and features a swappable array of palm rests, glowing LED lights, and sensors across the various price points and models.
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The company's latest offering splits the difference – taking a note from Otterbox's most recent play with a modular phone case that brings a slew of swappable functionality to the back of the iPhone 7.
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As of now, there are three accessories, a 4,000mAh battery (naturally) that features a swappable microUSB/lightning port for charging, along with folio and wallet cases for carrying around credit cards and the like.
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The system sports the same features as the Pro, including swappable batteries and seven days' worth of free cloud storage of the footage it captures when triggered by the built-in PIR motion detector.
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Swappable batteries also address the single biggest issue I had with the original: When the battery was drained, it mean going without a doorbell entirely for hours at a time while the unit charged.
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The startup differentiated the skateboard from others in a few ways: it used in-wheel motors and was powered by an easily swappable battery, making it a popular alternative to Boosted's belt-driven system.
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CES is where we got our first look at things like the ZBoard, a remote-less electric skateboard with pressure-sensitive pads on the deck, or the Inboard, which had a hot-swappable battery.
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Or you say "screw it" and just buy a new PC. At CES, Intel introduced a new paradigm: a swappable cartridge called the NUC Element that contains all of the tougher components to replace.
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For that $22.0 price, you're getting a phone with a swappable battery that's a meaty 123,212mAh, and the phone even supports 27W fast charging, as well as with special docks that use pogo pins.
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KATIA — or, as it's known best to its creators, the Kick Ass Trainable Intelligent Arm — is a super flexible and programmable robotic arm that uses swappable hands to take on a huge variety of tasks.
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Those interested in the Bolt Nano can put down a refundable deposit of $999 to reserve a vehicle, which has a swappable battery and seats one passenger in the front and one in the back.
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In addition to a healthy appetite, the Makita RobotPRO also boasts impressive run times because instead of a built-in rechargeable battery, it uses a pair of the same swappable batteries that power Makita tools.
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The Optimus drone is equipped with a swappable payload and battery, giving it the possibility to check fences for gaps during the day and watch for heat signatures at night during its 30-minute flights.
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LG introduced the G5 with its swappable bottoms, Lenovo just launched the Moto Z alongside a range of function-enhancing snap covers, and Google announced plans to bring its Project Ara modular device to market.
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As much as we enjoy the fantasy of hot-swappable modules that transform devices from one thing into another, we've never shown the willingness to invest our money to buy such devices in huge numbers.
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The batteries for the hybrid mountain bike-electric dirt bike are swappable, so you can last long distances without giving up any electric power (though if it came down to it, you could pedal back).
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This is the Braille display, consisting of both a dot matrix that mechanically reproduces the bumps which players can run their fingers over, and a set of swappable paddles allowing for both input and output.
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Apple has kept its bands relatively simple so far for the sake of keeping them swappable; they come in all sorts of materials and colors, but the electronic bits are contained within the Watch itself.
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The deck is wider, and the 615Wh lithium-ion battery is swappable, meaning Skip's team of freelance chargers can just replace it with a fully charged battery rather than move the entire scooter every night.
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Here's more details about the token sale platform, via Unikrn's blog: Unikrn built an entirely new token selling platform with dynamic, random, hot-swappable cold-storage wallets and full global Know Your Customer (KYC) system.
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To kick-start the shift, the report suggests bulk procurement of electric vehicles, building standardised, swappable batteries for two- and three-wheelers to bring down their cost and having favourable tariff structures for charging cars.
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It also uses swappable tips that Logitech claims are good for 1.24-miles of scribbling, but to stop kids from yanking the tips out themselves, a special tool is needed to first remove a protective shroud.
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Google's technical term for the swappable accessories that allow you to color-coordinate a Home speaker to your room decor are "interchangeable bases," but I'm not going to pretend they're anything other than fancy speaker pants.
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It's got over 30 points of articulation, 16 different LED-powered light-up features (including an arc reactor), swappable battle-damaged armor plates, and a retractable helmet that reveals a smaller Iron Man Mark XLIII inside.
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At Uber's Pier 70 offices in San Francisco, JUMP Head of Product Nick Foley showed off the new bikes, which are aesthetically similar but should improve unit economics thanks to self-diagnostic capabilities and swappable batteries.
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The swappable cases were a smart move for Amazon — the novelty of owning an Echo-style device has worn off slightly in recent years and many users likely want a product that mostly blends into the background.
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Each package will come with the wearable sensor (which Enhancia calls a "stone"), a set of swappable ring bands in varying sizes, the hub, a USB cable, two MIDI to 3.5mm jack cables, and the Plume software.
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LG, the first major phone maker to launch a modular phone, might scrap the G5's swappable design in favor of a more traditional metal-and-glass design if a a new leak is to be believed.
