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- Apple Sends MacBook 3G Buyer Parts Back
- Best Buy Oversells Forza 4: Limited Collector’s Edition, Crushes Gamers’ Dreams
- BlackBerry Services Go Offline In Europe, India And Middle East
- Pulse News Reader Update Brings Cross Platform Syncing
- Siine Unveils Android Icon Based Keyboard (video)
- Polycom RealPresence Mobile Tablet Video Conferencing App, Can Connect 16 Calls At Once
- Sony Japan Prices First PlayStation Vita Games
- First iPhone 4S Deliveries Arrive Early
- Roku Unveils Roku LT Streaming Box For $49.99
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Photos Spotted On Google+
- Google Picasa Becoming Google+ Photos?
- Octocopter Flying Drone Created To Carry Red Epic Camera (video)
- BioWare Unveils Mass Effect 3 Co-op And Galaxy At War Mode
- CruxFlip iPad Case
- Apple’s iPhone 4S Siri In Action (Video)
- Google Unveils DART Code And Preliminary Tools
- iPhone 4S A5 Processor Clocked At 800MHz?
- Opera 12 Brining Major Graphics-Hardware Boost
- Nokia X2-05 And CX2-05 Mobile Phones Announced
- Fan Made Live Action Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim And GOW3 Trailers (video)
- BlueStacks App Player Enables Android Apps To Run On Windows Devices (video)
- Team Fortress 2 Running In A Web Browser (video)
- Coin4 iPhone 4 Case Is A Clever Idea
- Square Drops $1,000 Limits For Its 800,000 Customers
- Acer Allegro Windows Phone Mango Device Coming To Europe
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Manual Leaked
- LG Optimus LTE In Action (Video)
- Sling Media Releases New SlingPlayer For Android Honeycomb Tablets (video)
- Geekbench iPhone 4S Benchmarks, 68 Percent Faster Than iPhone 4
- Gran Turismo 5 DLC Brings 15 New Cars, 2 New Tracks And More
- Fusion Garage Grid 10 Tablet To Get Software Update
- Adobe Hopes To Put An End To Blurry Photography With New Photoshop Technology (video)
- Samsung Galaxy Note UK To Cost £559?
- Nokia 800 Sun Windows Phone Smartphone Images Leaked
- New App To Make iPad And Android Tablets Accessible To The Blind (Video)
- Facebook iPad App To Use Apple’s In App Purchases, Not Facebook Credits
- Motorola Atrix 2 Coming 16th October
- Samsung Google Nexus Prime Wallpapers Leaked
- HTC Amaze 4G Coming 12th October
- Google To Support HTC In Patent Battles With Apple
- Samsung Galaxy S III Leaked?
- Nexus Prime Coming On The 3rd Of November?
- AT&T To Launch Five More Android Smartphones This Year
- iPhone 4S Has Just 512MB Of RAM?
- Facebook iPad App Announced
- Fujifilm X10 Coming In November For $599
- Motorola And Verizon Schedule Mobile Event For October 18th
- Samsung Galaxy S II Update Brings Larger Icons
- Gears Of War 3 Freezing Issue Plaguing Some Xbox 360s
| Apple Sends MacBook 3G Buyer Parts Back Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:18 AM PDT Remember a few months back when that dude bought a prototype MacBook with a 3G antenna off Craigslist? The guy put the machine on eBay and saw bids go up to $70,000 before Apple crashed his dreams and wanted the machine back. The person that sold it originally on Craigslist claims he was an Apple Engineer and was given the machine as for doing some programming work.
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| Best Buy Oversells Forza 4: Limited Collector’s Edition, Crushes Gamers’ Dreams Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:02 AM PDT The worst thing that can happen to a gamer isn't not remembering to pre-order one of the hottest titles of the season. The worst thing for a gamer is remembering to order the game and then having your order cancelled after it’s too late to get one elsewhere. This is what Best Buy has done to a bunch of gamers with Forza 4: Limited Collector’s Edition.
