Asus Transformer Prime Now Available To Pre-Order

It looks like the wait for the Asus Transformer Prime is almost over, as the new second generation Transformer tablet is now available to pre-order from Amazon, with a price of $492 for the 32GB model and $584 for the 64GB version.

Amazon doesn’t have a shipping date for the Transformer Prime as yet, but the device is expected to be available next month, as Asus recently announced it would launch in early December.

The Transformer Prime will ship with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and Asus will upgrade it to Android 4.0 ICS some time after it goes on sale, it features a 10.1 inch touchscreen display, and NVIDIA’s new quad core Tegra 3 processor, you can read the full specifications here.

Source Amazon, Android Central

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Paper Wine Bottle Being Pushed To Replace Dumb Glass

Okay, glass isn’t dumb as the title suggests. But it had to put the whole paper vs. glass argument in perspective. Seen below is what a wine bottle made of paper looks like. It’s slated to go into production soon thanks to a Yorkshire-based manufacturer who cut a deal with the inventor. Oh yeah, the inventor. Martin Myerscough’s the name and he has got quite the entertaining back story.

To keep it short, Martin Myerscough thought that plastic bottles in landfills are a huge waste. Drawing on his lifelong passion for innovating at stuff plus the resources of his own company Greenbottle, he uses a combination of papier-mâché cleverness and foil to produce a biodegradable lightweight wine bottle.

The problem with Myerscough’s invention is marketing. Wines are a strictly conservative business, though anyone fond of the red stuff knows that wine has undergone a lot of transformation in the last 60-70 years. So the big hurdles facing the Myerscough bottle are branding and disposal. Glass, which is de rigeur with wines, is recyclable to a maddening degree. The Myerscough bottle, though it biodegrades, has a metal foil interior to preserve the liquid content. For some reason this is problematic when it comes to recycling. It’s a bad mix, claims one eco-conscious group.

But other than minor quibbles about disposal, it seems Myerscough’s bottle is going to give the industry a good shake.

Source Designweek

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Mimo Magic Touch, 10 Inch Capacitive Touchscreen USB Monitor

Mimo Monitors has this week unveiled a new upgrade for their touchscreen 10 inch USB monitors, in the form of the Magic Touch capacitive touchscreen monitor, which Mimo has just added to their range of products.

The Magic Touch display will be available in two models when it arrives in stores next month. The Magix Touch Deluxe with Two USB ports and an external power supply or the Magic Touch with just a single USB 2.0 port.

The Magix Touch displays are compatible with both Windows and Mac systems, and provide an additional 10 inch of screen workspace, using a 1012 x 600 resolution.

When the new USB displays arrive in December they will be priced at $300 for the Magic Touch and the deluxe version will be $330.

Source: Everything USB

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Skyrim Without Textures Provides A More Team Fortress 2 Look (video)

There has already been a number of examples showing how good the graphics can be on the PC of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, when the settings are turned up to Ultra. But what about turning them the other way?

Removing the textures within your new Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game, provides a much more Team Fortress 2 style appearance. Take a look at the video after the jump to see the results first hand.

The new “Team Fortress 2 mode” as it is now being called can be created by tweaking your setting within the game and removing all the textures, making everything in game look very comic like, and much more Team Fortress 2.

Source: Kotaku

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Time Lapse Construction Of A StarCraft 2 Battlecruiser (video)

Six and a half hours of construction time to build a mega blocks StarCraft 2 Battlecruiser, have been reduced down to just 1 minute and forty seconds. Creating a unique time lapsed video of the build.

The construction tool place during the Blizzcon 2011, the annual convention held by Blizzard Entertainment to celebrate their major franchises of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo.

BlizzCon first started in October 2005, and held at the Anaheim Convention Center where it has been held every year since. Blizzard uses the annual event to announcement the release of new content for their franchises, previews of content for upcoming games, and to hold Blizzard developer Q&A sessions.

Source: Joystiq

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Kyobo Android eReader Becomes Worlds First Equipped With E-Paper Colour Display

This week Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm have unveiled their new eReader, which is the very first to be equipped with a mirasol colour e-paper display.

The Kyobo eReader is equipped with a 5.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display using Qualcomm’s front-light technology, and uses LEDs to allow users to be able to use the eReader in the dark. Its also fitted with capacitive touchscreen and powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor. Watch a demonstration video after the jump to see the new Kyobo eReader put through its paces. Its also equipped with Wi-fi connectivity but unfortunately doesn’t offer connection via 3G.

