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- Motorola Xoom WiFi Gets Google Movie Rentals
- Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 Smartphones Launching In Europe Q4
- Apple Accuses Samsung Of ‘Blatantly Imitating’ Its Products
- Kinect Quadrocopter Controlled With Kinect SDK (Video)
- Opena iPhone 4 Bottle Opener Case In Action (Video)
- Mystery Android Honeycomb Tablet Appears In Verizon Video
- Alpinist Camera Case, Provides Extreme Protection For Your Camera
- Griffin DJ Cable Splits Djay iOS App Audio To Speakers And Headphones
- Bandi Scarab PC By Paul Bangdiwala Looks Awesome
- Battlefield 3 Physical Warfare DLC Will Be A Timed Exclusive And Free To All
- Angry Birds ‘Mine And Dine’ Android Update Released (Video)
- New HHKB Type-S Hacking Keyboard Announced
- Motorola Milestone 3 (Droid 3) Announced For China
- Fantastic Lego Bioshock Rapture, Complete With Plane Crash
- Apple May Hold New Mac Hardware Releases Until OS X Lion Launch?
- Spotify US Launching Next Month?
- Google Chrome 13 Enters Beta (video)
- Evernote App Arrives On Windows Phone 7
- Facebook iPad App Coming Soon
- PowerSkin Juice Case For HTC 4G, Inspire And Desire HD (video)
- LG Optimus 3D Launches Worldwide
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Single Player Walkthrough Trailer (video)
- Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation Maps Revealed (video)
- Joystick-It iPhone Arcade Joystick
- Sony Releases Teaser Video For New S1 and S2 Tablets (video)
- Toy Story Unleashed: If Woody And Buzz Were Cooler
- OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD With SandForce
- This Is The Grossest Science News Ever
- Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK Beta Launches
- Panasonic Android Toughbook Tablet Unveiled
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Seeing US Retail Light Today
- Blackberry Bold 9900 Coming In August To Three UK
- Harry Potter MMO May Be In The Works
- Star Wars Old Republic Won’t Need Origin Running
| Motorola Xoom WiFi Gets Google Movie Rentals Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:05 AM PDT When the Android Honeycomb 3.1 update was released for the Motorola Xoom it was supposed to bring a range of new features to the Xoom, but one feature that was left out of the update was Google Movie rentals. Good news for WiFi Xoom owners as it appears the Google Videos apps for movie rentals is now compatible with the Motorola Xoom, according to the guys over at Engadget.
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| Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 Smartphones Launching In Europe Q4 Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:27 AM PDT Ever since Nokia and Microsoft announced their partnership to produce Windows Phone 7 smartphones, we have been waiting to hear when they would become available. Now it looks like the first Windows Phone 7 handsets from Nokia will be available in Europe in quarter 4 of 2011, as Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop recently confirmed in an interview that the devices would be launching in certain European countries in Q4.
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| Apple Accuses Samsung Of ‘Blatantly Imitating’ Its Products Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT On Wednesday Apple accused Samsung of harassment, with Samung’s attempts to get its hands on the unannounced iPhone 5 and iPad 3 and now the court case between Apple and Samsung seems to be heating up a little as Apple has filed another complaint with the court with even stronger words than the last one. Apple has said in its latest filing that Samsung has created “products that blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.”, you cant really get much clearer than that.
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| Kinect Quadrocopter Controlled With Kinect SDK (Video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:06 AM PDT Yesterday Microsoft officially launched their new Kinect SDK, and at the same time they held a 24 hour programming event at their Redmond HQ, and invited around 40 developers to the event to see what they could come up with using the new Kinect SDK. We have previously seen a Kinect Quadricopter here at Geeky Gadgets, but the latest one was created using the official Microsoft Kinect SDK, and as you will see in the video below, the Kinect Quadricopter can be flown using arm movement.
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| Opena iPhone 4 Bottle Opener Case In Action (Video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:51 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Opena iPhone 4 case that we featured on the site the other day, it is basically an iPhone 4 case with a built in bottle opener, and currently a Kickstarter project which needs to raise $15,000 for it to go into production. It looks like the company behind it is getting closer to their goal, as it seems they just need to raise over $5,000 more before the Opena will become a reality, and this just sent us this video which shows how it works.