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| BlackBerry Services Go Offline In Europe, India And Middle East Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:56 AM PDT Yesterday RIM’s BlackBerry services went offline for a few hours before the service was restored, and now there are reports coming in the BlackBerry services are offline again. According to the guys over at Engadget, the problem is happening in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and South America, RIM has issued the following statement.
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| Pulse News Reader Update Brings Cross Platform Syncing Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT The great Pulse news reading app which is available for mobile devices and tablets has today announced the release of a new update which brings with it the ability to sync Pulse content across multiple platforms and devices. The newly updated Pulse app developed by Alphonso Labs has been rolled out and updated simultaneously on iPad, iPhone, Android phones and Android tablets. today making the new features available to all via a download. Once you have downloaded the update a quick tutorial will start guiding you through the sync setup.
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| Siine Unveils Android Icon Based Keyboard (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:06 AM PDT Spanish and UK based developer Siine has this week unveiled a radically different Icon based keyboard designed for mobile phones. The Siine Writer App for Android lets you easily personalise your text messages and save time in the process. Simply use the icons on the apps screen to quickly and easily form words and sentences without having to waste time typing them out letter by letter. If you tap the same icon again it will provide you with a different way of saying the icons meaning. Allowing you to mix up your messages and not have them all read exactly the same. Watch the video after the jump to see the Siine Writer in action.
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| Polycom RealPresence Mobile Tablet Video Conferencing App, Can Connect 16 Calls At Once Posted: 11 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT Polycom have today unveiled a new tablet enterprise video conferencing application named RealPresence Mobile, that is capable of making 16 connections at once and allows you to swipe in documents and images for everyone to view. The new RealPresence Mobile video conferencing app has been specifically designed for businesses to provide high-quality video conferencing between tablet devices and has been built on the Polycom RealPresence Platform.
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| Sony Japan Prices First PlayStation Vita Games Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:36 AM PDT Today Sony Japan has announced software prices for the first four PlayStation Vita games : Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Hot Shots Golf, Ridge Racer and Katamari. The PlayStation Vita console will be launching in Japan in around two months on December 17th and will cost around ¥25,000 or $326. Software prices after the jump.
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| First iPhone 4S Deliveries Arrive Early Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:28 AM PDT Even before its official launch date a few lucky German customers have already received delivery of their new shiny new iPhone 4S devices. Its been reported that several German customers have now reported receiving their new iPhone 4S smartphones days before the official launch on October 14th. So if you have already pre-ordered an iPhone 4S, you never know it might just drop on your doorstep a little earlier than expected.
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| Roku Unveils Roku LT Streaming Box For $49.99 Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:15 AM PDT Roku has today unveiled a new streamer device in the form of the Roku LT which has been priced at a low $49.99 for the budget user in mind. The Roku LT player will work with virtually any TV and comes equipped with built in Fi-Fi and is capable of streaming 720p. Providing full access to Roku's 300+ channels including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Pandora, EPIX, Crackle, and Disney.
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| Samsung Galaxy Nexus Photos Spotted On Google+ Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:07 AM PDT A couple of images taken within the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus have appeared on Google+ according to the photos EXIF data. The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus has yet to be announced by Samsung and was expected to be unveiled this week together with Google’s newAndroid Ice Cream Sandwich which will debut on the new Samsung smartphone. But Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product launches.
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| Google Picasa Becoming Google+ Photos? Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:18 AM PDT Today Google has updated the Photos link in their navigation bar, pointing the link away from their Picasa photo service towards Google+ Photos. The newly updated link now sends you to the Photos section within Google+ which includes photos from your circles, your Android phone, images you have tagged and your list of Picasa Web albums. Does this mark the end of Picasa as we knew it?
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| Octocopter Flying Drone Created To Carry Red Epic Camera (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:07 AM PDT A German visual effects company OMSTUDIOS had created a fantastic octocopter flying drone named the OM-Copter which is capable of carrying a Red Epic camera to new heights. The new flying drone has been specifically designed to replace the need for renting a crane or the prohibitive costs of an actual helicopter and can lift the Red Epic camera to a height of 150m. Enabling filmmakers to combine the performance of the RED Epic with the versatility of an octocopter. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
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| BioWare Unveils Mass Effect 3 Co-op And Galaxy At War Mode Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT Following the leak of the confirmation that the new Mass Effect 3 game will indeed have a multiplayer mode. BioWare has today unveiled official information regarding Mass Effect 3′s Co-op And Galaxy At War modes which will be available in the game. The announcement was officially posted on the BioWare forums and has unveiled that the new 4-player co-op missions take place outside of the single-player game, and aren’t affected by your Mass Effect 1 or 2 games saves.