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The product's many swappable covers address a consumer desire for smart speakers that better blend into their environment, but, well, at least the company is offering the Plus in white and silver along with the original black.
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Designed by Uber Director of Engineering for Energy Storage Systems Celina Mikolajczak and her team, the swappable batteries are much safer than the ones that have been in the scooters and bikes we've seen, she told TechCrunch.
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Project Ara is more ambitious than LG and Lenovo's two modular phones with more swappable pieces, but the general idea is the same: to expand on a phone's features without needing to buy a brand new phone.
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It seems like a small thing, but after multiple years with the original, I can guarantee that the swappable battery packs will end up making a huge difference in terms of overall convenience when using the Ring.
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I paired them with these Nike Air Force 1s because the swappable denim Swoosh was a nice matching accent, but if you want sneakers from Everlane, too, check out our review of the Tread by Everlane Trainers.
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If you want more time, the batteries are swappable, and the company has made it possible to purchase its Fly More Combo (two batteries, a multi-battery charger and extra propellers, among others) at any time for $319.
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Retailing for $999, the Glider scooter boasts a swappable battery and an integrated app that gives users information about their location while on the go, and provides traffic information and diagnostics and maintenance alerts, according to the company.
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The product's novelty was enough to generate plenty of interest for the first generation, but a year after its release is the perfect time to reassess what the inclusion of swappable Moto Mods actually brings to the product.
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It's stylish, light, comfortable (as long as you don't wear glasses, since it won't work with them), and offers swappable lenses (you can buy different Oakley Prism lenses for filtering out and enhancing different colors, depending on your sport).
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I managed to get Gadowski on a call and he added some further context to the layoffs, citing three reasons behind the decision to reduce headcount: seasonality, operational learnings and indeed the move to e-scooters with swappable batteries.
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The company was thought to be developing a network of battery change stations for "last-mile" transport, which would seem to tie directly into Tier's recent move to upgrade its scooter fleet with new scooters that use swappable batteries.
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It will have two swappable batteries that combine to give it a 125-mile range, and will come in two versions, one with a top speed of 20 miles per hour, and another that can hit 28 miles per hour.
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It gets you full HD video resolution, swappable faceplates (silver and black are included), and a battery that's easy to pop out for recharging, though you won't have to worry about this if you choose to hardwire the doorbell at installation.
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But at the tail end of the press conference came the moment many old fans were waiting for: The return of the Nokia 3310, the company's iconic handset known for its swappable faces, everlasting battery life, overall durability, and affordability.
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A possible solution to the depreciation associated with charging could be field-swappable batteries, in which a scooter's depleted battery is exchanged for a fully charged one, which eliminates the need to take the entire vehicle off the street for charging.
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They're also not designed with rental logistics in mind, and even something as simple as a hot swappable battery can reduce the cost of running an e-scooter service, as more scooters remain in motion, potentially increasing revenue per scooter.
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Any Amazon Echo Dot owners feeling a little envious of the new Google Home — with its fancy swappable metal and fabric magnetic bases — can take solace in the fact that they can now have decor-matching cases of their own.
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These respirators could potentially offer significant advantages in use compared to N95s, since they are battery-powered and can filter airborne virus particles for up to eight hours on a single, swappable standard power tool battery pack worn at the waist.
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Instead, PopGrips users would either have to remove their phone case (or swappable PopGrip) to take advantage of wireless charging, or they'd have to forgo it altogether and instead opt to charge their phone with a power cord, as usual.
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It's an idea that we've seen before in devices like the Kangaroo Notebook, which was similarly built around the idea of swappable miniature PCs in laptops, or the Superbook, which looked to use a smartphone as the brains of an empty laptop shell.
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The Klean Kanteen Classic 27-Ounce Stainless Steel Bottle with 3.0 Sport Cap is our top pick for a steel water bottle because it's easy to clean, has swappable caps and, more importantly, less than favorable tastes and smells don't linger around.
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Availability is slated for sometime later this year, and if the white or black finishes aren't doing it for you, Polar will also be selling swappable wrist bands so you can ensure the M600 matches your carefully selected Lululemon running gear.[Polar]
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It's not that both those cables don't make sense — if you're using a pair of wired headphones with a swappable cable, it's almost certainly easier to use a cable that lets you plug directly into your phone without worrying about an adaptor.
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Sun Mobility, led by Chetan Maini, who pioneered electric cars in India with the Reva, and Uday Khemka, vice-chairman of the Sun Group, will offer charged swappable batteries as a service to fleet owners and Uber's driver partners, under the partnership.
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And while HP believes this will be enough to offer a reasonable immersive VR experience, the company has also added a belt with hot swappable batteries, letting users switch them in without losing their place in the game and other important data.
