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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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URL Droplet Service Downloads Files From URL’s Directly To Your Dropbox Account

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:36 AM PDT

URL Droplet is a great Webapp service that has been designed to make it even easier to download files to your Dropbox account simply by dropping in a URL to the file you would like to download. You can then let it download at your leisure to be access later.

Once initiated the file download process places the file in your main Drop directory, rather than to one of your shared folders, which would allow everyone to then view your file.

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iPod Magic, Deception By Marco Tempest (Video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Marco Tempest is a magician who uses technology to create magic tricks and illusions, his latest creation uses three iPods to show us how magic tricks work, and he describes his project as the magic of tomorrow today.

Have a look at the video below, which is called ‘iPod Magic, Deception’, probably one of the coolest videos we have seen using iPod’s.

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Scalado, Camera Rewind App Enables You To Create The Perfect Group Photo (video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:19 AM PDT

If you have every tried to take a group photo you will have already experienced the problems trying to get everyone to smile at the same time and as the shutter snaps, which is magnified by the number of people you have to photograph.

A new application called Rewind developed by Scalado hopes to makes these problems a thing of the past. Scalado’s Rewind app takes a burst of 5 images and then allows you to select the best facial expressions of your targets, before finally combining them into one perfect group image. Watch the video after the jump to see the application in action.

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The Sofa Bike Looks Like A Fun Way To Travel (Video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:59 AM PDT

We have see quite a few different DIY modes of transport here at Geeky Gadgets, including some sofa’s with engines in them, but I think this is probably the first sofa bike we have featured.

The Sofa Bike is the creation of Jacek Holubowicz, it was recently displayed at the International Design Festival in Berlin, and it features two separate 8 gear hubs, hydraulic brakes which are operated by the front handelbar and dynamic chain steering.

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TRENDnet TEW-692GR Router Enables 450Mbps On Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wireless Bands

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT

TRENDnet has this week announced the launch of their new TEW-692GR which is the first router capable of providing 450Mbps data transfers on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless bands.

The new router also brings with it one touch button security and Wi-Fi setup; simply press the WPS button on the TEW-692GR, and then press the WPS button on a compatible wireless adapter, the two devices will then automatically exchange information and connect.

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Apple Confirms Some Verizon iPad 2′s Recalled

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:43 AM PDT

We have been hearing rumors over the last couple of days that Apple had recalled some iPad 2′s that had been shipped out to Verizon Wireless, Apple has now confirmed that a small number of iPad 2′s have been recalled.

Apple recently told Reuters that a small number of iPad 2′s had been shipped to Verizon containing the same MEID numbers, which is supposed to be a unique number for each device.

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Jaybird JF3 Freedom Bluetooth Headphones With Secure Fit Ear Cushions (video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Jaybird has just announced that their new Jaybird JF3 Freedom Bluetooth headphones will start shipping next week and are currently available to pre-order on Jaybird’s online store for $99.

JayBird Freedom Bluetooth stereo headphones have been designed to stay in position during the most demands workouts or while carrying participating in a number of different sports. They accomplish this be using a new secure fit ear cushion, watch a full run through of the new Jaybird JF3 Freedom Bluetooth headphones after the jump.

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Battlefield 3 Fans Enraged By Launch Of “Physical Warfare” Pack

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Battlefield 3 fans have been enraged this week with the announcement by EA the they will be releasing a ”Physical Warfare” Pack to Battlefield 3 gamers who pre-order their copies of Battlefield 3 through physical retailers GAME and Gamestation in the UK.

If you pre-order your game through these channels and physically walk in to the shop to collect your game on launch day you will be rewarded with an array of new weapons unavailable to players who have pre-orders through digital download game suppliers and the like.

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The $1.2 Million Diamond Covered iPad

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:57 AM PDT

We have featured various iPhone’s and iPad’s covered in a variety of precious metals and stones here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one could quite possibly be the worlds most expensive iPad, as it retails for $1.2 million.

The $1.2 million iPad is covered in 18 carat gold and features a total of 300 carats of flawless diamonds, with the Apple logo on the back and the home button on the front covered in black diamonds.

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HP TouchPad Accessory Pricing Announced

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:35 AM PDT

HP has released details on its range of official accessories for the new HP TouchPad tablet, there will be a power charger, a charging dock, a wireless keyboard and a TouchPad case.

The power charger will retail for $29.99 and this is a 10w charger, the charging dock will retail for $79.99, and it is an inductive charging dock, so your TouchPad tablet can be charged when it is placed in the dock and used in both portrait and landscape modes.