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| Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:49 AM PDT We have featured a number of different cases for the Apple iPad here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is a Kickstarter project, the CruxFlip iPad case and it features a 360 degree hinge that lets you position the iPad between 0-90 degrees.
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| Apple’s iPhone 4S Siri In Action (Video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:40 AM PDT Apple’s iPhone 4S will go on sale this Friday, and one of the devices major new features, that we heard about when it was launched is its virtual voice assistant called Siri, the video below shows Siri in action. We got to see a video from Apple when it was announced which showed how Siri worked, but the video below shows Siri working as it will every day on the iPhone 4S.
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| Google Unveils DART Code And Preliminary Tools Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT Back at the beginning of September Google unveiled its new DART programming language, which it said was designed for "structured web programming." Today Google has now unveiled more detail about DART together with the language, code examples, tools and technical overviews. Explaining in a little more detail how the new class-based optionally typed programming language for building web applications will function. Dart code can be executed in two different ways: either on a native virtual machine or on top of a JavaScript engine by using a compiler that translates Dart code to JavaScript. DART comes with a set of basic libraries and tools for checking, compiling, and running Dart code
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| iPhone 4S A5 Processor Clocked At 800MHz? Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:23 AM PDT We have already seen some benchmarks of Apple’s new iPhone 4S, which features Apple’s A5 processor, the same processor that can be in the new Apple iPad 2, and the iPad 2 version has a clock speed of 1GHz. Apple’s A5 processor is a dual core processor, and according to the guys over at Anandtech, the A5 processor found in the iPhone 4S is slightly slower than the iPad version and is clocked at 800MHz.
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| Opera 12 Brining Major Graphics-Hardware Boost Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:04 AM PDT Opera has today announced that their new Opera 12 browser when launched will be bring with it a major graphics-hardware boost. The new hardware acceleration will specifically effect the rendering of Cascading Style Sheets transitions and animations, for Canvas 2D drawing, and text. Together with support for the WebGL 3D graphics technology, which will also be hardware-accelerated. If you fancy giving the new alpha version of Opera 12 a go a new release will be arriving on Thursday this week.
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| Nokia X2-05 And CX2-05 Mobile Phones Announced Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:58 AM PDT Nokia has added two new mobile phones to its range with the launch of the Nokia X2-05 and the Nokia C2-05, first up is the C2-05 which is a slider mobile phone, with a VGA camera, and an MP3 player, plus an FM radio. The Nokia C2-05 features a microSD card which can take up to 32GB cards, there is also Bluetooth and a microUSB port, plus a 2 inch QVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 250 pixels.
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| Fan Made Live Action Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim And GOW3 Trailers (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:25 AM PDT If you hare looking forward to the launch of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game and have already been feasting your eyes on the leaked Skyrim world map and manual. You might also like this fan made live action trailer made for the new Skyrim game. The same team has also created a Gears of War 3 live action trailer, and both have been created on a tight budget with the cast and crew being made up entirely of volunteers. You can view both trailers after the jump. Enjoy!
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| BlueStacks App Player Enables Android Apps To Run On Windows Devices (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:07 AM PDT In a similar vein to the way that Alien Dalvik 2.0 has been designed to bring Android Apps to your iPad a new application created by BlueStacks called App Player alpha has been developed to brings Android Apps to run on Windows. We first reported on the new BlueStacks App Player alpha application back in April this year and since then its developers have been hard at work refining the application and have now released a pre-alpha version. The latest release enables your PCs and Windows-based tablets to run Android apps and using the Cloud Connect, enables you to share software between the platforms. Watch the video after the jump to see the BlueStacks App Player alpha in action.
