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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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R18+ Rating Coming To Australia At Long Last

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Australia has finally ended what amounted to strict blanket censorship of video games not meeting the former highest available age rating of R15+. The new R18+ rating is slated to be introduced by the end of the year and will ensure adult Australian gamers will be able to enjoy adult entertainment, a concept previously anathema to Australian officials, who have repeatedly struck down previous attempts to legislate the issue.

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Call Of Duty Elite Content By Ridley Scott Coming

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 11:35 AM PDT

This may be a bit like finding out Steven Spielberg is doing the commentary for the next Madden, but we’ll roll with it. The “Blade Runner” director is joining other sonorous names in delivering content for the social component to Activion’s FPS institution, though the exact nature of their contributions is not yet clear.

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Adidas Punching Bag Now Available In Shanghai Subway

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Because cosmopolitan enclaves produce cosmopolitan amounts of distress, so rather than engage in anti-social behavior citizens who commute regularly have the option to vent on punching bags. Actually we can’t say for sure how many Adidas sponsored punching bags are available throughout the Shanghai metro, but they are there ready to receive a few good kicks and (weak) joke punches–see below.

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The Making Of iPad Head Girl (video)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:40 AM PDT

You may remember the article we published and video about the “The iPad Head Girl” at the beginning of August. Well the company behind the weird head gear has now released another video showing a behind the scenes look at how the video and iPad head gear was created. Watch the making of the iPad Head Girl after the jump.

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HDI 3D Projectors Arriving Feb 2012 Starting At $55,000

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT

HDI has unveiled a new range of 3D projectors it will be launching next year, with innovative designs that really make them stand out from the crowd, when compared to traditional projectors.

Manufacturing is already under way for the new designed which you can see after the break and HDI hopes to have the new range in stores on February 12th. But be warned only 100 hand made systems will be available from the initial production run and their prices will range from $55,000 to $85,000.

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Will The iPhone 5 Look Like This?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:04 AM PDT

We have seen quite a few different design concepts for the iPhone 5, the latest one comes from the guys over at Mac Rumors, and the design is based on a case from Chinese manufacturers which was reportedly designed on the iPhone 5 specifications.

As you can see from the photos below, the design from the guys as Mac Rumors has many of the features that we have been hearing about over the last few months.

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Sony Unveils WhiteMagic LCD Display With Fourth White Pixel

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Sony has unveiled a new 3 inch display designed for use in smartphones that uses it latest WhiteMagic technology, incorporates a fourth white pixel, improving the brightness of the entire screen.

The tiny high resolution LCD display is equipped with a 1.23M-dot full VGA LCD (640 x RGBW x 480) and uses RGBW that has been developed by Sony using new algorithm for image signal processing, improving the brightness of the screen without any deterioration to the image quality.

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Apple Suing Motorola Over Xoom Tablet Design

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT

Earlier today we heard that a court in Germany had granted Apple an injunction against Samsung, which will stop Samsung from importing the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 in to Europe.

Apple has been suing a number of other smartphone manufacturers including HTC, Motorola and also Samsung, but now it would appear that they have started suing other tablet manufacturers as well as Samsung, the latest is Motorola over the Motorola Xoom.

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Apple’s Updates Its Recycling Program Offering Gift Cards For Your Old Hardware

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Apple has quietly rolled out  some new changes to its electronics recycling program, which now allows you to recycle computers or displays from any manufacturer for free. Enabling you to recycling your old hardware through and Apple store even if you are not upgrading or purchasing a new Apple product.

The latest updates to Apple’s recycling program also offers Apple gift cards rewards in exchange for your old hardware and will no longer charge you to recycle your goods as it did before, if your hardware is to old to be worth anything and you were not purchasing an Apple product.

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Samsung Galaxy R Gets Official, Again (Video)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Samsung announced the new Galaxy R smartphone over a week ago, and now the company has released another press release which gives us some more details on the Samsung Galaxy R.

We already knew that the Samsung Galaxy R would come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it features a 4.19 inch Super Clear LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and processing is provided by a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, NVIDIA has released a hands on video which you can see below.

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Data Sandals, Geek Chic Footwear

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:08 AM PDT

If you have a few old computers lying around you could put them to good use and create some geeky footwear or clothing like the Data Sandals pictured below.  They have been created from a multitude of unwanted electronic components including data wire, motherboards and batteries, by Etsy member and artist Steven Rodrig.

Rodrig uses the printed circuit boards from discarded computers and other electronic items to create weird and wonderful creations, some of which are available to purchase on Etsy.

