TechnologyTell Review: Champ Bodyguard Battery, panic alarm and more

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TechnologyTell Review: Champ Bodyguard Battery, panic alarm
Huawei Watch launch postponed until fall, hopefully only in China
Guess what, the third-gen Moto X could also integrate fingerprint recognition
Sprint's LG G Flex 2 scores bug-squashing Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet again delayed in Europe, altogether MIA stateside
Save the date: June 17 should see T-Mo score the Lumia 640 and LG G Pad F 8.0
Kickstarter Project Spotlight: Atmoph window
LG has your back, selling two G4 leather covers for the price of one
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TechnologyTell Review: Champ Bodyguard Battery, panic alarm

These days, you can find external battery packs with a wide variety of additional features. The opposite also holds true, as more devices – coolers, toolboxes, lights, speakers, etc – are starting to incorporate internal batteries to charge out via USB.

But how about a gadget-charging battery that can also provide some personal security and peace of mind? Want a sonic alarm in the palm of your hand? Read on!

Design

The Champ Bodyguard Battery is a 3-in-1 external battery, flashlight, and personal panic alarm. Not a bad combination for someone who wants that little bit of extra while on the go. The rounded-square shaped body has a good length to it, perfect for holding in the hand as you might a slender flashlight. Two switches on the 'top' toggle the light, charging, and the panic alarm, each with icon indicators to show.

Simple. Effective.

On either side of the top are the micro USB input port to charge the Champ Bodyguard battery (left) and USB output port to charge external devices (right). Both rates are the standard 5V/1A, which is sufficient for most anything in times of need. Regardless of the power switch's position, the Bodyguard battery will always charge when plugged into a power source.

While it's not a big deal to have the light on when charging up the Bodyguard battery, you won't want it accidentally on when attempting passthrough charging. The Bodyguard switch has to be set to the 'charge phone' position in order to charge both…

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Huawei Watch launch postponed until fall, hopefully only in China

While Asian device manufacturers generally tend to serve up even the best hardware to inhabitants of their homelands first, Huawei will reportedly be forced to adjust its release flow as far as its debut smartwatch is concerned.

The irony is strong with this as-yet unconfirmed story, and it'll be interesting to gauge China's reaction if tables are indeed turned….

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Guess what, the third-gen Moto X could also integrate fingerprint recognition

As if we weren't excited enough already in regards to the purportedly ultra-high-end sequel of the unremarkable Moto X 2014, the 2015 edition's spec sheet today adds another futuristic function. Futuristic, gimmicky, potayto, potahto.

The fact of the matter is some mobile consumers dig fingerprint recognition technology, and by the looks of a couple of…

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Sprint's LG G Flex 2 scores bug-squashing Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update

Version 5.0 of the most popular mobile operating system in the world was meant to revolutionize memory management and energy efficiency while giving the UI a major facelift centered on minimalism and ease of use.

Alas, with great change come great risks and, although Android certainly looks sleeker than ever before, it's also highly unstable when Lollipop's first iteration is patched in….

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Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet again delayed in Europe, altogether MIA stateside

Upper tier, premium, feature-packed Android tablets are notoriously difficult to sell in a market segment heavily dominated by Apple's iPads, but that's not stopping Sony from trying… again. Unfortunately, the Japanese device manufacturer doesn't appear to be familiar with the "strike while the iron is hot" saying, as Xperia Z4 Tablet's commercial debut drifts on and on.

Formally unveiled roughly three months…

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Save the date: June 17 should see T-Mo score the Lumia 640 and LG G Pad F 8.0

Microsoft probably doesn't want to repeat the mistakes that made Nokia so irrelevant in the US mobile landscape, but already, Lumia 640's wide-scale North American launch has been inexplicably held up. Introduced to the world back in March, the low-cost, mid-end 5 incher was presumed as headed to T-Mobile as early as the following month.

Yet here we are, three months…

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Kickstarter Project Spotlight: Atmoph window

a6dce38ac9b1412c80654f5dcb06e756_original It probably seems a bit strange that I would be focusing today's Kickstarter Project Spotlight on a picture frame, but the Atmoph window is no ordinary picture. And as someone who constantly finds herself staring at the blank space on her cubicle wall, it wouldn't be the worst thing to spruce it up with some amazing 4K decorations. That's where the Atmoph window comes in -…

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LG has your back, selling two G4 leather covers for the price of one

This is without a doubt the year of unique, revamped Android phone designs, as both Samsung and LG finally understood the spec wars were futile and mobile buyers craved for something other than pixel-loaded screens or powerhouse processors to help them stand out.