Kyobo, is currently Korea’s leading bookstore, and will be offer ing 90,000 ebooks for use with the mirasol eReader. Which has been predominately designed for educational uses. The Kyobo eReader has gone on sale today in Korea for around $310.

Source: Slashgear

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Skyrim, WoW Head Tracking Mod Created For Sony 3D Personal Viewer (video)

Do you enjoy playing Skyrim or World of Warcraft and own a Sony HMZ-T1 Virtual Reality Headset? If you do then you might be interested in this great little mod that has been put together using a TrackIR 5 head tracking system.

Allowing you to immerse yourself into the world of Skyrim or WoW in 3D vision. Watch the video after the jump to see the head tracking mod in action on both WoW and Skyrim games.

The mod have been created by YouTube user “iPhwne” sand uses a TrackIR 5 connected to the Personal 3D Viewer. He’s then calibrated the motion sensors to his PC and then streamed the video from his system through to the headset. Awesome!

Source: DVICE

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CanvasPop Transforms Your Instagram Photos Into Canvas Prints

CanvasPop has introduced a new service which will allow Instagram users to be able to enlarge images from their libraries up to an impressive 20 x 20 inches and have them printed onto canvas if desired.

CanvasPop has become the first company to offer such a service. Which uses Instagram’s simplicity and built-in filters, to create gallery-quality photos on canvas, ready to brighten any room.

With CanvasPop, it’s easy to create your personal gallery of photos to canvas, directly from your Instagram account. CanvasPop has even started the service with a healthy introductory offer. With a 12? x 12? print selling for $29.95, while the 20? x 20? is priced $59.95.

For more information and to order your first prints visit the CanvasPop website.

Source: TUAW

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Nokia Lumia 800 Suffering From Battery Issues?

It looks like Apple’s iPhone 4S may not be the only new smartphone that is having battery problems, as it would appear a number of owners of Nokia’s fist Windows Phone smartphone, the Lumia 800 are having battery issues with the device.

Some users are reporting that the battery life on the Lumia 800 is getting worse after repeated charges of the device, whilst another users has said that his battery drops by around 25 percent overnight when it is not being used.

It isn’t clear as yet just how many Nokia Lumia 800 owners are experiencing the battery problems, if you have a Lumia 800 and have had any battery problems leave a comment below and let us know.

Source WMPoweruser

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CyanogenMod 9 Ice Cream Sandwich Headed To Galaxy Tab 10.1

The CyanogenMod team recently confirmed they are working on CyanongenMod 9, which is based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and is expected to launch some time around January of next year.

CyanogenMod 9 will support a wide range of smartphones, and now it would appear that CyanogenMod 9 is also headed to tablet devices, as Steve Kondik has confirmed that they are working on a version for the Galaxy Tab 10.1

ICS on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is pretty great. Coming soon to a CM mirror near you

There are no details on when it will be released, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

Source Droid Dog

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VMware Apologise For Allowing Apple Leopard And Snow Leopard OS To Be Installed

Further to yesterdays discovery that VMware had rolled out a new update to its Fusion software, which allowed older copies of Apple’s Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems to be installed on virtual machines. VMware has today issued a statement via its website blog apologising. Saying that the feature was not intended and was a mistake on their part.

VMware explains on their blog:

“VMware Fusion 4.1 was released late last week and includes many great improvements. One change was the introduction of a new license verification step for users to verify they are in compliance with the OS licensing terms.

When the license verification step was added in VMware Fusion 4.1 the server edition check was omitted. We are preparing an update.

Running Mac OS X client in a virtual machine continues to require Lion (purchased from the Mac App Store or a USB thumb drive.) Users should always ensure they remain in compliance with any applicable software license agreements.”

Source: Ars Technica : VMware

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Dominos iPad App Lets You Make And Then Order Your Favourite Pizza (video)

Dominos Pizza have created a unique iPad application called Domino’s Pizza Hero, which allows you to build your very own pizza complete with custom toppings, and then order it for delivery.

The Domino’s Pizza Hero app is half game, half ordering application, letting you knead your dough and select your toppings, before popping your creation into the oven.The game side of the application focuses on how quickly you can create your pizzas and includes 6 levels to complete. Watch a video after the jump to see its features.

Once you have reached the sixth level, your scores are then related to in-game customer feedback and reviews. Dominos lets you play against your friends head-to-head and even share your top scores via social networking sites.

The Domino’s Pizza Hero is now available to download for free from the Apple iTunes Store.

Source: Mashable

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YouTube HTML5 Player Almost Ready To Replace Flash Equivalent

Google’s new HTML5 YouTube player has  received a number of major updates recently to improve its features and performance, and is now coming on par with YouTube’s Flash based player .

