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- Two Galaxy Devouring Black Holes Found In Edge Of Space
- Future Tent: Heimplanet Out Geodesic Outdoor Habitat
- Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Hands On (Photos)
- Facebook Timeline Public Roll Out Begins (video)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Goes Up For Pre-order
- Big Blue Live Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Unveiled
- LG Optimus Pad LTE Leaked
- 3DS Firmware Update Finally Rolls Out A Day Early
- Apple Loses iPad Trademark In China
- Android 4.0 ICS Coming To Archos G9 Tablets (Video)
- Samsung Galaxy Note For AT&T Appears At The FCC
- ZOMM Rolls Out New Update For Its iPhone Wireless Leash (video)
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Handsets To Get Android 4.0 ICS In January?
- Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich Port (Video)
- Intel & Micron Introduce 128Gb, 20nm NAND Flash
- Amazon Kindle Fire Coming To The UK In January?
- Verizon Equipment Guide Lists December 9th As Samsung Galaxy Nexus Launch Date
- Awesome Flyboard Water Jet Boots Unveiled (video)
- iLaunch Thunder iPhone Controlled Nerf Missile Launcher (video)
- Transformers Bumblebee Xbox 360 Slim Casemod (Video)
- Triggertrap Allows You To Trigger Your Camera Shutter In A Multitude Of Ways (video)
- BBC iPlayer App Arriving On iPhones And iPods
- Art Lebedev Optimus Popularis Keyboard And Mini Six Details And Prices Unveiled
- Logitech Revue Gets Android Honeycomb Update
- Grand Theft Auto III Coming To iOS and Android December 15th
- Apple’s iBooks App Gets Updated, Adds New Features
- Microsoft’s Windows Store Coming February 2012
- Windows 8 Public Beta Confirmed For February 2012 Launch
- Sony Ericsson Nozomi (Xperia Arc HD) Poses For The Camera
- RIM Forced To Drop BBX Name For New BlackBerry Platform
- Android Market Hits 10 Billion Downloads
- Flipboard’s New iPhone App Launched
- MagnetU Makes Real world Social Connections
- Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Debuts
| Two Galaxy Devouring Black Holes Found In Edge Of Space Posted: 07 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST If you think our corner of the galaxy is in terrible shape—inhabited by dwarf planets and so far occupied by a single sentient species—wait until you here about a distant neighbor, NGC 3842. They got is so bad over at their place, that scientists are mopping their brows of anxious sweat as they pore over the data about NGC 3842, which is blighted by a black hole. The problem is it’s a really huge black hole capable of sucking entire solar systems. Gah! (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Future Tent: Heimplanet Out Geodesic Outdoor Habitat Posted: 07 Dec 2011 08:48 AM PST A long time ago in Portugal (okay it was 2003) two German friends started dreaming up a tent. The funny part is eight years later they’ve got their own startup that sells an innovative tent. Partially funded by a European incubator, Heimplanet is the collaborative offspring of Stefan Clauss and Stefan Diekhoff, who think they’ve designed a better tent than all the rest.
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| Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Hands On (Photos) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:56 AM PST We just got our hands on Nokia’s first Windows Phone smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 800, so we thought we would share some photos of the device along with our first impressions of the Lumia 800.
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| Facebook Timeline Public Roll Out Begins (video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:36 AM PST After a few weeks delay Facebook has today finally started rolling out its new Facebook Timeline feature to its users. If you are registered as a developer you will have already been able to use the new Timeline feature. But is you haven’t the Timeline has been designed by Facebook to provide a “new way of expressing who you are,” says Facebook. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Goes Up For Pre-order Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:22 AM PST It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will shortly be available in the US as the device has appeared online for pre-order at a number of retailers, and the SIM free 3G version is retailing for about $670. As a reminder, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 comes with with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, plus a 7.7 inch Super AMOLED Plus display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.4GHz processor and it also come with 1GB of Ram and a choice of either 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of built in storage.
