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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


iHome iDM8 Portable Speaker Is Mostly Spherical

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 11:21 AM PST

I just mentioned that boxy iHome speaker that debuted today. If that thing was a bit too square for you, the spherical iDM8 may be a better fit. Looks like the end of the microphone to me, or maybe an old-fashioned room humidifier.

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iHome IDM 11 Rechargeable Portable Bluetooth Speaker Launches

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST

If you have a device like an iPhone, iPad, iPod, or anything else that supports Bluetooth that you like to listen to music with on the go, check this out. iHome has a new portable Bluetooth speaker that is rechargeable called the IDM11. The speaker looks cool to with the square shape that sits on one flattened corner.

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Capcom Bar Video Game Restaurant Serves Up Game Style Brains And Vaccines

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 05:48 AM PST

If you enjoy video games you might also enjoy a visit to the new Capcom Bar in Tokyo. Which has just been opened by the Japanese video game company. Whilst visiting the video game inspired restaurant you can feast on meals inspired from games such as Monster Hunter, Resident Evil and even Sengoku Basara.

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WordPress Android App Updated With Kindle Fire And Nook Support

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 05:19 AM PST

WordPress has rolled out a new update for its Android application this week. Bringing with it support for both Amazon’s Kindle Fire Android tablet and B&N’s Nook tablet. WordPress for Android is now available for the Nook Colour/Tablet and Kindle Fire. The 7″ screen on these tablets make an excellent home for the all-new Dashboard UI which has now been added in WordPress for Android 2.0.

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Diablo 3 Arriving In Q2 2012 Says Blizzard Entertainment

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 05:06 AM PST

Diablo III fans will be pleased to know that the highly anticipated game is still on track to be released in 2012. During Activision Blizzard’s Q4 2011 financial call, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said that Diablo III is expected to launch during the company’s Q2 2012, placing the games launch date somewhere between April and June 2012.

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Apple Finalizing Apps For iPad 3 Launch?

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:51 AM PST

We are expecting Apple to launch the new iPad 3 some time in the first week or March, and the device is rumored to come with a high resolution display with a 2048 x 1536 resolution.

According to a recent report by the next web, Apple is in the process of selecting applications that will be used in the iPad 3 launch event to show off the tablets new display and its graphics capabilities.

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Philips DS6100 iOS Speaker Dock Unveiled

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:51 AM PST

Phillips has this week launched a new iPhone/iPod speaker dock in the form of the Philips DS6100. Which has been designed with desktop machines in mind and in particular the Apple iMac, as it sits neatly along the length just underneath the screen.

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Transparent Screen App For Android Makes It Easier To Walk And Type

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST

If like me you seem to always have your head down whilst using your smartphone, even when walking around. This new transparent screen application designed for Android devices might help you stay a little safer as you walk and type on your device.

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Google Bar Update Rolls Out After User Feedback

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:22 AM PST

Google has today announced a new update to its Google bar, its rolled out after listening to feedback from users. Originally Google launched the new Google bar design back in November last year. With the goal of creating a beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google.

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Handheld CNC Machine Combines Creativity And CAD (video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:02 AM PST

With the advances in 3D prototyping technology now enabling you to have your very own 3D Printer in your house for around $500. Its not going to be long before we will be able to reproduce everything we need ourselves.

Following along the lines of a 3D Printer the FreeD is a hand-held, digitally controlled, milling device that is guided and monitored by a computer. While still preserving the craftsperson’s freedom to sculpt and carve. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Android 4.0 Headed To Samsung Galaxy S II And Galaxy Note 1st March?

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:02 AM PST

Samsung announced recently that they will be releasing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy Note before the end of quarter one, which would mean the end of March at the latest.

Now it would appear that we may have a possible date on when both of these devices will get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, the 1st of March.

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First Ever PC Game Now Available Again On iOS Devices

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST

The first ever PC game which was co-written by Bill Gates called Donkey has now been remastered and is available on your iPhone to enjoy, in all its 8-bit glory. Donkey is an extremely simple driving game that allows a player to control a car but not steer, accelerate or brake, only changing lanes to avoid a series of donkeys on the road.

