Pundi X’s New Phone Can Switch Between Blockchain and Android

Blockchain device manufacturer startup Pundi X unveiled new specifications for its blockchain phone, that it plans to launch to the public later this year. Customers going to be able to make the switch by the push of a button, a blog post by Pundi X explained, adding that this feature is made possible by loading both an Android 9.0 operating system (OS) as well as Pundi's Android-based Function X OS. "Blockchain-based calling and messaging can be toggled on and off on the phone operating system, that builds upon Android 9.0," Pundi X said Monday. Pundi X's demonstration is only the laanalisis blockchain-linked announcement at Mobile World Congress this week, following HTC, Samsung and Electroneum, which unveiled a crypto-mining phone this 7 days – though which was a low-cost device targeting developing countries. XPhone images via Pundi X YouTube; Pundi X blog

Energizer's New 18,000mAh Battery Happens to Include an Android Phone

Into this gap steps the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop. It's roughly 3 to 3.5 iPhones thick, by an 18,000mAh battery and it comes by a handy strap for bludgeoning people to death. A full battery charge announcly takes 8 hours, that implies you'll really only be topping this off the time you sleep. Then again, by an 18,000mAh battery, I'm not sure what you'd be doing to drain it in a day regardless. Iron such issues out, and the Power Max P18K Pop could beat a niche for itself.