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- Nintendo Expecting High 3DS Sales This Weekend
- MSI Unveils GX680 Gaming Laptop
- CVTA+K133 12 Port USB 3.0/2.0 Is Bristling With Sticks
- Orange UK Subsidised iPad 2 £199 From Tomorrow
- Luna 100W MP3 Player And Pico-Projecter Is A Sweet Pocket Gadget
- Aircell Teases New Aircell Smartphone for Private Jets
- Canon Expands Pro Portable Projector Line by Five
- iPad 2 Appears On UK Apple Store
- Samsung’s App Store Passes 100 Million Downloads, With 13,000 Apps
- Steve Jobs Rejects Radiation Monitoring iPhone App
- Crysis 2 Complete Trophies List Revealed
- Duke Nukem Forever Delayed Until June (Video)
- Patent Reveals Graphic iPhone Interfaces Under Development By Apple
- Ricoh Updates Firmware For GXR – GR Digital III Cameras
- NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 590 Graphics Card
- Firefox 4 Passes 15 Million Downloads
- Google Docs Spreadsheets Receives Filtering Feature Update
- Boxee iPad App Will Stream Content To Your PC or Mac (video)
- Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Where’s My Phone Update Released
- Microsoft 3D Photo-Realistic Modelling App (video)
- Motorola Working On Their Own Web Based OS?
- Kyocera Echo Dual Screen Smartphone In Action (Video)
- Jabra Unveils Freeway Bluetooth Speakerphone With HD Voice Technology
- Nokia E7 Coming To O2 In May
- Color iPhone App, A New Innovative Mobile Social Networking Camera
- Google Launches Its Own Magazine : Think Quarterly
- Apple’s AirPlay Coming To TVs?
- Mortal Kombat PS3 Kratos Teaser (video)
- George Hotz Denies Fleeing The US To Avoid Sony Lawsuit
- Yahoo Introduces Search Direct
- Sharp LE820 HDTV With Quattron Quad Pixel Technology (video)
- T-Mobile UK Subsidised iPad 2 From £199 Tomorrow
- Nintendo 3DS Getting 3DSWare Download Platform
- Warhammer 40k: Space Marine Release Window Announced
- Hudson Cancels Three Slated Nintendo 3DS Games, Bomberman Included
- PS3 Jailbreaker George Hotz Flies The Coop To South America
| Nintendo Expecting High 3DS Sales This Weekend Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:55 AM PDT As well as the iPad 2 going on sale in the UK tomorrow, the New Nintendo 3DS also goes on sale and Nintendo are expecting strong sales on launch day and also this weekend. Nintendo UK told the guys over at CVG that they have already received 140,000 pre-orders of the 3DS here in the UK, and that they are expecting sales to be well over 200,000 by the end of the weekend. © Roland Hutchinson for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| MSI Unveils GX680 Gaming Laptop Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:19 AM PDT MSi has unveiled today its latest laptop gaming creation in the form of the MSi GX680 gaming laptop, which is equipped with a Intel’s second generation Core i7 quad core processor. Together with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics supporting Direct X 11 and 4 x DDR3 memory slots that can be fitted with a a maximum of 16GB of memory combined with accelerated dual hard disk architecture.
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| CVTA+K133 12 Port USB 3.0/2.0 Is Bristling With Sticks Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:18 AM PDT Take it from us: what you see up north isn’t a crackpot mathematical equation. This slim disk and USB multi-port is the homebase for all those sticks scattered on your work desk, in your bed room, and other places in the house. If you’re the type who’s susceptible to USB overdose, by all means seriously consider the CVTA.
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| Orange UK Subsidised iPad 2 £199 From Tomorrow Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:14 AM PDT Earlier today we told you that T-Mobile would start offering the iPad 2 here in the UK for a reduced price when customers sign up to a new 24 month contract, and prices started at £199 for existing customers. Now Orange, which is part of the same company as T-Mobile has confirmed that they will be offering the same deal as T-Mobile to both existing and new customers here in the UK.
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| Luna 100W MP3 Player And Pico-Projecter Is A Sweet Pocket Gadget Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:12 AM PDT If you feel compelled to ramp up your swagger with a pico-gadget, then by all means feast thyne eyeballs on this 100w goodie. It's from Spectre and it’s called Luna, a dual purpose mp3 player/pico-projecter that can zoom your pics onto a flat surface anytime. Just make sure the environment is dark enough for maximum eye glazing impact.
