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Lenovo plans to grab more of the mobile device pie as it invests $800 million in a mobile device production base in the city of Wuhan, China.

The Chinese vendor is better known as the 2nd biggest PC vendor in the world... or 3rd biggest, depending on which analyst reports you refer to.

The Wuhan facility will start operations from October 2013, and will produce smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices for both Chinese and international markets.

Lenovo's mobile device strategy includes the K800 smartphone, one of the 1st Intel-powered Android smartphones. Expect to hear more on non-PC Lenovo offerings over the coming months, then.

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The PoP Video is an add-on accessory turning iPod Touches (3rd/4th generation) and iPhones (4/4S) into a pico projector, with no need for extra cables.

It connects to iDevices via 30-pin connector and beams images at qHD (960x540) resolution at 13-130cm projection range. Battery life is up to 2 hours, with micro-USB connection handling charging duties.

The unit is around 1.5cm thick and weighs less than 100g.

A free iOS app provides a number of functions-- including simple projection of videos or web browsing via Safari.

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Scosche launches a selection of mobile device chargers at CTIA 2012-- including the reVOLT USB port charger range.

The reVOLT H4 and H4 Pro chargers feature four 10W (2.1A) USB ports for speedy mobile device charging. The H4 Pro also includes a micro-USB cable and an Apple 30-pin connector adapter.

The company also announces the reCOIL II car charger-- a 2.1A charger with a retractable cable for use with iDevices.

Finally Android devices get a micro-USB version of the flipCHARGe burst backup battery, providing an emergency burst of up to 30% of full device power.

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Sure, the customer is King but that's about to change. Now the customer will become a real Dictator.

Retailers, already facing massive disruption to their business model from the Internet, will now be forced to confront further shifts of power into consumer hands.

Imagine if consumers knew exactly WHEN to purchase a consumer electronics product to minimize their spend? How many consumers would follow pricing cycles to buy cheaper-- and how much would that impact retailer margin?

Oren Etzioni's latest startup, Decide.com applies to consumer electronics and appliances the same science behind Farecast (Etzioni started this travel-fare prediction company and then sold it to Microsoft for Bing.)

Decide analyzes web sources (thousands of sources on the history of prices, the models in the range, even to rumors of new models) to answer the consumer's most important question: WHEN to buy or wait on their consumer electronics purchases.