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Friday, October 11, 2013

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Rumor: Google Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat to Launch on October 15th

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:42 AM PDT

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It’s literally raining Nexus 5 leaks. We’ve seen so many leaks that points towards the possible launch date of the handset as well as its specifications since it got leaked in the Android 4.4 KitKat promo video last month. Earlier this month, a rumor surfaced mentioning that Google Nexus 5 will see the daylight on October 14th, but it seems that it’s incorrect. A new rumor suggests that Google Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat will launch on Tuesday, October 15th. It was also disclosed by KitKat Germany on Facebook that it’s going to launch in October.

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HTC One Max Leaked Yet Again

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT

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Earlier today, we saw some leaked specifications of the purported HTC One Max showing us what the phablet is expected to bring at the table. Interestingly, the leaked specifications page didn’t have anything new at all. We almost know everything about the alleged phablet. We even saw the device in several leaked images from head to toe, showing us the 5.9-incher from every possible angle. Now, another image surface from Weibo that shows us the purported HTC One Max.

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Much i5 Android Smartphone Has Physical Gaming Controls

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT

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Handheld gaming is as popular as ever, with our mobile games and the Nintendo DS as well as Sony PSP. It shows no signs of slowing or stopping. Gaming on smartphones and tablets is all the rage. So this Much i5 Android-powered device could be pretty popular with consumers.
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ACER Launches C720 Chromebook For $249.99

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 07:38 AM PDT

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The ACER C720 has now been officially launched in the US at the very reasonable price of $249.99. This Chromebook features Intel's Haswell architecture (Intel Celeron 2955U) which delivers a much longer battery life when the processor is idle or performing low-intensity tasks.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Launched In The US for $549.99

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 07:14 AM PDT

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Last month at IFA 2013, Samsung unveiled their 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 tablet along with Note 3 and Galaxy Gear. The tablet was available for pre-orders on several retailers including Best Buy, Amazon and more.

Now, you can grab the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition WiFi model from Amazon and Best Buy for $549.99 for the 16GB version while the 32GB variant will set you back by $599.99. The tablet is available in both black and white colors.

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LG G Pro Lite Smartphone Gets Official

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:47 AM PDT

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Back in late September, rumblings of a new smartphone from LG called the Optimus G Pro Lite surfaced. LG has now gone official offering up all the details on the LG G Pro Lite smartphone. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 960 x 540. The phone also has a very large battery to go along with its big-screen.

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Temple Run Oz Available for Free From Apple Store App

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:32 AM PDT

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If you’re a fan of Temple Run and its sequel, there’s a high probability that you will like Temple Run Oz as well. The game is available for just $0.99 from the App Store, but you can grab it free of cost from the Apple Store app. It’s a part of the Apple’s on-going promotion that offers iTunes content free of cost.

Temple Run Oz is a combined venture of the folks at Imangi and Disney where you will play as Oz and must outrun the devilish baboons across the land. It’s quite similar to the earlier Temple Run versions where you run as an endless runner and try to get as many points as possible.

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Nintendo Cuts Wii U Price to Lure More Customers

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:31 AM PDT

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Nintendo is having a hard time getting gamers to purchase the Wii U game console. One of the big reasons for this trouble is that there aren’t many third-party games available because some major game developers are avoiding the console altogether. Nintendo is gearing up for the holiday season and has announced a price cut for the Wii U.

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Rogers Will Sell Blackberry Z30 After All

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:09 AM PDT

The post Rogers Will Sell Blackberry Z30 After All appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Not too long ago, it was revealed that Rogers will not add the latest Blackberry Z30 to its product portfolio. It seems that the largest Canadian carrier changed their mind and announced that they will offer Blackberry Z30, which will be available for purchase through its website and national reservation system. In addition, the company also said that they are big supporters of Blackberry and their products. It is a very good news for the Canadian OEM as Canada’s largest carrier will now add the latest Blackberry smartphone to its product portfolio.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 To Be Announced In January (Rumor)

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:26 AM PDT

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We will take this one with a pinch of salt, according to recent reports in the Korean media, Samsung have decided to announce the new Samsung Galaxy S5 in January of next year.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will apparently go on sale some time in February, the reason being that the Galaxy S4 has failed to reach Samsung’s internal targets.

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Full Android Apps Running On The Samsung Galaxy Gear (Video)

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:16 AM PDT

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The Samsung Galaxy gear is not designed to run full Android apps out of the box, although this has not stopped Ron Amadeo from Ars Technica running full Android apps on the device.

The video below shows a couple of Android apps running on the Samsung Galaxy Gear, plus some music playing and even a video. Ron managed to get the apps running using the ‘USB debug’ feature on the device, he then connected it to his computer.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear Now Available on Verizon

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:08 AM PDT

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is available on all major US carriers including AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile as well as US Cellular recently. Now, the 5.7-inch phablet is available from Verizon Wireless along with the companion smartwatch, Samsung Galaxy Gear.

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is available in black and white color for $299.99 with a two-year contract. On the other hand, the carrier is also offering the Galaxy Gear smartwatch for a whopping $299.99.

