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- Japanese Firm Outs Handroid Bionic Hand (Video)
- Bracketron Offers iRoom iDock, World’s First Motorized iPad Dock
- UK Scientist Wants Astroboy To Carry 2012 Olympic Flame
- EA’s Burnout Crash from Criterion Hits Xbox 360 and PS3
- Hammacher Schlemmer Offers World’s Smallest Camera
- Apple Granted 40 New Patents In China
- BlackBerry Curve 9360 Lands On T-Mobile
- Pandora Launches Re-Designed HTML 5 Web Player And Drops Its 40hr Cap
- Huawei MediaPad Android Tablet To Launch By End Of The Year
- 3Defy Enables You To Transform 2D Photos Into 3D Interactive Scenes (video)
- Mophie Universal Juice Packs Unveiled
- Samsung Galaxy S II Hits AT&T October 2nd
- Chrome Extension Removes Facebook’s News Ticker For Less Distraction
- Nikon V1 And J1 in Action (Video)
- OCZ Synapse Cache Series SSD Unveiled
- iRoom iDock Motorized iPad Wall Mount (video)
- Amazon Turns To Twitter To Promote The Amazon Appstore
- Kindle eBook Library Lending Scheme Now Live
- LG Optimus EX Dual Core Android Smartphone Leaked
- Kawasaki Power Assist Robot Suit Provides Extra Lift (video)
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 TF201 Spotted In Benchmarks
- LG Enlighten Arriving On Verizon Wireless September 22nd
- Eco-Retro Desk Clock Looks Like And Old School Radio
- Star Wars Lightsaber Room Light
- Sony PSP And PS Vita Can Communicate Via Ad-Hoc Mode
- RIM Slows Down BlackBerry PlayBook Production
- Google Voice Shortly Launching Internationally, Currently Being Tested Internally In Europe
- HTC Raider 4G Android Smartphone Announced
- World’s Smallest And Lightest PHS Cell Phone : Willcom WX03A
- iRiver Vanilla Android Smartphone Launched In South Korea
- Mafia Wars 2 Game Arriving On Facebook Soon With 3D Graphics (video)
- iPhone 5 Not Coming To T-Mobile?
- SteelSeries Sensei Gaming Mouse With 32 bit ARM processor (video)
- Asus Eee Pad Slider Goes On Sale In The US
- Adobe Flash Player 11 And Air 3 Arriving In October (video)
- Samsung Galay Note Hits The UK In November
- BBC Unveils New Homepage Designed For Touchscreen Devices
- Urbee 3D Printed Prototype Hybrid Car Getting Closer To Production
- Apple’s iPhone 5 Event October The 4th?
- Click Watches Use Retro Dip And Turn Switches To Create The Ultimate Geeky Timepiece
- Steampunk Stormtrooper And Boba Fett Star Wars Helmets
- Vintage Lamp iPhone And iPod Dock
- musiXmatch Lyrics iOS App Now Supports Spotify and iTunes
- Droid Bionic Mod Enables WebTop And HDMI Mirroring In Your Car
- Android MegaPad The 23 Inch Android Device (Video)
- dockBoss+ Adapter Enables Android, WP7 And BlackBerry Smartphones To Use iOS Connections
- Windows 8 To Feature Re-engineered Boot Experience (Video)
- Origo 3D Printer Designed For 10 Year Olds
- Yale Shows Off NFC Enabled Door Locks (Video)
- LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk Launches
- Diablo 3 Closed Beta Begins (videos)
- Padzilla 70 Inch Interactive iPad, iPhone Case (Video)
- Google+ Opens To All
- Motorola Atrix 2 Leaked
- Nikon J1 And V1 Mirrorless Cameras Announced
| Japanese Firm Outs Handroid Bionic Hand (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:45 AM PDT Handroid? That’s the problem with marketing these days, it’s so contrived. Really, Handroid? Awful. But the machine itself—woah! No wonder Arnie down south is rocking his best me gusta face at the sight of it. Kidding! That’s a famous scene from T2. Seriously, the Handroid itself has an eerie similarity to the robot prostheses from the classic movie.