Recent updates to YouTube’s HTML 5 player have added support for closed captioning and annotations, together with native fullscreen support for Firefox users, amongst others.

YouTube has been offering YouTube users the option to use the new HTML5 player for over a year, and allows you to opt for the HTML 5 YouTube player over the older Flash based one.

You can signup to the ongoing trial to use the new HTML5 YouTube player here, if you would prefer. Unfortunately, though when ever any YouTube movie has an advertisement in it YouTUbe will still force you to use its Flash based player for the time being, even if you are a member of the HTML5 trial.

Source: TNW : Google Blog

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Retailer Stops Selling Samsung Galaxy Nexus Due To Volume Bug

We heard earlier about the apparent volume bug on the Samsung Galaxy nexus smartphone, and now one online retailer has decided to stop selling the device because of the reported bug which has been widely reported.

Online retailer Handtec has stopped selling the SIM free version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and has explained on their blog that this is due to the volume bug.

Samsung hasn’t released an official statement as yet, and owners of the device have been leaving comments on Samsung’s Facebook page, and it would appear that a few have been deleted, which isn’t exactly the best way to handle the issue.

Source Eurodroid

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Galaxy Nexus To Be Nexus Prime On Verizon?

Nexus Prime was the name that was rumored for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, before the device was officially announced, and now it would appear that when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus lands on Verizon, it may be called the Nexus Prime.

According to the guys over at Sammy Hub, who have obtained a photo of some Best Buy marketing material, which you can see below, the name will be used by Verizon to identify it from the international model of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

We still don’t have any more information on an official release date of the Galaxy Nexus or Nexus Prime for Verizon Wireless, the last rumored date we heard was the 8th of December.

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SkyLight Transforms Your Smartphone In To A Microscope Viewer And Camera (video)

A new concept which has been designed to transform your smartphone in to a microscope viewer, has just started its journey from concept to manufacture over on the Kickstarter website.

Once your smartphone is attached to the SkyLight adapter, you can then use your smartphones camera and video recorder to take records of specimens, and easily distribute them either via email or social networks. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

The SkyLight concept adapter has been created by Andy Miller an engineer and designer from Oakland. Miller explains:

“The SkyLight is the first of its kind, as there is no other available device that attaches any smartphone to any microscope. The SkyLight’s universal compatibility allows previously owned technology (microscopes) to be upgraded to the digital age with the use of a widely available technology (smartphones) – good for global health, science classes, and anyone else!”

If you think you could benefit from using a SkyLight device jump over to the Kickstarter website to make your pledge and help the SkyLight become a reality.

Source: Kickstarter : Ubergizmo

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Samsung Series 7 Slate Hacked To Run OS X Lion (video)

If you have a Samsung Series 7 Slate tablet gathering dust in your home or office, or you would simply prefer to try a slightly different OS on it rather than the intended Windows 7. You might be interested to know that a developer has now been able to install and run OS X Lion on his.

The installation of the OS X Lion operating system on the Samsung Series 7 Slate was completed using a Lion UniBeast USB KEY Install method and does still have a few things which still need to be ironed out. Currently the Samsung Series 7 Slate does need to be connected to an external monitor, but is showing some great potential says the developer. Watch the video after the jump to see the Samsung Series 7 Slate in action running Mac OS X Lion.

Display issue explained :

“I connected a mini-HDMI to HDMI cable to the tablet then to a TV screen that I have, as this is my only screen with an HDMI input. The reason for this is during the first try after the Apple boot screen the screen goes blank but I can see that the tablet is still running so I knew it was HD3000 issue so I went out a bought the adaptor cable and we have a working TV screen at full resolution on a 32? Plasma. “

For more information on the whole Samsung Series 7 Slate, OS X Lion installation process and progress so far, jump over to the TonyMacx86 website for more details.

Source: TonyMacx86 : 9to5 Mac

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Galaxy Nexus Owners Reporting Volume Bug (Video)

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus launched here in the UK last week, and a number of owners of the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device are reporting problems with the handset.

The video below shows the reported volume bug in action, and it is reported to happen when the device is connected to a 2G network, and users are also reporting being unable to control the volume using the side buttons.

Google or Samsung haven’t released any details on the volume bug as yet, and we don’t know as yet whether it is cause by the software or hardware. If you have purchased a Galaxy Nexus and are having the same problem, leave a comment below and lets us know.