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The version Lenovo sent us is black and subtly textured — not nearly as flashy as other Moto devices we've played around with (the white one is similarly subdued), though the swappable back plate means never having to settle for a single color.
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The prototype Google was showing off at I/O last week, now pledging a 2017 commercial release for a modular phone it's been working to bring to market since at least 2013, will apparently have six spaces on the back for swappable modules.
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The new party trick for Ara shown off on stage at I/O is a voice command that lets the user eject a swappable camera module by saying 'Ok Google eject the camera' — garnering much applause from the developer crowd at the event.
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It can run for up to 90 minutes on its rechargeable battery which are swappable, but that will certainly be reduced if the robot is supporting its max payload of around 30 pounds—be it additional sensors, scientific equipment, or just cargo.
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But while the new Marvel Legends line, starting with supersized versions of Captain America and Iron Man, will also come with alternate heads, swappable hands, and multiple detailed accessories, they won't come with the $300 price tag that Hot Toys usually charges for its figures.
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These stations would include elaborate systems of conveyor belts, swappable battery packs, and elevators leading to vast charging ports — all designed to move the largest number of passengers possible while also ensuring its fleet of short-range aircraft are fully charged and ready to go.
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Until there's a major breakthrough in battery technology, a lightweight pair of AR smartglasses doing heavy-duty AR is hard to power all day without a battery pack or hot-swappable batteries (which are fine for enterprise customers, but a harder sell for consumers).
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The combination of the wireless functionality, the long-wearing comfort of the suspension system headband and the included transmitter base that can hold and charge a swappable battery as well as display all key information on an OLED readout makes this a standout choice.
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Available starting in mid-October for $300, the notebook is essentially a dock for a pair of swappable PC modules that each feature 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, Bluetooth, wi-fi, and an Intel Z8350 Cherrytrail CPU powering individual copies of Windows 10.
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Until a major breakthrough in battery technology or device efficiency, a lightweight pair of standalone AR smartglasses doing heavy-duty AR is hard to power all day without a battery pack or hot-swappable batteries (fine for enterprise users, a harder sell for consumers).
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Inboard's M1 matched Boosted's board on specs, while also offering a few key advantages, including in-wheel motors (which let users ride more freely when the board isn't under power) and a swappable battery that can be quickly popped out of the deck for a fresh one.
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The Good Super comfy • Bright, sharp display • Top-notch fitness-tracking features • Handy built-in GPS • Easily swappable bands The Bad Weak battery life with GPS turned on • No cellular connectivity The Bottom Line Samsung's Gear Sport is its finest smartwatch yet, even without cellular connectivity.
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Correction July 30th, 6:55PM ET: This article originally stated that DJI had confirmed the Mavic 2 would support interchangeable lenses; while has been rumored, the confirmed advertisement actually points to there being two separate models of the Mavic 2, instead of one model with swappable lenses.
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Whether I downloaded the MP3s from Napster or they came packaged with a CD I bought from FYE in the mall is another story, but the absolute best feature of Winamp was its swappable skins, that made the software look like pretty much whatever you wanted.
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He adds that building the entire platform, including its unique swappable battery system, gives Gogoro an advantage over vehicle-sharing programs from companies like Uber, Lyft, Lime, Bird and Coup because it can constantly track vehicle performance, fine-tune the system and incorporate feedback into new designs.
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The case will sell for $599.99 and, on top of its wild design, has a few other solid reasons that gamers may want to pick it out, including the separate chambers for its GPU, power unit, and hard drives, and its four swappable hard drive trays.
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Last month Netgear announced some upgrades to its popular security camera line, turning the Arlo into the Arlo Pro with waterproofing, wireless portability, swappable batteries and two way audio, so you can hear what's going on at your place and yell at the baddie while it's happening.
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Over the past few months, the company has begun unveiling its international expansion strategies, including the launch of a vehicle-sharing platform intended to serve as a turnkey solution for partners, and deals with manufacturers, including Yamaha, that will make scooters using Gogoro's technology, including its swappable batteries.
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The Moto Z and Moto Z Force will be the company's first two devices compatible with the new Moto Mods, swappable backs that bring a slew of additional features to the phones, including JBL speakers, a projector and external battery packs from TUMI and Kate Spade, of all places.
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First revealed way back in May of last year, and secretly on display at the recent New York Toy Fair, the latest fan-created Lego Ideas set will be available on April 1 for $70, and includes 769 pieces that can be used to build two different swappable mazes.
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Mondo tends to deal primarily in high-end collectibles, and the first two releases in this new Masters of the Universe line reflect that: The He-Man figure is priced at $160 and the Mondo-exclusive He-Man — which includes a bonus, swappable Skeletor head — is priced at $165.
