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- Tablet Usage Shifts To High Gear
- Dating Game On 3DS To Get More Real
- New Sony VAIO Laptops Get Hardware Upgrade
- HTC Primo Android 4.0 Smartphone Rumored
- Fender Mustang Floor, Multiple Effect Control Pedal Unveiled
- Magnus iPad 2 Stand, Uses The iPads Built-in Magnets For Support
- Sony Xperia Ion Goes Up For Pre-order
- LG Optimus 3D 2 Revealed?
- LG Optimus Black Gets Android Gingerbread In Europe
- Ball Beats Sequencer Adds A Physical Element To Music Creation, Rather Than A Touchscreen (video)
- Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Trailer Released (video)
- XBMC Running On A Raspberry PI (Video)
- SiriToggles Enables Added Functionality Including App Launching To Jailbroken iPhones
- Reckless Racing 2 On Its Way To iOS And Android Next Week (video)
- iPhone 4S And iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak For Windows Released
- In Car iPad 2 Mount backSTAGE Pro II Unveiled By Scosche
- Sony Announces New 8MP And 13MP Camera Sensors For Smartphones
- Resident Evil: Retribution Movie Trailer Released (video)
- Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 60,000 Apps
- Awesome Fully Automated Lego Brick Sorting Plant (video)
- Counter Strike Unofficially Ported To Android Tablets (video)
- Google Sky Map Goes Open Source (video)
- White Samsung Galaxy Note Goes On Sale In The UK
- Petzl Nao Self Adjusting LED Head Torch (video)
- Samsung’s We Got Samsunged Advert To Be Shown During Super Bowl (Video)
- Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phone Devices Hit 1 Million Sales In 2011?
- Apple iBooks Passes 350,000 Textbook Downloads In Just 3 Days
- Optical Turntables (video)
- Pantech Element Android Tablet Now Available From AT&T
- Star Wars Uncut, Fans Recreate Every Frame Of The Classic Movie (video)
- Sony Xperia ST25i Kumquat Android Smartphone Leaked
- Google+ Signup Now Automatic With Google Account Creations
- The Worlds Largest Video Game Controller (Video)
- James Bond Style Cufflinks Provide A WiFi Hotspot
- Adafruit Flora Wearable Electronics Announced (video)
- Asus Transformer TF101 Android 4.0 ICS Update Coming Mid February
- Korg Launch New Pocket Kaoss Effects Unit And Synthesiser (videos)
- Notion Ink Adam II Specifications Revealed
- New Multi-Touch Smart eBook Interface Concept Demonstrated On Apple’s iPad (video)
- BMW Drives Itself On The Autobahn With ConnectedDrive (Video)
- LG X3 Quad Core Android 4.0 Smartphone Revealed
- Alesis Unveil iPad AmpDock And Drum Module Dock (video)
- Apple Says Samsung Galaxy Nexus Copies iPhone Slide To Unlock Feature
- SOPA And PIPA Bills Postponed After Web Protests
- Thunderbolt Connections Arriving On Ultrabooks Later This Year
- Diablo 3 Launch Delayed Yet Again
- Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak For iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Released
- CyanogenMod App Store Coming Soon
- Thorsten Heins Is RIM’s New CEO, As Lazaridis And Balsillie Step Down
- Google App Inventor Now Open Source
- Swap-O-Matic Gives 2nd-Hand Market A Boost
- Mobile App Use Overtakes Web Surfing
| Tablet Usage Shifts To High Gear Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:10 AM PST Nowadays, it's not just a smartphone or a laptop you carry around. More often than not, a tablet is also part of your arsenal when you leave your house. This statement holds true especially in the US as a survey by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project showed that 1 out of every 4 Americans now have a tablet or e-reader. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Dating Game On 3DS To Get More Real Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST The Nintendo 3DS offers augmented-reality capabilities, which is why a game called "Love Plus" is on the list of many people looking to give the 3DS' new hardware for a spin. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| New Sony VAIO Laptops Get Hardware Upgrade Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:28 AM PST If you're waiting for Sony's VAIO refresh, here’s something to tide you over while awaiting its release. The company noted on its blog that its Z, S and E series will have their CPUs upgraded along with other component changes. The C series, meanwhile, will sport the same internals specs-wise but will have changes on its exterior. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| HTC Primo Android 4.0 Smartphone Rumored Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:28 AM PST We are expecting to see quite a few Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones at Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona next month, and we have already heard about a few new devices from HTC. Now according to the guys over at Stuff, HTC will also be announcing another new Android smartphone, the HTC Primo which is rumored to feature a 3.7 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display, with Gorilla Glass.