Source ZDNet

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Portal Wheatley And Turret Flashlight Keychains

Both portal games have been a great success for Valve since their release, and if you are a fan of Portal and Aperture gadgets, or know someone who is. Then these fantastic Portal flashlight keychains might well be worth adding to yours or their gadget list this holiday.

The miniature Portal turret is equipped with a red LED light and sound effects to match, from both the original and sequel Portal games. Wheatley unfortunately doesn’t come with any sounds effects but lights up with a blue LED.

Both are now available from Think geek at $20 for Wheatley and $25 for the Turret.

Source: Gizmodo

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Plane Engine Parts iPhone Dock

We have featured a number of iPhone docks here at Geeky Gadgets, but I think this is probably the first one which is made from engine parts of various planes, the J-Cobs Piston Dock.

There will only be 250 of these iPhone and iPod docks made, and as you can see from the photos the certainly look different to anything we have featured on the site previously.

This industrial modern art Piston Dock was created using a 1940's WWII Jacobs R-755 (or often called the L-4) radial engine piston. The R-755 was used during World War II and powered airplanes including the Avro Anson, Cessna T-50, Avro Cadet, Anahuac Tauro, Cessna AT-17, Cessna 195, Funk F-23, Grumman Ag Cat, Kellett KD-1, Morane-Saulnier MS-505, Waco CG-15, Waco YKC, YKC-S, YKS-6, Boeing Stearman 75 and the Beechcraft Staggerwing.

If you want one of these unique iPhone docks they are available for $99 each from Plane Pieces.

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Xbox 360 Dashboard Update adds Gesture Control Dec 6

The Xbox 360 is set to get a new update for the Xbox 360 dashboard is coming in early December. The specific date that the update is set to launch is December 6. The update will be free and has some nice features that are included.

One of the features is gesture and vice control of menus using the Kinect. That will be a cool reason to get a Kinect for Christmas for those that use the dashboard a lot. The update will also bring Facebook sharing and enhanced family settings. Along with the voice and gesture control will also come Bing voice search.

That voice search will only be offered in the US, UK, and Canada. The best part for many will be the cloud storage for your saved games. That will means you never lose your place in a game to a damaged console or HDD.

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Activision’s Call Of Duty Elite Service, Signs Up 1 Million Paying Users

Activision has today announced that its new Call of Duty Elite service, which provides users with a number of premium features. Has already signed up 1 million paying users, even after a troubled start for the service.

Activision issued a press release this morning detailing that out of the 1 million signups, the Gamestop chain of stores has been responsible for signing up a staggering 600,000 users alone.

Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing said in the press release.

“The demand for Call of Duty Elite at launch was so overwhelming, that for the first several days, the service did not perform up to our or our fans standards. I want to personally thank our fans for their patience. Our teams have been working around the clock to get the service scaled up to meet demand,”

“I’m very pleased to announce today that the service is now performing stably and anyone who wants to try Call of Duty Elite is now able to do so.”

The new Activision Call of Duty Elite service provides access to contests and events across all skill levels, as well as intel on weapons and map, stat trackers, and heat maps. Together with access to the Call of Duty Elite 1-Year Premium Subscription to get access to Elite Premium features and all the Modern Warfare 3 DLC.

Source: Kotaku

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The SLUG Will Rip Any Audio From Your Computer Or Mobile Device (Video)

A new device called the SLUG has been developed by SoundSlug and its founders Kenny & Seena, which has been designed to enable you to rip any audio with ease. The Slug simply plugs into your headphone and mic ports and allows you to record any audio from your computer or any external devices such as MP3 players or mobile phones.

The SLUG will even record streaming music and comes supplied with a software suit that will automatically split tracks based on silence, so if you record from streaming music the software will automatically create each track as a separate file. It also includes a feature which deletes tracks under a certain length, allowing you to block out advertisements. Watch an introductory video created by its designers after the jump.

The legality of the device is still a little clear as it will allow you to record anything. But the SLUG device is currently on the Kickstarter website and is currently looking for pledges. So if you think the idea is something you could use jump over to make a pledge.

Source: Kickstarter : TNW

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Massive Battlefield 3 Patch Lands On PC, Arriving Soon On Xbox 360 And PS3

Any users who have been experiencing issues whilst playing the new Battlefield 3 first person shooter game. Should be pleased to know that a massive patch has just been released to fix a multitude of issues and bugs affecting players. The new update also brings with it a number of performance fixes as well as balance and gameplay tweaks to PC gamers.

You can also expect the patch to arrive for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 shortly after it passes through the relative certification processes required by Sony and Microsoft.

