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- Future iPad to have display with built-in speakers?
- Torchlight 2 for Mac is still a few months away
- Verizon FiOS TV Media Server Expected To Launch Very Soon
- Rovios Bad Piggies Hits The Top Spot In US App Store In Just Three Hours
- iOS 6 Users Reporting Problems With WiFi On iPhone And iPad
- Mujjo iPhone 5 Wallet And Sleeve, Created From Natural Materials
- SwingTIP Uses Bluetooth to Record Details on Your Golf Swing
- ADATA Shows off Crazy Thin DashDrive Elite HE720
- Google To Launch $99 Nexus Tablet Later This Year (Rumor)
- Android YouTube App Update Brings Pre-loading To Froyo And Gingerbread And More
- Samsung ATIV Tab Windows RT Tablets Up For Pre-order In The UK, Launches Next Month
- Steam For Linux Entering Private Beta In October
- Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive Supercar Unveiled (0-62mph in 3.9 Seconds)
- Google’s Eric Schmidt Talks About Apple’s Patent Lawsuits
- Sony Xperia T Now Available From Three UK
- BlueStacks AMD Partnership Brings 500,000 Android Apps To Windows Systems Via AppZone (video)
- Bad Piggies For iPhone Hands On (Photos)
- Google Takeout Now Supports Re-Downloading Of Original YouTube Videos
- Nokia Lumia 920 And 820 Prices And Launch Date Announced For Europe
- Apple Files A Patent For Siri
- Sennheiser U 320 Multi-Platform Gaming Headset Unveiled
- Qualcomm Annouces Snapdragon S4 Play Processors
- LG Display Files Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung
- Google Celebrates Its 14th Birthday
- Rovio’s Bad Piggies Lands On Android, iOS And The Mac App Store
- Facebook Partners With DropBox For Easier File Sharing
- Sony Xperia Ion On AT&T Gets Android ICS Update
- Nokia Lumia 920 And Lumia 820 Go Up For Pre-order In Russia
- Facebook Deleting Thousands Of Fake Accounts And Page Likes
- Huawei Ascend P1 LTE Headed To EE In The UK
- Libratone Zipp Mobile AirPlay Speaker Launches For $399
- HTC One X+ For T-Mobile Photo Leaked
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Extended Zombie Trailer And Modes Revealed (video)
- HackBerry A10 Android Mini PC Developer Board Now Shipping For $65
- New Zealand PM Apologies To Kim Dotcom For Spying On Him
- Asus Transformer Pad Infinity And Prime Receiving Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update This Week
- Full Wii U Launch Day Games Line-Up Revealed
- LG Optimus Vu 2 Gets Official
- Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Developer Kits Now Available To Pre-Order (video)
- Jaguar F-Type Announced At Paris Auto Show
- FORM 1 Affordable High Resolution 3D Printer Hits Kickstarter (video)
- Google Maps Street View Arriving Via iOS Mobile Safari Browser Within Weeks
- Samsung Galaxy Camera Up For Pre-Order In The UK
- Android Remote Data Wipe Flaw May Affect Other Android Devices
- Intel Denies CEO Said Windows 8 Is Being Released Before It Is Ready
- Samsung Galaxy S III Headed To MetroPCS Next Month
- iPhone 5′s A6 Processor Clocked At Close To 1.3GHz According To GeekBench
- Why Apple Switched From Google Maps To iOS 6 Maps
Future iPad to have display with built-in speakers? Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT The innovation never stops at Apple and if you look at the company's patents, they can be a good indicator as to what the company’s plans are for the future. A new patent by Apple, published today, refers to a flexible display that can be equipped with a bunch of interesting features. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Torchlight 2 for Mac is still a few months away Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:26 AM PDT Last week Runic Games officially released Torchlight 2 for Windows. But sadly Mac OS gamers will have to wait at least a little while longer. Runic Games' CEO, Max Schaefer has revealed that the Mac OS version of Torchlight 2 is on the way, but it is still a couple of months away from being completed. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Verizon FiOS TV Media Server Expected To Launch Very Soon Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:54 AM PDT It has been revealed this week that Verizon is nearing the end of development for a new product to its range in the form of a media server. Which has been designed to enable users to enjoy using multiple third-party devices simultaneously via their home network to view and control FiOS TV services. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Rovios Bad Piggies Hits The Top Spot In US App Store In Just Three Hours Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT It looks like Rovio Mobile’s latest game, Bad Piggies is already a hit, as the game is now top of the charts in the US app store, and it took Bad Piggies just three hours to hit the top of the charts. We also just checked the UK app store, and Rovio’s Bad Piggies is also in the number one spot, we wonder if it has hit top of the charts in more countries around the world. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
iOS 6 Users Reporting Problems With WiFi On iPhone And iPad Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT Apple launched iOS 6 last week, and now it would appear that a number of iOS device owners are having problems with WiFi since they have upgraded to iOS 6. The problems seem to be affecting the iPhone 4S and the iPad 3, and a number of users are having problems with their WiFi being disabled and the option to connect to WiFi ‘grayed out’, it also looks like Bluetooth connectivity is having similar problems for a number of users. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Mujjo iPhone 5 Wallet And Sleeve, Created From Natural Materials Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT As more time passes after the launch of the iPhone 5 you can expect to see a mass of iPhone 5 cases arriving on the market joining the mass thats already available, some even before its launch. However if you are looking for something a little more unique, not made from metal or plastic as most iPhone 5 cases are, you might be interested in the new iPhone 5 wallet and sleeve created by Mujjo. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