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| Mystery Android Honeycomb Tablet Appears In Verizon Video Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:31 AM PDT It seems that Verizon Wireless has inadvertently leaked a new mystery Android Honeycomb tablet in one of their video adverts on YouTube, the video has now been made private on YouTube, but not before Droid Life managed to get a screenshot of the tablet. According to the guys at Droid Life, the tablet is running Android Honeycomb, and it could possibly be a Motorola tablet as it appears to feature a similar speaker to that of the Motorola Xoom.
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| Alpinist Camera Case, Provides Extreme Protection For Your Camera Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:09 AM PDT If you like to venture off the beaten path with your camera in tow, a new case is now available that will offer extreme protection to your devices. The Alpinist Case M5 looks more like a ammunition box Halo’s Master Chief would carry, but dont let the look deceive you. This state of the art case is machined from aircraft grade aluminium and available in three sizes to accommodate both compact and DSLR cameras such as the Leica D-Lux. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Griffin DJ Cable Splits Djay iOS App Audio To Speakers And Headphones Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT If you enjoy using Algoriddim's Djay App on either the iPad or iPhone you might be interested in a new cable released by Griffin that will allow you to split the audio directly from your iOS device and Algoriddim's Djay app. Allowing you to send a master feed to the speakers and keep your cue outputs in your headphones. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Bandi Scarab PC By Paul Bangdiwala Looks Awesome Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:31 AM PDT We have featured quite a few cool custom PCs here ate Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is the creation of Paul Bangdiwala, and it is called the Bandi Scarab, and Paul wanted to give the PC a spider like personality, from the looks of the photos he has certainly achieved that. The Bandi Scarab features an Asus AM3 motherboard, plus a dual core AMD Phenom II 3GHz processor which has been overclocked to 3.4GHz, there is also 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 60GB SSD as its primary drive and a 250GB HDD as its secondary, on top of that their is also an 550W OCZ Fatality PSU.
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| Battlefield 3 Physical Warfare DLC Will Be A Timed Exclusive And Free To All Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:17 AM PDT Further to the announcement that enraged Battlefield 3 gamers, EA has now announced that the new retailer-exclusive pre-order Physical Warfare DLC announced for the UK will become available to everyone some time after release, for free. The Physical Warfare DLC will also not be restricted to the UK but will be available globally to all gamers as a pre-order bonus, which has been confirmed by DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Angry Birds ‘Mine And Dine’ Android Update Released (Video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:12 AM PDT Rovio Mobile has updated Angry Birds for Android and the latest version features the new Mine and Dine update that we heard about recently, and it brings 15 new levels to the game.
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| New HHKB Type-S Hacking Keyboard Announced Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:01 AM PDT If you are a touch typist and no longer need to look at the keys to know where they are located this new upgraded Hacking Keyboard S-Type will provide you not only with a keyboard without any markings but also allow you to type faster and more silently. The upgraded Happy Hacking Keyboard S-Type is now reportedly 30 percent quieter than older models and the range is the most reliable and best keyboard that money can buy in Japan, according to reports. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Motorola Milestone 3 (Droid 3) Announced For China Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT Whilst the new Motorola Droid 3 still hasn’t been officially announced, Motorola have just released details of the Motorola Milestone 3 for China, which is the same device with the Milestone name. The Motorola Milestone 3 will go on sale in China with mobile operator China Mobile, and now we get some specifications on the new Motorola Milestone 3 (Droid 3).
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| Fantastic Lego Bioshock Rapture, Complete With Plane Crash Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:39 AM PDT If you are a Bioshock or Lego fan your going to enjoy this Bioshock Rapture sculpture complete with plane crash, built entirely from Lego bricks, which has been created for Brickworld 2011 which is on at the moment. For those you who haven’t played Bioshock, Rapture is a massive underwater city from the game and sits at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, as a gleaming metropolis of massive Art Deco-styled. This fantastic Lego recreation has miniaturised posters from the game on the walls and blue-tinted lighting evoking the oceanic environment. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple May Hold New Mac Hardware Releases Until OS X Lion Launch? Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT Apple’s Mac OS X Lion will be available as a digital download from the Mac App Store some time next month, and we have been hearing rumors that a new MacBook Air is about to launch, although it seems Apple may hold this back and other new hardware until OS X Lion is released. According to Apple Insider, Apple want to ship all their new hardware out with Mac OS X Lion, rather than release it now with users having to upgrade after just a few weeks or a month.
