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Double the fun IFA 2019 in Berlin saw the unveiling of a new LG G-series smartphone with in-display fingerprint sensor, the LG G8X ThinQ, and an improved LG Dual Screen accessory that provides an additional 6.4in display for enhanced productivity and multi-tasking. The LG Dual Screen boasts a number of advances on the original model launched at MWC 2019, including an additional 2.1-inch Cover Display that lets users check time, date, battery charge, notifications etc. without having to open the Dual Screen; a 360 Freestop Hinge, which allows viewing at any angle, as on a laptop; and the ability to connect to a smartphone by USB. www.LG.com 01732 759725 INNOVATIONS 06 Past perfected F(x)tec, a London-based startup dedicated to bringing back features missing from current mobile phones, unveiled its first product at IFA ShowStoppers. The Pro1 is a premium unlocked Android smartphone featuring a sliding and angled landscape QWERTY keyboard with five staggered rows and responsive, tactile feedback with every keystroke. It costs £649. Company founder Adrian Li Mow Ching said: “Our vision of the ideal smartphone blends a modern handset with the very best features and functionality we loved and miss. Our goal is to be the best at niche functional devices, re-creating them in a better and more modern way.” View full specs at https://www.fxtec.com/ pro1/#specification Next generation of wireless headsets Poly has updated its Savi Office wireless headsets to aid concentration in open plan offices and, in doing so, has become the first enterprise headset company to introduce a DECT headset with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) – the Savi 8220. Key features of the Savi 8200 and 7200 Office Series (dependent on model) include: ANC technology to block out office noise; a ‘close conversation’ limiting feature that ensures people on a call only hear the person talking into the headset; and a second battery that can be ‘hot swapped’ during a call. The ranges offer a choice of wearing styles and support for desk phones, mobile devices and PCs. www.Poly.com Personal trainer HONOR is tapping into the popularity of fitness trackers with the HONOR Band 5. Costing £29.99, it provides 24-hour heart rate monitoring (with alerts when the heart rate exceeds pre-set limits), sleep quality monitoring and fitness tracking for multiple sports. As well as tracking workouts and suggesting improvements, the HONOR Band 5 can be paired with a smartphone to alert users of incoming calls, SMS, email and SNS notifications and to remotely control the smartphone camera. It is available in blue, black or pink and comes with a choice of eight customised watch faces. www.hihonor.com Fully integrated New from IT solutions provider Rahi Systems, the DTEN D7 Board combines DTEN’s interactive hardware with Zoom Rooms software to provide a fully integrated video conferencing solution. Key features include automatic speaker tracking; face detection and lighting/ audio adjustments; and ‘one click’ wireless screen sharing. www.rahisystems.com Lower cost printing Kyocera Document Solutions Europe is introducing three mono A4 ECOSYS devices – the P3260dn printer and M3860idn and M3860idnf MFPs – with ultra-high yield toners (40,000 pages) for lower running costs and 20% faster ‘first print out’ times for increased productivity and energy efficiency. The ECOSYS M3860idnf has the added benefit of an internal finisher and built-in automatic stapler. Agnostic meeting room solution MultiJoin gives users of any Teamline-equipped meeting room an easy way to join meetings held on a variety of services, including Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Cisco Webex, Zoom, BlueJeans and StarLeaf. Steve Raffe, Head of Teamline, points out that the launch of MultiJoin is timely in light of Microsoft’s decision to end Skype for Business Online in 2021. He said: “At Teamline we are focused on ensuring our customers continue to benefit from their meeting rooms as they migrate to Microsoft Teams or other UC platforms. By delivering an agnostic meeting room system, the enterprise can transition from Skype for Business at its own pace, without impacting users, ripping out meeting room systems or increasing costs.” www.teamline.com ...more... Compact colour With the smallest footprint of any A3 colour toner MFP on the market, or so Sharp claims, the BP20C20 and BP20C25 MFPs are ideal for organisations with limited space and/ or budgets. The entry-level devices offer print/scan speeds of 25/37 pages per minute, direct USB printing, the ability to scan to multiple destinations and a one-button ID card copy feature for copying the front and back of ID cards onto a single page. Options include additional paper trays, giving a maximum paper capacity of 1,850 sheets, and wireless connectivity for printing from mobile devices, tablets and laptops. sharp.co.uk EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD RAHI SYSTEMS DTEN D7 DISPLAY 9