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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 900 price revealed

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Last week we told you about the Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 900 phone, a special version of the phone designed to make Batman fans go crazy. The phone is limited to just 900 handsets and comes in matte black, embossed with the Batman logo.
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Dell adds XPS One 27 to its all-in-one lineup

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Dell is offering a new all-in-one for back to school. The XPS One 27 all-in-one, which has a sweet 27-inch screen, with an impressive resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. All configurations are going to have Ivy Bridge processors (Core i5 or i7) with up to 16GB of memory, and a 1TB 7,200RPM hard drive that can be swapped for a 2TB HDD or 32GB SSD.
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Hand Written Memo from Steve Jobs during His Atari Tenure Hits Auction Block

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:03 AM PDT

We all know Steve Jobs is the head of Apple during its most important time. Jobs did spend some time at Atari before his Apple days as well and a hand written memo he made and sent to another Atari worker is set to hit the Sotheby’s auction block.

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Ematic unveils new eGlide Steal 7-inch tablet

Posted: 29 May 2012 06:54 AM PDT

Ematic has a new and very affordable seven-inch capacitive screen Android tablet called the eGlide Steal. The little tablet runs the Android 4.0 operating system and will cost only $119. For the price, the machine is a good deal, but it’s not going to break any benchmark records.

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Bobber Floating Handle Keeps Your GoPro Camera Afloat

Posted: 29 May 2012 06:03 AM PDT

If you use or are planning to use your GoPro action camera for watersports. You might be interested in a new device called the Bobber, that allows you to easily grip your GoPro camera to get those extract special camera views. But also keeps it afloat if you happen to drop it in the water by mistake.

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Scalado PhotoBeamer Slideshow Creator iOS App (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:47 AM PDT

Scalado has today launched a new photo photo application called PhotoBeamer that allows you to project images from your iPhone directly to a HDTV. Allowing you an alternative way to view images when Airplay may not be available.  Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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ioShutter DSLR iOS Camera Remote

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:27 AM PDT

Photojojo has this week added a new camera remote to their range of products called the ioShutter. Which has been designed to transform your iPhone or iOS device into an advanced remote shutter remote.

The ioShutter camera shutter remote consists of a cord and iOS application, allowing you to control your DSLR camera shutter directly from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

 

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Sony Unveils Ice White PSP-E1000

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:01 AM PDT

Sony has today announced a new addition to their PSP range with the unveiling of a new Ice White PSP. The new Ice White PSP will be arriving in stores within Europe and the UK during July, and will be priced at around £89.99 or €99.99.

The Ice White PSP-E1000 is a version of the budget PSP system that was revealed last year, and is slightly larger in size than the PSP-3000 model, measuring 172.4 × 73.4 × 21.6 mm compared to 169.4 x 71.4 x 18.6 mm.

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Android 4.0 Update Leaked For LG Spectrum

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:59 AM PDT

When the LG Spectrum landed on Verizon the handset came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Verizon recently announced that the LG Spectrum would be getting updated to the latest version of Google’s OS.

Now it would appear that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LG Spectrum has been leaked, and it is now available to download from the XDA Developers Forums.

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Ubi Interactive Utilises Kinect To Convert Any Surface Into A Touch Screen

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:48 AM PDT

Ubi Interactive has unveiled a new system that uses Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller to convert a regular projector to create an interactive touchscreen. The Ubi system utilises the motion-tracking and depth-perception of Microsoft’s Kinect controller.

To provide users with a method of interacting with the projection, by pointing, swiping and tapping on the projected image. Anup Chathoth, of the Munich-based startup Ubi Interactive, explains a little more about their new system.

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Motorola RAZR HD Appears In 3rd Party Systems

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:41 AM PDT

It looks like Motorola may be about to release a new Android smartphone, the Motorola RAZR HD, which according to the guys over at Brief Mobile has started to appear in some third party Cellbrite systems, as you can see in the photo below.

