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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Rocketboost Control App Released For iOS Devices, PC

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:27 AM PST

A control app has been released by Rocketboost for iOS devices, which, once set up properly, will allow you to control Rocketboost's Rocketfish and Insignia speakers. Rocketboost is aiming for an airplay-like environment and with the release of this app, gives its users a chance to  just sit back and relax and control the speakers from afar.

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Researchers Unveil New Magnetic Soap Which Could Help Clear Oil Spills At Sea

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:15 AM PST

Researchers at Bristol University in the UK have developed a new kind of composed of iron-rich salts dissolved in water, which responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. Its hoped the new magnetic soap will be able to be used to help clear up oil spills from the sea, without polluting the surrounding waters.Soap is made of long molecules with ends that behave differently: One end of the molecule is attracted to water and the other is repelled by it.

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PocketBook A7 Android Tablet Announced

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST

PocketBook has today announced details of their new A7 tablet which is equipped with a 7″ capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1024 x 600. The new Pocketbook A7 Android Tablet is powered by a 1GHz Texas Instruments TI3621 CPU with 2GB Flash storage and supports Wifi connectivity.

Running Android Gingerbread the A7 is a smaller version of the PocketBook A10 tablet we featured back in September last year. With full Android Market support you can install your very own selection of applications, at its equipped with a 2 megapixel front facing camera.

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Rock Prodigy iPad App Uses Guitar Hero Style Instruction To Make Guitar Lessons More Fun (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:38 AM PST

A new guitar tuition instruction method has been created in the form of an iOS application called Rock Prodigy. Which has been created to provide a more gaming style interface to help learn to play the guitar, bringing a little of the Guitar Hero game to the iPad.

The new Rock Prodigy Guitar application launched on the iTunes App store later last year, and listens to your guitar, shows you what to play, and even gives you points for hitting the right notes. Watch the promotional video after the jump to see the iPad app in action.

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Google Takeout Export Tool Updated By Google’s Data Liberation Front

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:16 AM PST

A new update has been rolled out by Google's Data Liberation Front, adding new features to Google’s export tool that has been designed to easily enable Google users to remove and import data in and out of Google products, such as Gmail, Calendar and Docs.

The new update brings with it additions to the export feature for Google Docs which adds export support for ODT, PDF, RTF, Text, Word, and HTML. Enabling you to download from many different Google services at the same time into one convenient file.

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Asus ET2700 All In One PC Lands In Europe Next Month

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST

Asus announced their latest all in one PC, the Asus ET2700 back in December, and now the company has announce it will go on sale in Europe this February for 1,399 Euros.

As a reminder the Asus ET2700 comes with a 27 inch full HD multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and it offers support for 10 finger multi-touch.

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Counter Strike Map Recreates The Office From The TV Series (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:52 AM PST

Counter Strike fans of the TV series The Office by NBC, might enjoy playing this new Counter Strike Source map which has been created, modelling the Dunder Mifflin paper mill offices from the comic TV series.

The map builder has been creating the CSS map on an off since 2009 and has done a fine job, creating The Office in all its glory. Spending over 500 hours building each section in detail, see the results in the video after the jump.

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SIM Free White Samsung Galaxy Note Now Available In The UK

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:38 AM PST

The other day Samsung announced that the white Samsung Galaxy Note would be available in the UK exclusively through UK retailer John Lewis, and now it appears that the exclusivity only lasted a couple of days as the device is now available from other UK retailers.

We just got an email from the guys over at Clove to let us know that they now have the SIM free white Samsung Galaxy Note in stock, and the device is available for £538.80 including taxes.

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Mackie Unveils DL1608 iPad Mixer (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:32 AM PST

We have featured a number of iPad powered mixers over the last couple of weeks, which have been feature at this years NAMM show. Another to add to the list is the newly unveiled Mackie DL1608 iPad mixer, which uses your iPad for processing power.

Once docked within the Mackie DL1608 your iPad connects wirelessly enabling you to control the mixer via Mackie's Master Fader iPad app. Watch the video after the jump to see the new unveiled Mackie DL1608 in action.

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Apple Has Paid $4 Billion To App Developers

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:28 AM PST

As well as announcing record profits, plus record sales of the iPhone and iPad, Apple also released some details on how much money they have paid to developers of applications for their iOS platform.

Apple announced back in 20120 that they had paid developers over $1 billion in revenue, this jumped to $2.5 billion by the summer of 2011, and now Apple has announced that they have paid out a massive $4 billion to application developers.