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| Bracketron Offers iRoom iDock, World’s First Motorized iPad Dock Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:40 AM PDT There are hoards of iPad docks on the market today. Many of them are nothing but more of the same. If you want an iPad integrated into the wall of your home that looks cool and makes the iPad look built-in, Bracketron has the new iRoom iDock just for you. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| UK Scientist Wants Astroboy To Carry 2012 Olympic Flame Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT According to a Dr. James Law,
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| EA’s Burnout Crash from Criterion Hits Xbox 360 and PS3 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT I have the Criterion game called Burnout Paradise and I really like it. My favorite thing is to run up the bill in the crash challenges where you use the boost to make your car roll and see how much damage you can rack up hitting things. It’s one of the coolest parts of the game. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Hammacher Schlemmer Offers World’s Smallest Camera Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:20 AM PDT Earlier this year we showed off a camera that looked a lot like this one from Hammacher simply called The World’s Smallest Camera. This one on sale at Hammacher differs from that Chinavision one in some aspects apparently. One of the differences is the microSD card slot support. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple Granted 40 New Patents In China Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:02 AM PDT Apple has been granted forty new patents in China, which cover everything from the iPhone, iPad, iPod, MacBooks, to Apple retails stores, but will this be enough to stop Apple’s products being cloned in China. We have already seen quite a few copied Apple devices, from the iPhone to the iPod, as well as exact replicas of Apple retail stores, plus products which Apple don’t actually make, like the Apple sneakers, but still use the Apple logo.
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| BlackBerry Curve 9360 Lands On T-Mobile Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:28 AM PDT RIM recently announced its new range of BlackBerry smartphones, one of those was the new BlackBerry Curve 9360, and now T-Mobile in the US has announced that the BlackBerry Curve 9360 is now available from their network. T-Mobile are offering the BlackBerry Curve 9360 for $79.99 after a $50 mail in rebate, and you will also have to sign up to a new two year contract with T-Mobile.
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| Pandora Launches Re-Designed HTML 5 Web Player And Drops Its 40hr Cap Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:27 AM PDT Pandora has today rolled out their new re-designed web based player, which was first unveiled back in July 2011. The new Pandora player is now HTML5 based and has been re-built from the ground up, providing a larger more prominent music player. Other features have also been added making it easier to find and discover artists together with more detailed information about each one. Pandora now includes more social feature as well allowing you to share radio stations using an individual URL for each. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Huawei MediaPad Android Tablet To Launch By End Of The Year Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:11 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Huawei MediaPad that was announced a while back, the tablet was expected to launch by the end of quarter 3, it looks like it will go on sale in the US before the end of the year and will become available in Malaysia in October. The Huawei MediaPad comes a 7 inch IPS touchscreen display, and it will come with Android Honeycomb 3.2, there is also a dual core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor.
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| 3Defy Enables You To Transform 2D Photos Into 3D Interactive Scenes (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:05 AM PDT If you fancy having a little fun with your 2D photos and would like to add a little interactive 3D to them the 3Defy website might well be worth a visit. The 3Defy Development Team behind the website is a group of passionate engineers, designers, and 3D enthusiasts who have created the 3Defy website with the aim to provide online tools for the 3D community that are fun and easy-to-use. Watch the video after the break to see the online application in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Mophie Universal Juice Packs Unveiled Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:47 AM PDT This week Mophie has unveiled a new range of universal juice packs which have designed to provide a device charging battery for any situation. The pocket juice packs range in battery size from the small reserve equipped with a 700 mAh battery up to the Powerstation equipped battery with a whopping 4,000 mAh power pack. In between the two is the Boost which is fitted with a 2,000 mAh battery. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Samsung Galaxy S II Hits AT&T October 2nd Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT If you have been waiting to get your hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S II with mobile operator AT&T in the US, the wait is almost over as the company has announced that it will start selling the Samsung Galaxy S II from the 2nd of October. The Samsung Galaxy S II will retail for $199.99 on AT&T and you will have to sign up to a new two year contract with AT&T, and it comes with a dual core 1.2GHz processor and a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus Display.