The Motorola RAZR HD is rumored to come with a 4.6 inch HD display, probably with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, plus a dual core 1.5GH Snapdragon S4 processor and 1GB of RAM.

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Twig iPhone Charger And Tripod (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:32 AM PDT

Jason Hilbourne has designed a very innovative multipurpose device called the Twig, that will not only charge your iPhone, but can also be used as a tripod when required. The Twig cable and tripod is small enough to slip in your pocket and measures just 102mm long.

Twig is also made to be bendable using an internal wire skeleton, allowing you to position both the tripod legs, and use it as a iPhone stand when plugged into a USB port. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Trackball PC Game Controller Lands On Kickstarter (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:07 AM PDT

A new PC games controller has started its journey over on the Kickstarter website, looking to make the jump from concept to production. The controller which is still yet to be named has been created by Peter Von Buskirk, to bridge the gap between typical PC style and console style gaming control. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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32GB Nokia Lumia 900 On The Way, Confirmed By O2 Germany

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:53 AM PDT

German mobile carrier O2 has confirmed that they will be offering a 32GB version of the new Nokia Lumia 900, the handset will be a white version of the Lumia 900 and will share the same specifications as the existing device apart from the 32GB of storage.

O2 have yet to announce when the 32GB white version of the Nokia Lumia 900 will be available and have as yet not released an details on how much the handset will retail for.

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LG E970 For AT&T Android Smartphone Leaked

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:45 AM PDT

It looks like AT&T will be getting a version of the LG Optimus LTE2 (pictured below), according to some benchmarks which were discovered by the guys from GSM Arena, the device is referred to as the LG E970 in the benchmarks, although there are no details on what it will be called when it lands on AT&T.

The LG E970 is expected to come with a 1.5GHz processor, although it isn’t clear whether this will be the dual core Snapdragon S4 or the quad core Krait processor.

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Samsung Confirms Blue Galaxy S III Delayed In Some Regions

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:23 AM PDT

Earlier today Samsung officially launched the Galaxy S III, which is supposed to be available in blue and white versions, although there have been rumors over the last few days that the blue version may be delayed.

We just got an email from the guys over at Mobile Fun who have received an official statement from Samsung, and they have confirmed that the blue Galaxy S III will be delayed in some regions.

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Olympus Creates World’s Thinnest Videoscope (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:23 AM PDT

Olympus has this week announced and revealed that they have created the world’s slimmest industrial videoscope, measuring just 2.4mm in diameter. The super slim Olympus iPLEX TX industrial videoscope is fitted with a miniature CMOS at one end, combined with HDR image processing technology called WiDER. Watch the video after the jump to see the iPLEX TX industrial videoscope in action.

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CPU Top Trumps Is The Ultimate Geeky Card Game

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:11 AM PDT

We have featured many different games here on Geeky Gadgets, but this fantastic CPU Wars card came is the ultimate game for any Top Trump fans, however CPU Wars surely has to be the ultimate geeky card game.

Along the lines of Top Trumps CPU Wars lists the CPU specifications, such as Max Clock Speed, Max Bus Speed, Introduction Year, Transistor count and Data Width etc. Allowing you to battle it out in geeky CPU Top Trump style.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 Lands In Europe

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:07 AM PDT

The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 was announced at CES earlier in the year, and now the notebook is available in Europe with a number of German retailers listing the device for 809 Euros.

The ThinkPad Edge S430 comes with a dual core Intel Core i5 3210M 2.5 GHz Ivy Bridge processor, plus a 14 inch display with a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels.

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Samsung Music Hub Launched In Europe

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:56 AM PDT

Along with the launch of the new Galaxy S III smartphone Samsung has also announced its new music service for the UK, Germany and France, the Samsung Music Hub.

The Samsung Music Hub offers song streaming from a catalog of 19million songs, plus a cloud based service similar to Apple’s iTunes Match that comes with 100GB of storage.

