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This monitor wants to wirelessly charge your phone while you work

The charger is built into the base of the SE370, a 1080p computer monitor from Samsung.

WHEN MONITORS ARE announced, they usually focus on how many pixels they can squeeze into the screen and image quality, but Samsung has announced one that comes with a useful feature.

The SE370 is a pretty standard 1080p monitor for your computer and is available in two sizes, 23.6-inch and 27-inch respectively.

The big draw is it supports all mobile devices that use the Qi wireless charging standard, which is what Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and a number of modern smartphones include.

It’s built into the base of the monitor so all you need to do is place your phone on it and charging begins automatically. A red LED light switches on to tell you it’s charging and changes green when it’s finished.

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If you spend your day at a desk, then having such a station can be handy as a monitor is always plugged in and stays in the one place. Also, the positioning means you can still see the phone in case someone tries to contact you.

There are some other small features included like an “eye-saver mode” which reduces the effects of blue light on viewers eyes and associated eye strain, and AMD FreeSync technology which provides a smoother refresh rate for gaming (if you use an AMD graphics card).

No details about its release date or cost was provided, but it will likely be released by the end of the year.

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    Mute Alan Kelly
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    Nov 30th 2022, 7:17 AM

    A bit of competition is good once it’s honest and there’s no jolleys, stroking, brown envelopes or trips to the red light district

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    Mute Peter
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    Nov 30th 2022, 7:33 AM

    Don’t care who builds it, once the ultimate cost is what was agreed at the start and it represents best value for money and can actually do everything that we need in an MRV.

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    Mute Tom Collins
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    Nov 30th 2022, 2:58 PM

    @Peter: absolutely correct. The bigger ptoblen is managing to crew these ships given the pathetic funding of the navy and the army

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    Mute Spud Geshletter
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    Nov 30th 2022, 7:46 AM

    . dont care who builds it but no the UK, when your out, your out.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:10 AM

    @Spud Geshletter: let’s hope they don’t have the same stupid attitude as you, we will be broke overnight.

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    Mute Kevin O'Hara
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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:10 AM

    @Tipper Irie: How do you like a freezing cold and dark winter? 75% of our gas comes from Scotland!

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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:38 AM

    @Tipper Irie: please explain??

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:04 PM

    @Spud Geshletter: …but they’re Scots not English.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 7:32 AM

    This is gona be an interesting one. The Brits will probably bend over backwards for these kind of contracts now to prove Brexit works. Might mean a better price, but there will be a lot of pressure on the government from EU partners to not go with the Brits for this. Especially a defence contract. I’m sure there are plenty of other shipyards around Europe that could also build the ship. I wonder will the EU intervene to make sure that EU defense spending stays as much as possible within the EU. Which will be tough seen as the Brits have such a massive arms industry.

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Nov 30th 2022, 1:18 PM

    @bazhealy: We should source the ships with the EU Single Market and as Northern Ireland is still in the EU Single Market we should source the ships in Harland and Wolf in Belfast.

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:02 PM

    @Roger Bond: You’d be lucky to get a barge out of H&W.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:35 PM

    @Roger Bond: hm no…

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Nov 30th 2022, 11:18 PM

    @Billybutcher: hm maybe, although it has been used recently mainly for service I read on 25/11 that H&W has been appointed as the prefered bidder to deliver three crucial support ships to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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    Mute Richard Griffin
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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:04 AM

    Who will staff it?? The Naval service is on it’s knees.

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Nov 30th 2022, 1:12 PM

    @Richard Griffin: We can recruit naval personnel from other countries like the Philippines or China.

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:01 PM

    @Roger Bond: Do people actually think we can do that?

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    Mute Richard Mccarthy
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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:06 AM

    And its also past time Ireland grew up and provided its own proper air defences and stop running to the RAF everytime an incident accurs because we dont have the capability,without a comprehensive radar tracking system anyone can invade our airspace at will and we have to depend on the Brits for information whats happening in our own country,the excuse usually given is because we are neutral sounds demeaning and ridiculous because we can even defend our own neutrality.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:00 AM

    @Richard Mccarthy: I’m sure that there is a bit of back scratching going on with that arrangement.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:13 AM

    Didn’t know the UK had any shipyards left.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:16 AM

    @Ken Miles: they,’ve got s few ,who do you think built the new aircraft carriers?

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    Mute Richard Mccarthy
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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:57 AM

    @Ken Miles: You obvously are misinformed who do you think built the latest Ships for the Irish navy,yep the Brits did only problem now we can’t get the personel to crew them.

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    Mute Kevin Carroll
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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:17 AM

    @Ken Miles: there is a famous ship yard only up the road in Belfast

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    Nov 30th 2022, 10:44 AM

    @Kevin Carroll: Excellent point. At least we would keep the money on the island.

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    Nov 30th 2022, 1:11 PM

    @Kevin Carroll: Yes there is. Tyneside shipyards closed to keep Belfast in work.

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Nov 30th 2022, 1:11 PM

    @Ken Miles: There is one just up the road in Belfast and it would be a kind gesture to get the ships built there like before.

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    Mute Anthony Ross
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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:19 PM

    As a member of the EU all contracts should be given to eu countries not a country outside eu

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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:17 AM

    They’ve probably wat he’d the childrens hospital and locked their lips at the clown show.
    Candy off a baby..

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    Nov 30th 2022, 9:59 PM

    That’s easy then, Trieste in Italy it is, the only EU one of the top 10 largest shipbuilding companies, coming in @ #9.

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Nov 30th 2022, 1:09 PM

    We should be looking further afield for contracts like this..The best value for money can be found in China or South Korea..

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    Nov 30th 2022, 8:36 PM

    @Roger Bond: Correctamundo, Asia all the way, I’d include Japan on that list.

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