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| Big Blue Live Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Unveiled Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:16 AM PST Looking for a new Bluetooth speaker for your smartphone or Bluetooth device? If you are then the new Big Blue Live wireless speaker might well be worth more investigation. As with many Bluetooth speakers the Big Blue can also be used as a speaker phone and measures just 5″ wide x 2.5″ deep by 2.36″ high, making it very portable. Its also equipped with dual stereo speakers, together with a passive radiator to provide thumping bass. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:02 AM PST LG launched the LG Optimus Pad Android tablet back in May, and now it would appear that LG is working on a new version of the device, the LG Optimus Pad LTE, which you can see in the photo below. The LG Optimus Pad LTE is rumored to come with a dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor and feature 1GB of RAM, plus a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera and a rear 8 megapixel camera.
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| 3DS Firmware Update Finally Rolls Out A Day Early Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST At the end of last month we reported that the new 3DS firmware would be delayed until December 8th. But now Nintendo have rolled out the firmware update a day early to 3DS owners. Bringing the highly anticipated 3D video recording and DLC features to the gaming console, together with StreetPass games, support for the 3DS-to-3DS system transfer service, to name just a few of the news features included with the firmware. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple Loses iPad Trademark In China Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:55 AM PST It would appear that Apple may have to find a new name for its iPad tablet in China, as the company has lost a trademark dispute with a company who owned the trademark in China for the name iPad. And if Apple continues to use the iPad name in China it may end up having to pay up to 1.5 billion in damages to the company who owns the iPad trademark.
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| Android 4.0 ICS Coming To Archos G9 Tablets (Video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:49 AM PST Archos has announced that they will be releasing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to their range of G9 tablets, which include the Archos 80 G9 and the Archos 101 G9, and now we have a video preview of Android 4.0.1 running on an Archos tablet. The video below shows Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on An Archos G9 tablet, and it was previewed by the guys from ARMDevices.
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| Samsung Galaxy Note For AT&T Appears At The FCC Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:31 AM PST It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note is headed to US mobile carrier AT&T and the device has just turned up at the FCC with the 850/1900MHz bands for AT&T, and it features a different model number than the original GSM version which launched in Europe recently. As a reminder, the Samsung Galaxy Note features a 5.3 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and it comes with runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
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| ZOMM Rolls Out New Update For Its iPhone Wireless Leash (video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST If you are worried about losing your iPhone, ZOMM has just updated their leash device with a few new features and now works with a new myZOMM iPhone app. The wireless leash technology has been designed to pair with your iPhone and vibrate and notify you if your iPhone becomes to far away from the ZOMM device. For example if you have left your iPhone behind at a location or it is stolen from your bag. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia Handsets To Get Android 4.0 ICS In January? Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:22 AM PST Sony Ericsson recently confirmed that they would be releasing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for their 2011 range of Xperia smartphones, although they didn’t give any specific details on when the update would be available. It would appear that we may see the Android 4.0 update land on the Xperia devices as soon as January 2012, according to a recent tweet which was posted to Twitter by a Sony Ericsson employee, although this has yet to be confirmed officially by Sony Ericsson.
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| Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich Port (Video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:09 AM PST Given that the Amazon Kindle fire is one of the cheapest Android tablets on the market, retailing for just $199, the device is going to be popular amongst developers and modders. One developer has managed to port the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Kindle Fire, and you can see it in action in the video below. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Intel & Micron Introduce 128Gb, 20nm NAND Flash Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:02 AM PST This week Intel and Micron have unveiled the worlds first 128Gbit (16GB) multilevel-cell NAND flash memory chip. Which has been manufactured using a 20nm process, incorporating high-K metal gate transistors. The 20nm process manufacturing process has been key to the development of the new NAND chips say Intel and Micron. Who also this week announced that their 20nm 64Gb NAND device is now moving to production later this month. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Amazon Kindle Fire Coming To The UK In January? Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:56 AM PST Amazon recently launched their Kindle Fire Android tablet in the US, and the device has already got off to a good start, as Amazon has reported high sales of the Kindle Fire, although they haven’t given us any actual numbers. When Amazon announced the Kindle Fire, we were told it would launch in the US initially and would be available in other countries around the world at a later date, now it would appear that Amazon may launch the Kindle Fire in the UK in January.