For a full list of all the tweaks and issues addressed in the new Battlefield 3 update, jump over to the Lazy Gamer website.

Source: Lazy Gamer

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HTC Wildfire S Headed TO MetroPCS

The HTC Wildfire S has been available in the US for a while through T-Mobile and US cellular and now the device is headed to MetroPCS, and it should be available some time this week for $179 plus taxes without a contract.

The HTC Wildfire S comes with a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, plus Android 2.3 Gingerbread and HTC Sense 3.0

Processing is provided by a 600MHz processor, and comes with 512MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM, plus a microSD card slot, and a five megapixel camera with built in auto-focus and a flas, and Wifi And Bluetooth 3.0.

Source Unwired View

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SlingPlayer Arrives On Boxee Box

D-Link and Boxee today announced that their Boxee Box will now support the new SlingPlayer app for Connected Devices. The new SlingPlayer application is now available to download and requires a SlingBox Solo or Pro HD device to function.

Once installed Boxee Box owners can then use their remote controls to access cable boxes, DVRs or satellite receivers. Including setting and playing back DVR recordings, as well as streaming live TV. Watch a demonstration of the new SlingPlayer App for Connected Devices after the break.

The Boxee Box by D-Link features an SD card slot, two USB ports, optical digital audio, HDMI output, 802.11n wireless, and an Ethernet port for connectivity flexibility. With a double-sided remote featuring a built-in QWERTY keyboard and simple browsing interface, consumers can kick back and watch virtually anything.

More information is available from the Boxee Box press release.

Source: PR Newswire

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, More Details Revealed

Asus announced the second generation Transformer tablet, the Transformer Prime recently, and now the company has listed the device on their website and we get some more information on the Transformer Prime, including the final specifications.

The Transformer Prime will feature a 10.1 inch LED backlit Super IPS+ touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, it will come with Android Honeycomb 3.2.

Processing is provided by NVIDIA’s new quad core Tegra 3 processor, plus an NVIDIA GeForce GPU and a 5th companion core for low power usage, there is also 1GB of RAM and a choice of ether 32GB or 64GB of built in storage.

The Transformer Prime also come with Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, it also comes with two cameras, up front we have a 1.2 megapixel camera for video chat, on the back there is and 8 megapixel camera with an F2.4 aperture lens, a flash and auto-focus.

The Eee Pad Transformer Prime also features a microSD card slot, a stereo speaker, an SD card reader, headphone jack, and micro HDMI, plus it also comes with a keyboard dock, And Asus are expected to release an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update shortly after the Transformer Prime is released.

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eBay iPad App Update, Now Lets You View Items Related To What Your Watching On TV (video)

eBay has this week rolled out a new update to its iPad application, which has added a new feature to it called ‘Watch with eBay’. Which lets you easily find items related to what you are currently watching on television.

To enable the new feature download the update and then tap on the new ‘Watch with eBay’. Enter your zip code, cable provider, channel and the program you are currently watching. Watch a demonstration video of the new feature after the break to see how it works.

eBay is the first company to offer a tablet shopping experience relevant to what you are watching on TV, and eBay say the feature “is just the beginning”. So expect new updates and the feature to grow in the future. You can download the eBay iPad app from the Apple iTunes Store now.

Source: Tech Crunch

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Samsung WiFi Series 5 Chromebook Announced

Samsung has launched a new version of their Series 5 Chromebook, and this version will be WiFi only, will come in black and will retail for $349 and will feature the latest version of Google’s Chrome OS, which had a recent minor update.

The Samsung Series 5 WiFi Chromebook features a 12.1 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, there is also a dual core Intel Atom processor, a couple of USB ports and an SD card reader.

The Samsung WiFi Series 5 Chomebook is available now in the US for $349, more details can be found here.

Source Google

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Sony And Vodafone Team Up On European PS Vita 3G

Sony has announced that its European partner for the new PS Vita 3G console will be Vodafone, and this will apply to a number of countries which include, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, , The Netherlands and France, plus other non European countries which include Australia and New Zealand.

The PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model sold in selected countries will come with a Vodafone SIM card so that users can immediately enjoy social gaming experiences on the go. Customers will also be able to buy PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model direct from Vodafone channels, both online and in store. In addition, customers connecting with Vodafone will receive a PlayStation Network voucher to download WipEout 2048 from PlayStation Store.

You can find out full details over at the PlayStation Blog, it isn’t clear as yet how long this exclusivity will last, and whether the device will be available on other European networks.