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| Team Fortress 2 Running In A Web Browser (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:48 AM PDT Motorola Mobility software developer Brandon Jones has been experimenting with porting games to WebGL and has now released a video showing Team Fortress 2 running within a web browser. The engine and a level from Team Fortress 2 have now been set to run in a browser using WebGL and have clocked up frame rates of around 60fps maxing out at 100fps. Meaning additional effects and details can be added without the worry of making the game unplayable. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
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| Coin4 iPhone 4 Case Is A Clever Idea Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:40 AM PDT We have featured a number of different cases for the iPhone 4 here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is from the guys over at Urban Prefer, The Coin4 iPhone 4 case, which seems like a really clever idea. As you can see from the photos below, the Coin4 iPhone 4 case features different slots on the back of the case, where a coin can be placed to turn the Coin4 case into a stand for your iPhone.
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| Square Drops $1,000 Limits For Its 800,000 Customers Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:34 AM PDT One year on from the day it launched Square the mobile phone credit card processing service has made a number of announcements today unveiling a few new features and the news that its now passed 800,000 customers and is processing around $2 Billion in payments per year. Square also revealed it will be dropping its $1,000 limit. Previously if a new client processed over $1,000 is transactions anything over the $1,000 limit would then have been kept by Square for a period of time from a few hours to a month, depending on the merchants standing with Square. If you are a merchant of Square you will be pleased to know this limit has now been dropped and is sure to make a welcomed change to small business cash flow.
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| Acer Allegro Windows Phone Mango Device Coming To Europe Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:16 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Acer W4 Windows Phone smartphone that we heard about back in May, it looks like it is headed to Europe as the Acer Allegro, and it is expected to go on sale just in time for Christmas. The Acer Allegro will come with Windows 7.5 Mango, and it features a 3.6 inch VGA touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, there is also a 5 megapixel camera, plus 8GB of built in storage.
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| Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Manual Leaked Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:15 AM PDT Further to yesterdays leak of the world map for the new Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game. Today has brought a copy of the games manual, but nlike most manuals which are a little boring and only include set-up information which no body reads. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game manual contains lots of nuggets of useful information. On topics such as cooking, spells, lock picking, weapons and more.
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| LG Optimus LTE In Action (Video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:04 AM PDT Last week LG announced its first HD smartphone, the LG Optimus LTE, which features a 4.5 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, which LG calls the True HD IPS display. Now we get our first look at the LG Optimus LTE, with its HD display, the two videos below give us a good look at the device and its user interface, and it also comes with a dual core 1.5GHz processor.
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| Sling Media Releases New SlingPlayer For Android Honeycomb Tablets (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT Today Sling Media has announced the launch of a new SlingPlayer specifically designed for Android tablets running Android 3.0 Honeycomb or later. If you own a Slingbox the new SlingPlayer app will enable you to watch home TV directly from your Android tablet anywhere in the world. Features on the new Android 3.0 application include a newly designed and revamped program guide which now makes it easier to browse content while watching TV, as well as change channels and control your DVR devices. Watch a demonstration after the jump to see it in action and it new features.
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| Geekbench iPhone 4S Benchmarks, 68 Percent Faster Than iPhone 4 Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:51 AM PDT Yesterday we got to see a video of some benchmarks on Apple’s new iPhone 4S, and now the first GeekBench benchmarks for the iPhone 4S have been revealed, which according to the guys over at Mac Rumors there is a significant increase over the iPhone 4. The original iPhone 4 scored a GeekBench score of 370, the new iPhone 4S scored 622, which is slightly lower than that of the iPad 2, which scored 749 and also features the same dual core A5 processor as the new iPhone 4S.
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| Gran Turismo 5 DLC Brings 15 New Cars, 2 New Tracks And More Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:44 AM PDT As well as rolling out a massive new free “Spec 2″ update to Gran Turismo 5. Sony and developer Polyphony Digital have also announced that a new DLC will also be available to purchase for $12 on October 18th. The new DLC will be available in four packs which can be purchased individually or as a complete bundle, saving you a few dollars. The first has 15 new cars, including the Red Bull X2011, touring cars and three karts, and is priced at $8. The second has two new tracks, including SPA-Francorchamps, for $5.