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| Verizon Equipment Guide Lists December 9th As Samsung Galaxy Nexus Launch Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:36 AM PST Yesterday we heard that it looks like this Friday, the 9th of December will be the official launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and now more evidence has been revealed which confirms this Friday as the actual launch date of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The guys from Droid Life have managed to get their hands on a Verizon Equipment guide for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which you can see below, and this confirms the 9th of December.
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| Awesome Flyboard Water Jet Boots Unveiled (video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST A new style of water base device has been born called the Flyboard, which incorporates a pair of water jet powered boots to propel its rider though the air and water. In a similar way to the water powered jetpack which we featured here on Geeky Gadgets earlier this year. The new Flyboard water jet boots design, seems to provide the users with more flexible movement than the Jetpack device. Allowing the wearer to dive and then emerge for the water in spectacular style. Watch the video after the jump to see the Flyboard water jet boots in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| iLaunch Thunder iPhone Controlled Nerf Missile Launcher (video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:03 AM PST If you are looking for something to annoy your co-workers with, this Nerf Missile Launcher which can be controlled from your iPhone might feel be worth a look. The launcher is equipped with four Nerf projectiles and connects to your iPhone via a Bluetooth connection. It has a rechargeable lithium battery, which can be easily charged via a USB connection, and it can be controlled either via touchscreen control or G-sensor control. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Transformers Bumblebee Xbox 360 Slim Casemod (Video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:43 AM PST Transformers and gaming fans will love this new Xbox 360 case mod, inspired by Bumblebee from the Transformers movies, this latest Xbox mod was created by Mark Bongo from Major League Mods. Mark decided to install an Xbox 360 Slim inside a remote control Camaro, and in the video below you will see that the DVD tray comes out of the front of the car, and the rear window is an 8 inch LCD display. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Triggertrap Allows You To Trigger Your Camera Shutter In A Multitude Of Ways (video) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:43 AM PST Some of you might remember the new device called Triggertrap we featured back in June. That was being created to enable you to trigger your camera shutter in any number of different ways. Well this week the new Triggertrap device has made the jump from concept to production and its developers are now taking pre-orders. To recap Triggertrap is an Arduino powered device designed by Ziah Fogel & Haje Jan Kamps. Which and can be triggered in a number of ways either by sound, by breaking a laser beam, time or any other method you can think of using its built in a Aux port. Watch the video after the jump to see the Triggertrap in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| BBC iPlayer App Arriving On iPhones And iPods Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:11 AM PST The BBC has today announced that their popular iPad iPlayer application, will soon be arriving on the smaller iPhone and iPod screens. The new iOS application specifically designed for smaller screens will be arriving on December 8th in the Apple iTunes Store, and like its bigger iPad version will also be free to download. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Art Lebedev Optimus Popularis Keyboard And Mini Six Details And Prices Unveiled Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:56 AM PST Art Lebedev has this week unveiled a few more details about its Optimus Popularis Keyboard, which includes a small screen on each of its keys allowing you to display any characters you would like as shown in the image below. In the upper portion of the keyboard, between the function and numeral keys, an area is reserved to display a custom range of the most important information. The resolution of each display key is currently 64 x 64 pixels, with a frame rate of 10 frames per second. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Logitech Revue Gets Android Honeycomb Update Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:56 AM PST Logitech announced a while back that they had decided not to make any Logitech Revue Google TV set top boxes, although the company did confirm that they would continue to provide updates for existing devices. Logitech has now confirmed that they will start to roll out the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update for the Logitech Revue this week, and the update brings a range of new features to the Logitech Revue.