SwingTIP Uses Bluetooth to Record Details on Your Golf Swing Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT If you’re an avid golfer looking to improve your game a new technology device is available to monitor your swing called SwingTIP Golf Swing Analyzer. The device is a Bluetooth-enabled 3-D motion sensor that you attach to your golf club. It records data about your swing and can send details to a special website or apps running on iOS or Android devices. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
ADATA Shows off Crazy Thin DashDrive Elite HE720 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:17 AM PDT ADATA has unveiled a new external hard drive that claims to be the world’s slimmest USB 3.0 external storage device. The drive is called the DashDrive Elite HE720 is only 8.9 mm thick. The drive uses USB 3.0 connectivity for faster data access. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Google To Launch $99 Nexus Tablet Later This Year (Rumor) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:09 AM PDT Google’s current Nexus 7 tablet retails for $199 and $249, but if a recent report from Digitimes is correct, Google intends to launch an even cheaper android tablet before the end of the year. According to the report Google and Asus are working on a new Nexus 7 tablet and there will apparently be two models available, one which retails for $199 and one which retails for $99. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Android YouTube App Update Brings Pre-loading To Froyo And Gingerbread And More Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT Google has today rolled out a new update for its YouTube for Android application, which has brought with it a number of new features, tweaks and performance enhancements. One of the biggest additions in this update is support for pre-loading which has now been added for devices running Froyo and Gingerbread Android operating systems. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Samsung ATIV Tab Windows RT Tablets Up For Pre-order In The UK, Launches Next Month Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:00 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Samsung ATIV Tab Windows RT tablet that was announced at the end of August, this new Windows RT tablet is now available to pre-order and will go on sale in the UK at the end of October. UK retailer Clove are now taking pre-orders on the Samsung ATIV Tab, and this new Windows RT tablet will retail for £549 including taxes when it hits the UK next month. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Steam For Linux Entering Private Beta In October Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT Linux users who are looking forward to the arrival of Valve’s Steam gaming network on to the Linux platform. Might be pleased to learn that Valve is going to start a closed Linux beta development stage next month that will see a 1,000 users put the new software through its paces. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive Supercar Unveiled (0-62mph in 3.9 Seconds) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:44 AM PDT A production ready Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive supercar has been unveiled this week at the Paris Automative Show 2012, and is described as the world’s most powerful series production electric car. The newly unveiled SLS AMG Electric Drive supercar created by Mercedes-Benz might be the most powerful electric production car but it also sports a massive $500,000 price tag to match. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Google’s Eric Schmidt Talks About Apple’s Patent Lawsuits Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT Google’s Eric Schmidt has talked about what he thinks on the various lawsuits between Apple and Android manufacturers, like Samsung and HTC, at a press conference for the launch of the Nexus 7 in Korea. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Sony Xperia T Now Available From Three UK Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:26 AM PDT UK mobile carrier Three is now offering the new Sony Xperia T on their network in the UK, the handset is available fro £29 up front on a range of monthly contracts with prices starting at £34 per month. There are also offering the Xperia T on their pre-paid paid as you go contracts, this option will set you back £399 for the handset, although you are not signed up to a lengthy contract. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
BlueStacks AMD Partnership Brings 500,000 Android Apps To Windows Systems Via AppZone (video) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT BlueStacks the awesome program that allows you to run Android application on Mac OS X and Windows systems has today announced a partnership it has struck with AMD. Enabling Bluestacks to bring over 500,000 Android applications to Windows systems and now specifically optimised for AMD GPUs and APUs. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the BlueStacks software. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Bad Piggies For iPhone Hands On (Photos) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:06 AM PDT Rovio Mobile just released their sequel to Angry Birds, called bad Piggies you play as one of the green pigs instead of the Angry Birds, and the game play is quite a bit different than Angry Birds. In Bad Piggies the idea of the game is to build transport for the green pigs out of various parts, and you then have to move the pigs around using your newly created vehicle. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Google Takeout Now Supports Re-Downloading Of Original YouTube Videos Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:04 AM PDT Google on their 14th Birthday has rolled out a new feature to their Google Takeout service, which now allows YouTube users to re-download their original videos in the format they originally up-loaded them to YouTube in. Previously Google’s YouTube has allowed users to download individual transcoded videos from your YouTube Video Manager. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Nokia Lumia 920 And 820 Prices And Launch Date Announced For Europe Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:48 AM PDT Nokia has today announced European SIM-free pricing for its new Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 smartphones, which will be arriving in Italy and Germany in November. Both the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 will be arriving on the Vodafone cellular network in Germany and in Italy on TIM, 3 Italy, Vodafone and Wind, with the Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 flagship being priced at €649 or $836 approximately, while the Nokia Lumia 820 will be priced at €499 or $643. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:36 AM PDT Apple’s voice activated virtual assistant Siri, is now on a number of Apple devices, which include the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and the new iPad, and now Apple has filed a patent with the USPTO for an ‘intelligent Automated Assistant’, that would be Siri then. You can see a small extract from the patent filing below, and the patent was originally filed back on the 9th of June of this year, although it has only been revealed today. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Sennheiser U 320 Multi-Platform Gaming Headset Unveiled Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:34 AM PDT Audio specialist Sennheiser has today unveiled a new addition to its range of gaming headsets with the launch of its new Sennheiser U 320. Sennheiser has put their 65 years worth of audio experience in designing the U 320 to be an all round multi-platform headset for gamers. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Qualcomm Annouces Snapdragon S4 Play Processors Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:28 AM PDT Qualcomm has announced the launch of two new processors designed to be used in smartphones , the two new processors are called the Snapdragon S4 processors. The two new chipsets are MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q and are designed to be used in entry level smartphones, and there will be dual core and quad core versions available. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
LG Display Files Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT It looks like Apple is not the only company suing Samsung, as now LG Display has filed a patent lawsuit against Samsung relating to the OLED technology used in some of Samsung’s Galaxy devices. Samsung devices which have been listed in the lawsuit include the new Galaxy S III smartphone, the Galaxy Note and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Google Celebrates Its 14th Birthday Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:54 AM PDT Today the search engine giant Google celebrates its 14th Birthday, and to celebrate Google has created its very own animated Google doodle which transforms from a chocolate cake into the Google logo, which is underneath the cake and fourteen candles, as it virtually gets eaten. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Rovio’s Bad Piggies Lands On Android, iOS And The Mac App Store Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:46 AM PDT Rovio mobile has just announced that their latest game, Bad Piggies is now available to download from the Google Play Store, Apple’s iOS app store and also the Mac App store. They have also announced that it will be headed to Windows Phone in the future and also the PC, the game is a sequel to the massively popular Angry Birds, although this time you play as the green pigs instead of the Angry birds. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Facebook Partners With DropBox For Easier File Sharing Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:40 AM PDT Dropbox has announced this week that it has partnered with Facebook to provide an easier way to share Dropbox files and documents, with Facebook Groups. The new features now allows Facebook users to share files from Dropbox directly inside Facebook Groups, in a simpler way to creating other posts within Facebook. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Sony Xperia Ion On AT&T Gets Android ICS Update Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:29 AM PDT Sony and US mobile carrier AT&T have announced that they have now released the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sony Xperia Ion, and the update should be available for your device as of now. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sony Xperia Ion on AT&T is not being released as an OTA update, to get it you will have to connect your handset to your computer and use Sony’s PC update software. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Nokia Lumia 920 And Lumia 820 Go Up For Pre-order In Russia Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:19 AM PDT It looks like Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphones have gone up for pre-order in Russia, both the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820 are now available to pre-order from Nokia’s website. The Nokia Lumia 920 is priced at 24,990 rubles which works out at around $401 at today’s exchange rate, and the Nokia Lumia 820 is priced at 19,900 rubles, which works out at around $640. