Cup Holder Battery Tester Power Station – keep track of your car battery charge, while you charge your phone

There are a ton of in-car devices chargers on the market, some of them great, some not so. But we particularly likes ones which add a little bit extra functionality to the mix, to deliver better value for your buck.
This Cup Holder Battery Tester Power Station fits into any standard car cup holder block, and offers twin USB sockets to charge up your phones and/or tablet computers. So far so normal. But the extra coolness comes in the form of a bank of indicator lights which tell you what the state of your car battery is at any one time.

This means that you can keep tabs on your vehicle’s battery while you’re charging up your gadgets, especially useful if you’ve got the engine off (at which point your battery is rather vulnerable to too much drain). It’s a simple thing, but useful.

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Phonejoy – console adapter for your phone or tablet comes with 400 game support

There’s a bunch of game console adapters on the market at the moment, all designed to make your phone into a full on gaming phenomenon. Of course one small damper on that vision is the fact that most phone games are designed with touchscreens in mind, which makes gamepad play rather redundant. But now at last a company has actually thought about that and come up with a solution.

The Phonejoy is an versatile game console adapter for phones, and by the looks of it, even smaller tablet computers. The device features a slider mechanism which accepts varying phone sizes, and provides all the functionality of a dedicated gaming console, with D-Pads, buttons, thumbsticks and the rest.

The thing actually looks pretty neat, and we like the fact that you can collapse it for stowing in a pocket or bag. But what we like mostly is the fact that the developers have come out of the blocks with support for some 400 Android and iOS games, which makes it actually sound like it might be worth getting.

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Runbo X3 Android phone is waterproof and made to take a beating

Gone are the days when rugged phones had to be simple devices. After all, just because someone wants a phone that can be dropped in water or on concrete, doesn't mean they don't want one that can actually perform useful tasks. The new X3 smartphone from Runbo looks to be able to take a beating, but it comes with Android 4.0 installed, so it might actually be useful for checking email, browsing the web, and downloading apps.

Besides running Android 4.0, the Runbo X3 also comes with a 1GHz dual core processor and 1 GB of RAM. It also features an 8-megapixel camera on the rear, and a 0.3-megapixel camera on the front for self shots. The screen measures 3.5 inches, and features a respectable 480 x 800 resolution.

From a technical standpoint, the Runbo X3 falls right in line with low to midrange Android phones. Of course, what makes it notable is how tough it is. It comes with a dust and waterproof rating of IP67, which means that the phone is totally protected from dust, as indicated by the 6, and it can survive being temporarily submerged in water at a depth of up to 3.2 feet (one meter), which is indicated by the 7.

Another notable feature of the Runbo X3 is its walkie-talkie antenna, which is rated to allow the device to communicate with another X3 up to six miles (10 km) away. This should come in handy for users who frequently find themselves in the wilderness, where cell signal is nonexistent.

The X3 also supports dual sim card technology, which means it can support more than one phone number. It additionally has a full QWERTY keyboard for users who just cannot get comfortable typing on a touchscreen.

The Runbo X3 is available for US$349, which might seem a little high for a fairly basic Android phone. However, it is unlocked, so it's not tied to a contract, which might make it a more appealing choice for some buyers.

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