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| Fender Mustang Floor, Multiple Effect Control Pedal Unveiled Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST Fender has combined dozens of effects into its new Fender Mustang Floor pedal, which it introduced and added its range of products this week. The Mustang Floor has been designed to be a natural extension of the company’s Mustang amps range, and shares the same LCD display and surrounding button layout as the Fender Mustang III. The new Fender Mustang is equipped with selection and control via nine stomp foot switches on the face and a solid aluminium expression pedal to their right. You can view the connections on the read of Fender Mustang after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Magnus iPad 2 Stand, Uses The iPads Built-in Magnets For Support Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST If you are in the market for a minimalist stand for your iPad. The new Magnus iPad 2 stand which has been designed by Ten One Design might well be worth a look. There are plenty of iPad stands available to purchase, but the new Magnus stand takes a new innovative approach to keeping your iPad 2 attached to the stand and in an upright position, using the internal magnets of the iPad 2. Which were originally added by Apple for use with their Smart Cover. The foot section of the new minimalist Magnus iPad 2 stand provides just enough metal for the magnets to make contact, and keep the tablet securely enough in place whilst in landscape mode to be used. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Sony Xperia Ion Goes Up For Pre-order Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST AT&T and Sony recently announced the Sony Xperia Ion, which is expected to be available with AT&T in the second quarter of 2012, but now it would appear that one retailer, Negri Electronics has the handset up for pre-order for $569.50 for an unlocked model. The Sony Xperia Ion is Sony’s first smartphone to use the Sony brand rather than their previous Sony Ericsson Brand and the device comes with a a 4.6 inch HD Reality display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
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| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST Earlier today we saw a leaked render of what is reported to be the new LG X3, and now we have details of another new LG smartphone that is expected to be announced at MWC 2012 next month, the LG Optimus 3D 2. The device is apparently codenamed the CX2 and it is expected to come with a range of upgraded specifications over the original LG Optimus 3D.
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| LG Optimus Black Gets Android Gingerbread In Europe Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:22 AM PST It looks like LG has finally rolled out the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update for their LG Optimus Black smartphone in Europe, and it looks like it is also available in India as well. The Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update brings a range of new features to the LG Optimus Black, which include improved power management, an improved user interface and more.
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| Ball Beats Sequencer Adds A Physical Element To Music Creation, Rather Than A Touchscreen (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST OverThe last few weeks we featured a number of state-of-the-art sequences, mixers and amplifiers here on Geeky Gadgets in the run-up to the NAMM show. Many of which included a dock for Apple’s iPad tablet, enabling you to do an array of different things with your musical instruments and audio. Looking to bring a more physical edge to sequencing rather than using the touchscreen. A new sequencer called “Ball Beats” has been created that uses steel ball bearings to create and compose beats. The Ball Beats sequencer has been designed to be used with either Mac Linux or PC computers and provides a more original way to create beats. Watch it in action in the videos after the jump to see how it works. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Trailer Released (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST Following on from the very brief teaser that was released towards the end of last year for the BBC’s new Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock game. Today the BBC have rolled out a full trailer for the new Doctor Who game which is expected to arrive in March on Playstation 3, Playstation Vita and PC platforms. Watch the new trailer after the jump. The new BBC Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock game is currently being developed for the BBC by Supermassive Games, who are working very closely with the Doctor Who teams in London and Cardiff to ensure that everything looks and feels as it should, says Simon Harris the games Executive Producer for BBC Worldwide. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| XBMC Running On A Raspberry PI (Video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:53 AM PST Last week we saw a video of Air Play running on the Raspberry PI $35 mini PC and now we have another video, this time it is XBMC running on the Raspberry PI with 1080p full HD video. The video below shows a Raspberry PI model B, which comes with HDMI, Ethernet and a USB port, you can see two full HD videos running on the device in 1080p.
