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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


RunKeeper Makes It Easier To Share Exercise Tips, Info

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:55 AM PST

Popular fitness app RunKeeper is back with another new feature that aims to help you spread the word on how to keep your body fit and healthy.

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HTC Endeavor Specifications Revealed In Leaked ROM

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:49 AM PST

A leaked ROM for the HTC Endeavor (HTC Edge) has revealed some more specifications about this new Android device from HTC which we are expecting to be released at MWC 2012 later this month.

The device will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich plus the latest version of HTC’s custom user interface, HTC Sense 4.0, a 720p resolution touchscreen display.

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ION Jukebox iPad Speaker Dock

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:48 AM PST

If you are looking for a more retro styled iPad dock, you might be interested in the table top Jukebox iPad Dock launched by ION this week. The ION Jukebox iPad Dock features stereo speakers and a universal dock for either iPad or iPad 2 tablets. Charging your iPad as you listen to music using your favourite Jukebox iOS application. The retro look of the ION Jukebox iPad Dock is finished with glowing neon trim to create that authentic jukebox effect even on this smaller scaled down version.

 

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Minecraft Pocket Edition Receives “Major” Update With Survival Mode, Zombies And More (video)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:37 AM PST

Mojang has rolled out a new “major” update to its Minecraft Pocket Edition this week. Bringing with it a new day and night survival mode together with a number of new blocks including most notably doors, fences and fence gates. As well as the ability to now fly in Creative mode, you can watch a quick play through of the new update in the video after the jump, to see what you can expect from the new survival and creative modes, complete with Zombies. Enjoy!

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ZTE Tania Windows Phone Dropped To £199 Before Launch

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:26 AM PST

The ZTE Tania was announced last month, and this new Windows Pho0ne device is due to go on sale in the UK shortly, and it was originally going to retail for £250 including taxes SIM free.

ZTE has decided to drop the price of their new Windows Phone smartphone, and it will now retail for £199 including taxes when it launches in the UK.

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CDMA Nokia Lumia 800 Headed To China In March

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:16 AM PST

Nokia launched the Lumia 800 in Europe at the end of last year, the handset is due to go on sale in the US shortly, although this will be the GSM version and now it looks like a CDMA version is on the works.

According to a recent report China Telecom will be selling a CDMA Nokia Lumia 800 in March, which could mean that a CDMA version will be headed to the US in the future which would be available from both Verizon and Sprint.

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Canconical Introduces Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:13 AM PST

Canonical has this week introduced a new version of its Ubuntu desktop operating system, based on Ubuntu 11.10. The new versions has been created for corporate and government institutions to enable them to evaluate Ubuntu as a desktop solution. The new Remix version of Ubuntu 11.10 makes it much easier for corporate users tone able to customise the Ubuntu desktop for their exact requirements.

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Call of Duty Elite 2.0 Now In Development

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:48 AM PST

Not surprisingly Activision has already announced that they are currently in full production of the next Call of Duty game. Which will be the ninth in the series and will be arriving in November 2012.

As well as the new Call of Duty game which Activision announced during the company's quarterly earnings call. A new Call of Duty Elite 2.0 service is expected to roll out at the same time and is currently in development by Activision.

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Bowers & Wilkins Introduce New MT-50 and MT-60D Mini Theatre Systems

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:36 AM PST

Bowers & Wilkins has introduced a couple of new mini theatre systems to its range this week in the form of the MT-50 and MT-60D. The MT-50 mini theatre system will set you back around £1,100 for five M-1 satellites and the MT-25′s ASW608 subwoofer. While the more expensive MT-60D costs around £1,950 for five M-1s and a PV1D subwoofer.

Starting with the MT-50 this system is shipped with the brand new M1 satellite speakers, which are equipped with a new port on the rear of each alongside all-new drive units. Bowers & Wilkins have included a new tweeter and bass/mid-range driver inside each, that allows the speakers to work as well in a stereo pairing as with 5.1 surround sound set up, say Bowers & Wilkins.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Android 4.0 Tablet Announced

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:32 AM PST

Samsung has announced their first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, which is the successor to the original Galaxy Tab, and is expected to be cheaper than the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 comes with a 7 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, there is also a dual core 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.

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iPad Continues Strong Showing Even In South Korea

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST

South Korea may be the home turf of Samsung but Apple’s iPad is proving to be a tough device to unseat at the top spot. Sales of both iPad and iPad 2 have breached the 1-million mark, setting another milestone for the device in the Asian country.