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Google Mobile Places App Update Increases Search Speeds And More

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:54 AM PDT

Over the weekend Google rolled out a new update to its mobile Google Places application. Which has brought with it a number of new enhancements, together with a much needed increase in search speeds. Allowing your to find what you are looking for even faster.

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Diablo III PvP Patch Incoming Soon Reveals Blizzard

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:44 AM PDT

Since the very successful launch of Diablo III making it the fastest selling PC game ever. Blizzard has been busy releasing a number of updates and patches to correct a few issues gamers have been experiencing in the last few weeks.

With the roll out of the most recent update, Blizzard revealed that a PvP patch will be incoming shortly, and will enable the highly anticipated Player vs Player gameplay mode within Diablo III.

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Sony Xperia Neo And Xperia Arc Gets Android 4.0 Update

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT

Sony has released the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for two of its Xperia devices, the Sony Xperia Neo and the Sony Xperia Arc, and the update should be available now as Android 4.0.4.

It looks like some other Xperia devices should be getting the update at the same time as well, according to the guys over at the Xperia Blog, the Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and the Xperia Ray, which were previously running Android 4.0.3 should be getting the Android 4.0.4 update shortly.

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Panasonic Lumix FX90 Camera Receives Lumix Remote iOS And Android App

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:31 AM PDT

Owners of a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX90 camera, or anyone thinking of purchasing one might be interested to learn that a new remote application has been created by Panasonic for both iOS and Android devices.

The new Lumix Remote app allows you use the Live View screen on your Lumix DMC-FX90 digital camera, is its equipped with a wireless communication function, to be displayed directly onto your smartphone’s screen.

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HTC Sensation XL Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update In Europe

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:11 AM PDT

It looks like another one of HTC’s smartphones is receiving the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, as a number of owners of the HTC Sensation XL in Europe have reported receiving the update.

The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the HTC Sensation XL comes with HTC Sense 3.6 and it is now apparently available for the handset on multiple mobile networks in the UK and Europe.

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Tomb Raider Gameplay Teaser Trailer (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:02 AM PDT

A new teaser trailer has been released this week in the run up to the E3 games exhibition. The new Tomb Radier trailer shows first shots of the gameplay you can expect from the Tomb Raider reboot when it arrives. The short Tomb Raider teaser trailer also announced that the full trailer, featuring a longer look at the new game will be arriving on May 31st.

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Asus To Unveil New Transformer Tablet At Computex

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:50 AM PDT

It looks like Asus may have a new Transformer tablet in the works as the company has revealed a video teaser of a new device with the words ‘Next Transformations’ with a hint to a new device that will be announced at Computex.

As yet we don’t have any actual information from Asus on what they plan to reveal, so it could possibly be a new tablet or maybe another device have a look at the teaser video below.

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Futulele iPad Ukelele App Launches (video)

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:43 AM PDT

You might remember back in March we featured the Futulele iOS app which back then was just a prototype application and still under development. Well if you fancy play the ukelele from your iPad you will be please to know that the Futulele iPad application has now launched and is available to download from the iTunes app store for $4.99. Check out the video after the jump to see it in action.

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SIM Free Samsung Galaxy S III Delayed?

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:39 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy S III is due to go on sale in the UK today, we had the official announcement from Samsung earlier this morning, although there seem to be some reports that there may be a few delays with some versions of the Galaxy S III.

According to the guys over at Clove, who were expecting to have the SIM free version of the Samsung Galaxy S III available from tomorrow, they won’t have any stock of the handset until the 1st of June for the white version and the 5th of June for the blue version.

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LG Unveils Dual Purpose Displays Combining Both TV And PC Monitor

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

LG has today unveiled a pair of new displays which have been added to their range, that perform equally as well as either a TV or PC monitor. The two new LG DM2752 and M2752 displays are both 24 inch in size and provide full HD resolution playback, featuring IPS panels, with lifelike colour and extremely wide viewing angles.