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| SiriToggles Enables Added Functionality Including App Launching To Jailbroken iPhones Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:47 AM PST iPhone 4S users with jailbroken phones who are looking to add a little more functionality to the standard Apple Siri personal assistant. Should check out a new application called SiriToggles which has been designed for the iPhone 4S and will allow users to adjust settings and launch applications via voice commands. iOS developer Hamza Sood’s tweak, called SiriToggles has been designed to plug some of the gaps which many iPhone users feel have been left out by Apple in the current beta version of its Siri personal voice assistant, installed on standard iPhone 4S smartphones. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Reckless Racing 2 On Its Way To iOS And Android Next Week (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:29 AM PST Polarbit has announced via Twitter that their new Reckless Racing 2 game will be arriving on iOS devices on February 2nd. The sequel to Reckless Racing is hoped to bring with it a full single-player campaign with new cars, more challenging tracks, better graphics, with improvements in the car models, together with customised cars. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| iPhone 4S And iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak For Windows Released Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:18 AM PST Earlier today we heard that the Chronic Dev team had released an untethered jailbreak for Apple’s iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, the app was called Absinthe A5 and it was only available for the Mac. Now it looks like the Chronic Dev Team has also released a version of Absinthe A5 for Windows, and it is also available as a free download from the Greenpoison website.
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| In Car iPad 2 Mount backSTAGE Pro II Unveiled By Scosche Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:06 AM PST Apple iPad 2 owners looking to entertain passengers in the car, who may not have a state-of-the-art in car entertainment system. Might be pleased to learn Scosche has unveiled a new product to their range called the backSTAGE Pro II. Which makes mounting an iPad 2 for viewing by rear seat passengers very easy. Scosche’s backSTAGE Pro II iPad 2 mount is fixed to the uprights of the driver and front passenger seats headrest. Providing a secure attachment to the iPad 2 case which can then be angled for the perfect viewing position. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Sony Announces New 8MP And 13MP Camera Sensors For Smartphones Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST Sony has announced two new camera sensors designed to be used in smartphones, and both of these new sensors use a new RGBW matrix which adds a white pixel to the normal RGB layout. This is designed to improve light sensitivity and produce better photographs at low light, and Sony has said that normally adding a white pixel would reduce image quality, they have managed to implement it whilst improving the image quality. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Resident Evil: Retribution Movie Trailer Released (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:49 AM PST Sony Pictures has this week released a new video for their upcoming fifth title in the Resident Evil movie series, Resident Evil Retribution. The new full length trailer shows a glimpse of what we can expect from the new movie when it arrives later this year on September 14th. Resident Evil: Retribution, will star Milla Jovovich as Alice and star Michelle Rodriguez and Sienna Guillory, watch the new trailer after the jump to whet your appetite. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 60,000 Apps Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:47 AM PST The last data we had on the number of applications available in Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace was back around the end of December, where we heard that there were around 50,000 applications available. It looks like the Windows Phone Marketplace has now reached over 60,000 applications, and it took Microsoft just under a month to reach their latest milestone.
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| Awesome Fully Automated Lego Brick Sorting Plant (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:18 AM PST Any Lego master builders out there that have a large amount of Lego bricks they need to sort. Might be interested in this fantastic Lego sorting plant which has been created to demonstrate a factories manufacturing execution system. The Lego builders over at BrickIt work commissioned by the Dynaway company to build the miniature sorting plant. Which has been constructed using around 37,500 Lego bricks together with 28 motors, 22 sensors including touch, colour and ultrasonic, together with 7 Lego Mindstorm NXT controller bricks. Watch it in action after the jump.
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| Counter Strike Unofficially Ported To Android Tablets (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST Counter Strike fans will be pleased to know that an unofficial port of the game, has now arrived on Android tablets. The classic first person shooter has now been repackaged and ported to the Google Android operating system by the developers over at XDA. Recoding the entire game utilising the Unity3D platform. The Android version of Counter Strike supports full multiplayer games and is available right now to be downloaded and installed, with either Facebook or Kongregate versions available. Watch the video after the jump to see Counter Strike multiplayer being played in matrix mode on Android tablets. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Google Sky Map Goes Open Source (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:42 AM PST Over the weekend Google has announced that their Google Sky Map which was launched for Android smartphones back in 2009 and was created by a number of Googlers from the Pittsburgh office during their 20% development time. Will now be moving into the community of open source in a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University who will further development Sky Map in a series of student projects. Google’s Sky Map's development will now be driven by the Carnegie Mellon University students, with Google engineers remaining closely involved as advisors. In addition Google has also open-sourced the app so that other astronomy enthusiasts can take the code and augment it as they wish. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| White Samsung Galaxy Note Goes On Sale In The UK Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:31 AM PST Samsung has announced that a white version of their Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone has launched in the UK today, and the device will be available exclusively from UK retailer John Lewis. Samsung have also said that the device will come with £250 worth of free music, films and e-books to the first one hundred customers, and it will stay exclusive with the retailer until February.
