Saturday 27 October 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Charizard Nintendo 3DS XL headed to Japan

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:14 AM PDT

Earlier in the year, there was the Pikachu-themed Nintendo 3DS XL. An exclusive for folks in Japan of course. And now it looks like the success of the Pikachu-themed handheld has spawned a Charizard-themed Nintendo 3DS XL.
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Nintendo Wii U to be sold at a loss

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:06 AM PDT

Nintendo says the Wii U is going to be sold at a loss. This is business as usual for most game consoles, but it’s a new trend for Nintendo. The company only started selling hardware at a loss recently.
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Worlds Smallest Ultra HD 4K Display Measuring Just 9.6 Inches Unveiled By Ortustech

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:51 AM PDT

This week Ortustech has unveiled the worlds smallest Ultra HD 4K display which measures just 9.6 inches in size. The tiny 9.6-inch color liquid crystal display packs in a massive resolution of 3840 x 2160.

You would think that a screen this size would only be a concept rather than ready for production, but is looking to start sample delivery next month, ready for full production to start in the near future.

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Apple App Store Receives Support For 8 More Currencies

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:40 AM PDT

Apple has today rolled out support within its App Store for eight more currencies, which includes the Russian Ruble, Turkey's Lire, India's Rupee, Indonesia's Rupiah, Israel's New Shekel, Saudi Arabia's Riyal, South Africa's Rand, and United Arab Emirates' Dirham.

Previously these unsupported currencies would have had to make payments in US dollars rather than their local currency, download free applications or jailbreak their devices to acquire apps by illegal means.

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Samsung Makes $7.3 Billion Profit In Quarter Three 2012

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Samsung has announced its latest financial figures and the company has made a record profit of $7.4 billion for the third quarter of 2012, Samsung had estimated that their profit would be around $7.3 billion.

Samsung has increased their profit it 91 percent on the same quarter in 2011, and the jump is profits is mainly down to the popularity of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets.

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Apple’s New Online Radio Service To Launch Early Next Year (Rumor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:25 AM PDT

We have been hearing rumors for a while that Apple are working on their own online radio service to take on the likes of Pandora, and now according to a recent report by Bloomberg the service will launch early next year.

Apple are apparently in discussions with the major labels about the service, and a deal may be reached by the middle of next month, and the service could launch in the first quarter of 2013.

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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Episode 4 Live-Action Movie Released (video)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:19 AM PDT

Its Friday again and the fourth instalment of the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn live-action action series has been released to help you through the day. The new instalment adds another 15 minutes of live-action to the story and can be viewed after the jump together with the first three episodes if you haven’t had the chance to see any.

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MIO Active Connect Fitness Weigh Loss Watch Unveiled (video)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:09 AM PDT

MIO has just unveiled a new addition to their range in the form of the MIO Active Connect, which has been designed to provide users with a weight loss wristwatch and is thought to be the first of its kind, and differs from other similar fitness monitors in the market.

The MIO Active Connect watch has been designed to accurately track how many calories you have burned both daily and over seven-days, and then uses this data to assess the best way for you to lose weight more effectively.

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Apple’s iPad Mini Shipping Slips To Two Weeks

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Apple’s iPad Mini went up for pre-order earlier today, and it would appear that Apple has almost sold out of its initial stock for the iPad Mini pre-orders, as shipping on the majority of the models has slipped to two weeks.

It looks like the 16GB black iPad Mini is sold out, whilst the 32GB and 64GB models are still showing as available for shipping on the 2nd of November, with regards to the white model it looks like all version are now sold out for pre-order.

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Mass Effect 3 : Paragon Lost Anime Prequel Movie Clip Released By BioWare (video)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:54 AM PDT

Bioware has released a nine minute video clip allowing Mass Effect 3 fans to enjoy a short clip of the anime prequel movie which has been created via a collaboration between Bioware and Production I.G who have also created the Innocence, Kill Bill: Vol.1 animation and more.

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Google Nexus 10 Manual Leaked

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Google will be launching a number of new devices at their Android event next week, which will include the new LG Nexus 4, and a 32GB Nexus 7 tablet, as well as a Nexus 7 tablet with 3G.

Another device we are expecting them to announce is a new larger Nexus tablet, the Google Nexus 10, and the device will be made by Samsung and will feature a 10 inch display, have a look at the photo below of a leaked manual cor the new Nexus 10.

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More Photos Of The New Samsung Galaxy Premier

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:44 AM PDT

We saw a photo of the new Samsung Galaxy Premier the other day, and now the device has appeared at Taiwan’s NCC, which is their equivalent of the FCC and now we have some semi decent photos of the new Samsung Galaxy Premier.

It looks along with the photos some specifications on the Galaxy Premier have been confirmed, which include a 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

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MSI GT60 And GT70 Gaming Laptops Receive Windows 8 Upgrades And More

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:41 AM PDT

MSI has today announced that their gaming laptops will be receiving a refresh and an upgrade to Windows 8 operating system launching today,with the first laptops to receive the new refresh being the MSI GT60 And GT70.

The MSI GT60 And GT70 high performance gaming laptops originally launched back in July of this year, and MSI are also looking to now upgrade their budget-conscious GE series and the AMD processor-based GX60 gaming laptop with Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system as well.

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Acer Liquid Z110 Duo Headed To The UK Next Month

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:31 AM PDT

Acer is going to be launching a new Android smartphone in the UK next month, the Acer Liquid Z110 Duo is a dual SIM smartphone that features a 3.5 inch display with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.

