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Friday, May 18, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


iHome Audio unveils iP76 LED Tower Stereo Speaker

Posted: 17 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT

iHome makes hoards of different devices and docking stations for the iPhone and other Apple products. The company has unveiled its latest offering called the iP76. This product is an LED color changing tower stereo speaker that packs in Bluetooth for connecting to the iPhone and the iPod.

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Toyota tries Nintendo DS as in-car GPS remote

Posted: 17 May 2012 08:45 AM PDT

I can understand wanting to add an iPad to your dashboard, but a Nintendo DS? Toyota is doing just that through a new Smart Navi GPS unit in its Estima Hybrid minivan. The idea is that it will let passengers control the mapping system.
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Verizon Ends Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan Use

Posted: 17 May 2012 08:40 AM PDT

A few years ago it was common get truly unlimited data plans when we signed up for new smartphone. That meant you could use all the data you wanted and there was no talk of charging you more or throttling your speeds. As smartphone users that have unlimited data plans originally began to upgrade devices, many were grandfathered in to still get their unlimited data.

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GTA 5 Vehicle Details Found in Max Payne 3

Posted: 17 May 2012 08:28 AM PDT

According to some users on the GTA forums, there is some hidden information in the Max Payne 3 game. Specifically, what looks like vehicle names for Grand Theft Auto V, hidden away in a file on the Max Payne 3 game disc.
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LinuxMint 13 Maya RC Announced In Cinnamon And MATE

Posted: 17 May 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Linux Mint has announced the launch of its latest Linux Mint 13 Maya RC release, which is now available in two editions MATE 1.2 desktop and Cinnamon 1.4. Linux Mint explain that the new editions are “among the best available, they're perfectly integrated within Linux Mint and represent great alternatives to Gnome 2 users”

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Scanbox Transforms Your Smartphone Into A Scanner

Posted: 17 May 2012 06:58 AM PDT

If you need to scan a number of document while away from your desktop computer, a neat design allows you to use your smartphone to do just that. Constructed from durable laminated card, the flat packing Scanbox can quickly and easily be assembled to provide a handy mount for your smartphone allowing you to insert documents underneath it for scanning. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Genius WideCam F100 Fitted With Ultra Wide 120 Degree Lens Launches

Posted: 17 May 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Genius has this week launched a new ultra wide angel lens web camera, which is equipped with a 120 degree lens. The new WideCam F100 is capable of capturing full high definition video recordings at 1080p and can take 12 megapixel photographs.

Using the accompanying software Arcsoft Webcam Companion 4, the Genius WideCam F100 webcam can then send these directly to your YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter account.

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Apple Wins iPhone 5 Domain Name Dispute

Posted: 17 May 2012 06:16 AM PDT

Whether or not Apple will call its 2012 iPhone the iPhone 5 remains to be seen, but at least now Apple owns the iPhone5.com domain name if they do decide to use that name for their next smartphone.

The iPhone5.com domain name was registered back in 2008, and Apple took a complaint to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and has now won the dispute over the domain name.

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Google Improves Google+ And Gmail Integration With Quick Contact Access And More

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Google has brought its Google+ social network and its Gmail service a little closer again this week, launching a number of new features that help the two integrate together.

The new features provide users of Gmail with quick access to contact details when viewing past conversations, together with improved integration with Google+ circles.

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Nokia Windows Phone 8 Devices May Launch Before The End Of 2012

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT

We are expecting Microsoft to launch the next version of Windows Phone, which will be Windows Phone 8 Apollo by the end of the year, and now it looks like Nokia has some new Windows 8 smartphones in the works that should launch before the end of 2012.

Now according to Nokia’s distributor in Israel, Eurocom, we will actually see Nokia launching Windows Phone 8 hardware before the end of 2012, as the company recently told the guys over at Techit.co.il.

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HTC’s US Bound Android Handsets Coming With Custom Android Builds

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:33 AM PDT

There has been quite a bit of news this week about HTC’s latest smartphones, the HTC One X and the HTC Evo 4G LTE, both devices are apparently being held in US customs whilst they are investigating whether the devices comply with a previous ITC ruling against HTC.

Now according to the guys over art The Verge, both of the HTC devices in question are using a custom version of Android, that removes the infringing items, where the ITC ruled that previous HTC devices were infringing on Apple’s patents.