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| Petzl Nao Self Adjusting LED Head Torch (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:22 AM PST Petzl the maker of head torches and other camping accessories has unveiled a new product addition to their range, in the form of the Petzl Nao head torch. Which has been designed to adjust its beam depending on where you are looking. Whether you are looking straight ahead or looking down to read a map the Petzl Nao head torch can recognise the intensity and type of light you might require to shine from its LEDs, and will adjust it’s beam accordingly. Watch the video after the jump to see the new Petzl Nao in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Samsung’s We Got Samsunged Advert To Be Shown During Super Bowl (Video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:19 AM PST Apple and Samsung are engaged in around twenty different court cases around the world, and there certainly is no love lost between the two companies, with each one suing the other for various patent claims. Samsung’s latest advertising campaign has been poking fun at Apple, and their latest advert has been revealed an it will be show off during this years Super Bowl, although you can see the video below.
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| Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phone Devices Hit 1 Million Sales In 2011? Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST Nokia will announced its latest earnings on the 26th of January, and we are expecting to get some actual figures on exactly how many Windows Phone devices the company has sold. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, who have compiled data from twenty two different analysts, Nokia sold over 1 million Windows Phone smartphones in 2011.
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| Apple iBooks Passes 350,000 Textbook Downloads In Just 3 Days Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:58 AM PST According to Global Equities Research, the company which monitors Apple's iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system, has today revealed that Apple’s new textbook service has already passed 350,000 downloads, just 3 days after being launched. Together with around 90,000 downloads of Apple’s iBooks Author, its free textbook creation tool, during the same time period. Only last week we brought you the news that Apple had launched its new iBooks 2 and iBooks Author service, and already they look to be a success. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:44 AM PST The Product design studio based in Berlin has created a very unique sound system using optical sensors rather than the tradition needle. The optical turntables were created for the premiere of Volkswagen’s new Beetle at the 2011 IAA motor show. Rather than using vinyl disks like a traditional record player the new optical turntables uses discs with concentric geometric patterns printed on them and then placed below a glass surface to produce music. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Pantech Element Android Tablet Now Available From AT&T Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:33 AM PST The Pantech Element tablet was recently announced back at CES earlier this month, and now this new Android tablet is now available with US mobile carrier AT&T,. The Pantech Element is available for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year data contract with AT&T and the device comes with Android 3.2 Honeycomb.
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| Star Wars Uncut, Fans Recreate Every Frame Of The Classic Movie (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:25 AM PST Back in 2009 the Star Wars Uncut project was started to try and produce a fan made version of the classic Star Wars movie. Star Wars Uncut was started by Casey Pugh, who divided the Star Wars movie into 472 15-second segments and then asked Star Wars fans to help fill the sequences with their own interpretation of the movie. Now after more than three years the fully complete remake of the Star Wars movie has now been spliced together and is ready to view in a 2 hour masterpiece. Watch it in its full glory after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Sony Xperia ST25i Kumquat Android Smartphone Leaked Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:06 AM PST It looks like we have some details on another new Android device that will be launched at MWC 2012 in Barcelona next month, this time from Sony, the Sony Xperia St25i Kumquat. As you can see from the photo below the Sony Xperia Kumquat comes with the Sony Ericsson branding, although we suspect it will just feature the Sony branding when it is announced next month.
