Monday, 14 March 2011

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Hela Disc Puts Good Old Fashioned Frisbees To Shame

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Frisbees are fun. But the Hela is fun-er. Wait, that didn’t sound right.

Anyway, the long and short is the Hela is supposed to knock the wind out of your Frisbee. How? By going high tech.

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Postage Stamps Take A Backseat: Denmark Goes Text

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:01 AM PDT

In the name of efficiency the Danish postal service is selling a viable alternative to good ole stamps. Just SMS “PORTO” to a 1900 number and receive a number code that’s inscribed on the package you’re sending. The transaction is dirt cheap and might soon be adopted in neighboring Sweden.

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Give To Japanese Quake-Tsunami Relief The Fashionable Way

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:40 AM PDT

If you want to aid those who survived the apocalyptic ravages of Friday’s quake-tsunami in Japan, don’t hesitate to purchase these cotton tees. They’re 100% comfortable and 100% going to the Red Cross relief effort over there.

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Upcoming Tribes Ascend Will Blow Your Misgivings Away

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:32 AM PDT

There are more than a few hardcore gamers out there who have a soft spot for the Tribes franchise. If you’ve never heard of Tribes before, better catch up on the game’s history because you’re missing a lot. Before Battlefield 1942 and its succeeding installments brought team based multiplayer FPS to a new level, Tribes allowed nerd-warriors to battle it out across infernal maps from land, space, and air.

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Pallet Coaster Lets You Liquor Up In Style

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:25 AM PDT

When it comes to drinking liquor, much of the pleasure comes from the surrounding ambiance. More than how it burns as it slides down your throat and warms your stomach, the accompanying rituals and ceremony multiplies the pleasure a few times over. Enter the Pallet Coaster. Pallets usually come in larger varieties used at nearby warehouses. This time it’s been shrunk to accommodate your glass.

Pallet Coaster

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Samsung Galaxy Ace Review

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Samsung announced their latest budget Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Ace back in January, and we have just been testing the Galaxy Ace for the last week.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with Android 2.2 Froyo, and it has just recently gone on sale in the UK, it comes with a range of features you would expect too see in a more expensive smartphone.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play UK Launch Date, 31st March

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:02 PM PST

We have been waiting to find out when Sony Ericsson’s new gaming smartphone would be available, and now it looks like the Xperia Play will go on sale in the UK on the 31st of March.

Sony has announced that the Xperia Play will come with six games installed at launch and it will be available to UK customers from Thursday the 31st of March, although they still haven’t confirmed any pricing.

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iPad 2 Benchmarks Are Impressive

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:45 PM PST

Yesterday we saw the new iPad 2 get taken apart and now the guys over at Anandtech have run some benchmarks on the new iPad 2, to see if it lives up to Apple’s claims of two times more processing power and nine times more graphics power than the original iPad.

It seems that the new iPad 2 has some impressive graphics performance, as you will see in the benchmarks below, and whilst is isn’t quite up to the nine times faster graphics Apple claimed it certainly is a lot faster than the original iPad and also the Motorola Xoom.

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