The Acer Liquid Z110 Duo comes with Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1GHz MKT 6575 processor and also comes with 512MB of RAM and 512MB of built in storage, plus if features a microSD card slot and comes with a 4GB card installed.

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Samsung Launches New Flagship ‘Pro Series’ 80 MB/s Memory Cards

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:27 AM PDT

Samsung has unveiled a new line of memory cards this week, which take their place as Samsung’s flagships memory cards, and are capable of transferring data at 80MB/s.

The new flagship “Pro Series” Samsung explains is capable of transferring data with write speeds of up to 20MB/s (microSD) and 40MB/s (SD), as well as read speeds of up to 70MB/s (microSD) and 80MB/s (SD).

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Now Available On Sprint

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:17 AM PDT

US mobile carrier, Sprint has now started selling Samsung’s second generation Galaxy Note smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note II, and the device is now available for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with Sprint.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II features a 5.5 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, there is also a quad core 1.6GHz processor and the latest version of Google's Android OS, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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Windows 8 Pro Media Center Pack Free For A Limited Time

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:15 AM PDT

In the run up to the highly anticipated launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 later today, the company has announced that it will be offering a free Media Centre Pack for Windows 8 Pro users for a limited time.

Microsoft revealed that the free Media Center Pack would be available from today until January 31st 2012, to consumers who purchase or upgrade to Windows 8 Professional.

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Sony Xperia TL Lands On AT&T November 2nd For $99.99

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:11 AM PDT

AT&T recently announced that they would soon be offering Sony’s latest flagship Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia TL, and now we have details of a launch date and also some pricing for AT&T.

The Sony Xperia TL will land on AT&T on the 2nd of November, and the handset will retail for $99.99 when you sign up for a new two year contract with AT&T.

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Samsung $249 Chromebook Benchmarks

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:08 AM PDT

After being launched last week and available to purchase earlier this week, the $249 Samsung Chromebook sold out of its initial production units in less than 24 hours after initially going on sale in the Google Play Store.

To re-cap the Samsung Chromebook is equipped with a 11.6 inch screen sporting a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, and comes as you would guess running Google’s Chrome operating system, all powered by an ARM based processor.

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Nexus 7 3G Appears At The FCC

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:03 AM PDT

We are expecting Google to announce some new devices at their Android event next week on the 29th of October, one of those is the new LG Nexus 4, and we are also expecting them to announce a new 32GB Nexus 7.

Now it would appear that they will also be introducing another new Nexus 7 tablet, the existing ones only come with WiFi, but a Nexus 7 with 3G has turned up at the FCC.

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LG Nexus 4 To Retail For £389 In The UK (Rumor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:57 AM PDT

Google are expected to announced their next Nexus smartphone next week on the 29th of October, we are expecting them to announce the new LG Nexus 4, which turned up yesterday on a UK retailers website.

Now it would appear that we may have some pricing information on the LG Nexus 4, it would appear that the handset will retail for £389, we presume this is the SIM free version of the device.

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Apple’s iPad 4 Goes Up For Pre-order

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:48 AM PDT

As well as announcing the new iPad Mini, Apple also updated their iPad with  couple of new specifications over the iPad 3 which was announced earlier in the year, and it now features Apple’s Lightning dock connector and a faster Apple A6X processor.

Apple’s new iPad 4 is now available to pre-order, pricing is the same as the iPad 3, with a choice of WiFi only and WiFi and cellular models, and prices start at $499 for the 16GB WiFi only model.

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LG 84 Inch Ultra HD 4K TV Now Available For $20,000

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:42 AM PDT

If you are considering upgrading your TV to something with a little bit more definition, and you have extremely deep pockets. You might be able to consider the new LG 84 inch Ultra HD 4K TV, which is now available to purchase for $20,000.

The LG 84LM9600 84 Inch Ultra HD 4K TV, has officially arrived in store today ready for installation in time for the holiday season, sporting a resolution of 3840 x 2160.

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Apple Posts Notice To Website Saying Samsung Did Not Copy Apple iPad Design

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:36 AM PDT

Apple was ordered by a UK court a while back to publish a notice on its website and also an advert in the UK press saying that Samsung did not copy the design of Apple’s iPad.

Apple has now posted the message to their website, and you can see some of the message that Apple posted below, saying that the Samsung Galaxy Tab did not copy the iPad.

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Apple’s iPad Mini Goes Up For Pre-order

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:16 AM PDT

Apple’s latest tablet, the iPad Mini is now available to pre-order, and the device will start shipping next Friday the 2nd of November, prices start at $329 in the US and £269 in the UK for the entry level 16GB WiFi model.

The iPad mini features a 7.9 inch multi-touch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and 163 pixels per inch, it is powered by a dual core A5X processor and comes with dual cameras.

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Apple Announces Latest Financial Results

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:50 AM PDT

Apple has announced its latest financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2012 which ended on the 29th of September, and they posted a quarterly revenue of $36 billion and a net profit for the quarter of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share.

Apple also announced details on how many of their various products they have sold, with a total of 26.9 million iPhones sold, which is 58 percent up on the same time last year.

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Samsung Shipped 56.9 Million Smartphones In Quarter Three, According To Research

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:41 AM PDT

It looks like Samsung’s smartphones are becoming even more popular, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung shipped a massive 56.9 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2012.

The report also says that there were a total of 162 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, that means that Samsung shipped around 35 percent of all smartphones for the quarter.

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