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| Fusion Garage Grid 10 Tablet To Get Software Update Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:34 AM PDT Fusion Garage recently launch their second tablet, the Fusion Garage Grid 10, and now the company has announced that they will be releasing a new software update for the device within the next four weeks. The Grid 10 hasn’t exactly received the best reception, and the n ew software update is expected to address many of the complaints that users have had, which include poor battery life and more.
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| Adobe Hopes To Put An End To Blurry Photography With New Photoshop Technology (video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:31 AM PDT At the Adobe MAX 2011 conference last week, Adobe unveiled a new experimental Image Deblurring technology which its hopes will one day makes it way into Adobe’s Photoshop software. The new Image Deblurring feature uses advanced algorithms to calculate the cameras movements that caused the motion blur. Which it then uses to create a deblurring effect on the image reversing the process. With just a couple of clicks a motion blurry photo is transformed into a clear image. Watch a video after the break of the new Image Deblurring technique in action.
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| Samsung Galaxy Note UK To Cost £559? Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:27 AM PDT We recently heard that the new Samsung Galaxy Note is expected to launch in the UK next month, the last launch date we had was the 17th of November 2011, and the guys over at Clove have just confirmed this as the launch date. We now al.so have some details on pricing, the Samsung Galaxy Note is expected to retail for £559 plus taxes and shipping when it goes on sale next month, and it features a 5.3 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and it comes with runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
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| Nokia 800 Sun Windows Phone Smartphone Images Leaked Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:20 AM PDT We are expecting to see more that one Windows Phone Mango smartphone from Nokia at this month Nokia World, which takes place in London on the 26th of October 2011, and one of the rumored Windows Phone smartphones is the Nokia Sun. We recently heard that the Nokia Sun would come with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and would feature a single core 1.4 GHz processor, and now the guys over at Pocket Now have got their hands on some adverts, of what is reported to be the new Nokia Sun, which you can see below.
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| New App To Make iPad And Android Tablets Accessible To The Blind (Video) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT Students and researchers at Stanford University have developed a new application for tablets like the Apple iPad and Google’s range of Android tablets, that is designed to make tablet devices more accessible to the blind. The video below shows the application in action, and instead of the user having to navigate on the display to where the virtual keys are placed, the keys move to where the users put their fingers.
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| Facebook iPad App To Use Apple’s In App Purchases, Not Facebook Credits Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT Facebook has its own payment system for games and apps on its social network, called Facebook Credits, and now it would appear that the new Facebook iPad app wont use Facebook Credits for purchases, instead it will use Apple’s in app purchases. Users of the Facebook iPad app, who want to purchase Facebook games and apps will have to make their purchases via Apple’s in app purchasing, just like any other app.
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| Motorola Atrix 2 Coming 16th October Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:34 AM PDT We have been hearing rumors about the new Motorola Atrix 2 for a while now, earlier we heard that AT&T had announced five new Android devices that would launch before the end of the year, one of those is the new Motorola Atrix 2. The Motorola Atrix 2 features a 4.3 inch qHD multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, there is also a dual core 1GHz processor, and it comes with 8GB of built in storage plus a micoSD card slot.
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| Samsung Google Nexus Prime Wallpapers Leaked Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT We have already seen a leaked photo and video of the new Google Nexus Prime smartphone, which we heard earlier today may launch on the 3rd of November, and now 12 Android Ice Cream Sandwich wallpapers for the Nexus Prime have leaked. The Google Nexus Prime will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, plus a 1 4.65 inch Super AMOLED HD Display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and it will feature a curved glass display.
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| HTC Amaze 4G Coming 12th October Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:02 AM PDT T-Mobile put its latest Android smartphone, the HTC Amaze 4G up for pre-order yesterday and it will go on sale tomorrow the 12th of October, the HTC Amaze 4G will be available for $259.99 with T-Mobile when you sign up to a new two year contract. The HTC Amaze 4G features a 4.3 inch qHD multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.5GHz processor.