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| Chrome Extension Removes Facebook’s News Ticker For Less Distraction Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:25 AM PDT Facebook rolled out its new News Ticker feature yesterday but if like many you are already finding the continual scrolling a little distracting a handy Chrome extension has been created that will allows you to stop the scroll and the continual distraction. The new Chrome extension which has been swiftly created b y a gracious developer will hide Facebook’s News Ticker in flash and return that Zen feeling of calm back to your desktop. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Nikon V1 And J1 in Action (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:10 AM PDT Earlier today Nikon announced its new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera system, the Nikon 1 Series, and it also announced two new cameras the Nikon V1 and the Nikon J1. The guys over at This is My Next / The Verge got their hands on the new Nikon N1 and Nikon J1, and we get to have a good look at these new cameras on the video below.
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| OCZ Synapse Cache Series SSD Unveiled Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:08 AM PDT OCZ have announced a new addition to their solid state disk SSD line-up with the unveiling of their new OCZ Synapse Cache Series SSD. The new SSD has been designed to be used in SSD/HDD hybrid storage systems to boost performance by caching applications depending on their use. The caching in the new drives is completed by the onboard Dataplex software, which is able to dynamically manage data, in such a way that it gives the SSD the most frequently-used "hot" data while assigning the lower-priority "cold" data to the HDD. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| iRoom iDock Motorized iPad Wall Mount (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:44 AM PDT If you are looking for a convenient way to attach your iPad to a wall the iRoom iDock designed for iPads might well be worth a look if you have deep enough pockets. The iRoom iDock is a motorised in-wall iPad dock that allows you to store your iPad safely while charging and yet still allow you access to its functions. The iRoom iDock measures 220 x 310 x 66.8mm and is equipped with a proximity sensor that will open the dock when you approach it enabling you to then slide your iPad inside before closing it back up. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Amazon Turns To Twitter To Promote The Amazon Appstore Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:42 AM PDT Yesterday we heard that Amazon’s Android appstore was available outside the US, this has still to be confirmed by Amazon, and now that Amazon has found a new way to promote the Amazon Appstore by using Twitter. Amazon is running a promotion that will give anyone $2.00 in Amazon appstore credit to anyone who follows the @amazonappstore account on Twitter, and lets Amazon tweet a message about the appstore on their behalf.
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| Kindle eBook Library Lending Scheme Now Live Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:20 AM PDT Today Amazon has announced that their new Kindle eBook Library lending scheme is now live and available at more than 11,000 local libraries around the US. The new lending scheme is powered by Overdrive and allows you to simply borrow Kindle books from your local library’s website and, with the click of a button, have them delivered to your Kindle app or device ready to read. When check out a Kindle book (using a valid library card) you will also have access to real page numbers, and Whispersync technology from your Kindle device or applications. The same as you would if you had purchased or downloaded a Kindle ebook. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| LG Optimus EX Dual Core Android Smartphone Leaked Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:59 AM PDT It looks like LG is planning on launching a new dual core Android smartphone, the LG Optimus EX, which is reported to feature a 1.2GHz dual core processor and also come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Other specifications on the LG Optimus EX include a 4 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, plus a five megapixel camera on the back.
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| Kawasaki Power Assist Robot Suit Provides Extra Lift (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:58 AM PDT Kawasaki has unveiled details of a new Power Assist Robot Suit it has been developing that will provide extra support allowing you to carry weighs of around 30-40kg without any effort from your muscles. Kawasaki has designed the suit to provide extra support and assistance using four motors located around hips and knees. The suit can be altered to fit an leg length and has a control unit and lithium battery pack located around the lower back section. Watch the video after the jump to see the Kawasaki Power Assist Robot Suit in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 TF201 Spotted In Benchmarks Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:44 AM PDT We have been hearing for a while that Asus are working on a second generation of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, it is rumored to feature NVIDIA’s new quad core Kal-El Tegra processor. The existence of the Asus Eee pad Transformer 2 was recently confirmed by Asus’s chairman, and now a device called the Asus Transformer T201 has appeared in some benchmarks over at GLBenchmark.
