Genius LuxePad Bluetooth Keyboards For iPad

Posted by Riken Afani on October 22, 2011

Genius has rolled out thee Bluetooth keyboards for iPad and Android tablets. Known as the LuxePad, LuxePad 9000 and LuxePad A9000, these input devices feature a built-in Bluetooth technology, a smooth tactile feedback [...]
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Hulu Plus coming to 3DS and Wii, handheld getting 3D video capture

Posted by Riken Afani

Rejoice Nintendo fans, Hulu Plus is coming to your console of choice... provided you're up on the latest in Nintendo hardware. Both the Wii and 3DS will be getting access to the streaming service's vast archives of TV [...]
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Microsoft talks Windows 8 portrait mode, really wants you to be proud of it (video)

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If Apple is that paranoid friend that has four deadbolts on his door and a loaded weapon in every room, then Microsoft is the over-sharer who tweets where, when and what he had for lunch -- including both before and after [...]
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Smart Cover can unlock password-protected iPads running iOS 5 (video)

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Psst. Hey, do you carry a spare Smart Cover around with you? Well, if you're an unscrupulous sort, you can actually use it to bypass the lock screen of any iPad running iOS 5. This multi-step security hole will let you [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus WiFi hitting the US November 13th for $400, available in 16GB for now

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Nearly a month after its initial announcement, Samsung's ready to deliver the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus to the good ol' US of A just in time for the winter gift-giving season. The WiFi-only device, which packs a 1.2GHz dual-core [...]
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Biscotti TV dunked in the FCC's latte, still a bit hard

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Webcams have certainly narrowed the distance between loved ones, but it's hard to argue that two people hovering over their laptop screens can rival an in-person conversation. Moving things over to the big screen could [...]
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Verizon (finally) confirms it will have the Galaxy Nexus

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After a few leaks and false starts, Verizon has finally made its plans to offer the Galaxy Nexus "later this year" official. That's really the only detail revealed, as its price, release date and availability on other [...]
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BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 developer beta previewed, Android apps look right at home (video)

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Are you in DevCon withdrawal? Need a little BBX preview to ferry you safely into the weekend's arms? Well, you're in luck, as German site Macberry.de took the time to film a walkthrough of the recently released BlackBerry [...]
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ASUS Zenbook gets taken apart, finds the peace within

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It's certainly not very Zen, but AnandTech has pried open ASUS' 11.6-inch ultrabook to see exactly what makes it all tick. The Zenbook's innards are all tightly packed together inside the oh-so-thin casing, with the UX21's [...]
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The Galaxy Nexus' Super AMOLED display is a minus, not a Plus

Posted by Riken Afani on October 21, 2011

For all the buzz around Samsung's latest hi-def smartphone, the absence of one little word has largely been glossed over. That word is "Plus" -- the wizened Galaxy S II has a "Super AMOLED Plus" display, for example, [...]
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EU to launch first two Galileo satellites today, as sat-nav system lurches forward

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The EU's Galileo satellite navigation system has been beset by delays and budget overruns in recent months, but its future is looking slightly brighter, now that its first two satellites are primed for launch. The European [...]
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Vertu Constellation packs gaudy brilliance, and we don't mean the AMOLED

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Vertu's first foray into the heady modern world of touchscreen phones has arrived, and it still looks KIRF-ably premium. But what's surprising is that the Constellation's feature ensemble is actually half-decent -- at [...]
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Ice Cream Sandwich already unofficially ported, Nexus S 4G gets first dibs

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Well, that was fast. Just two days (barely) after the Android 4.0 SDK was released, a resourceful dev claims to already have the code up and running on a handset that isn't the Galaxy Nexus. Android Central forum user [...]
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Canon PIXMA MG4120 Photo Printer

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Canon has released the new PIXMA MG4120 WiFi-enabled photo printer. What makes this printer special is that it has a 2.4-inch color LCD display and a memory card slot, so you can preview your favorite pictures that are [...]
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Samsung's Galaxy Nexus gets official: Android 4.0, 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display (video)

Posted by Riken Afani on October 20, 2011

Wait no more. Google and Samsung have just made the long-awaited Galaxy Nexus (not longer the Nexus Prime, as we'd once heard) official here in Hong Kong, and the specifications are downright drool-worthy. Those with [...]
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Spotify releases preview app for BlackBerry users, but not all of them

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BlackBerry users haven't had a whole lot to celebrate in recent days, but at least they now have Spotify. Today, the Swedish startup unveiled a preview version of its music streaming app, available to download from its [...]
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Audyssey's Lower East Side Audio Dock Air: square to be cool