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Facebook Deleting Thousands Of Fake Accounts And Page Likes Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:14 AM PDT In an attempt to clean up its membership and weed out false accounts Facebook has started to delete thousands of fake accounts from its system. Starting this week Facebook started purging the fake accounts and removing false Page Likes from accounts, following on from the site integrity improvements Facebook rolled out last month. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Huawei Ascend P1 LTE Headed To EE In The UK Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:10 AM PDT Huawei has announced that their new LTE smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE is headed to the UK’s first 4G LTE capable network EE, the device will be available exclusively through EE in the UK at launch. Huawei has also said that the Ascend P1 LTE will be available in other markets as well, although they did not give a launch date for the UK and also did not reveal any pricing. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Libratone Zipp Mobile AirPlay Speaker Launches For $399 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:00 AM PDT Libratone has this week unveiled a new addition to its range in the form of the Libratone Zipp Mobile AirPlay speaker, which can be wrapped in a colourful woollen cover of your choice. The Zipp speakersupports direct AirPlay connections using Libratone's own PlayDirect WiFi technology, and doesn’t require a wireless network to connect to your iPhone or iPad tablet. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
HTC One X+ For T-Mobile Photo Leaked Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:49 AM PDT We have been hearing rumors about a new HTC One X+ smartphone for a while, and now a photo of what is reported to be the T-Mobile version of the HTC One X+ has appeared online. The HTC One X+ photo which you can see below was posted to Twitter by @evleaks, who has posted a number of other devices over the last few months that have turned out to be the real deal. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Extended Zombie Trailer And Modes Revealed (video) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:45 AM PDT Following on from the shorter Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombie trailer released by Treyarch last week. The company has this week released a longer 2 minute version of the trailer that reveals a little more of what you can expect from the game and the Zombie horde. As well as releasing the new Zombie trailer Treyarch has also unveiled lots of details about the Zombie modes within Black Ops 2. That will include multiple modes, called Tranzit, Survival and Grief which caters for up to 8 players. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
HackBerry A10 Android Mini PC Developer Board Now Shipping For $65 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:23 AM PDT At the beginning of August some of our readers might remember the launch of a new developer board called the HackBerry A10, which would be soon available for around $60. Well those of you anxiously waiting to get your hands on one, will be pleased to know that the HackBerry A10 has now started shipping for $65 (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
New Zealand PM Apologies To Kim Dotcom For Spying On Him Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:14 AM PDT New Zealand’s Prime Minister has issued a public apology to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, after it was discovered that a New Zealand security agency spied on Kim Dotcom illegally. The security agency is not allowed to spy on New Zealand citizens, and Kim Dotcom was a New Zealand citizen when the spying took place, it happened before the raid on Dotcom’s New Zealand residence as part of an FBI investigation into Megaupload. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity And Prime Receiving Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update This Week Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:10 AM PDT Yesterday Asus rolled out a new update to its Transformer Pad Infinity And Prime tablets providing them with Google’s latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Now Asus representative Gary Key explained on the XDA forums that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system update will also be rolling out to the US and Canada anytime. Read the full announcement after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Full Wii U Launch Day Games Line-Up Revealed Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT Nintendo has today published a press released which has listed all the games that will be available for their Wii U games console when it launches later this year on November 18th 2012. Unfortunately it was also officially confirmed by Nintendo UK earlier this week that the Wii U will be region locked, making it impossible to play games from Japan and the US on a European Wi U console, without modification. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:53 AM PDT On Monday we saw some leaked specifications on LG’s new Optimus Vu 2 smartphone, and now the device is official and we have details on the handsets full specifications. The LG Optimus Vu 2 comes with a 5 inch touchscreen display with a 4:3 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, processing is provided by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 MSM8960 processor. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Developer Kits Now Available To Pre-Order (video) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT After a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised $2,437,429 after only requiring a funding of just $250,00 the new awesome Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is now available to pre-order, with shipping starting in January. The new Oculus Rift developer kits are now available to pre-order from the Oculus website for $300 or for $345 with international shipping included. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Jaguar F-Type Announced At Paris Auto Show Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:40 AM PDT Jaguar has announced their latest sports car at this years Paris Auto Show, the Jaguar F-Type, which is the first tw0-seater sports car that Jaguar has announced since the E-Type 50 years ago. The Jaguar F-Type features a 3.0 litre V6 supercharged engine with 340 horsepower and 339 pound-feet of torque, plus an F-Type S features 380 horsepower, and there will also be a F-Type V8 S model that comes with 495 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque from a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8, have a look at the photos below. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
FORM 1 Affordable High Resolution 3D Printer Hits Kickstarter (video) Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:34 AM PDT A new affordable professional 3D printer called FORM 1 has started its journey on Kickstarter this week, and has already raised 5 times what it required to build in just the first days of launching it campaign. The FORM 1 3d Printer has been designed and developed by Formlabs, and has been created to provide professional creators with an affordable high-resolution 3D printer. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the FORM 1 3D Printer project and see it in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Google Maps Street View Arriving Via iOS Mobile Safari Browser Within Weeks Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:23 AM PDT Since Apple released its new iOS 6 mobile operating system, and replaced the original Google Maps iOS application with their own Maps app, which is currently a “work in progress”. Many iOS users have started to miss the awesome Google Maps application which they took for granted on their iOS devices, and even though Google is currently working on a standalone Google Maps application for iOS, its still a few months from release. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Samsung Galaxy Camera Up For Pre-Order In The UK Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:25 AM PDT Samsung recently announced their first Android powered camera, the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and now the device is available to pre-order in the UK. UK retailer Clove has just put the Samsung Galaxy Camera up for pre-order, and the device will retail for £399 including taxes, although an exact launch date has not been given. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Android Remote Data Wipe Flaw May Affect Other Android Devices Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:44 PM PDT We have been hearing quite a bit about a remote data wipe flaw that was discovered to affect Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones, Samsung quickly patched the flaw, but now it would appear that other Android devices could be susceptible to the flaw. According Dylan Reeve, the remote data wipe security flaw can also affect other Android devices from other manufacturers and he has managed to replicate the same issue on other handsets. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Intel Denies CEO Said Windows 8 Is Being Released Before It Is Ready Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:34 PM PDT Yesterday there was a rumor that Intel CEO Paul Otellini had told employees that Microsoft are releasing Windows 8 before their new OS was finished, and now Intel has denied the claims that their CEO had said that Windows 8 was not ready for release. Intel has now released an official press release denying the claims, with a quote from their CEO on how good Windows 8 is for Intel. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Samsung Galaxy S III Headed To MetroPCS Next Month Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:19 PM PDT It looks like Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone is headed to another carrier, MetroPCS, as the device is now listed on their website with a launch date of October. MetroPCS have not listed any pricing on their website for the Samsung Galaxy S III and have also not given an exact date in October on when the handset will be available on their network. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
iPhone 5′s A6 Processor Clocked At Close To 1.3GHz According To GeekBench Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:11 PM PDT Apple’s new iPhone 5 comes with a new Apple designed A6 processor, the processor is dual core and was previously thought to have a clock speed of around 1GHz, although some new Geekbench tests have revealed it may have a higher clock speed closer to 1.3GHz. Geekbench have just released a new version of their App for iOS, and according to Geekbench the latest version of the app “features a dramatically improved processor frequency detection algorithm, which consistently reports the A6′s frequency as 1.3GHz.”. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
Why Apple Switched From Google Maps To iOS 6 Maps Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:02 PM PDT We heard yesterday that Apple still had around a year left on their maps contract with Google, and there has been a lot of speculation on why Apple changed from Google Maps to their own Maps app so quickly. According to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, Apple’s contract with Google would have run out around June of next year, meaning they would have had to release their Maps App without a major release of iOS, the next major version , iOS 7, will probably land around September or October of next year. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
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