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| LG Enlighten Arriving On Verizon Wireless September 22nd Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:41 AM PDT Verizon Wireless has today announced that the LG Enlighten smartphone will be arriving on their network from September 22nd onwards for $79.99. The LG Enlighten will be shipped running Andorid 2.3 Gingerbread and is equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with a low 480 x 320 resolution and powered by a 800MHz processor. Its also equipped with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder and ships with a 2GB microSD card. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Eco-Retro Desk Clock Looks Like And Old School Radio Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:33 AM PDT We have featured a number of different clocks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is designed to look like and old school radio, the Eco-Retro Desk Clock, and it is also made from eco friendly material. The Eco-Retro Desk Clock is made from bamboo and it measures 8 inches wide by 5.25 inches tall by 3.25 inches deep, and it comes in the form of a kit which you have to assemble yourself.
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| Star Wars Lightsaber Room Light Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:26 AM PDT If you are a fan of all things Star Wars, these great Star Wars Lightsaber rooms lights might well be worth adding to your gift list for the holiday season. The Star Wars Lightsaber lights can be turned on and off via remote control and can be set using a choice of 8 different colour effects plus a auto-spectrum mode. Allowing you to choose your allegiance to either the dark side or Jedi forces, red Darth Vadar, green Luke Skywalker, or the blue Obi-Wan Kenobi. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony PSP And PS Vita Can Communicate Via Ad-Hoc Mode Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:06 AM PDT If you are thinking of upgrading to a Sony PS Vita gaming console but were worried that you might not be able to join in the fun with your other friends if they stick with their PSP consoles. You will be pleased to know that the Sony PSP and PS Vita consoles will be able to play and talk together with out a problem via the Ad-Hoc mode. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| RIM Slows Down BlackBerry PlayBook Production Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:56 AM PDT We recently heard that RIM had decided to drop he price of their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, due to the lack of demand for the device, after RIM announced they only sold 200,000 PlayBook tablets in the last quarter. Now it would appear that RIM has decided to slow down the production of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, as obviously there isn’t as much demand for the tablet as RIM had hoped.
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| Google Voice Shortly Launching Internationally, Currently Being Tested Internally In Europe Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:36 AM PDT Google Voice is currently being tested internally within Europe ahead of an International launch The Next Web is reporting. After Google’s European Director of Business Development, Jens Redmer made a surprise appearance at the European Pirate Summit event in Cologne and was able to be questioned on the Google Voice rollout. After being asked the question when the Google Voice service currently in the US, would be more widely available. Remer replied saying that Google is taking "concrete action" on bringing Voice to Europe. Remner was unable to provide an exact launch date for Google Voice but explained that it was currently being internal tested in Europe. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| HTC Raider 4G Android Smartphone Announced Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:20 AM PDT HTC has added another Android smartphone to its range with the launch of the HTC Raider 4G, and it will come with Android Gingerbread and will feature a 4.5 inch qHD display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. The HTC Raider 4G also come with an 8 megapixel camera which features a back illuminated sensor, which is capable of recording HD video in 1080pm plus a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera.
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| World’s Smallest And Lightest PHS Cell Phone : Willcom WX03A Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:18 AM PDT Today Japanese mobile carrier Willcom has unveiled the new WX03A mobile phone which takes its place as the worlds smallest ten-key cell phone complying with the PHS standard. The new WX03A mobile phone measures just W32 × H70 × D10.5mm in size and weighs only 33 grams. In comparison my iPhone weighs 140 grams. The Willcom WX03A is equipped with a 1 inch OLED display and is capable of providing 300 hours of standby time and two hours of talk time. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| iRiver Vanilla Android Smartphone Launched In South Korea Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:11 AM PDT iRiver has announced the launch of a new Android smartphone which will be available in South Korea, the iRiver Vanilla and it will come with Android 2.2 Froyo and features a 3.5 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The iRiver Vanilla also come with 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB microSD card, and it can also take microSD cards up to 32GB, plus a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus.