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| Aircell Teases New Aircell Smartphone for Private Jets Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:54 AM PDT If you have been on a commercial flight in the last few years that offered WiFi while in the air, odds are you were using Aircell hardware. Aircell is one of the largest companies in in-flight broadband. The company has all sorts of hardware for WiFi in business jets as well and it has announced a new smartphone.
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| Canon Expands Pro Portable Projector Line by Five Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT Canon has added five new projectors to its line of portable projectors for mobile business users and education use. The new projectors all use LCD technology inside and have reasonable prices. They are all very similar on features too with the only real differences being brightness and resolution.
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| iPad 2 Appears On UK Apple Store Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PDT It looks like Apple has already added the new iPad 2 to its UK Apple store, as you will see from the photo below, it shows a button with ‘select and iPad’ and the phrase buy online now. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like you can actually buy an iPad 2 just yet, it is expected to go on sale on Apple’s online store at 1AM in the morning tomorrow, and you will also be able to buy one from Apple stores around the UK from 5PM tomorrow the 25th of March.
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| Samsung’s App Store Passes 100 Million Downloads, With 13,000 Apps Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PDT Samsung is today celebrating its App Store passing 100 million downloads of mobile and TV applications. The Samung App Store was first opened back in June 2010 and now has a total of 13,000+ applications for Samsung users to download onto their Samsung mobile phones and TV’s. Users in France were first place downloaders closely followed by Germany and Spain, with the three countries accounting for 40 percent of the total downloads recorded since it opened. Considering the Samsung app store is available in 120 countries worldwide that pretty good going by the Europeans. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Steve Jobs Rejects Radiation Monitoring iPhone App Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PDT iPhone apps are rejected from Apple’s App Store all the time, but it looks like one has now been rejected personally by Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs, the app in question is a so called radiation monitoring app, from a company called Tawkon. It looks like Tawkon tried to capatilize on the recent tragedy in Japan with this app, and Steve Jobs has obviously reviewed the ap himself as he has told the company behind it that Apple has ‘no interest’ in publishing it.
© Roland Hutchinson for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Crysis 2 Complete Trophies List Revealed Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:24 AM PDT If you have been enjoying the new release of Crysis 2 and collecting a few in game trophies along the way, you might be interested in a full list of all the Crysis 2 rewards. The full list includes all four bands, bronze, silver, gold and platinum and explains what you need to do to unlock them. Theres even a secret trophy for being caught speeding by traffic cameras. View the full list after the jump. Crysis 2 was released by Electronic Arts on March 22nd for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and is the sequel to the pouplar 2007 Crysis game. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Duke Nukem Forever Delayed Until June (Video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:07 AM PDT Duke Nukem Forever was scheduled to finally go on sale in May, after a number of delays, but now it looks like it has been delayed again and it will finally launch in June of 2011. Gearbox has announced that Duke Nukem Forever will finally go on sale in the US on the 14th Of June 2011 and internationally on the 10th of June 2011.
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| Patent Reveals Graphic iPhone Interfaces Under Development By Apple Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:05 AM PDT Patents applied for by Apple and recently discovered by Apple Insider show details of a new graphic driven user interface Apple may be working on for its iOS devices. The Apple patent application which made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after being first filed in September of 2009 and is named “Segmented Graphical Representations for Recommending Elements”. It details a more innovative way of navigating and browsing your way around the iOS system. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Ricoh Updates Firmware For GXR – GR Digital III Cameras Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PDT
Ricoh has today announced a new firmware update for its GXR and GR Digital II cameras which will be released on the 28th March 2011. The new firmware will provide new AF and AE tracking systems, together with new scene modes on the cameras. Allowing any subject that walks across the frame of a shot to remain in focus even though its still moving and wil be added to both GXR and the GR Digital camera bodies. When using the GXR camera it will automatically remember the tracked area, then once played back on the LCD screen if the user enables the Zoom function, that specific area will be magnified.  (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 590 Graphics Card Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:28 AM PDT NVIDIA has officially unveiled their latest high end graphics card the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 which they are calling ‘the worlds fastest graphics card’, and according to NVIDIA it is also the worlds quietest as well. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 features a combined 1024 NVIDIA CUDA architecture cores, 3GB of GRDDR5 RAM, and it is designed to deliver the worlds fastest gaming performance for DX11 games.