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Motorola Loses 3G/UMTS Patent Case Against Apple

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST

Motorola and Apple have been battling it out in a German court over the last few weeks, the company tried to enforce an injunction against Apple last week, that would stop Apple selling some of its iPhone and iPad products in Germany, the device went back on sale the same day.

Motorola has a number of different lawsuits going against Apple, and a court in Germany has just thrown one of the major ones out of court saying that Apple’s doesn’t infringe on the patent.

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Roku Lands In The UK

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:33 AM PST

Roku has announced that its range of media players are now available in the UK, with two different versions available the Roku 2 XS and the Roku LT, with prices starting at £49.99 for the Roku LT and £99.99 for the Roku 2 XS.

Both of the two streaming devices come with up to forty different channels of streaming content, and Roku has just signed a deal with the BBC to bring their BBC iPlayer to Roku devices here in the UK.

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Skyrim 1.4 Patch Arrives On Xbox 360 And PS3 Consoles

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:30 AM PST

PlayStation Skyrim gamers will be more than pleased to know that the new Skyrim 1.4 update has now been released by Bethesda on to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming consoles.

PS3 gamers have had a hard time trying to play Skyrim since its release, with lagging issues during gameplay making playing the fantastic game a little challenging at times. The new patch has been rolled out to North America and Europe and is expected to trickle down to all gamers within the next 24 hours.

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Motorola Droid 4 In Action (Video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST

The Motorola Droid 4 goes on sale in the US later today, and Motorola has released a bunch of videos showing the new Droid 4 in action, one of which you can see below.

The Motorola Droid 4 is available for $199 when you sign up to a new two year agreement from Verizon Wireless, and it features a slide out QWERTY keyboard and Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread.

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Amazon’s Latest Advert Pokes Fun At The iPad (Video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:58 AM PST

It looks like Samsung isn’t the only company who has decided to take a swipe at Apple in their latest advert, now it is Amazon’s turn with a new advert for the Kindle Fire and other Kindle devices.

As you can see in the video below, Amazon is having a direct go at the price of the iPad compared to its Kindle product range, saying that you can get three Kindles for the price of an iPad.

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Netflix Android Update Rolls Out, Adding Facebook Sharing

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:57 AM PST

Netflix has rolled out a new update today for its Android applications, which brings with it a number of bug fixes, together with other features. One new feature rolled out in the update now adds Facebook sharing to the Netflix Android applications. Enabling users within Latin America, Canada, the UK and Ireland to benefit from a little sharing.

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Microsoft Stops Taking Nokia Lumia 900 Pre-orders At Stores

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:46 AM PST

We recently heard that Microsoft was taking pre-orders of the new Nokia Lumia 900 in their Microsoft Stores in the US, customers were able to pre-order the device by paying a $25 deposit.

The Nokia Lumia 900 will be available from AT&T in March, and now Microsoft has stopped taking pre-orders of the device in their stores after just one week, and they haven’t explained why the have stopped taking orders.

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Mass Effect 3 Website Launches, Demo Incoming (videos)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST

Today BioWare has opened their new Mass Effect 3 website, which brings fans a wealth of information about the new games together with a video library and details of the new Mass Effect 3 demo that will be arriving next week on February 14th.

Check out video after the jump showing, gameplay, how to customise your weapons together with more information about the interactive storytelling you can expect from the new Mass Effect 3 game when it launches on March 6th on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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LG Prada 3.0 Android Smartphone In Action (Video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:34 AM PST

LG and Prada recently announced their latest Android Smartphone, the LG Prada 3.0, which comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

The video below was put together by the guys over at Clove and it gives us a good look at the LG Prada 3.0 smartphone in action, as well as many of the features on the device.

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DirecTiVo HD DVR Launches

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST

Tivo has joined forces with DirecTV to create a new TiVo HD DVR, which it has been testing behind the scenes within a small number markets. Now Tivo and DirecTV have finished testing and are ready to start shipping their new DirecTV TiVo HD DVR (better known as DirecTiVo) to the masses.

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White Samsung Galaxy Nexus Start Shipping From Some Retailers

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:23 AM PST

Samsung recently announced the new white Galaxy Nexus, and the device is due to go on sale next Monday on the 13th of February, but it would appear that some online retailer have already started shipping out the device to their customers.