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| Mafia Wars 2 Game Arriving On Facebook Soon With 3D Graphics (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:02 AM PDT Zynga has announced the immanent arrival of a new sequel to their popular Facebook game Mafia Wars. Mafia Wars 2 will be arriving soon on Facebook and it will come complete with 3D graphics and will be their “most bad-ass game to date,”say Zynga. After the break you can see a teaser trailer but unfortunately it doesn’t show any gameplay footage, and specifics about the new game are still being kept under wraps by Zynga. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| iPhone 5 Not Coming To T-Mobile? Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:54 AM PDT Apple are expected to unveil the iPhone 5 at a special Apple event which is reported to take place on the 4th of October, and they are also expected to announce partnerships with new US carriers on top of Verizon and AT&T. We have previously heard that the iPhone 5 would be headed to Sprint, and there have also been rumors that they iPhone 5 would also be available with T-Mobile, but now it would appear that T-Mobile wont bet getting the iPhone 5 after all.
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| SteelSeries Sensei Gaming Mouse With 32 bit ARM processor (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:44 AM PDT SteelSeries has today announced the arrival of their new SteelSeries Sensei gaming mouse which SteelSeries say is the most customisable mouse to ever hit the competitive gaming market. The new SteelSeries Sensei gaming mouse is equipped with a 32 bit ARM processor, that can process sophisticated calculations directly on the mouse, without the need for software drivers or pulling processing power from your PC. The Sensei’s sensitivity settings that can be changed in increments of one from 1 to 5,700 CPI, and an using and “overclocked” Double CPI feature you can push it all the way up to 11,400 DCPI. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Asus Eee Pad Slider Goes On Sale In The US Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:29 AM PDT We recently heard that the new Asus Eee pad Slider would become available in the US near the end of September, and now it would appear that the Asus Eee Pad slider has finally gone on sale in the US. The Asus Eee Pad Slider features Android Honeycomb 3.2, plus a 10.1 inch LED backlit display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, it also comes with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and processing is provided by a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor.
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| Adobe Flash Player 11 And Air 3 Arriving In October (video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:24 AM PDT Adobe has just announced they will be launching their new Flash player 11 and Adobe Air 3 next month in October. Bringing native 64-bit support to browsers in Linux, Mac OS X and Windows with their new Flash Player 11. Stage 3D, Adobe’s Flash Player 11 and Air 3 hardware graphics accelerated engine is set to provide you with 1,000 times faster rendering when compared to its predecessor Flash Player 10. Enabling Flash programmers to now create console quality games with the ability to animate millions of on-screen objects, says Adobe. For more information about what you can expect in the new releases watch a run through after the jump demoing the graphical and runtime features of Flash Player 11 & AIR 3. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Samsung Galay Note Hits The UK In November Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:21 AM PDT We recently,y heard that the new Samsung Galaxy Note had become available to pre-order here in the UK, at the time there were no details on when the Galaxy note would become available. It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available in the UK from November from at least on online retailer, although as yet there are no details on an exact date.
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| BBC Unveils New Homepage Designed For Touchscreen Devices Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:06 AM PDT Today the BBC has unveiled a new beta homepage design specifically designed with touchscreen devices in mind. The new beta version of the BBC homepage launched at 10 am this morning and has been re-designed to make the BBC homepage more relevant to a broader audience, say the BBC. During the beta phase the BBC will be adding new features tweaking the design and has asked for user recommendations, so if you have any feedback or suggestions you can contact the BBC via email. Even though the new website still carries a beta development tag is its very close to launch. So don’t delay with your feedback or you might miss the boat.  (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Urbee 3D Printed Prototype Hybrid Car Getting Closer To Production Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:04 AM PDT Some of our reader will remember the Urbee Hybrid that we showed you last year, it was tipped as the worlds first 3d printer car, and the company behind it has just finished their first prototype of the Urbee. The guys over at Fast Company got an exclusive look at the finished prototype, which features a 100 percent 3d printed body, and the Urbee is a two passenger, eight horsepower, single cylinder vehicle which is capable or fuel economy up to 200 mpg on the motorway and 100 mpg around town.