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Motorola Wants To Release Windows Phone 7 Devices

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:04 AM PDT

It looks like Motorola is interested in developing some Windows Phone 7 smartphones, according to the companies CEO Sanjay Jah, who recently announced that Motorola would be interested in a similar deal with Microsoft that Nokia has.

Although we can’t see Microsoft offering a similar deal, I am sure they will be willing to discuss some sort of deal that would get Motorola into producing Windows Phone 7 smartphones.

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PS3 3.7 Update Brings Auto Online Game Saves & Trophy Sync

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:01 AM PDT

Sony has today rolled out a new firmware update for its  PlayStation 3 console, that is already live and available  for owners to download. The new update brings with it a few new features including trophy synchronisation together with auto online game saves.

The new auto online game saves feature allows users to choose which of their games, save uploads automatically to the PlayStation Plus service. Making it much easier for users to gain access and easily backup their game data automatically.

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Sony PS Vita Coming 30th March 2012?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:55 AM PDT

We were expecting the new Sony PS Vita console to launch before Christmas, the other day Sony announced that it wouldn’t launch in the US and Europe until 2012, although they did not mention an exact launch date.

Now it would appear that the Sony PS Vita will launch in the US on the 30th of March 2012, according to the guys over at Xbit Labs, this is quite a delay from the original December release we had heard and we would have thought that the early 2012 that Sony mentioned would have been around January.

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Nokia Confirms Nokia N9 Not Launching In The UK

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:39 AM PDT

Yesterday we heard that Nokia would not be releasing their Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone in the US, at the time we had heard rumors that it would also not be available in the UK.

Unfortunately it looks like Nokia as decided not to release the N9 here in the UK, and Nokia has now confirmed this, Nokia told the guys over at Paid Content that the N9 would not be available in the UK, you can see the full statement below.

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Netflix Streaming Arrives On ChromeOS

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:34 AM PDT

Netflix has this week announced via Twitter the launch of their new application on the Chrome web store, finally enabling users of ChromeOS to stream Netflix media. The new Netflix ChromeOS application allows users to stream media to their ChromeOS devices Google CR-48 or Acer Series 5 and resume watching where you left off on your TV or another computer.

As the Netflix application is available in the Chrome web store  you can also install it into your Chrome web browser on either your Mac or Windows computer.  Essentially adding a bookmark within the browser to the Netflix website.

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ePillow, A Pillow For Your iPad

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:22 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few different iPad accessories here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is the ePillow, and as the name suggests it is a pillow for the iPad, although we are not quite sure why you would need one, as you could just use any standard pillow to rest your iPad on if you really needed to use one with your iPad.

The manufacturer of the ePillow, claims it will allow you to use your iPad comfortably anywhere, anytime, even sitting in bed, personally I didn’t realise using the iPad without a pillow was such a problem.

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Samsung Galaxy Xcover Rugged Android Smartphone Announced

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:10 AM PDT

It looks like Samsung has just added a new Android device it its Galaxy range, with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Xcover which is designed to be a rugged Android smartphone.

The Samsung Galaxy Xcover is certified by the iP7 standard, which means it is protected from dust, water up to one meter and drops and knocks, and it will come with Android Gingerbread.

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Leaked Video Shows Nokia’s First Windows Phone 7 Smartphone?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:56 AM PDT

We have already seen some photos and a brief video of Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 device, and now a new video has been leaked, which is reported to be one of the first adverts for Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

The video below looks like someone has recorded it whilst it is being display on either a TV or a computer monitor, so the video is a bit blurry, but we get a good look at the device.

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Add Google+ To Your Menubar For Easy Access With Tab For Google+

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:53 AM PDT

If you are one of the lucky 25 millions that has already started using Google+ and use a Mac system, there is a new Mac application available that can add a quick access drop down to your menubar.

Tab for Google+ is a new Mac application that can be downloaded for free ( for a limited time) from the Apple Mac App Store. once installed you have easy access to Google+ streams, photos, circles, profile and of course your notifications.

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Video Chat Found In Facebook Messenger App

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Earlier today Facebook launched a new messenger app for Apple’s iOS devices and Google’s Android devices, Facebook Messenger, and it looks like something interesting has been discovered within the app.

According to the guys over at 9 To 5 Mac, it looks like Facebook also intends to bring video chat to their Android and iPhone apps as it has been found inside the new Facebook Messenger app.

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Vudu Begins Streaming Movies To iPads Via Web App

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:41 AM PDT

From today Vudu iPad users can now browse through Vudu’s library of more than 20,000 films. That contains independent films, Hollywood classics and TV episodes and start watching instantly on their iPad device, after purchasing or renting.

