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Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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G-Form X Protect iPhone Case Protects Smartphone from 82mph Slapshot

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:12 AM PST

We’ve seen G-Form pull off some crazy stunts to prove how well their cases protect tablets and smartphones. The last time we talked about G-Form was when an iPad drop from 100,000 feet in the air, and survived thanks to the case. This time around G-Form showing off the new iPhone case called the X Protect.

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AVADirect Unveils New X79 Gaming Notebook

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

AVADirect has been offering up gaming notebooks for years and the latest has just launched. The new notebook uses the Intel X79 chipset and it is the Clevo P270WM. The new machine uses Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors and is designed as a desktop replacement. This is the successor to the Clevo X7200 notebook we talked about almost 2 years ago.

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Ultima Aluminium Smartphone Holder Lands On Kickstarter (video)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:34 AM PST

Nik Conomos has created a new universal smartphone in-car holder which he’s designed to be the best for any smartphone in any car. The Ultima smartphone holder is constructed from aluminium and has an custom intuitive holding design.

Conomos has now started it journey on the Kickstarter website and is looking to realise enough pledges over the next 53 days to make the jump from concept to production. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Kodak To Put Camera Production On Hold

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Kodak recently filed for bankruptcy in the US, and now the company has announced that it will stop making cameras for the first half of 2012 as part of its restructuring plan.

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Logitec One-Seg iOS Tuner LDT-1Si01 Unveiled

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST

iPad owners looking to add a little live TV to their Apple tablet might be interested in this new TV tuner which has been unveiled and lunched by Logitec called the LDT-1Si01.

The new iOS LDT-1Si01 tuner will be arriving in Japan later this month and lets you view One-seg satellite programming on the iPad and iPod. Unfortunately at the moment it doesn’t support Apple’s latest and greatest iPhone 4S.

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Onkyo GX-W100HV WiFi DLNA Supported Active Speakers Unveiled

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:59 AM PST

Onkyo has this week taken the wraps off its new GX-W100HV speakers which are equipped with both Wi-Fi and DLNA support. The master speaker of the pair is fitted with 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and uses Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to connect to your router, to enable the WiFi features.

Once connected to your network the speakers can then use audio from any DLNA-capable app on your PC, phone, or tablet, and are able to render DRM-free MP3, AAC, or WAV files.

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Apple Denied Attempt To Have Galaxy Tab 10.1N Banned In Germany

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:57 AM PST

It looks like the case between Samsung and Apple over Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is has taken another turn in Samsung’s favor, the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 was banned for sale in Germany last year.

Samsung appealed the decision and released a newly modified version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany, called the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, although Apple once again tried to have this version banned for sale.

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BioLite CampStove Cooks Your Food And Charges Your Phone (video)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:40 AM PST

Campers and hikers looking for a innovative way to charge their mobile devices back up whilst away from the grid. Might be interested in this new BioLite stove which is fitted with a USB ports that allows you to recharge your smartphone as you cook your food. Watch the video after the jump to see the team behind this great innovation and the BioLite stove in action.

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Apple To Announced iPad 3 First Week In March?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:39 AM PST

We heard earlier today that iOs 5.1 is expected to launch on the 9th of March, and as references to the iPad 3 have been found in iOS 5.1 beta 3 we would expected the iPad 3 to launch at a similar time.

Now according to All Things D, the iPad 3 will be announced by Apple at a special event in the first week in March, possibly Wednesday the 7th of March, with the device probably going on sale a week later.

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Wrap-around Concept BlackBerry Smartphone

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:17 AM PST

John Anastasiadis has created an innovative design concept for BlackBerry in the form of this wrap-around concept smartphone. Many designers seem to stay away from conceptual BlackBerry devices, but at the moment BlackBerry needs all the help it can get to reinvent its brand and line of smartphones. Perhaps they might take a few pointers from this concept created by Anastasiadis.

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Samsung Galaxy Camera With Android In The Works?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:07 AM PST

We have already seen one manufacturer launch an Android powered point and shot camera, Polaroid with their new Polaroid SC1630, and now it would appear that Samsung is looking into producing a camera which runs Google’s mobile OS.

Samsung recently filed a trademark with the USPTO, for the ‘Samsung Galaxy Camera’, and the trademark is related to goods and services with cameras and camcorders.