The white Samsung Galaxy Nexus shares the same specifications as the original Galaxy Nexus, with a 4.65 inch HD display which features a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

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Verizon Software Updates For Five Droid Devices Announced

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:11 AM PST

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will be releasing a range of software updates for five of its Droid devices which include smartphones and tablets, and the updates are designed to fix a number of bugs and also provide battery improvements.

The updates will be available for the Droid Bionic, the Droid Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2, the Droid RAZR Maxx and the original Droid RAZR, with some of the updates being released immediately.

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StroM Bouqeti Quadricycle Concept

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:09 AM PST

If you are looking for something a little different from your traditional two wheeled cycle, why not consider this fantastic Quadricycle. Designed by Martin Strohmeier the StroM Bouqetin Quadricycle has been created to provide a solution for serious trail riding and touring using a Quadricycle.

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Multiple Kickstarter Projects Pass $1,000,000 In Funding

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:51 AM PST

Only yesterday we were bringing you news that the new concept iPhone Elevation Dock, we had featured here on Geeky Gadgets was nearing the $1,000,000 milestone for pledges on Kickstarter.

Today not one but two projects have now passed that milestone, allowing concepts to make the jump to production and setting new records. As well as the iPhone Elevation Dock, the Double Fine Adventure video game project based in San Francisco, being developed by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions has also passed the 1 million pledge mark, with still 32 days left to go.

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iPad 3 Retina Display Compared To Other iOS Devices

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:28 AM PST

We have been hearing rumors that the new iPad 3 will feature a much higher resolution display than the existing model, and the device is reported to come with a 2048 x 1536 resolution Retina display.

If the iPad 3 does feature a 2048 x 1536 resolution display, that would mean that you would be able to video a full HD movie on the iPad’s 9.7 inch display and also other content at the same time, which certainly sounds impressive.

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Scosche bassDOCK iPad Speaker Dock Launches

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:12 AM PST

Scosche have this week announced the launch of their new bassDOCK iPad speaker dock, which can be used with either first or second generation Apple iPads. Scosche bassDOCK is equipped with a 2.1 sound system with 40mm stereo speakers to deliver smooth mids and brilliant highs, together with a 3″ subwoofer to produce rich and powerful bass audio.

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Windows 8 On ARM Gets Detailed (Video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:10 AM PST

Microsoft has revealed more information on Windows 8 on ARM which it calls WOA, and the company has said that WOA devices should start shipping at the same time as PCs designed for x86/64 chipsets.

Microsoft also announced that Windows 8 on ARM will come with a range of built in applications, including Office 15, with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, OneNote and Excel.

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HTC Announces Android 4.0 ICS Update Coming To Some Devices In March

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:29 AM PST

HTC announced a while back that they would be releasing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for some of their devices this year, and now HTC has confirmed on their Facebook page, that the Android 4.0 update will land in March on certain devices.

HTC has said that the update will roll out by the end of March, and the devices to get the update include the HTC Sensation, the HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Sensation XE, shortly followed by the HTC Sensation XL.

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Google Working On New Home Entertainment System?

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:15 AM PST

Google already has Google TV, which the company is trying to get into our living rooms, and it would appear that Google is also developing a new home entertainment system.

According to a recent report by the WSJ, this new Google home entertainment system is designed to stream music wirelessly around your house, and it is likely to be powered by Google’s Android OS.

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Another Google Wallet Security Flaw Discovered (Video)

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

Yesterday we heard that the PIN security on Google Wallet had been cracked on rooted Android devices, and now a new security flaw has been discovered in Google wallet, although this one affects all users of Google Wallet.

The new security flaw was discovered by the guys from The Smartphone Champ, and this one seems to be a lot more easier to access, as all that has to be done is reset the data in the Google Wallet application on your Android device.

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Amazon Ships Our The Sony PS Vita Before Its Time

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:37 PM PST

That's what happened at Amazon when someone has accidentally messed up and delivered the new PS Vita earlier than customer's expected date of arrival.

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Good News From Dell: Free Calls via VoIP!

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:27 PM PST

Good news for Canadians who want to stay connected with their loved ones all day long. Dell and Fongo are now offering their new mobile application called the Dell Voice.

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