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| Apple’s iPhone 5 Event October The 4th? Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:49 AM PDT We have been waiting to hear some official word from Apple on when their iPhone 5 event will take place, we were hoping it would be before the end of September, but now according to a recent report Apple’s iPhone 5 event will take place on the 4th of October. The new comes from the guys over at All Things D, who have recived information which suggests that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook will hold the iPhone 5 launch event on Tuesday the 4th of October.
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| Click Watches Use Retro Dip And Turn Switches To Create The Ultimate Geeky Timepiece Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:47 AM PDT If you fancy something a little more unique to wear on your wrist to tell the time these fantastic geeky Click Watches incorporating retro dip switches and turn switches might be just the thing. Click Watches have ingeniously re-used the ‘retro-tronics’ in an innovative way enabling you to control the watch. With each click of the dip or turn switch activating a different digital function on the watch.
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| Steampunk Stormtrooper And Boba Fett Star Wars Helmets Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:20 AM PDT The other day we saw the cool stormtrooper helmet which was created using sneakers, and now we have a couple of other cool Star Wars themed helmets, which have been created by hand. There are two different versions available a Steampunk Stormtrooper helmet and a Steampunk Boba Fett helmet, and each one has been created by Kyob from The Mad Splatter.
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| Vintage Lamp iPhone And iPod Dock Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:51 AM PDT Yesterday we featured the fun retro iPhone bluetooth telephone headset dock, and now we have another cool retro themed iPhone dock, the vintage lamp iPhone and iPod dock. The vintage lamp iPhone and iPod dock has been made from a combination of a vintage lamp and a custom made iPhone dock which was made by hand, and it can charge and sync your iPhone or iPod via USB.
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| musiXmatch Lyrics iOS App Now Supports Spotify and iTunes Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:49 AM PDT If you are one of those people that likes to read the lyrics to songs, but would prefer not to have to search for them on the Internet. You might be pleased to know the new musiXmatch iOS application has launched this month and now brings song lyric support to both iTunes and Spotify. Providing you with access to 5.6 million officially licensed lyrics. Dubbed as the IMDB for song lyrics by Tech Crunch the musiXmatch application has been downloaded over a one million times and is already available on other platforms including Android, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Droid Bionic Mod Enables WebTop And HDMI Mirroring In Your Car Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:33 AM PDT An inventive modder has been able to use a rooted Droid Bionic to integrate it into his car media system to enable Netflix streaming, Webtop and HDMI mirroring. The mod now allows Netflix and other applications to be streamed to all the displays within the car media system and even has Webtop support making it easy to surf the web as well, thanks to the use of standard home dock. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Android MegaPad The 23 Inch Android Device (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:32 AM PDT Earlier we saw the Padzilla which turns your iPad into a giant iOS device, now it is the turn of Google’s Android OS, with the Android MegaPad, which is basically a 23 inch Android touchscreen device. The Android MegaPad is the work of Martin Drashkov, and he describes the MegPad as a modern touchscreen computing device, have a look at the video of the MegaPad in action below.
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| dockBoss+ Adapter Enables Android, WP7 And BlackBerry Smartphones To Use iOS Connections Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT A new adapter has been launched this week that will allow owners of Android, WP7 And BlackBerry Smartphones to be able to use the iOS connections on speaker docks ands simpler devices. The dockBoss+ cable and adapter simply plugs into the micro-USB port and headphone jack on either your Android, WP7 And BlackBerry smartphone and then connects to the 30 pin iOS connection on the speaker dock. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Windows 8 To Feature Re-engineered Boot Experience (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:04 AM PDT We have already seen a video of Microsoft’s Windows 8 booting up, which is a lot faster than Windows 7 and other versions of Windows, and now Microsoft has released a new video which gives us more information about Windows 8. The video belows shows the new Windows 8 boot experience, which has been completely re-designed over previous versions, it certainly looks like i is more user friendly.