Source Gadgetsteria

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Star Wars Hot Beverages, Drink Them You Will

One of the most revered film franchises in all of geekdom is Star Wars. Anytime something new that is Star Wars branded comes out it catches my eyes. When the stuff is from ThinkGeek, I really get excited. ThinkGeek always has the coolest Star Wars gear. The latest beverage set would look great with that vintage Star Wars lunch box I have from when I was a kid on the shelf in the kitchen.

Three different tins are in this set. Each are metal and the labels are lithographed to last for years. The set includes Vader’s Dark Roast, Hoth Cocoa, and Yoda Dagobah Green Tea. I can’t really figure out how large the cans are. Those cans are what you are really buying, the drinks are just ancillary.

The three can set sells for $29.99 and is available now. The green tea has an ounce of leaves and can make 14 cups of tea. The coffee has three ounces of roast and the cocoa is enough for 4-5 cups. You can order the set right now.

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Cute Slice Of Pizza Sleeping Bag Costs A Bundle

But wait, before the bad news arrives let it be writ that this sure is hilarious. Sleeping in a pizza slice, imagine that! It definitely comes highly recommended to pizza eaters who order ‘zza on a weekly basis at the very least. There is, however, an origin tale behind this odd sleeping bag that appeared at Etsy some time ago. Turns out this person named Brook created an Etsy profile to receive orders. See, Brook’s Pizza Sleeping Bags are handmade from quilts and take up to six weeks before they’re finished. That’s not all though.

Other than the novelty of sleeping in a giant pizza slice, the sleeping bag comes with pillows shaped like toppings. In the picture you have olives and mushrooms spread across the ‘zza’s 3 feet x 5 feet size. Customers can actually choose which ‘toppings’ they prefer and Brook assures compliance depending on the customer’s location. You really wish it was real pizza except giant real pizza will probably attract rats.

The money side of this sleeping bag proposition is Brook requires a hundred dollar down payment out of a total of $300. Despite the expense, keep in mind this is handmade and labor intensive. Besides, a Pizza Sleeping Bag just rocks so incredibly hard.

Source Etsy

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GameGadget Unveils Go Anywhere – Play Everything Games Console

This week UK company GameGadget has announced the launch of their new “Go Anywhere – Play Everything” games console, called the GameGadget 1.0. which is looking to take on the big players in the market.

The new GameGadget 1.0. has been developed together with a new software service called GameGadgetGames. Which has been created to offers gamers, developers and game publishers, unrivalled choice and flexibility in how they play, create and sell games, says its creators.

Jason Cooper, the creator of the GameGadget said in the press release:

“GameGadget has been designed with the ultimate goal of playing every game on a single device, just as the “iPod” was for music. Hundreds of thousands of games are currently “archived” and no longer being enjoyed by Gamers, with no value being generated for the Developers and Publishers. The launch of GameGadget creates a market for gamers to play the games they want to play. The GameGadgetGames service, just like “Apple’s App Store”, allows the owners of these games, to re-market their back catalogue, in their original format, set the appropriate pricing and gain incremental revenue, BUT with no additional investment”.

The GameGadget 1.0 will be available exclusively from the GameGadget website for £99.99 and is scheduled to launch in January 2012.

Source: Kotaku : GameGadget

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Windows 8 Setup Will Be Easier And Tailored For Online Delivery, Says Microsoft

In the past installing versions of Microsoft Windows on to a computer system has never been an enjoyable experience. Now in Windows 8, Microsoft is hoping to improve the setup process to provide a much more streamlined experience, tailored for online delivery and only requiring around eleven clicks to complete.

Microsoft is hoping to provide a much faster installation process with their new Windows 8 operating system. Which will be easy enough for even the less tech savvy users to be able to install it from either a disk, USB key or even via the web.

Christa St. Pierre from Microsoft’s Setup and Deployment team explains:

“Customers who choose to install Windows from an online source will have a greatly improved experience over what we’ve delivered in the past, with smaller and faster downloads, as well as increased resiliency and control.”

You can read more about the streamlining process on Christa St. Pierre blog post on the Windows website.

Source: Microsoft : PCR

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Air Jordans, Made From A Pizza Box Packaging

If you enjoy a little papercraft you might enjoy constructing these Nike Air Jordans which can be made using a pizza box style packaging. The box has been designed to hold and be sold with the new “XIV Blueprint” t-shirt that will be arriving in the spring of 2012.

The packaging resembles the pattern that is printed on the t-shirt, but allows you to pop out the pieces to construct your very own. Unfortunately its only a scale model and cant actually be worn unless you have very small feet.

Unfortunately no information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released as yet for the t-shirt, just that it will be launching in Spring 2012.