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Rumor: Apple iPhone Trade-in Program Coming to UK and Europe Stores

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:36 AM PDT

The post Rumor: Apple iPhone Trade-in Program Coming to UK and Europe Stores appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

A few months back, Apple started iPhone trade-in program at its retails stores across the United States. Under the program, customers can exchange their old iPhone for a new model. Customers who turn in their iPhone will receive a credit that can be used to purchase a iPhone. The credit received by the user depends on the model and condition of the handset. Until now,  the program is only available in the US with no word if it will come to other countries. However, rumors suggest that things might change as Apple is planning to begin the iPhone trade-in program in the UK and other European countries.

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Google Maps for Android Updated with Improved Notifications and More

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:00 AM PDT

The post Google Maps for Android Updated with Improved Notifications and More appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Google is silently rolling out an update for Google Maps for Android that updates it to v7.3. The updated Google Maps brings many new features, as well as improvements to the ones that were already present in the application. Google Maps for Android v7.3 brings several new features including directions for multiple destinations, see your flight,hotel, and restaurant reservations, upcoming events near your locations, updated notificiations system, and more.

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Nokia Amber Update Headed To AT&T Devices Today

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:02 AM PDT

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Nokia has been rolling our their Nokia Amber update to a number of their Lumia Windows Phone devices recently, the latest devices to get the update will be Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 smartphones on US mobile carrier AT&T.

The Nokia Amber update on AT&T will include Microsoft’s GDR2 software update and AT&T have said that they are expecting Microsoft to start rolling out the update to handsets on their network today.

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Sony Xperia Z1 Mini Gets Official In Japan (Video)

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:44 AM PDT

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Sony has officially announced the Sony Xperia Z1 Mini in Japan, the handset will be called the Xperia Z1f and the specifications on the handset are the same as we previously heard.

The Sony Xperia Z1 Mini will come with a 4.3 inch HD display that has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, the device is powered by a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and features 2GB of RAM.

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Pantech Vega Note Leaked Ahead Of Today’s Announcement

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:14 AM PDT

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Pantech are going to be announcing a new Phablet today, the Pantech Vega Note, and now we have a photo of the device, ahead of the official announcement.

The Pantech Vega Note is rumored to feature a 5.9 inch full HD display that will have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, the device is expected to be powered by a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and will come with 2GB of RAM.

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Nokia Posts Another Teaser Of 22nd October Event, Watch the Webcast Online at 8am UK Time

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:07 AM PDT

The post Nokia Posts Another Teaser Of 22nd October Event, Watch the Webcast Online at 8am UK Time appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

It seems that this week is going to be the upcoming Nokia event where the Finns are planning to launch several new Lumia devices. It’s not just Nokia, rumors suggest that Apple is also expected to hold an event on October 22nd to unveil the highy anticipated iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2. But, let’s just forget the iPads for now and focus on the Lumia devices. Nokia posted another image regardings the Nokia World in Abu Dhabi.

The teaser shows a phablet, tablet and a laptop, which we can discard right now as there’s a very tiny probability that Nokia will introduce a laptop.

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More HTC One Max Specifications Revealed

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:42 AM PDT

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It looks like we have some more specifications on the HTC One Max, the guys over at Nowhereelse (french) have published what appears to be a screenshot of the handsets specifications.

According to the specifications the HTC One Max will come with a 5.9 inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, the device will come with 2GB of RAM and will be powered by a quad core 1.7GHz Qualcomm processor.

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Nokia Lumia 929 Could Launch As Lumia 1320, Perhaps The International Version?

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:31 AM PDT

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With the Finns just a few weeks away to unveil half a dozen Lumias, evleaks — as always — provided us with some valuable information that created a hype in the blogosphere. But, lets just do a quick recall: Lumia 929 was leaked by the notorious Twitter leaker few days back as a Verizon device.

Recently, @evleaks tweeted about another mysterious device known as Nokia Lumia 1320 codenamed Batman. The image of the purported Lumia 1320 also popped up on Weibo, which looks quite similar to Lumia 929.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Hello Kitty Edition Announced

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:39 AM PDT

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It looks like Samsung has a new version of their latest Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Hello Kitty edition, the device features the same hardware as the existing model.

On the front of the tablet it now features a Hello Kitty themed home button, on the back it will feature a Hello Kitty logo, it will also come with Hello Kitty themed wallpapers and themes.

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Apple’s iPad 5 Poses For The Camera Again

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:26 AM PDT

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Yesterday we heard that Apple are expected to announce their new iPad 5 at a press event on the 22nd of October, and now some more photos of the iPad 5 have appeared online.

The latest photos come from Sony Dickson, who has posted a number of photos of the iPhone 5S before it was announced, and also the new iPad Mini 2.

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Archos Announces GamePad 2

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:02 AM PDT

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We have plenty of ways to play Android games. The NVIDIA Shield and Ouya come to mind, to name just a few. Archos released a similar Android gaming device last year called the GamePad. And now Archos has launched a successor, unsurprisingly called the GamePad 2. Not GamPad 2 Electric Boogaloo, which would have been just plain silly.
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Nintendo UK Online Store Is Open

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:14 PM PDT

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Nintendo is all about fixing their reputation lately and getting people hyped about their games. Now, in what seems like a very effective way of reducing the cost of doing business, Nintendo is cutting out the middleman.(Your local games shops). How are they doing this? Well, Nintendo UK intends to be a fully stocked and happening online store, selling all kinds of games and consoles from its current product lines.
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