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| Origo 3D Printer Designed For 10 Year Olds Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:59 AM PDT A new company called Origo has been created with the aim to designed and build and 3D printer for 10 year old children. The new Origo 3D printer is a concept from Joris Peels and Artur Tchoukanov, both former i.materialise employees and would be fantastic to their concept make the jump to production. Its an amazing idea to be able to create a 3D Printer for use in the home that will be as “easy to use as an Xbox or Wii” and will allow children, (and adults of course) to create anything they can dream up. The final items may not be as refined as some of the more professional 3D printers can produce but it will allow children to create anything they can imagine right before their eyes. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Yale Shows Off NFC Enabled Door Locks (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:56 AM PDT NFC (Near Field Communications) technology is becoming more popular, Google recently launched their new NFC based payment system, Google Wallet, and now it would appear that Yale, the company well know for making door locks intends to use NFC technology in future door locks. Yale have shown off an NFC enabled door lock at the CEDIA Expo 2011, and the door can be locked and unlocked by holding your smartphone up to the door.
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| LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk Launches Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:38 AM PDT If you have been waiting for the new LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk to arrive you will be pleased to know that your wait is now over and the drives are now available in Apple stores. The LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk is equipped with two thunderbolt ports allowing you to join up as many as you wish in a daisy chain. The new Thunderbolt technology enables you to transfer data at 10Gb/s, transferring a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Diablo 3 Closed Beta Begins (videos) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:20 AM PDT Earlier today the highly anticipated Diablo III beta started for a lucky chosen few, who have now been able to test out the new game. But don’t worry if you haven’t received a beta invite via email in the first wave of invites as Blizzard is still issuing invites to selected participants in future waves. If you are still waiting for the illusive beta invite there are a few videos after the jump that should keep you going, including some Witch Doctor’s beta gameplay. Enjoy! (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Padzilla 70 Inch Interactive iPad, iPhone Case (Video) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT We have featured a number of different cases for the iPad here at Geeky Gadgets, but I think Padzilla is probably the largest measuring 70 inches, and it isn’t just a case it turns your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch into an interactive 70 inch display. The video below shows the Padzilla in action, featuring the 70 inch version, and these unique iPad displays can be custom made up to 150 inches.
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| Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:59 AM PDT After being in a closed invite only 90 day beta period, Google’s new social network Google+ has now opened it doors to all, but still retains its beta tag. Google’s new competitor to the likes of Facebook and Twitter has had 91 improvements added to it over its invite only period. Google + brings a number of new features to the social networking arena, one of which called “hangouts” that allows you to create areas to chat with others via video face-to-face and has already been used for cooking classes and music concerts during the beta trials. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:46 AM PDT It looks like Motorola may be about to launch a successor to the Motorola Atrix 4G, in the form of the Motorola Atrix 2, which is codenamed the Motorola Edison, and it looks like the Motorola Atrix 2 will not be an LTE smartphone like the original Atrix. According to the guys over at the BGR, the Motorola Atrix 2 will come with either a 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz dual core processor, plus and 8 megapixel camera which will be able to record full HD video in 1080p.
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| Nikon J1 And V1 Mirrorless Cameras Announced Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:30 PM PDT We have been hearing rumors that Nikon is going to launch its own mirrorless interchangeable lens system camera, its now official Nikon has introduced the Nikon 1 system, with two new cameras. The two new cameras in Nikon’s 1 system are the Nikon V1 and Nikon J1 and both models come with a new CX format 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor and use Nikon’s new 1 system lens mount and both are capable of recording full HD video. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
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