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| Grand Theft Auto III Coming To iOS and Android December 15th Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:42 AM PST Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition is headed to mobile devices, which will include the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch 4G, as well as Android smartphones and tablets. It looks like the game will be headed to the following Android smartphones, HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x v, plus a range of Android tablets which include the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, Asus Transformer and more.
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| Apple’s iBooks App Gets Updated, Adds New Features Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:19 AM PST Apple has updated its iBooks app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and the latest version, iBooks 1.5 brings a new range of features to Apple’s eBook app, which include a new nighttime reading theme that is designed to make it easier to read books in the dark. Other new features include a new full screen layout, a new range of fonts, which include Athelas, Charter, Iowan, and Seravek, plus some new classic covers for the public domain books and more.
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| Microsoft’s Windows Store Coming February 2012 Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:07 AM PST As well as announcing that the Windows 8 public beta will be available in February, Microsoft has also announced that the Windows Store will launch in February of 2012, and Microsoft has shared some more details about the Windows Store. It looks like the deals with application developers for the Windows Store will be similar to what Apple offers, Microsoft will pay developers 70 percent of the revenue and keep 30 percent themselves, although the deal does look better as when a particular app reaches $25,000 in revenue, Microsoft will pay developers 80 percent of the revenue. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Windows 8 Public Beta Confirmed For February 2012 Launch Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:49 AM PST There have been rumors recently that Microsoft would be launching the public beta of Windows 8 around February of next year, and now Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 public beta will be available in February of 2012. Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview has already become extremely popular with more than 3 million downloads since it was launched, and we suspect the public beta will be even more popular.
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| Sony Ericsson Nozomi (Xperia Arc HD) Poses For The Camera Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:38 AM PST We previously showed you some photos and some press shots of Sony Ericsson’s latest Android smartphone, which is codenamed Nozomi, and now it would appear that the device will be called the Xperia Arc HD. The photo below gives us a much better look at the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD (Nozomi), which is rumored to feature a 4.3 inch HD display with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, and it will feature a dual core 1.5GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.
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| RIM Forced To Drop BBX Name For New BlackBerry Platform Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:29 AM PST Back in October RIM announced that their new software platform would be called BlackBerry BBX, unfortunately for RIM the BBX trademark was already owned by Basis International, who used the trademark for their own software platform. Basis International decided to take RIM to court for using their trademark, and filed a court case against RIM back in October, and now it would appear that RIM won’t be able to use the BBX name for their platform.
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| Android Market Hits 10 Billion Downloads Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:19 AM PST Google has announced that the Android Market has hit a new milestone, there have now been over 10 billion downloads from the Android Market, and according to Google, the total downloads are growing at a rate of 1 billion downloads a month. This would mean that in 2012, Google is on target to double its 10 billion downloads to 20 billion by October of next year, and to celebrate this new milestone Google will be offering a new set of apps each day for just 10 cents each. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Flipboard’s New iPhone App Launched Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:30 PM PST We heard recently that Flipboard was getting ready to launch a version of their popular iPad app for the iPhone, and the app is now available from the iTunes app store as a free download. What Flipboard does is take all the information that is being shared with you, stories, photos, facebook posts, tweets and more and turns them into a personalized magazine for you to read.
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| MagnetU Makes Real world Social Connections Posted: 06 Dec 2011 12:05 PM PST If you are big on social networking, but want to meet those social contacts in the real world a new device called magnetU might be just what you need. This little device looks like a small iPod that the user wears. It pairs with an app operating on the smartphone that you program with your details and likes appernerlty. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Debuts Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST If you are a musician being able to connect your preferred instrument to the iPad and compose or just play for fun wherever you go might be appealing. Griffin has a new device that is called the GuitarConenct Pro that will facilitate instruments directly connecting to the iPad or iPhone. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
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