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JLab B-Flex X-Bass USB Speaker Unveiled

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:12 AM PST

Anyone looking to add a little base to their laptop audio system, might be interested in the new JLab’s B-Flex X-Bass USB speaker which can easily be installed into any USB port to provide a little more depth to your music or gaming audio.

Once plugged into your notebook USB port, the B-Flex X-Bass speaker uses a flexible arm to allow you to position it to meet your audio needs, and even comes with a small removable triangular kickstand support. To stop the weight of the speaker damaging your notebook USB port, and support the speaker against bass kicks at higher volumes.

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HTC To Announce New Smartphones February 26th

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:59 AM PST

We have seen a couple of leaked HTC smartphones over the last few months and now we have an actual date on when HTC will be unveiling its latest Android smartphones as well as other smartphones and devices.

HTC has sent out invites to a special event on then 26th of February 2012, which is the day before Mobile World Congress starts in Barcelona on the 27th of February.

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Command & Conquer Converted Into HTML 5 Browser Game (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:57 AM PST

Gamers who enjoyed the classic Command & Conquer game which was originally launched back in 1995. Will be pleased to know that developer Aditya Ravi Shankar, has now created the game as a HTML 5 version which can be enjoyed directly from your browser. The new browser based version is still a work in progress at the moment explains Shankar, but it still provides you with all the classic gameplay of the original.

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Lego Minecraft Sets Given the Green Light By Lego

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:39 AM PST

Minecraft and Lego builders, will be pleased to learn that today Lego has given the go ahead to creating a Minecraft Lego set after working closely with the LEGO CUUSOO project.

The LEGO CUUSOO project community pushes around ideas for Lego sets, and then helps generates support for each to try and make them a reality. They have been working closely with Lego to try and push the Minecraft sets forward and it now looks like Lego can see the potential for a partnership with Minecraft.

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Asus Transformer Prime Bootloader Unlock Tool Coming In February

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:28 AM PST

Asus announced early this month that they had decided to release a bootloader unlock tool for their Transformer Prime tablet, and now Asus has released some more details on when the tool will be available.

Asus made the announcement on Twitter, and the company has confirmed that they will make the bootloader unlock tool available for the Transformer Prime in February.

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UK Mobile Operator O2 Sending Your Mobile Phone Number To Websites You Visit?

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:06 AM PST

According to a recent report by the Next Web, UK mobile operator O2 may actually be sending your mobile phone number to every single website that you visit on your device.

This was first discovered by Lewis Peckover, who created a website to check what information would be sent to a website by a mobile browser when it requested data.

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PS3 PlayMemories Editing Suite Arriving In March

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:04 AM PST

Sony has announced that it will soon be launching a new editing suite for its PS3 called PlayMemories within the European PlayStation community. That will enable users to be able to edit photographs and videos directly from their PS3 consoles.

The new PS3 PlayMemories suite will be arriving in March and will be priced at around €10 or $13, once it arrives. The news was announced by a Sony representative during the London Sony event earlier this week. The PS3 PlayMemories application was also on show at the recent CES exhibition.

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Nokia Announces 1.5 Billion Series 40 Mobile Phones Sold

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:45 AM PST

Nokia has announced that they have now sold 1.5 billion of their series 40 mobile phones around the world, and the 1.5 billionth handset was purchased by Mayara Rodrigues, a 21-year-old from Sao Paulo in Brazil, and the device was a Nokia Asha 303 touchscreen mobile with a QWERTY keypad.

Nokia sold its first Series 40 mobile phone back in 1999, the handset was a Nokia 7110 and it took the company 13 years to sell the 1.5 billion Series 40 mobile phones.

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Awesome Emperor 200 $45,000 Gaming Station

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:42 AM PST

You might remember the awesome Emperor 1510 gaming station we featured here on Geeky Gadgets back in 2009. That is available to purchase for what now looks like the bargain price of around $6,500, when compared to the companies flagship gaming station, the Emperor 200 which is priced at a hefty $45,000.

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Google Announces New Privacy Policy Across All Services

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:28 AM PST

Google has announced that the company will be updating its privacy policies and terms of service for all of its range of products, and the new changes will take place from the 1st of March 2012.

Google has said that it has around 70 different privacy policies for all the services it offers, and now the company will consolidate more than 60 of these into one single privacy policy.