Source: Hypebeast : Gizmodo

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Asus Drops Original Eee Pad Transformer To £299

With Asus about to launch their second generation Transformer tablet, the Transformer Prime, Asus has decided to drop the price of the original Eee Pad Transformer, and it is now available in the UK from a number of retailers for £299.

It looks like this price drop isn’t permanent, and will only be available until the 4th of December, and it would appear that both Best Buy and HMV are offering the Transformer for £299 online.

As a reminder the Eee Pad Transformer comes with Android 3.2 Honeycomb,Asus has confirmed it will get Android 4.0 ICS in the future, it features a 10.1 inch IPS touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, processing is provided by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and it also comes with 1GB of RAM.

The Eee Pad Transformer features a 1.2 megapixel camera on the front for video chat and a five megapixel camera on the back with built in auto focus, there is also 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 +ED, a microSD card slot, and there will be two models available one with 16GB of storage and one with 32GB of storage.

Source EuroDroid

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webOS Cost HP $3.3 Billion

HP has just released its latest financial reports, and included in the reports is how much webOS actually cost the company, which is a massive $3.3 billion, which include the purchase price of Palm and also the running costs of producing the HP TouchPad tablet, which was sold off for $200.

It also looks like HP is looking to sell webOS, and a number of companies have been rumored to be interested in purchasing webOS from HP, but it is unlikely that they will get anywhere near what the paid for Palm and webOS.

One of the companies rumored to be in talks with HP to buy webOS in Intel, although as yet it isn’t clear what plans Intel would have for webOS if they managed to buy it from HP.

Source TechCrunch, Slashgear

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5 Inch Lenovo Android Tablet Leaked

It looks like Lenovo is working on a new Android tablet, according to a recent report by Engadget, the Android device will feature a 5 inch touchscreen display, and will probably be called the IdeaTab.

There really isn’t very much information about the specifications on this new Android tablet, but we do know that it will come with HDMI out, a micro USB port and a front facing camera.

Unfortunately that is all we know so far, there are no details on when the Lenovo 5 inch Android tablet will go on sale and also no information on how much it will retail for, you can see lots more photos over at Engadget.

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NFC Enabled iPhone Coming In 2012?

Before the iPhone 4S was announced there were rumors that the handset would come with NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities, and now it looks like the rumors have started again, and according to a recent report Apple may launch an NFC enabled iPhone in 2012.

As Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Bada have supported NFC (near field communication) functions and Microsoft and Apple plan to make Windows Phone and iOS support NFC in 2012, the proportion of NFC-enabled smartphones will quickly increase from less than 10% currently to over 50% in two to three years, according to Taiwan-based smartphone makers.

Of course it is still just a rumor at the moment, but with Google launching NFC enabled devices like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, we would suspect that Apple are looking into the technology at the moment.

Source Mac Rumors, DigiTimes

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Samsung Illusion Hits Verizon Wireless November 23rd

The Samsung Illusion was recently announced, and now it would appear that the device will be available from Verizon wireless from tomorrow, the 23rd of November at Verizon online, but it looks like it won’t actually launch in Verizon stores until the 12th of January.

As a reminder, the Samsung Illusion comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features a 3.5 inch touchscreen display with a 320 x 480 pixel resolution, plus 512MB of RAM and a single core 1GHz processor.

There Illusion also features a 3 megapixel camera, plus 2GB of built in storage and a microSD card slot with a 2GB card pre-installed, and whilst no pricing has been announced it is expected to retail for about $100.

Source Mobile Whack

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HTC HD2 Gets Android 4.0 ICS Port (Video)

We have already seen Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on a couple of different devices, which include the Asus Transformer, and the latest device to get a port of ICS is a smartphone, the HTC HD2, which is probably the first non Android device to get an Android 4.0 port.

The video below shows Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in action on the HTC HD2, and the ROM was created using the ASOP Ice Cream Sandwich code that was released by Google.

You can find out more details about Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC HD2 over at the XDA Developers.

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New MacBook Pro’s To Switch To NVIDIA Graphics?

The graphics in the existing range of MacBook pro’s are supplied by AMD, although according to a recent report by SemiAccurate, Apple may be switching to NVIDIA for the graphics in the next generation MacBook Pro’s.

NVIDIA previously supplied the graphics chips to Apple for their MacBook range, and Apple switched to AMD and it would appear that Apple have decided to switch back to NVIDIA.

Of course this is yet to be confirmed by Apple, and we suspect we won’t have any actual confirmation until Apple unveiled its 2012 range of MacBook Pro notebooks.