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iLive Dock Disguises Your iPhone As A Clock

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:26 AM PDT

We have featured a number of iPhone docks here on Geeky Gadgets over the year but iLive's new Clock Dock takes the dock transforms your iPhone into and analog clock, camouflaging your iPhone while docked.

The iLive Clock Dock provides you with everything you would expect from a traditional clock providing a digital clock with sleep timer and snooze function, together with gradual wake to iPhone, iPod, radio or alarm.

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HP Unveils 8 New TouchPad Demo Videos Via YouTube (videos)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:01 AM PDT

Today HP has unveiled more information about it new TouchPad tablet launching a number of new videos on YouTube designed to explain its features in more detail, from multitasking to wireless charging.

The HP TouchPad will be equipped with a 9.7 inch capacitive touchscreen with a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, and powered by a dual core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 512MB of RAM. Check out the 8 video demonstrations after the jump.

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PhoneItiPad App TransForms Your 3G iPad Into a Mobile Phone, Now Available (video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:45 AM PDT

A new iPad application called PhoneItiPad is shortly being launched on the Cydia store. That says it will transform your 3G iPad in to a fully functional mobile phone, using just a normal phone SIM card. Data SIM cards will not work with the application because they are intended for internet only.

PhoneItiPad has been developed by the team over at iPhoneIslam and has been under development for some time and if it performs as well as in the video after the jump it should be a great addition to a jail broken iPad’s arsenal of applications.

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Worlds Fastest Remote Control Car The Schumacher Mi3 Sets 161.76mph Record (video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:17 AM PDT

Remote control car builder Nic Case has built a record braking car named the Schumacher Mi3, which is a rocket-looking, streamlined bullet, that took Case six months to build and over  $4,000 in parts.

The Schumacher Mi3 has been fitted with an handcrafted carbon-fiber chassis and is powered by an 11-horsepower motor supported by a 12-cell battery pack. Watch a video of the record breaking Schumacher Mi3 makes it 161.76mph setting a new record after the jump.

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Sputnik 0667 PC Mod By Love Hulten

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few different PC mods here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is is the creation of Love Hulten from Sweden, and he describes the Sputnik 0667 as “a computer combined with the beauty of arts and crafts, inspired by the 20th century and old hi-fi.”

As you can see from the photos below, the front of the bureau is folded down to reveal the computer display and also the keyboard, unfortunately we don’t have many details on what components were used inside this cool PC mod.

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Pre-Order Batman:Arkham City To Enable Playable Robin

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:02 AM PDT

A recent Best Buy advert has been spotted on their website advertising pre-orders of Batman:Arkham City with the ability to receive access to a playable Robin the “Boy Wonder” character within the new game. Confirming that a playable Robin character will indeed be in the new Batman:Arkham City game.

According to the online advertising the new Robin will be a ”playable character” in two challenge maps within the Batman:Arkham City, if you pre-order the game from Best Buy.

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 Coming In 2012 With Windows 8

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:57 AM PDT

The new Asus Eee Pad Transformer only recently went on sale, and now it seems that Asus are working on the Eee Pad Transformer 2 and it is rumored to launch in 2012 and will reportedly come with Windows 8.

According to French site Les Numeriques, Asus let the information slip at this years Computex, and they were told as well as an Android version of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2, there would also be a Windows 8 version.

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Orange Barcelona QWERTY Android Smartphone Announced

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:45 AM PDT

UK mobile phone operator is adding another Android smartphone to their line up with the launch of the Orange branded Barcelona smartphone, which features a 2.6 inch touchscreen display and a QWERTY keyboard.

Other specifications on the Orange Barcelona include a 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, HSDPA, 3G, A-GPS, an FM radio, and it will come with Android 2.2 Froyo.

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Turtle Beach Unveils New XP500 Gaming Headset

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Turtle Beach has showcased a couple of a gaming headsets it has added to its range in the form of the Turtle Beach XP500, a special edition version of Turtle Beach’s acclaimed PX5 headset.

The new XP500 is equipped with an XBA Bluetooth adapter for wireless XBOX Live chat, programmable digital signal processor, Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound and Bluetooth technology.

 

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Sky TV UK Will Launch Its New Sky Go Mobile Service On July 6th

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:42 AM PDT

Sky has announced that next month it will be replacing its Sky Player and Sky mobile TV services with a new Sky online and mobile service called, Sky Go. Which will be launching on July 6th and will be free to existing Sky TV subscribers.

The new Sky Go service will be available on online, via PCs, tablet devices and smartphones and Sky will allow customers to register two devices to access Sky Go content. If your not currently a Sky customer Sky Go will be available to non-Sky TV subscribers from August for between £15 and £40 per month.