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Apple Release OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Beta To Developers

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:23 AM PDT

Apple has released a new build of its latest Mountain Lion operating system to developers this week. The latest updated version of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3 (12A206J) is now available to download and put through its paces from the Mac App Store, for developers to enjoy.

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Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 Android Handset Announced For China

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:16 AM PDT

Motorola has announced the launch of a new Android smartphone for China, the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550, which is designed for music lovers and features a 4 inch WVGA touchscreen display.

The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the device features two camera, up front there is a VGA camera for video chat, on the back there is a 3 megapixel camera for photos and video.

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Samsung Galaxy S III vs HTC One X (Video)

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:07 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy S III is Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone which was announced recently, HTC’s flagship smartphone is the new HTC One X, and it you are wondering how the two device compare have a look at the video below.

The video comparison of the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III was out together by the guys over at Phone Arena, and the video lasts for about 15 minutes so we get a good look at both handsets.

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VIA Technologies Fanless AMOS-3002 Mini Computer Unveiled

Posted: 17 May 2012 05:01 AM PDT

VIA Technologies has unveiled a new addition to their range with the introduction of the fanless AMOS-3002 (Pico-ITX) mini computer measuring just 197(W) x 104(D) x 49(H)mm in size.

The tiny VIA AMOS-3002 computer has been designed to provide customers with an embedded system embedded applications. Including telematics, in-vehicle control, machine to machine controller (M2M), digital signage and kiosks.

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SIM Free LG Optimus L7 Goes Up For Pre-order

Posted: 17 May 2012 04:56 AM PDT

LG announced earlier this month that they had started shipping the new LG Optimus L7 in Europe, and now the SIM free version of the handset has gone up for pre-order in the UK.

The LG Optimus L7 features a 4.3 inch touchscreen display and will come with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Halo 4 Limited Edition, Spartan Ops Mode Unveiled

Posted: 17 May 2012 04:48 AM PDT

This week Microsoft has unveiled a new edition to its Halo 4 game that will take the form of a limited edition version which has been created to expand the multiplayer experience for fans.

The limited edition Halo 4 game will include Spartan Ops, which will be a weekly, limited edition multiplayer experience which will be released in episode format.

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Sprint Acknowledges HTC Evo 4G LTE Launch Delayed

Posted: 17 May 2012 04:22 AM PDT

The HTC Evo 4G LTE was due to land on Sprint later this week, but we heard yesterday that some of HTC’s devices which include the new HTC Evo 4G LTE are being held up by US customs.

The HTC devices are being held by customs after a recent ITC ruling found that HTC had infringed on Apple’s patents, although the latest devices are expected to launch with a workaround.

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HTC Responds To HTC One X Multitasking Issues

Posted: 17 May 2012 04:04 AM PDT

A number of owners of the new HTC One X has reported issues with the way that HTC has implemented multitasking on their new HTC One X smartphone, with users reporting that memory management is to aggressive and some applications are being killed in the background.

HTC has now apparently responded to the issue, although according to HTC everything is working as intended, which doesn’t really solve the problem.

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Netflix Launches New Design For Its Web Based Player

Posted: 17 May 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Netflix the streaming video service has rolled out a new design for its online web video player this week which greatly improves the experience of watching media via their online player. The new design now mirrors that of Netflix’s main navigation pages, with larger buttons and text.

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Facebook Launches Pages Manager App For iPhone

Posted: 17 May 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Facebook has launched a new app for Apple’s iPhone, the app is called Pages Manager, and it is designed to help you manage your Facebook pages like our Geeky Gadgets Facebook page.

The app is reported to come with similar features to the standard Facebook app, the main difference is that it includes all the features of the dedicated Facebook fan pages.

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Steam Remote Download Service Goes Live

Posted: 17 May 2012 03:12 AM PDT

After launching its Steam Remote Download service in beta just a few weeks ago. Steam has now announced its taken the beta wraps of its new Remote Download service, which is now available for all to use.

The new Steam Remote Download service enables gamers to now manage their library of games remotely via the web. Allowing you to purchase games via your smartphone and have it downloaded and ready to play when you return home.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Gets Rooted

Posted: 17 May 2012 03:00 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 only went on sale recently, and now the guys over at the XDA Developers have managed to root the tablet, which means that apps which require root privileges can be installed and opens up installing custom ROMs on the device.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and it features a 10.1 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

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Milo Smartphone Stand With Micro-Suction Technology

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Milo has manufactured a new smartphone stand that has been created with clean lines and equipped with micro-suction technology. Allowing you to stick and re-stick your smartphone to the stand with ease.