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| Spotify US Launching Next Month? Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:18 AM PDT It looks like music streaming service Spotify is getting closed to their US launch, and it is possible that Spotify could launch in the US next month, we recently heard that Spotify has signed deals with the major record labels in the US. Now Spotify’s general manager Jonathan Forster recently announced at an advertising conference in London that Spotify is wrapping up the final licensing deals for its US launch.
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| Google Chrome 13 Enters Beta (video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:08 AM PDT Google Chrome 13 browser has just entered the beta stage of its development live and brings with it some new features users have waited for since its initial launch back in September 2008. Theses features include Instant Pages and a Print Preview feature which was first asked for after the launch back in 2008. Well its now arrived and provides the ability to preview your page before you print saving your toner and paper. After the jump is a video demoing the new Instant Pages feature now within Chrome 13 beta. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Evernote App Arrives On Windows Phone 7 Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:13 AM PDT Evernote the amazingly useful note-taking application has this week launched a new Evernote app for Windows Phone 7 users, which offers all the same features that other smartphone operating systems have enjoying for some time, plus a few extras. Evernote says that their new Windows Phone 7 application is their most feature rich application debut to date with being built and developed from the ground up especially for Windows Phone 7 and the Metro UI and its Pivot panels. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:05 AM PDT We have been hearing quite a lot this week about Facebook and their plans for mobile devices and tablets, first we saw details of Facebook’s new iPhone photo sharing app, and then there was the new of Facebook’s Project Spartan, which is reported to be a HTML5 based web store for apps. Now comes the news that Facebook is about to launch its own dedicated Facebook app for the Apple iPad, according to the New York Times, and the app has been designed to be optimized for the iPad, and apparently Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been involved heavily in the applications development.
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| PowerSkin Juice Case For HTC 4G, Inspire And Desire HD (video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:50 AM PDT If you find the battery life running a little low on your HTC smartphone it might be time to add a juice pack to help provide a little more power for those extended periods away from the grid. If you are looking for a little extra battery power, PowerSkin has just unveiled their new battery case for the HTC 4G, Inspire and Desire HD which has been designed to double the devices battery life. It also provides a protective case to help protect your smartphone from drops and bumps. Watch the video after the jump to see a brief walk through of the PowerSkin. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| LG Optimus 3D Launches Worldwide Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:22 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the LG Optimus 3D that was announced back in February at MWC, LG has now announced that it is officially launching the Optimus 3D worldwide. Over the next few weeks the LG Optimus 3D will start rolling out, starting in Europe first, and then 60 more countries around the world, and it is one of the first Android smartphones to launch with a glasses free 3D display.
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| Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Single Player Walkthrough Trailer (video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:17 AM PDT A new video trailer with developer commentary has been released by Ubisoft for their highly anticipated new sequel in the Assassin’s Creed trilogy Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The new game continues the theme of an open world as in the first two games but brings with it a few new items to Ezio’s arsenal. One of which is the hookblade, which can be used to zipline across the city or grab enemies to yank them in for a combo attack. Watch the single player walk through after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation Maps Revealed (video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:55 AM PDT If you are looking forward to playing the new Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation DLC, you might be interested in this new video released by Treyach that provides a look at all the new maps in the DLC. The new Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation DLC content will be arriving on the Xbox 360 on June 28th followed shortly after on the PS3 and PC. Watch the video after the jump to see clips of the new maps: Hangar 18, Drive-In, Hazard, and Zombie map called "Shangri-La.". (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Joystick-It iPhone Arcade Joystick Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT Some our our readers will remember the Joystick-It joystick add on for the iPad that we featured on the site a while back, now there is a new smaller version available designed to work with your iPhone, the Joystick-It iPhone. If you fancy using something different to control you games on the iPhone than its touchscreen controls then it may be worth checking out the Joystick-It for the iPhone.