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VLC 2.0 Media Player Soon Arriving On Mac OS X, Windows And Linux

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:17 AM PST

If you are a fan of the great VLC media player, you might be pleased to now that a new version VLC 2.0 is set to be launched very soon and will be arriving on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux systems.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files and cosecs out there, as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. The newly redesigned VLC players has under gone a complete rewrite say its developers and will be arriving very soon.

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LG Optimus 3D 2 Photo And Details Revealed

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST

We first heard about the LG Optimus 3D 2 back in January, when a render and some specifications of the device were revealed and now another photo along with some more information on the LG Optimus 3D have been revealed.

The photo below shows the new LG Optimus 3D, which is expected to be slimmer than the existing model, measuring just 9.8mm thick, and around 20g lighter.

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Sony PS Vita Detailed In Official 12 Minute Guided Tour (video)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:55 AM PST

If you are looking forward to the launch of the new PS Vita in the US, Europe and worldwide. You might be interested in this new promotion video Sony has created to guide you through a look at their new portable PS Vita gaming console in detail.

The new official 12 minute video has been created by Sony to promote their new PS Vita, in the lead up to its global launch day on February 22nd. Sony also reveals in the video what you can expect in the box for the PS Vita First Edition Bundle launching to early adopters on February 15th.

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Apple TV 3 Coming Next Month?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:22 AM PST

We have been hearing lots of rumors that Apple would be launching a new HDTV this year, and now it would appear that they also intend to launch a new version of their Apple TV set top box.

According to the guys from 9 to 5 Mac, references to a new Apple TV 3, which is codenamed J33 and Apple TV 3,1 have been discovered in iOS 5.1, and it may feature Apple’s new A6 processor.

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Carbon Twitter Windows Phone Metro Styled App Launched

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:20 AM PST

After releasing a number of beta versions of its new Carbon Twitter Windows Phone client last year. Dot1ne has now announced the launch of its release version on to the Windows Phone Marketplace.

The Carbon Twitter app has been designed to reflect the Windows Metro styling and brings a number of features that Twitter users are sure to enjoy. Including URL shortening, image uploads, multiple accounts, Read It Later and Instapaper support, and threaded Direct Messages.

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Awesome Lego Pneumatic Robotic Arm (video)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:05 AM PST

The very impressive Lego pneumatic robotic arm has been built by Max Shepard, and has been constructed to accurately mimic the full range of motion of a normal human arm and hand. The amount of weight the Lego pneumatic arm can lift is limited to the shape of the object and orientation of the wrist and elbow, but in its current construction state this is limited to just a couple of pounds.

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New 15 And 17 Inch Ultra Thin MacBook Pros In The Works?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST

We have been hearing rumors over the last few months that Apple may decide to change the design of their MacBook Pro range to a new ultra thin form factor similar to that of the MacBook Air.

Now the rumors have started to surface again, that Apple will update its MacBook Pro range with a new ultra thin design, and integrated solid state drives like the MacBook Air.

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Skyrim 1.4 PS3 Patch Still Has Issues For Some

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST

Bethesda rolled out their latest Skyrim 1.4 update to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 late last week. In the hope that it would fix the major lagging problems being experienced by PlayStation 3 gamers. Unfortunately for some the correction seems to have been only a temporary fix and has left a number of PS3 Skyrim players still experiencing issues and lagging whilst playing.

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LG Optimus Vu Poses For The Camera

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:28 AM PST

Last week LG released a teaser for a new Android smartphone, the LG Optimus VU, which LG has said will come with a 5 inch touchscreen display with a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Now we have our first photo of the LG Optimus VU, pictured next to another 5 inch smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note, which you can see below.

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ITV Tells Apple Not To Use iTV Brand For Apple HDTV

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:56 AM PST

We know Apple is working on a new HDTV, which many have named as the iTV, although if this turns out to be the actual name of the device it could spell trouble for Apple.

The brand name for ITV is used by UK broadcaster ITV, and apparently ITV have now written to Apple asking them not to use the iTV brand name for their new HDTV.

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Oregon Scientific MEEP! Children’s Tablet Unveiled

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:55 AM PST

Oregon Scientific has this week unveiled a new Android tablet its added to their range of products in the form of the MEEP!, which has been created specifically for children age 6 and up.