Vudu has created their new iPad movie streaming service as a web app allowing them to navigate around Apple’s revenue taxes, and following on closely from the recent launch of their streaming service for computer browsers.

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Apple Asks For Court Hearing To Intervene In Lodsys Patents Cases

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:30 AM PDT

We haven’t heard much from Lodsys recently, the company who is suing a number of Apple’s iOS developers, including the popular Rovio Mobile and Google’s Android developers.

A while back Apple filed a motion with the courts to intervene on behalf of the Apple developers who are being sued by Lodsys, and now they have asked for a new court hearing in the cases.

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Android Powered Robot Tank (Video)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:23 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few devices powered and controlled by smartphones, the latest one is the Android Powered Robot Tank, which as the name suggests is powered by an Android smartphone.

The video below shows how the tank works, and it was made using a remote controlled tank, an Android smartphone and an IOIO board which connects the smartphone to the tank via USB, have a look at the video of it in action.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops Survival Trailer (video)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:20 AM PDT

If you are looking forward to the arrival of the new highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 game, arriving on November 8th 2011. This new trailer which has been released showing the new Spec Ops survival mode, will whet your appetite a little more.

The new trailer released by Infinity Ward shows the 2 player Special Ops survival mode in action, complete with explosive-strapped attack dogs and juggernaut  invaders. With wave after wave of troops descending on you, watch the trailer after the jump.

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Google’s Android App Inventor To Become Open Source

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:59 AM PDT

Google launched its Android App Inventor tool last year, it was part of the Google Labs project, and it was designed to help people develop Android applications without the need for coding skills.

Google announced recently that it would be winding down Google Labs, and it has now announced that it will discontinue its App Inventor tool for Android, and they will now make the tool open source.

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Dell Latitude XT3 Now Available For $1957

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:54 AM PDT

If tablet devices are still not powerful enough for you, and you have a bigger budget than most, you might be interested in Dell’s laptop-tablet combination system the Latitude XT3. That Dell has just revamped with the aim to make it more attractive to the enterprise market.

Updates to the Latitude XT3 include a new Intel Core i3 (2310M at 2.1 GHz) processor which can be supported by up to 8GB of RAM, running Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit and Intel HD Graphics 3000. Storage options include either a 250GB 5400 or 350GB 7200 hard drive, or if you prefer a speedier 256GB solid state hard drive.

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Windows Phone Tango Update To Bring Cheaper Windows Phone 7 Devices?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:49 AM PDT

Microsoft recently released Windows Phone 7 Mango to their manufacturing partners, and we have already seen one Windows Phone Mango smartphone announced, and now according to the guys over at ZDnet Microsoft is working on Windows Phone Tango.

According to the report Windows Phone Tango, won’t be a follow up to Windows Phone Mango instead it will be more like Windows Phone 7.1, and it will introduce a new range of cheaper Windows Phone 7 smartphones.

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Steer Safe iPhone Accessory Adds Your iPhone To Your Steering Wheel

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT

Using your iPhone or smartphone whilst driving your car isn’t exactly the best idea, and is illegal in a lot of places, the latest iPhone accessory doesn’t exactly seem like the best idea, and we don’t think it would be the safest thing to use whilst you are driving, the Steer Safe.

The Steer Safe is an attachment for your steering wheel that is designed to house your iPhone 4, and let you use it on your steering wheel, and the designers of the device say that it should only be used when you vehicle is parked or stationary, although in the video they seem to be using it whilst driving.

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Nintendo’s Flame Red 3DS Arriving September 9th

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:24 AM PDT

If you were a little disappointed when Nintendo didn’t release their flame red 3DS console after showcasing it as part of their prelaunch line-up, and have been holding out waiting for it to arrive. You will be pleased to know that Nintendo has now decided to launch the “Flame Red” 3DS on September 9th.

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YouTube Expands Its Library With 20,000 New HD Movie Clips

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:04 AM PDT

YouTube has today announced a deal with MovieClips.com that will add 20,000 new high-definition movie clips to YouTubes library. MovieClips was created 2 years ago and has partnerships with all the major studios apart from Disney. Enabling them to convert scenes from the studios movies into smaller clips which can then be shared online.

According to MovieClips statement they have always wanted to strike a deal with YouTube and both parties are now looking to promote movie clips in a similar way to that Vevo uses its music videos.

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Apple Wins Injunction Against European Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:55 AM PDT

It looks like Samsung may have a problem in Europe with their new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, as a court in Germany has granted Apple an injunction, which will stop Samsung distributing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union.