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| Firefox 4 Passes 15 Million Downloads Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT In its first 24hrs Firefox clocked up a impressive 5 million or so downloads over double what Microsofts IE 9 browser could managed. But downloads haven’t stopped and Firefox 4 has now just passed 15 million downloads and is still climbing, around 48 hrs after its official launch. The new browser has been designed to be the fastest Firefox 4 yet and includes many useful features for organising your favourite websites such as Panorama and App Tabs. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Google Docs Spreadsheets Receives Filtering Feature Update Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:28 AM PDT Google has just made it even easier for you to use spreadsheets on its Google Docs service with the addition of the much needed and highly requested filtering feature. The filtering system which helps you analyse data in larger spreadsheets and allows you to select a data set, which you can then filter and sort amongst multiple rows at once, to view only the data your require. The addition of the filtering feature now makes it even easier to make the break from Microsofts Excel software. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Boxee iPad App Will Stream Content To Your PC or Mac (video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:03 AM PDT The new Boxee iPad App will allow you to stream video content from you iPad to any device on your network loaded with the Boxee software, whether its your PC system or MacBook Pro. The new Boxee 1.1 update expected to land on Boxee D-Link boxes by the end of March, was confirmed by VP of Marketing for Boxee, Andrew Kippen in an interview with Pocket Lint. Kippen also confirmed in his interview that the app would also support the first generation iPad as well as the new iPad 2 device. The new streaming technology doesn’t use Airplay though but something very similar says Kippen, “kinda like AirPlay, but not quite”. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Where’s My Phone Update Released Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT Yesterday we told you that Microsoft had announced that they would start rolling out the new Windows Phone 7 copy and paste update to WP7 devices, when this was announced Microsoft said that the updates would be staggered. This left many Windows Phone 7 owners wondering when they would be getting the latest version of Windows Phone 7, and now Microsoft has released Where’s my phone update, so WP7 owners can check when their update will be available.
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| Microsoft 3D Photo-Realistic Modelling App (video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:42 AM PDT Microsoft have released details of a new technology from its research and development team, who have developed a new phone application that will allow easy creation of photo-realistic 3D models. The phone application uses a number of photos taken from around the object yout would like to render and then creates a 3D images by stitching and overlapping snapshots to build a photo-realistic 3D model. Watch a video of the new application in action after the jump. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Motorola Working On Their Own Web Based OS? Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:25 AM PDT Motorola has been producing the majority of its new smartphones and tablets with Google Android as its OS, but now it seems that Motorola may have other plans as there are reports that they are working on their own web based operating system. According to Information Week, Motorola Mobility has hired a number of experienced Web engineers from Adobe and also from Apple, and they are apparently developing a new web based OS as an alternative to Google Android.
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| Kyocera Echo Dual Screen Smartphone In Action (Video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:09 AM PDT Some of our reader will remember the Kyocera Echo dual screen Android smartphone that was announced a while back, as a reminder it features dual 3.5 inch WVGA displays. The two displays are connected via a pivot hinge that lets you use the displays in a range of different ways, they can be used as one large display or two independent displays.
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| Jabra Unveils Freeway Bluetooth Speakerphone With HD Voice Technology Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:05 AM PDT If you are in the market for a Bluetooth handsfree speakerphone for your car, Jabra have just unveiled their latest creation the Jabra Freeway which might suit your needs, removing the need to wear an in-ear headset, whilst driving. The Jabra Freeway is equipped with 3 speakers which combine to create a virtual surround sound with your vehicle. Its also equipped with Bluetooth and allows for two devices to be paired with it as the same time. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:43 AM PDT It looks like the Nokia E7 will be available from UK mobile retailer O2 from May, it was previously scheduled to go on sale in March with some other UK mobile networks although it looks like these will get it in April. As a reminder, the Nokia E7 comes with a 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, there is also a slide out QWERTY keyboard, plus an 8 megapixel camera with a dual LED flash that is can HD video in 720p.
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| Color iPhone App, A New Innovative Mobile Social Networking Camera Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:39 AM PDT A new Color iPhone app that has just been launched on the Apple iTunes App Store and has been deigned to create a complete new and innovative way to use your mobile for social networking using your camera and photographs. The new Color application allows you to see other users photographs that have been taken using Color from people within 100ft your location. Providing you with a complete stream of photos to record everything going on at an event. Watch a video of the new Color mobile social networking application in action after the jump. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Google Launches Its Own Magazine : Think Quarterly Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:20 AM PDT This week Google has quietly launched a new publication called Think Quaterly with the first edition covering ‘Data’. Exploring how amongst the huge amount of data we all process on a daily basis we are still able to find the magic metrics that will help transform a business. The team responsible for the new Google Magazine Think Quarterly, are based in the UK, and have published a creatively visual 68-page look into the world of data and its impact on business around the world. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Apple’s AirPlay Coming To TVs? Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:04 AM PDT Apple’s AirPlay lets you play content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch on your TV set if you have an Apple TV device, you can also share music from iTunes to AirPlay enabled devices. Now Bloomberg are reporting that Apple may start to license their AirPlay technology to TV manufacturers, which would mean that you wouldn’t need an Apple TV device to watch content on your TV from your iPhone or iPad.