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| Sony Releases Teaser Video For New S1 and S2 Tablets (video) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:32 AM PDT Sony have released a new teaser video today for their new Sony S1 and S2 tablets which are expected to arrive later this year in September with pre-orders for the Android Honeycomb tablets starting in August. The first teaser video can be seen after the jump and is the first of five in the series, which includes both the S1 and S2 dual screen tablet. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Toy Story Unleashed: If Woody And Buzz Were Cooler Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:22 AM PDT Though not officially sanctioned nor endorsed by Pixar, the below are two concept renditions of the animated characters. This dude named Panzervargas is quite the 3D scale model artist and imagined what Woody and Buzz would look like in a more ‘adult’ oriented context. The result is pretty startling. Buzz definitely has Terran space marine grit to complement his chiseled armored figure while Woody is a classic right out of a Zane Grey paperback.
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| OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD With SandForce Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT OWC has this week launched a new range of solid state drives, expanding its SSD line-up with the launch of its new OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD. The new Mercury Electra are built using Tier 1/Grade A NAND which provides the drives with sustained data rates of over 500mb/s. The Mercury Electra 6G SSD can provide up to 284MB/s sustained reads and 268MB/s writes in the “3G’s” 300MB/s max speed bus, and provides up to 556MB/s sustained reads and 523MB/s writes through the “6G’s” 600MB/s max speed bus. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| This Is The Grossest Science News Ever Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:14 AM PDT It’s strongly recommended that if you’re reading this while having lunch/dinner/a hearty breakfast, please stop. The following is genuinely unpleasant. Unpleasant in the sense that a Japanese scientist of staggering genius has just devised a method of turning excrement into hamburger meat. Ugh! Don’t worry, the below isn’t the vile stuff. That’s just a far more pleasant alternative to the unappetizing reality. (That’s a Carl’s Jr. burger, if we’re not mistaken.)
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| Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK Beta Launches Posted: 16 Jun 2011 11:22 PM PDT As we reported yesterday Microsoft has today released their new Kinect for Windows SDK allowing developers to design and create new Kinect applications and projects building applications with C++, C# or Visual Basic. The new Kinect for Windows SDK, supports Windows 7, and comes with everything a developer needs to start creating Kinect projects, with drivers, rich APIs for Raw Sensor Streams, natural user interfaces and resource materials all included in the new beta SDK. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Panasonic Android Toughbook Tablet Unveiled Posted: 16 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT This week Panasonic have taken the opportunity to unveil their new enterprise-grade Android tablet, the Panasonic Android Toughbook Tablet which is expected to arrive in store some time in the last quarter of 2011. Information on the new rugged tablet are still a little light on the ground at this early stage but what we do know it that it will be equipped with a 10.1 inch XGA multitouch display that will be viewable in daylight for users to be able to see important information easily. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Seeing US Retail Light Today Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:56 PM PDT Samsung’s newest stab at an iPad competitor, and the one that might actually make good, seeing how Google have had some time to fix everything that was wrong with Honeycomb back when the Xoom came out is hitting retail today. The price varies from $499 for the 16GB model to $599 for the 32GB, but when have the truly determined tablet hunters let such an insignificant detail stand in their way? (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Blackberry Bold 9900 Coming In August To Three UK Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:03 PM PDT If you prefer fruit to pastry and just don’t trust your 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon-toting smartphone with as many as 150k apps, then RIM has you covered. Or rather, it will have you covered come August, courtesy of Three UK, who have just updated their site to reflect this. You probably won’t mind the 640 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, 768 MB of RAM, or the 8 GB of storage either. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Harry Potter MMO May Be In The Works Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:40 PM PDT Even though the Harry Potter franchise is on its last legs when it comes to movies and books, there’s no limit to how much you can extend the Harry Potter universe with a well-crafted MMO. And that’s exactly what Warner Bros. are planning to do, going by the pottermore.com teaser website that just popped up out of nowhere. Well, we don’t know about the well crafted part yet. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Star Wars Old Republic Won’t Need Origin Running Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:51 PM PDT It seems like EA’s digital games storefront will run a bit differently than what we’re used to with Steam. For instance, although it will still be the only place to buy Star Wars The Old Republic that doesn’t involve some type of box, you won’t need to run the thing in the background to enjoy your Ewok-murdering. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
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