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Xbox 720 Will Provide 6 Times The Power Of Existing Xbox 360

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:19 AM PST

Sources are reporting that when Microsoft’s new Xbox 720 gaming console starts shipping in October or November next year, it could be packing was much as 6 times the power of the existing Xbox 360.

Sources have confined to the IGN website that mass production of the new system will start towards the end of their year and will use AMD’s 6000 graphics processor, that was introduced last year to power games and the console.

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The Darkness 2 Official Launch Trailer Unveiled (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:37 AM PST

Originally the sequel to the The Darkness released back in 2007, Darkness 2. Was set to be released on July 10, 2011, but after a number of new release date and further delays. Darkness 2 has now been officially announced to be arriving on February 7th 2012 in North America and February 10, 2012 in Europe for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, if all goes to plan. For a glimpse at what you can expect from the new Darkness game watch the trailer after the jump.

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SIM Free Pink Samsung Galaxy S II Now Available In The UK

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:32 AM PST

A couple of weeks ago Samsung announced that they would be releasing a pink version of their Samsung Galaxy S II, and we just got an email from one UK retailer to let us know that they now have the pink Samsung Galaxy S II in stock.

The pink Samsung Galaxy S II shares the same specifications as the original version and it features a 4.3inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

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Acer Inconia Tab A510 Lands In Europe In April

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:21 AM PST

Acer’s latest Android tablet, the Acer Iconia Tab A510 which was shown of at CES earlier this month is reportedly coming to Europe in April, according to the guys from Notebook Italia.

The Acer Iconia Tab A510 will come with a 10.1 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and the device is powered by a quad core 1.3GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor.

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Kindle Touch Update 5.0.3 Rolled Out By Amazon

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST

Amazon has today started rolling out a new update for their new Kindle Touch device, version 5.0.3. Amazon is automatically rolling out over WiFi over the next few weeks, but if you just can’t wait the new update is also available to download for free and install manually.

The new Kindle Touch 5.0.3 update brings with it a number of general software improvements for Amazons, eReader device. It also appears to improve the performance and speed of both the navigation and the turning of pages on the device. Which have been a little sluggish since its launch.

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SNK Neo Geo Pocket Games Console Revealed

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:07 AM PST

Its been revealed this week that SNK has surprisingly launched or, rather is in the process of launching a new Neo Geo licensed portable gaming console, according to the Japanese game blog Famicom Plaza.The new Neo Geo pocket games console is equipped with a 4.3 inch screen and comes fitted with an SD card slot for storage, together with 2GB of internal storage.

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Apple’s iCloud Hits 85 Million Users

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST

Earlier today we got some information on how many iPhone’s Apple sold in its most recent quarter, the quarter where Apple launched the new iPhone 4S, and at the same time they also launched iCloud.

iCloud is Apple’s new online cloud service, which has replaced their previous offering MobileMe, and it gives you access to email, the ability to backup and sync your data on your iOS devices online.

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Apple TV Starting To Become Popular

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:51 AM PST

When Apple announced their first Apple TV device, the late Steve Jobs described the Apple TV as a hobby, and yesterday Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook also described the Apple TV in the same way.

It looks like Apple’s TV device is starting to become popular, in their recent earnings call, Apple announced that they sold over 1.4 million Apple TV devices in the last quarter of 2011.

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LG Optimus LTE Hits One Million Sales

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST

Lg just dropped us an email to let us know that their LG Optimus LTE has sold over 1 million units around the world, the LTE Android smartphone first went on sale in South Korea last October and LG sold 600,000 units of the device in three months in Korea.

The LG Optimus LGE is currently available in South Korea, the US, Japan and Canada and LG has just announced that they have now sold over 1 million Optimus LTE smartphones worldwide.

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Tokyoflash Kisai Optical Illusion Watch

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:32 PM PST

Tokyoflash have released another geeky timepiece, the Tokyoflash Kisai Optical Illusion watch, which originally started life as a concept design and has now gone into production.

The Tokyoflash Kisai Optical Illusion watch will be available in a choice of either black or silver and you can choose from a natural or green LCD display, I will let the guys from Tokyoflash explain how you can tell the time with it.

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Apple Reports Record Profits And iPhone Sales

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:23 PM PST

Apple has released its latest earnings report for the first fiscal quarter of 2012, which covers the period of 14 weeks up to the 31st of December 2011, and the company has once again reported record profits.

Apple generated a total of $46.33 billion for the quarter with a net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, and we also got some details on how many iPhones, iPads and Macs the company had sold.

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