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| Google+ Signup Now Automatic With Google Account Creations Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST Over the weekend its been revealed that Google has now rolled out automatic sign-up to its new Google+ social network, via any new Google accounts that are created. The newly designed signup form which has been rolled out by Google, brings with it a number of new fields to the once simple signup and account creation form. Enabling users to create one account which will automatically sign them up for Google’s social networking site Google+. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| The Worlds Largest Video Game Controller (Video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:47 AM PST A new Guinness World Record has been set for the worlds largest game controller, and the record was taken by this giant NES controller which was made by Ben Allen, Stephen Van’t Hof and Michael Verhulst. So just how big is the worlds largest game controller? It measures 12 feet wide by 5 feet deep and 1ft 8 inches tall and it weighs in at a massive 265 pounds, it is fully functional and can been seen in action in the video below.
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| James Bond Style Cufflinks Provide A WiFi Hotspot Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:44 AM PST Anyone looking for a James Bond style way to create a mobile hotspot might be interested in these funky WiFi cufflinks that enable you to create a WiFi hotspot by plugging them into a computer USB port. The cufflinks also fitted with flash drives and allow you to store up to a maximum of 2GB of data. Once setup these nifty wireless cufflinks will then allow you to connect a multiple of devices to your mobile hotspot, including smart phones iPads and tablets, and any other wireless devices you may have. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Adafruit Flora Wearable Electronics Announced (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:28 AM PST Adafruit the open source hardware manufacturer has this week unveiled a new product to its line of products in the form of the Adafruit Flora a new wearable electronics platform. The Adafruit Flora modules have been designed to provide an easy way to add Bluetooth, GPS, 3-axis accelerometer, compass module, flex sensor, piezo, IR LED, push button, embroidered + capacitive keypad, and OLED features to clothing. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Asus Transformer TF101 Android 4.0 ICS Update Coming Mid February Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:25 AM PST Owners of the Asus Transformer TF101 are patiently waiting for Asus to release the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the original Transformer tablet. Last week we heard from Asus that the update had been submitted to Google and that it would be released once it had received the necessary approval from Google, and now we have some more details on when it will be available.
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| Korg Launch New Pocket Kaoss Effects Unit And Synthesiser (videos) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST Korg has this week launched a range of new Kaoss devices which take the form of the new mini Kaoss Pad 2 effects unit, and the Kaossilator 2 synthesiser unit. Both are equipped with an X-Y pad and the mini Kaoss Pad 2 has been built to create effects, packing 100 programs, three memory slots, and MP3 playback complete with pitch adjust. Together with the traditional flanger, filter, delay, reverb ear candy, looper, vinyl break, and ducking compressor. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Notion Ink Adam II Specifications Revealed Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:53 AM PST We were expecting Notion Ink to announced their second generation tablet around December of last year, it is now official and we have some details on the new Notion Ink Adam II tablet. Notion Ink has announced that they have teamed up with Texas Instruments for the new Adam II tablet and it will come with a TI OMAP 4400 dual core processor and the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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| New Multi-Touch Smart eBook Interface Concept Demonstrated On Apple’s iPad (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST A new gesture based multi-touch eBook concept designed by the KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence has been demonstrated on Apple’s iPad. Showing us a glimpse of what we can expect to see in the near future when reading eBooks on tablet devices. The new system has been designed to provide a more natural way of looking through any book. Including multiple page turning using multiple fingers together with faster swipes which turned more than one page at once. Enabling you to quickly advance or move backwards through the pages of your e-book.You can see the system in action in the short video created by KAIST after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| BMW Drives Itself On The Autobahn With ConnectedDrive (Video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:40 AM PST We have already seen a number of self driving cars here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest company to show off their concept of a self driving car is BMW with their ConnectedDrive. BMW’s Connected Drive uses a number of different sensors to drive the car which include cameras, laser scanners, ultrasound distance sensors and radar, and you can see a car using BMW’s new system driving down the Autobahn in the video below.
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| LG X3 Quad Core Android 4.0 Smartphone Revealed Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:12 AM PST MWC 2012 kicks off next month, and we are expecting to see quite a few quad core smartphones, powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor announced, and it looks like we will see at least one new device from LG, the LG X3. The guys from Pocket Now have managed to get their hands on a render of the LG X3 as well as some specifications on the device and it looks like it will come with NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad core processor.