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Kenwood ODELIC Glass Speakers

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:03 AM PST

If you are looking for something a little more unique in a pair of speakers, then these glass Kenwood ODELIC speakers might be perfect for you. They have been custom designed out of optical glass which has specially created by Kenwood to not shatter or break during playback.

However don’t expect the Kenwood ODELIC speakers to come cheap the stands for the speakers will set you back a nice $275 and the speakers themselves around $1400.

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iPad 3 To Feature Dual Core A6 Processor?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:51 AM PST

Earlier today we saw some photos of an iPad casing which are reported to be for the new iPad 3, we have been hearing over the last few months that the iPad 3 will feature a higher resolution display, possibly with a 2048 x 1536 resolution and it will be powered by a new Apple A6 processor.

Everything we have heard about the new Apple A6 processor over the last few months is that it is expected to be a quad core processor, although now according to a recent report by The Verge, the A6 may not be a quad core processor after all.

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WASD Keyboards Will Create Your Perfect Custom Keyboard

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:26 AM PST

WASD Keyboards has started a new service that will allow anyone to create their very own custom keyboard layout. Unfortunately you can’t change the shape of keyboard but you can arrange the keys in any configuration you would like.

Using the WASD Custom Keyboard designer tool to create and customise your keyboard. Create your own design by picking your own key cap colours and text, and you can either start from scratch or use a preset design to help you along.

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Nokia Lumia 710 Lands On Vodafone UK

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:21 AM PST

The guys over at Vodafone just dropped us an email to let us know that the Nokia Lumia 710 is now available on their network here in the UK, and it is available for free on their £20.50 a month 24 month contracts and above.

As a reminder the Nokia Lumia 710 features Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, and has a 3.7 inch WVGA multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, processing is provided by a single core 1.4GHz processor and it also comes with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage.

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iRobot Warrior 710 Robot Announced

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:14 AM PST

iRobot is well know for making a range of robots, which include the Roomba, a vacuum robot for tidying up your house, and a range of other military and police robots.

iRobot is launching a new version of its Warrior Robot which is designed for EOD (explosive ordnance disposal), surveillance and other military tasks, the iRobot Warrior 710.

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iPhone Elevation Dock, Breaks All Kickstarter Records

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST

You might remember back in the middle of December late last year a new design that was starting its journey on the popular Kickstarter website, called the iPhone Elevation Dock.

Even though the iPhone Elevation Dock time on Kickstarter is now coming to a close, the fantastic iPhone Elevation Dock has nearly raised $1 million in Kickstarter funding since its first appearance on the site. Breaking the all time Kickstarter funding record of $942,000.

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Mass Effect Infiltrator Game Arriving On iOS Devices

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:49 AM PST

To accompany the launch of the new Mass Effect 3 game shortly to be launching on March 12th for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. BioWare has revealed that a new iOS game will be launching alongside and will enables gamers to play a storyline alongside the main Mass Effect 3 game.

Within the iOS Mass Effect Infiltrator arriving on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, actions affect the larger Mass Effect 3 storyline, and weapons unlocked in the mobile version can be used in Mass Effect 3. But EA has confirmed that you do not need to get Mass Effect Infiltrator to get Mass Effect 3′s best ending.

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Asus Releases Transformer Prime Bug Fix Update

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:48 AM PST

There have been a number of different problems reported by owners of the new Asus Transformer Prime tablet, one UK retailer even decided to stop selling the tablet due to the various issues.

One of the issue that a number of Transformer Prime owners have experienced is a random reboot issue on them device and n0w Asus has announced that they are rolling out an over the air update to fix the issue.

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Samsung Says No Press Conference At Mobile World Congress

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST

Samsung recently announced that they would not be unveiling the new Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress later this month in Barcelona, the company said that it would be revealed at a separate event later in the year.

It looks like MWC will be a low key affair for Samsung this year as they have told PCMag hat they will not be holding a press conference a MWC, of course this doesn’t mean that we will not see some new devices from Samsung unveiled.

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Sony’s Tablet S Finally Gets Rooted

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:24 AM PST

Owners of Sony’s Tablet S who have been patiently waiting for a developer with the skills to root their new Sony tablet and open a door of new possibilities. Will be pleased to know that security researcher Dan Rosenberg has found a way to root the Sony Tablet S using the USB debugging system.