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| Google To Support HTC In Patent Battles With Apple Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:52 PM PDT Apple and HTC are in the midst of various legal battles regarding Google’s Android OS, and the device HTC produces that run Android, and now it would appear that Google has decided to step up and support HTC. Google has recently filed a document for HTC with the United States International Trade Commission, which states their position on the legal case between Apple and HTC, which you can see below.
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| Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:45 PM PDT We have been hearing rumors for a while that Samsung is working on a new version of their popular Galaxy S II smartphone, which will be called the Samsung Galaxy S III, and now it would appear we may have some actual specifications on the device. The Samsung Galaxy S III is rumored to come with a dual core 1.8GHz Exynos 4212 processor, 1GB of RAM, plus a 4.6 inch Super AMOLED Plus HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
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| Nexus Prime Coming On The 3rd Of November? Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:35 PM PDT Google and Samsung were due to announce the new Google Nexus Prime today, the event has been postponed and will take place at a later date, which Google and Samsung have yet to confirm. Now it would appear that the new Samsung Google Nexus Prim may launch on the 3rd of November, the news comes from the guys over at Phandroid, who have received some information from a source inside Verizon.
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| AT&T To Launch Five More Android Smartphones This Year Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:28 PM PDT AT&T has announced that it will be launching five new Android smartphones before the end of the year, which include the new Motorola Atrix 2, which will go on sale on the 16th of October for $99 and it comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display and a dual core 1GHz processor. Other new models which will hit AT&T include the Samsung Captivate Glide, the Samsung DoubleTime, the Pantech Pocket, plus a prepaid model, the Avail.
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| iPhone 4S Has Just 512MB Of RAM? Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:50 PM PDT When Apple announced their fifth generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, we were told it came with a dual core A5 processor, but Apple didn’t release any information on how much memory is inside the iPhone 4S. Considering that the existing iPhone 4 comes with 512MB or RAM, we were expecting the iPhone 4S to come with 1GB of RAM, but now it would appear that the iPhone 4S comes with 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4.
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| Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:42 PM PDT Facebook has finally launched their much rumored iPad app, and they have also updated their iPhone app and made changes to their mobile web app, and the Facebook iPad app comes with a range of features that we have already seen on the iPhone version. The Facebook iPad app feature a navigation and UI which is designed to make it easy to use Facebook on your iPad, and you can easily view photos from Facebook in a similar way to the photo app on the iPad.
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| Fujifilm X10 Coming In November For $599 Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:52 PM PDT Fujilfilm announced the new Fujifilm X10 last month, wehn it was announced we didn’t have any details on when it would be available and also how much it would cost, it looks like the Fujifilm X10 will go on sale in November at will retail for $599.99. The X10 a new 2/3″ 12 megapixel EXR CMOS sensor plus a high-definition F2.0 wide-angle and F2.8 telephoto Fujinon 4x manual zoom lens (28-112mm).
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| Motorola And Verizon Schedule Mobile Event For October 18th Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:25 PM PDT It looks like we should be seeing some new Android smartphones from both Motorola and Verizon later this month, as they have announced that they are holding a special event on the 18th of October. So we can expect to see some of the much rumored Motorola and Verizon devices we have been hearing about recently, which could include the new Motorola Droid RAZR smartphone, who know we could even possibly see the new Xoom tablets.
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| Samsung Galaxy S II Update Brings Larger Icons Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:19 PM PDT It looks like Samsung has decided to release a new update for the massively popular Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, and it will bring a range of new features to Samsung’s flagship Android device. The update will bring larger icons to the Samsung Galaxy S II’s display, which you can see in the second photo below, new icons are 30 percent larger than the existing icons.
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| Gears Of War 3 Freezing Issue Plaguing Some Xbox 360s Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:40 PM PDT This certainly took a while to reach the grapevine, but apparently a splitscreen Horde Mode game using two profiles, which is to say almost all of them, is causing certain Xbox units to go all nothankyou.jpg on their loving owners. More specifically, just those who want to stomp Locust pancreases into liquid with a friend in Gears of War 3, but still. You tolerate one uppity Xbox, they all get ideas.
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