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iPhone 5 Hits Final Testing, Launching In September?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:25 AM PDT

Apple didn’t follow their annual upgrade cycle for the iPhone this year at WWDC 2011, instead the iPhone 5 is expected to launch later in the year, and we have been hearing rumors over the past few months that the iPhone 5 would launch in September.

According to a recent report by MacRumors, the iPhone 5 has entered the final stage of testing, which would indicate that Apple are getting ready to launch the iPhone 5 within the next few months.

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Habey Unveils Post-it Sized Dual HD Decoder (video)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Habey USA have this week announced a new addition to their range of computer modules with the launch of their Habey SOM-6670 E6XX Tunnel Creek QSeven. The tiny new module is capable of decoding two HD videos at the same time.

The new computer module measures just 70 x 70mm and is equipped with the latest Intel Atom E6XX processors, ranging in speed of .6GHz to 1.6 GHz with low power consumption from 3.3 to 7 Watts. The integrated GMA600 graphics is based on a 400 MHz PowerVR SGX mobile GPU. Watch the demonstration video after the jump to see it in action.

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Acer Revo RL100 Media Centre System Arrives In The US

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:57 AM PDT

Acer launched their new slimline Revo RL100 media centre, equipped with a Blu-ray and a comprehensive backlit keyboard remote control in Asia some time ago. But today Acer has announced that their new Revo RL100 media centre has arrived in the US.

The Revo RL100 media centre has been designed to interconnect all Acer home-based and mobile devices, including smartphones using Acer’s clear.fi technology. This enables users to access media on any Acer device around the home  and comes preloaded with Windows 7 Premium.

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iCloud Communications Sues Apple Over iCloud Name

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:53 AM PDT

Apple recently announced their new cloud service, called iCloud, and Apple purchased the domain name iCloud.com from Swedish company Xcerion along with the trademarks for the iCloud brand.

Now it seems another company, iCloud Communications is claiming that Apple’s iCloud is infringing on the companies trademarks, and is taking Apple to court over the iCloud name.

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Codemasters Website Hacked, Customer Information Snatched

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:42 AM PDT

The UK games development Codemasters is the lastest gaming company to be targeted by hackers and has announced that its website was hacked on June 3rd 2011.

The hackers were able to access registered customers account information and snatched email and house addresses, together with passwords, birthdays, phone numbers, Xbox gamer tags and customer biographies. But no payment information was taken during the hack according to Codemasters.

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Toshiba Thrive 10 Inch Android Honeycomb Tablets Available To Pre-order

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:36 AM PDT

Some of our readers will remember the new Android Honeycomb tablet from Toshiba which is due to go on sale in July, the Toshiba Thrive, good news if you have been waiting to get your hands on one as it is now available to pre-order for $429.99.

The Toshiba Thrive will come with the latest version of Honeycomb, Android 3.1 and it features a 10.1 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, there is also a dual core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor.

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Spotify Signs US Deal With Universal Music

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:09 AM PDT

Last week we heard that Spotify were close to signing deals with record labels in the US, and now according to All Things D, Spotify has apparently signed a deal with Universal Music in the US.

According to the report this is the third US deal Spotify has signed, which means that they just need one more label to have access to music from the four major record labels in the US.

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Unlocked iPhone 4′s To Be Available In The US This Week?

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:30 PM PDT

When the iPhone 4 went on sale in the UK last year it was available with a number of mobile carriers here in the UK, you could also purchase the iPhone 4 direct from the Apple store unlocked.

This meant that you could use your existing mobile contract with the iPhone 4 or use a pay as you go SIM card with it, without being tied to any particular mobile carrier.

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Samsung Galaxy S II For AT&T Leaked

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT

We knew that the new Samsung Galaxy S II would be heading to all the major US carriers, and now it seems Samsung has inadvertently confirmed it will be coming to AT&T, by posting a photo of an AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S II on Facebook.

As you can see in the photo below, the AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S II was pictured with a HDMI dock, and as you can see from the photo below, the Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T now features four capacitive touchscreen buttons on the bottom of the handset rather than the home button that we have seen on the current model.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 Gets Official

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:01 PM PDT

We recently saw Panasonic’s latest micro four thirds leaked in a video, and Panasonic has now officially announced the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3, which is the successor to the popular GF2.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 is 16 percent lighter and 16 percent smaller than its predecessor, and it features a 12.1 megapixel sensor, plus a 3 inch touchscreen display and it has an ISO range of 160 to 6400.

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