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| Mortal Kombat PS3 Kratos Teaser (video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:57 AM PDT The new remake of the classic game Mortal Kombat thats originally started back in 1992 is due to be released on the PS3 on April 19th in North America and April 18th in the UK. The new release will include an exclusive character named Kratos, from the God of War series. Who as you can see from the video after the break has some very devastating moves in his arsenal.
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| George Hotz Denies Fleeing The US To Avoid Sony Lawsuit Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:49 AM PDT Yesterday we told you that George Hotz (Geohot) had left the US for South America, there were report that Geohot has left the country to avoid the Sony PS3 hacking lawsuit against him. It turns out this isn’t the case and instead George Hotz is on a vacation which he has had planned since November of last year, you can see what Geohot has to say about Sony’s latest claims below.
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| Yahoo Introduces Search Direct Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:38 AM PDT Following in the footsteps of Google’s instant search results. Yahoo has now rolled out its own take on the instant search with Yahoo Search Direct which tackles the feature in a slightly different way to Google. Yahoo says that their new Search Direct feature is more about finding answers, not links, and will try to provide you with content relevant to your search query and includes a unique design if Google’s constantly changing instant search is not quite for you. Watch the brief video run through after the break to see it in action. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Sharp LE820 HDTV With Quattron Quad Pixel Technology (video) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:14 AM PDT Sharp has today unveiled their new Sharp LE820 HDTV whic is equipped with their new Quattron Quad Pixel Technology which was showcased at CES 2011. Quattron Quad Pixel Technology takes the traditional red, green, blue color spectrum on standard HDTV’s to a new level with the introduction of a yellow pixel creating Quad Pixel Technology. Watch a video of Sharp’s presentation at this years CES, explaining Quattron Quad Pixel Technology after the jump. (...) © Julian Horsey for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| T-Mobile UK Subsidised iPad 2 From £199 Tomorrow Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:21 AM PDT T-Mobile UK will start selling a subsidised iPad 2 here in the UK from 5pm tomorrow and prices start at £199 for existing customers and £229 for new customers for the 16GB WiFi and 3G iPad 2. T-Mobile just confirmed to us that they will only be selling the 16GB WiFi and 3G iPad 2 from tomorrow, the 32GB and 64GB models will not be available, and customers who want one will have to sign up to a new 2 year contract.
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| Nintendo 3DS Getting 3DSWare Download Platform Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT Two of Nintendo’s tightly kept secrets took wing when Nintendo Greece outed their planned downloadable game platform with the untimely reveal of a 3DSWare logo. The second one is that there’s a Nintendo Greece. Who knew? Nintendo’s fondness for ouzo aside, why even keep any of this a secret? (...) © Catalin Alexandru for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Warhammer 40k: Space Marine Release Window Announced Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:51 PM PDT How does a million-Ork brawl sound to you? Because that’s exactly what you’re getting in the newest Warhammer 40k outing, so if you’re any kind of Space Marine August can’t come soon enough. Or if you’d just like a helping of third person shooter action, that would probably work too. If you’re new to Warhammer though, despite the *ahem* similarities between the game’s universe, art direction and whatever else and that of other games, just keep in mind that whatever it is, Warhammer probably did it first. Before you were born. (...) © Catalin Alexandru for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| Hudson Cancels Three Slated Nintendo 3DS Games, Bomberman Included Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PDT I’m not entirely sure whether this is Hudson’s vote of no confidence for the entire platform or just some spring cleaning after being bought by Konami, but if you were incredibly excited for Bomberman on your hypothetical 3DS even though your toaster probably has a port of it by now, as well as Omega Five and Bonk, you might want to sit down. (...) © Catalin Alexandru for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
| PS3 Jailbreaker George Hotz Flies The Coop To South America Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:53 PM PDT Updated 24th March It looks like Geohot is on holiday and hasn’t fled the US, full details at the link below. George Hotz Denies Fleeing The US To Avoid Sony Lawsuit Well that moral crusade didn’t last long. Gorge Hotz, iPhone and most recently and litigiously, PS3 hacker supreme has reportedly left the US for altogether more South American pastures while frustrating Sony’s attempts to seize his hard drives, PS3s, toothbrush and Playboy collection. (...) © Catalin Alexandru for Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  |
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