It seems that the only country which is exempt from the ruling is the Netherlands, so that would mean that the rest of Europe, included the UK is effected, and Samsung has released the following statement.

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Amazon Launches Kindle Cloud Reader

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:45 AM PDT

Amazon has launched a web based version of their Kindle App, called the Kindle Cloud Reader, which is basically a web based version of their Kindle eBook reader application.

The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader will let you read your Kindle books from the cloud and also download your books for offline reading, and it works with the iPad, and both PCs and Macs using either Google’s Chrome or Apple’s Safari.

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HiLO Tablet With Felt Keyboard Case Concept

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:43 AM PDT

A very unique tablet concept called HiLo has been designed by Roni Margolin that incorporates a material felt case that also doubles as a keyboard. The main tablet is a 10 inch OLED that links to felt keyboard via Bluetooth.

Inside the felt keyboard case the electronics for the keyboard would use hot pressed embedded circuitry with keys located on the outside as shown in the gallery after the jump.

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Fantastic Death Star Cake Complete With LED

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:49 AM PDT

We have featured a number of Star Wars Death Star cakes here on Geeky Gadgets, that seem to be getting more and more complicated with every new one thats baked. This new Death Star cake created by Rachel Linhart is no exception and includes a blinking LED light which has been installed to represent the plant destroying laser used by the Death Star.

As well as the fantastic Death Star cake which took several days to bake and build, Rachel has also created extra detailing around the cake in the form of the Millennium Falcon, a Star Destroyer, TIE Starfighters and of course the Star Wars signage.

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Facebook Launches Facebook Messenger For iOS And Android

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:39 AM PDT

Facebook has launched a new stand alone Facebook App for Apple’s iOS devices and Google’s Android platform, called Facebook Messenger, and the app is based on Beluga which Facebook acquired recently.

It looks like Facebook is looking to take on SMS with Facebook Messenger, and it could be a problem for Apple’s new iMessage application which will launch with iOS 5.

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Samsung Galaxy S II Celox With 4G LTE Leaked

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:10 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy S II has been a huge success for Samsung, the handset is due to go on sale in the US shortly with a range of mobile carriers, and now a new Galaxy S II with 4G LTE has been leaked, the Samsung Celox.

The Samsung Celox has turned up in Korea, and it will come with a 4G LTE chip which is capable of transfer speeds of up to 100Mbps, although it doesn’t look like it is headed for the US as it uses the 800 / 1800 / 2600 MHz LTE which is used in Europe and Asia.

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Nokia To Stop Selling Symbian Smartphones In The US

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:58 PM PDT

Yesterday we heard that Nokia would not be selling the new Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone in the US, and now it looks like Nokia will be putting an end to sales of all Symbian devices as well, instead they will be concentrating their efforts on Windows Phone 7 devices.

Chris Weber, President of Nokia Inc, which is Nokia’s US subsidiary, has been talking to All Things D, and has told them that Nokia will be concentrating all their efforts in the US on Windows Phone 7.

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Anonymous Says They Will Destroy Facebook On November The 5th

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:41 PM PDT

Anonymous or someone claiming to be part of Anonymous has set up a new Twitter account and also released a video on YouTube, and are claiming that they will bring down the world’s largest social network on the 5th of November.

They are calling it ‘Operation Facebook’ and Anonymous have released a statement, which criticises Facebook’s privacy, something which has come under criticism quite a lot in the past, you can see part of the statement below.

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DIY Tar And Feather Gun A Harmless Mess

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:14 PM PDT

Especially when you’re at the receiving end of this diabolical weapon. Make that toy weapon as it’s completely non lethal. (Unless you club someone on the head with it.) Made by a certain PenfoldPlant whose creative streak is more in line with Hiram Maxim than Thomas Edison, the Tar and Feather is a single shot projectile launcher that’ loaded with gross things, i.e. tar and feathers.

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Bungie Register “Destiny” & “Be Brave” Trademarks

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Developers usually don’t have the most straightforward naming process for their games, and Bungie certainly fits that description, especially in light of their reputed disdain for the “Combat Evolved” appended to the original Halo at Microsoft’s behest. But the best thing about having a decade-long string of platform-driving successes  is that at one point you not only get to make your own game, but you get to name it whatever you damn well please.

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Modern Warfare 3 Heading To DS… Kind Of

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Those of you who have previously played a Modern Warfare port on the last-gen handheld king will probably manage their expectation accordingly. They’re not bad by any stretch of the imagination, nor indeed particularly good, they just sort of are. One thing they are apparently not, though, is on the 3DS.

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