Rosenberg has unveiled a method of rooting the Sony Tablet S tablet by enabling USB debugging plug it into a Windows computer, and running a Windows utility created by Rosenberg.

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Life Size Portal Gun Now Up For Pre-order

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:12 AM PST

Any Valve Portal fans out their that would like to get their hands on the closest thing to a real life Portral Gun. Might be invested in the new line that has been created by renowned prop makers Neca.Neca have now started taking pre-orders for their new life size Portal Guns modelled on the portal guns from Valves Portal games.

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NVIDIA Hints At Quad Core Tegra 3 Smartphones For MWC

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:04 AM PST

We have already seen a number of leaked smartphones that are reported to use NVIDIA’s new quad core Tegra 3 processor, and now NVIDIA has sent out its press invite for Mobile World Congress 2012.

The invite hints that we will see some ‘NVIDIA quad core firsts’ at MWC 2012, and as we have already seen some tablets we suspect they mean smartphones.

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HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook Now Available

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:50 AM PST

HP first unveiled their new HP Envy 14 Spectre just over a month ago, with a few sneak peaks before CES. But now their new HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook is now available to purchase, with prices starting from $1400 for the base system with Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. With the price rising depending on the options you would like to include in your system.

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Google’s Motorola Takeover To Get US Justice Department Approval

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:48 AM PST

It would appear that Google is close to getting approval for one of the final parts of its takeover of Motorola, according to a recent report from the WSJ, the deal is close to receiving approval from the US Justice Department.

The report says that Google could receive the approval needed as early as next week, which would be one of the final parts needed for the $12.5 billion deal to go ahead.

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PS3 4.10 Update Adds Faster Web Browsing

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:23 AM PST

Sony has rolled out a new update to its PS3 console this week v4.10. Which brings with it a number of new minor changes together with faster web browsing. The PS3 4.10 update has made a number of alterations to the PS3 browser with “improved display speed.” and will now display some pages that it previously could not.

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HTC To Launch First 4G LTE Android Smartphone In Europe With HTC Velocity

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:21 AM PST

European mobile carrier Vodafone has announced that they will be launching the first 4G LTE Android smartphone in Europe, in the form of the HTC Velocity, which is a 4G LTE enabled device that will go on sale in Germany.

The HTC Velocity is the European version of the HTC Vivid LTE, that launched in the US last year with US mobile carrier AT&T, and it will come with the same specifications.

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Awesome Epic Skyrim Battle, 500 Draugr, 200 skeletons, 500 Dwarven Warriors And A Dragon (video)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:06 AM PST

Playing Skyrim you might have already had a few memorable battles and even seen a few created on YouTube. But this short epic battle movie created by talented YouTube user Tyrannicon has got to be at the top, so far.

Tyrannicon has used the tools which have been released by Bethesda together with an excellent eye for movie directing to create a short 7 minute battle sequence which is a must see for all Skyrim fans. Check it out after the break.

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Google+ Android App Update Brings Speed Improvements

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:03 AM PST

Google has released a new version of the Google+ application for Android devices, and the latest version brings a number of performance enhancements as well as new features.

According to Google, the latest version of Google+ for Android brings ‘ Massive performance improvements across the app’ as well as a new Whats Hot feature.

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MIUI Android 4.0 ICS Now Works With Amazon’s Kindle Fire Tablet (video)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:48 AM PST

Owners of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet the have considered installing Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system on to it. Might be interested to learn that MIUI 4 the custom ROM based on Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire.

An alpha version of the MIUI was posted two days ago on the MIUI forums, which promised most of the functionality of the standard operating system together with MIUI’s attractive custom theme and interface tweaks. The video created by Liliputing below, shows what seems to be a fairly operational Kindle Fire, check it out for yourself after the jump.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Launching 29th February AT MWC 2012

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:41 AM PST

We heard the other day that a website from Microsoft for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview had gone live, and now Microsoft has sent out press invites to an event they are holding at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.

The invites, which you can see in the photo below are for an event which will take place at 3PM local time on the 29th of February, and Microsoft will be unveiling the Windows 8 Consumer preview.