The Milo smartphone stand has been designed to be used with Apple’s iPhone, iPod or other any other manufactures smartphone which has a smooth flat hard surface for the miro-suction to adhere to.

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LG Optimus LTE2 Shipping In Korea This Week

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:36 AM PDT

LG has announced that its new flagship Android smartphone, the LG Optimus LTE2 will start shipping in South Korea this week, the device comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The LG Optimus LTE2 features a True HD IPS touchscreen display and 2GB of RAM, a dual core 1.5GHz processor and an 8 megapixel camera, plus a 2,150 mAh battery and LG’s new Optimus UI 3.0 which we saw yesterday.

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Ghost Recon : Future Soldier Launch Trailer (video)

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:25 AM PDT

Ubisoft has this week released a new launch trailer for its upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier game which is launching next week. Whilst playing Ghost Recon Future Soldier you will need to help your team over come the “Bodark“.A dangerous group of elite and fearless soldiers. Equipped with state of the art weaponry, who provide a ominous threat to the Ghost Recon team.

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Asus Transformer TF101 Gets 9.2.1.24 Update

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:09 AM PDT

Asus has released another update for the original Transformer tablet, the Asus TF101, and the latest update is version 9.2.1.24 which brings a range of new features to the tablet.

The Asus TF101 9.2.1.24 update adds the Face Unlock features from Ice Cream Sandwich to the device, and you can now use the front facing camera to unlock your tablet.

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Microsoft Updates Metro Apps Ahead Of Windows 8 Release Preview

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:05 AM PDT

In preparation for the immanent unveiling of a Release Preview of Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft has this week announced its updated a number of the core applications that will come included with Windows 8.

The Windows 8 application which have received a little attention from Microsoft include Photos, Reader, Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging.

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JapanTo Get Samsung Galaxy S III With 2GB Of RAM

Posted: 17 May 2012 02:01 AM PDT

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will be getting a different version of the new Samsung Galaxy S III than the one that is being released in the US and Europe, the handset will come with a Snapdragon S4 processor and will get 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB of RAM.

The NTT DoCoMo Galaxy S III will also come with 32GB of built in storage as standard plus the 2GB of RAM, and will come with the model number SC-06D.

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RunCore InVincible SSD Equipped With Self-Destruct Button (video)

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:47 AM PDT

RunCore has this week unveiled a new addition to their range in the form of the RunCore InVincible SSD, which is equipped with James Bond style destruct buttons. Allowing you to either clear the data on the drive or completely destroy the solid state drive with one click of either the green or red button, depending on your desired destruction method.

Pressing the green button will start a process within the drive to overwrite your data with meaningless code, making sure there is no way to potentially recover data stored on the SSD, and returning the SSD back to its factory default settings.

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Sony Announces New A37 DSLR Camera

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:37 AM PDT

As well as announcing the new Sony NEX-F3, Sony has also added another DSLR to its range with the launch of the Sony A37, which features a 16.1 megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor.

The Sony A37 features a high resolution electronic viewfinder, continuous AF, a high speed shooting mode which can shoot up to 7fps, it can record full HD videos in 1080p at 25 frames per second.

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New Google Knowledge Graph Search Launches For Things Not Strings (video)

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:29 AM PDT

Today Google has launched a new search service called Knowledge Graph, which the search giant has created to make it easier to discover new information quickly and easily about things and already has over 3.5 billion facts in its index.

Google Knowledge Graph has been created to enable users to search for people, places or anything that might be in Google massive index of data, and receive information that is more relevant to your search term. By understanding the words that are in your search phrase and how they relate to each other.

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Evernote Version 4.0 For Android Arrives With Swipe Navigation (video)

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:14 AM PDT

Evernote the awesome notetaking and archiving service, has today released a new version of its Android Evernote application taking it to version 4.0. The latest Evernote 4.0 for Android includes a wealth of new features, including a new home screen, with swipe out hidden menus allowing you to navigate to your notes without the need to jump around the Evernote app.

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Sony Alpha NEX-F3 Gets Official

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:10 AM PDT

We have already seen some leaked photos of the new Sony Alpha NEX-F3, it is now official and it comes with an APS-C size image sensor with 16.1 effective megapixels.

The Sony Alpha NEX-F3 features a 3 inch TFT LCD display with a 921k dot resolution and it can tilt upwards around 180 degrees, it also comes with a built in pop up flash.

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