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| Alesis Unveil iPad AmpDock And Drum Module Dock (video) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:06 AM PST Alesis has created a new range of products which it has unveiled this week, that have been specifically designed to work with Apple’s iPad tablet. The new range consists of the Alesis AmpDock and DM Dock, which enable you to either transform your iPad into an electronic drum system or amplifier. The new Alesis DM Dock has been designed to provide your iPad with an unlimited selection of sounds, and enables you to use the iPad’s touchscreen for hands-on visual control. The Alesis DM Dock is a first-of-its-kind drum module, building upon the widely acclaimed design of the Alesis iO Dock, and unitises the iPad’s wireless connectivity. Providing a professional stage-ready module providing a wide array of professional trigger inputs and audio outputs, for around $249 and will be arriving in the second quarter of 2012. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple Says Samsung Galaxy Nexus Copies iPhone Slide To Unlock Feature Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:04 AM PST Last week we heard that Apple has filed a number of different lawsuits against Samsung in Germany, the lawsuits related to 10 different patents for smartphones and around five patents for tablets. And now some details have been revealed on one of the lawsuits from Apple against Samsung, and now Apple are claiming that Samsung and Google’s flagship Android smartphone,the Samsung Galaxy Nexus infringes on an Apple patent.
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| SOPA And PIPA Bills Postponed After Web Protests Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:48 AM PST Last week some of the worlds largest websites, including Wikipedia, Reddit, Google and thousands of other sites protested against the controversial proposed anti piracy laws SOPA and PIPA. And now after the protests both SOPA and PIPA have been postponed for now, as the House Judiciary chairman and co-sponsor of SOPA has said that the vote for both bills has now been postponed.
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| Thunderbolt Connections Arriving On Ultrabooks Later This Year Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:46 AM PST It has been unveiled this week by industry sources that Acer, Asus and Lenovo could be adding Thunderbolt collectivity to their Ivy Bridge-based ultrabook ranges, which are expected to launch sometime in the second quarter of this year. The addition of the new Thunderbolt connectivity on ultrabooks will however come at a price as the new Thunderbolt technology is still relatively expensive, adding around $20 to the cost of a unit. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Diablo 3 Launch Delayed Yet Again Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST Gamers who were hoping to get their hands on Diablo III this quarter, will be disappointed to hear that Blizzard has now announced that the game will be delayed further, and a first-quarter release is now looking out of the question. Within the announcement Blizzard suggests that there is still a lot of work to be carried out, and hints that the work may be within the game’s core systems. Which would certainly delay the highly anticipated sequel to the Diablo series games much longer than if Blizzard just needed to squash a few bugs before launch. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak For iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Released Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST We heard recently that the iPhone Dev Team were getting ready to release an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, and now pod2g and the Chronic Dev Team have released a new untethered iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak, called Absinthe A5. Absinthe A5 is based on the the Greenpoison jailbreak tool and it is currently only available for the Mac, there will also be Linux and Windows versions released as well.
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| CyanogenMod App Store Coming Soon Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:41 AM PST A couple of weeks ago we heard that Koushik Dutta was considering building a CynaogenMod App store which would allow applications that had been removed from Google’s Android Market. The CyanogenMod app store idea was met with positive responses from Android fans, and now Koushik has confirmed that he is working on the store and we should see it launch in the furture.
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| Thorsten Heins Is RIM’s New CEO, As Lazaridis And Balsillie Step Down Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:27 AM PST RIM seems to have had problem after problem over the last couple of years, the company has been unable to compete with the likes of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS and now RIM’s two CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are stepping down to make way for a new CEO. RIM’s new CEO will be Thorsten Heins who is currently RIM’s COO of product engineering, and it will be officially announced later today, although it has already be confirmed in a interview with The Globe and Mail.
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| Google App Inventor Now Open Source Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST Still eager on coming up with an app for Android? There could soon be an easy way of doing it with Google and MIT releasing the source code for the Google App Inventor. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Swap-O-Matic Gives 2nd-Hand Market A Boost Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST Out with the old, in with the new. Thinking of replacing that old shirt of yours? How about a pair of watch you no longer use? There's a vending machine that can help in disposing of your old stuff and even swap an item you may be interested in. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Mobile App Use Overtakes Web Surfing Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:19 PM PST With the increasing popularity of applications on smartphones and tablets, Flurry Analytics' latest findings shouldn't come as a surprise: that many people are spending more time on using apps instead of using the web. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
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