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A wide-angle camera is a big step in the evolution of smartphones, but it pales in comparison to the G5's biggest selling point: its ability to be instantly upgraded with new features and functionality through the addition of swappable modules that LG refers to as...Friends.
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The Forerunner 935 comes with swappable watch straps (so you can go for a more formal look), a battery life of up to 24 hours when using GPS (and two weeks just a smartwatch), and works with Garmin Connect — the company's online platform for tracking, sharing, and comparing workout data.
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Lego has put a ton of work into making this a super detailed version of the actual ship from the films — to the point that it includes swappable deflector dishes to match either the original trilogy or the more recent Force Awakens variants of the ship, along with accurate interior sections.
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Combine that with swappable batteries (think about Uber quickly swapping in a new battery once the vehicle makes it back to the warehouse and then immediately re-deploying that bike or scooter), and Uber has itself a well-oiled machine that increases vehicle availability and improves the overall rider experience.
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Tonight, Intel gave a sneak peek at the "Ghost Canyon" at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, confirming a leak that we've been wondering about for months: the existence of an entire gaming PC built around Intel's NUC Compute Element initiative to turn its CPUs into swappable cartridges for easily upgradable computers.
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For the fitness focused, the Ionic is also water resistant up to 50 meters, can track your movements via GPS, has swappable bands so you don't have to look like a gym goober all day, and can automatically detect when you exercise and when you stop exercising—useful if you jog with a dog.
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Specs for the Tinker Board include a quad core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A17 CPU, 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, support for gigabit LAN and Bluetooth 4.0, 403mm audio jack, microSD slot, Micro USB for power, swappable 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi antennas, and a HDMI 2.0 port with support for 4K video.
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For this developer-focused device Jolla is abandoning The Other Half hardware feature found on its debut smartphone — which had been an attempt to differentiate a handset by including swappable back plates and an internal connector that could support powered add ons on the rear of the device, such as keyboards or e-ink screens.
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The Pro units maintain their predecessors' weatherproofing and wireless portability, while addressing the two biggest issues with the earlier version, bringing swappable batteries designed to work up to six months on a charge (along with replacement batteries bundled in) and two-way audio, so users can hear what's going on and talk back to people they see on camera.
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The final version is a little more streamlined than the original, chunkier plastic one promised on the site and it comes in two models: one designed for Windows chargers (with an array of, you guessed it, more swappable dongles to make the various plugs match up) and one for Macs — specifically, one with Apple's MagSafe adapter.
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The Video Doorbell 2 also bumps the camera resolution up from 720p to 1080p (previously only available on the Pro model, which cost about $50 more), swappable faceplates (in case you paint your house or just get bored of the color you picked initially), and the company says they've improved the camera's infrared night vision mode.
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The Good Compact design • Super easy to use • Multiple 360 modes • Good video quality (at highest setting) • Tripod socket on bottom • Swappable storage The Bad Only works with select Samsung Galaxy phones • Slipper three-legged tripod pack-in • Battery life is not great The Bottom Line Samsung's Gear 360 gets all the basics right for a first-gen 360 camera.
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What separates the Inboard M-1 from competitors like the Movpak, Blink Board or the Zboard, is its on-deck fully integrated battery and electronics; a patent-pending in-wheel motor system, which means the board doesn't need belts on its drive-train; and a design that allows for swappable batteries — giving the board a longer range, the company said.
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But one of the things that we're doing, as the battery team is, we're bringing those requirements into that area, so that when we come out with our new swappable battery, it's going to be at a new level of safety and a much higher level of safety than anything that's been in the scooter and bike fleet till now, which is exciting.
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Ring Video Doorbell 2 + third-gen Echo Dot for $140 For the price, you're getting one of the best doorway-mounted security camera and new-package-notification systems out there, with some key upgrades over the original Ring (which can still be found for $100), including higher-resolution 1080p video and a rechargeable, swappable lithium-ion battery that can last several months on a charge.
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It's effectively a swappable brain that contains up to a 45W Core i9-9980HK mobile CPU, cooling, slots for memory and storage, a Wi-Fi 6 radio, lots of ports, and all the headers a motherboard would normally need to power a desktop PC. This leaves Razer to simply design the enclosure, provide a power supply, graphics card, SSD, fans and RAM, load an operating system, and configure it for you.
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Ring, the folks behind the self-titled Ring video doorbell, have a two-punch combo's worth of news this morning: they're launching a new model called the Ring Pro, and have raised a $61.2 million Series C. The $249 Ring Pro bumps up the specs on the standard $199 model in just about every way that matters: the camera is 1080p vs 720p, it's got 5Ghz WiFi in addition to 2.4Ghz, the faceplates (and thus the overall color of the bell) are swappable instead of locked for good out of the box, and it's a good bit smaller than the original.
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