Source SemiAccurate, Mac Rumors

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Jawbone UP Health Tracking Wristband Launched

If you are the health conscious type that likes to monitor your health. You will be pleased to know that the new Jawbone UP health tracking wristband device which we first featured here on Geeky Gadgets back in July, will be arriving in stores, including Apple, AT&T, Best Buy, and Target on November 6th for $99.99.

The Jawbone UP has been designed to synchronise with your iOS device using a small adapter which plugs in to the headphone socket on your iPhone or iPod Touch, and comes with its own free application which can then track your sleep patterns and exercise routines. Using its built-in motion accelerator and movement sensor called the MotionX engine.

To get the most out of your UP device the UP needs to be worn all day long and any measurements it takes during the day are then broken down into 3 categories: measure, engage, and act.

The UP wristband is both water resistant and durable and can provide up to 10 days of use on a single charge. Another great feature of the Jawbone UP is that its equipped with a small vibration alarm which can be used to gently wake you from slumber without waking your nearest and dearest.

The Jawbone UP will be available in either small, medium, and large sizes and in seven different colours: dark black, dark brown, dark red, bright white, bright silver, bright red, and bright blue.

Source: Tech Crunch

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Grand Theft Auto V Official Trailer Unveiled By Rockstar (video)

As advertised last week Rockstar Games have now released their first official teaser trailer for their new Grand Theft Auto V which runs for a glorious 1 minute and 24 seconds. Showing a glimpse of what you can expect from the next game in series once its released.

The release of GTA V comes three years after last instalment GTA IV and shows Rockstar’s take on Los Angeles with the narrator in the trailer talking about moving to the city to retire and being a father. Enjoy!

Rockstar hasn’t announced what consoles GTA V will be released on, but you can guess it will be the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. But its also rumoured that the Wii U might also be in the list, but everything is still speculation at the moment.

Source: Kotaku

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Opera Mini And Mobile Browser Updated Across Multiple Platforms

Opera has today rolled out a new update for both its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers bringing all its browsers to the same version across multiple platforms.

Opera Mini has now reached  6.5 on iOS, S60, J2ME, and BlackBerry, and the more powerful Opera Mobile has now reached version 11.5 for S60 and MeeGo. New features in the new update include a usage tracker which shows you how much data you have saved using Opera over other mobile browsers with their compression engine technology.

Other small updates include Opera Mobile receiving improved Opera Turbo and additional video support, as yet there is still no sign of a Opera version for Windows Phone 7 but you never know what could happen in the future.

Source: Verge

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Motorola Xoom 2 And Xoom 2 Media Edition Tablets Announced

We have been hearing rumors for a while that Motorola has been getting ready to launch the new Xoom 2 tablet, it is now official and Motorola has just announced two new Android Honeycomb tablets, the Motorola Xoom 2 and the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition Tablet.

First up is the Motorola Xoom 2 which features a 10.1 inch HD display with Gorilla Glass and it comes with Android 3.2 Honeycomb and a dual core 1.2GHz processor, plus 1GB of RAM and 16GB of built in storage.

Other specifications on the Xoom 2 include a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera and a rear facing 5 megapixel camera with digital zoom, an LED flash and auto-focus plus a 10+ hour battery for web usage.

Next up is the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition tablet which also comes with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and a dual core 1.2GHz processor, this version features a smaller 8.2 inch HD display with Gorilla Glass.

Other specifications on the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition tablet include a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera and a rear facing 5 megapixel camera with digital zoom, an LED flash and auto-focus, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, according to Motorola the Xoom 2 Media Edition is good for 6 plus hours of battery usage on the web.

Both the new Motorola Xoom 2 And the Xoom 2 Media edition will go on sale in the UK and Ireland in mid November, there are no details on pricing as yet.

Source Motorola

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Google Rolls Out New Update For Android Docs And Reader Applications

Following on from the roll-out of its new Reader service update yesterday Google has now rolled out updates to its Android Reader application and its Google Docs Android application.

The new Google Reader app v1.1.1 version is now equipped with Android 4.0 designed user interface together with matching widgets and the ability to now navigate using gestures. With the removal of the old previous and next buttons, users can now move between posts/entries by swiping left to right or right to left on the screen.

The new Google Docs update brings with it a number of bug fixes for the previous version which was rolled out and brought with it a new user interface which was split into 3 columns.

Download the new Google Reader app from Android Market and try it out, remember other features that are now offered by Google+ including sharing, following, etc. have also now been removed.

Source: Google

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