The new Oregon Scientific MEEP! tablet is equipped with a 7 inch colour touchscreen, together with WiFi connectivity. Once officially launched at the American International Toy fair, the MEEP! tablet will also feature a variety of accessories sold separately, including musical instruments.

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Samsung NP700 Ivy Bridge Gaming Laptop Makes A Brief Appearance On Samsung’s Website

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:40 AM PST

Samsung has published and then removed details of its new Ivy Bridge powered NP700G7C-S01US laptop on its website this week. The new NP700G7C-S01US which has been designed for more intensive computers sessions and mobile gaming, was first showcased back January and is the first known laptop model with Ivy Bridge technology installed.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Used As A Desktop Computer (Video)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:36 AM PST

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich come with support for Bluetooth and USB peripherals, plus HDMI, so Christian Qantrell decided to see what it would be like using his Galaxy Nexus as a desktop computer.

The video below shows Christian’s Galaxy Nexus hooked up to an external monitor, and connected to an Apple keyboard and Trackpad, and he wanted to replicate desktop functions on the device without any hacking and just using normal equipment.

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Google Suspends Prepaid Credit Card Functions On Google Wallet

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:15 AM PST

Last week a number of security flaws were discovered in Google Wallet, with one of the flaws affecting only rooted devices and the other flaw affecting both rooted and non rooted devices.

On the weekend Google posted a response to the reported security flaws, and have taken some steps to limit their impact and they have disabled the ability for prepaid cards on Google Wallet.

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aTV Flash Update For Jailbroken Apple TVs Adds New Playback Options And Auto Backups

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:13 AM PST

Firecore the developers and creators of the aTV Flash Apple TV software package that can be installed on jailbroken Apple TV devices, and supercharges it features. Has this week rolled out a new up bringing with it automatic firmware backup options, as well as an extensive list on new features and tweaks. Other new features in the update have enabled more language support, extra remote commands, and added support for embedded DVD chapters to name just a few.

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Spotify iPhone App Gets Updated

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:13 AM PST

Spotify has released a new version of their Spotify iPhone app, and the new version of the application comes with a number of new features and enhancements.

One of the new features in the latest version of the Spotify iPhone app is the ability to stream music in an ‘extreme’ quality mode, which brings 320kbps music to your iPhone.

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Acer Iconia Tab A200 Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:35 PM PST

Acer has started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to their Iconia Tab A200 update, and the update is available as an OTA update for the tablet.

If you haven’t received the Android 4.0 update on your Acer Iconia Tab A200, you can check if it is available by going to Settings > About tablet > System update > Check now, on your device.

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Xbox 720 To Come With A Touchscreen Controller?

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST

Although recent reports have shown that the next-gen Xbox probably won't appear this year, it doesn't implies that speculations about it will end.

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Mystery HTC Ice Cream Sandwich Smartphone For Verizon Leaked

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:16 PM PST

It is only just a couple of weeks until Mobile World Congress 2012, which takes place at the end of the month, and we are starting to see more and more smartphones leaked before their official unveiling later this month.

Today we have some photos of a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device from HTC, and it looks like the handset is headed to US mobile carrier Verizon Wireless.

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Google TV YouTube App Gets Updated

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:51 PM PST

Google has announced that they are releasing an update to your YouTube app for their Google TV, and according to Google the new app is designed to be faster and features a smoother navigation.

Google has also added in a new feature called Discover, which lets you browse YouTube channels by category and they have also added a new channel page.

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Create A DIY Airsoft Gun With A Soda Bottle

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:14 AM PST

Airsoft guns are fun, but maybe you find them a tad expensive. Here is a great way to make your own, using a soda bottle and just 4 cheap and parts that are easy to find. Oh and as a bonus you will be able to fire hundreds of Airsoft BBs before you need to reload.

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Father Shoots Daughter’s Laptop Over Facebook Post

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:12 AM PST

Nothing that we do anymore is private, especially when it comes to posting on sites like Facebook. And the information that we post can have serious consequences. We’ve all heard many stories about violence that happened because of Facebook posts. In this case, it was some poor laptop that paid the price.

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Spray-On Antenna Could Make Cell Towers A Thing Of The Past

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:10 AM PST

Most people would agree that cell towers are ugly. They certainly don’t do anything to keep the landscape beautiful. Well, there may be a solution on the way. Anthony Sutera, the CEO of Charmtech Enterprises presented the company's spray-on antenna technology at Google’s Solve for X.

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