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Nokia 803 To be Last Symbian Smartphone?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:32 AM PST

We heard a rumor the other day about the Nokia 801, which was reported to be the last Symbian smartphone being produced by Nokia, and now there seems to be another device, the Nokia 803.

According to the BGR, the Nokia 803 will be Nokia’s final Symbian smartphone, and the devices will come with the latest version of Symbian, which Nokia released to existing devices the other day, Symbian Belle.

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Tweetbot 2.0 Arrives With iPad Support

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST

If you enjoy using Tweetbot the full-featured iPhone (and iPod touch) Twitter client on your mobile devices you might be pleased to know that a new version has now been released taking it to Tweetbot 2.0 and brings with it iPad support.

The new version brings with it a new timeline view, which helps you view the activity on your account easily, with options to define individual tweets into different colours if preferred.

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Sony Cybershot TX300V Camera Features Wireless Data Transfer And Charging

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:19 AM PST

Sony has released details of a new Cybershot camera that they are launching in Japan, the Sony Cybershot TX300V, which shares many of the hardware specifications of the Sony TX200V.

What this new device features over the previous model is a wireless charging ans transfer dock, by placing the  TX300V on the dock, the cameras battery is charged wirelessly and you can also transfer your photos to your computer using TransferJet.

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iOS 5.1 Coming March 9th With iPad 3?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:54 AM PST

We heard last month that references to the iPad 3 were discovered in the iOS 5.1 beta 3 and now it would appear that we could have a possible launch date for iOS 5.1.

The news comes from the guys over at Your Daily Mac who have discovered eleven new profiles for various iPhone operators, and the files are compatible with iOS 5.1 and are set to be released on the 9th of March.

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Google Chrome Update Brings Extra Speed and Security

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:36 AM PST

Google has been busy rolling out a number of new additions to it Chrome browser this week, together with its new version created for Android devices. Now Google has rolled out a new update for its desktop Chrome browser client, bringing with it extra speed and added security.

The update has been released into the latest stable Chrome version and now includes a pre-rendering features that will start to load pages as you start typing in the Chrome omnibox.

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Google Wallet PIN Security Cracked (Video)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:58 AM PST

It looks like Google Wallet’s PIN security has been cracked on rooted devices, although if your Android device is not rooted then the security on the Google Wallet Pin seems to be fine.

The PIN for Google Wallet is stored encrypted on your Android devices, and a method has been discovered to reveal the SHA256 hex encoded PIN information, which enables the PIN to be discovered, the crack was discovered by the guys from Zvelo.

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iPad 3 Casing Reveals Larger Battery, New Camera

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:38 AM PST

We are expecting to get some sort of official announcement on the new iPad 3 from Apple some time next month, and now a reported iPad 3 casing has appear online, and if it is real it would mean there will be some significant changes in the new iPad 3.

As you can see from the photo below, the casing features different mounts for the logic board, which would mean that the new iPad 3 would feature a completely new logic board with a different shape and design over the previous versions.

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Google Drive Cloud Service Launching Soon?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:22 AM PST

We haven’t heard much about Google’s cloud service, Cloud Drive for a while now, there were a few rumors at the end of last year that Google were getting ready to launch their new cloud service.

According to a recent report from the WSJ, Google Drive is close to launch and we could possibly see the service launch within the next few months, although no specific details of a launch date have been revealed.

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Zooka Wireless Speaker Bar For iPad And iPhone (Video)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:34 PM PST

There are lots of different speaker accessories available for your iPhone, iPad and other tablets and smartphones, the latest one is called Zooka and it is designed to be used with you tablet as well as your smartphone.

The Zooka Wireless speaker Bar is designed to be used as a stand for your tablet as well as a speaker, you can also connect devices to it via Bluetooth, plus there is a 3.5mm audio jack to hook up non Bluetooth devices.

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Hagent The Heat Absorbing Robot

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:14 PM PST

A new heat-absorbing robot is out to help cut down on energy expenses. The invention called the Hagent, which deceptively appears as a simple black cube with wheels, has the ability to find heat, absorb it, then release it in areas which are cold.

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NCSU Aiming For Faster Processors Via CPU and GPU Collaboration

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST

A group of researchers from the University of North Carolina State University has come up a new method which allows a number of Graphics Processing and Central Processing Units placed on a single chip where the two can compromise. In this way, the processor's performance gained up over 20 percent.

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