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Foxconn Taking Orders For Apple’s New HDTV (Rumor)

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:15 AM PDT

We have been hearing quite a bit about Apple’s rumored HDTV over the last few months, although we have yet to hear anything official from Apple, and have no idea when the Apple HDTV may launch.

According to a recent report by Chinese publication Sina, Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn has apparently started to take orders to build Apple’s new HDTV.

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Australian Regulators To Investigate Google Street View

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:54 AM PDT

Google’s Street View came under a fair amount of criticism for regulators around the world last year after it was discovered that Google’s Street View cars were collecting data from people’s WiFi networks.

One of the countries that previously investigated Google’s Street View was Australia, who ended up ruling that Google had to publish an apology and undertake a Privacy Impact Assessment and also consult with Australia’s Privacy Commissioner regarding future data collection.

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Prototype iPad With Dual Dock Connectors Appears Online

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:43 AM PDT

Apple released their first iPad back in 2010, and now a prototype of the original iPad which we have not seen before has appeared online, the device was recently listed on eBay and ended up selling for $10,200.

As you can see from the photos below this prototype of the original first generation iPad features dual dock connectors, one on the bottom and one on the side of the iPad.

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Samsung Launches The Galaxy S III

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Samsung has announced that their latest Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III has now launched in 28 countries around the world, they have also said that the Galaxy S III will be available in a total of 145 countries with 296 mobile carriers by July.

The Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale in the UK and Europe today, and the handset comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, plus a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

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Knack Hiring Gamification System Currently Under Trial

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Israeli start-up Knack is hoping companies are ready for the idea that the best candidate for any given job may be evaluated using a video game. Candidates play one fo four games, with the aim of extrapolating their cognitive skills into an evaluation which is then forwarded to their potential employer.

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Capcom Shortening Devil May Cry Dev Cycles

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:57 PM PDT

Whether feeling the pinch from mobile gaming, taking advantage of improved production pipelines, trying to consolidate its major franchises or any combination of the above, Capcom is reportedly ditching its traditional four year development cycle. Speaking to investors, Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto pledged to “reduce the time needed to develop major titles from the usual three to four years to only two and a half years.”

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Digital Chocolate CEO Resigns, 180 Employees Laid Off

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate (and EA for that matter) founder, is leaving his position as CEO amid company-wide layoffs and studio closures, aiming to take more of an advisory role in the near future. Around 180 employees have been reportedly let go in Russia, San Mateo and India, though the figures have not yet been officially confirmed.

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Just Cause Studio Hiring For Open World Action Game

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:46 PM PDT

The news comes as part of Avalanche’s recruitment drive at the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North Hotel on Wednesday 30th May for the benefit of former 38 Studios employees. The dev is collaborating with the same publisher who brought the first two Just Cause games to market, so it’s looking fairly likely this is the latest entry in that series.

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Kingdoms Of Amalur Never Getting Patched

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:22 PM PDT

While some games get patched so extensively after launch that they essentially turn into a new product (*cough* Team Fortress 2 *cough*), other games never even get their first patch. Following the collapse of 38 Studios, the studio’s first and only game, Kingdoms of Amalur, would seem to be left in the latter category.

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Carmageddon Kickstarter Gets Funded With 10 Days To Spare

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:09 PM PDT

If there’s one thing Kickstarter runs on, it’s nostalgia. And while a lot of original and innovative projects occasionally get funded, the nostalgia vote is always a sure thing, especially when it comes to gratuitous vehicular violence. Was there anyone on the planet not expecting the Carmageddon Kickstarter to blow through its funding goal? Because it did, and then some.

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BBC Takes Halo UNSC Emblem For United Nations Logo

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:51 PM PDT

In what can either be described as an indictment of the UN logo’s complete lack of memorable features or a testament to Bungie’s artists, a BBC news segment on Syria used the Halo UNSC logo to signify the United Nations. An official apology quickly followed, as well as a quick purge of the image from every subsequent broadcast.

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