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Not enamored by any upcoming AirPlay-enabled HiFi systems? Audyssey's curiously square Lower East Side Audio Dock Air could be worth a shot. This is the second wireless speaker from the company, which last year used its [...]
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Motorola RAZR to get updated to Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012

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We know that Samsung has the first crack at Android 4.0 with the Galaxy Nexus, but it'll only be a matter of time before we begin seeing it show up on rival devices. HTC has already made an official statement on its plans [...]
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Kobo quietly launches Vox Android tablet with 7-inch display, Gingerbread, $200 price tag

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Canadian retailer Future Shop gave us an accidental sneak peek at the tablet last month, but now Kobo is making Vox official, complete with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution AFFS+ display with multi-touch, a 7-hour battery [...]
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Verizon's My FiOS app puts your entire living room under one Android roof

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Leaving home is hard, especially when you've got a backlog of on-demand movies and TV shows staring at you with big puppy dog eyes. Fortunately, however, Verizon has now come out with My FiOS -- a new app for Android [...]
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Sprint unleashes the HTC EVO Design 4G, available October 23rd for $100

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That HTC EVO Design 4G leaked a couple months ago? Oh, it's real -- and Sprint's finally ready to share its story with the world. The tale of the EVO Design 4G is simple enough: for a penny under $100, you can have [...]
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HTC's new audio API Beats OpenSense into developers

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Thanks for Image : Android Community Earlier this summer HTC scooped up a slice of Beats by Dr. Dre stock, and we're finally seeing the much-anticipated Beats Audio popping up in phones. We also know that HTC is throwing [...]
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Google encrypts search for users, paranoiacs unsure how to respond

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When Al Gore first created the internet (hard wink, everybody), we're pretty sure the plan was for Big Brother to collect your data, not Silicon Valley titans. Now Google, the company that mainly tends the gates to the [...]
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Vodafone brings ARM and Ubuntu together for South African Webbook

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If you don't know what Ubuntu is by now, we're not sure what tech blog you're reading -- 'cause it sure isn't this one. Ok, so finding a computer with the world's most popular Linux distro preloaded on it isn't exactly [...]
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Upcoming 7.85-inch iPad Mini

Posted by Riken Afani on October 19, 2011

Word has it that Apple will launch the 7.85-inch iPad Mini next year. Apple has received samples of 7.85-inch iPad Mini display from Korean LG Display and Taiwanese AU Optronics. The display features the same 1024×768 [...]
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Scosche clipSYNC Charge And Sync Cable For iPhone And iPod

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Scosche Industries has rolled out the Scosche clipSYNC compact charge and sync cable for iPhone and iPod. Measuring in at less than 2.5-inch (when closed), the clipSYNC comes equipped with an integrated carabiner clip, [...]
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Apparent Doxie Go Portable Scanner

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Apparent today introduced the Doxie Go portable cordless scanner. The device is able to scan paper, photos, and receipts without a computer. It has the ability to scan a full color page in only 8 seconds and send scanned [...]
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iBuyPower Gamer Mage D295, D355 And D415 Gaming PCs

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iBuyPower comes back with three new gaming desktops namely the Gamer Mage D295, D355 and D415. The iBuyPower Gamer Mage D295 features a liquid cooled AMD FX-8120 processor with a 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card, a [...]
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Doxie Go portable scanner creates searchable PDFs without a PC, syncs to almost anything

Posted by Riken Afani

As far as scanners go, Doxie makes some of the more interesting products on the market. There's one problem though... the bright trail of hot pint hearts splashed across the front. Thankfully, the upcoming Doxie Go dons [...]
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Pioneer's new music players give dancers some Steez

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A walk in the park may never be the same again now that Pioneer has announced its new Steez range of dance-troupe friendly portable music players. In what appears to be a tango using its DJ and audio player skills, Pioneer's [...]
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Samsung: the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus will be 'a little' thicker

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We got it straight from the horse's mouth here at Samsung and Google's Galaxy Nexus launch event that the future LTE edition of the Galaxy Nexus will indeed be thicker than the HSPA+ model showcased today (and above). [...]
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Motorola Droid RAZR unveiled: LTE, 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, available November for $299

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As far as secrets go, this one was not well kept. After a series of leaks that treated us to early images of the device, Motorola finally spilled the LTE beans with a teaser page reveal just yesterday. Now, we have [...]
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HTC Amaze 4G Review

Posted by Riken Afani on October 17, 2011

Say hello to the new HTC flagship device over on T-Mobile, the HTC Amaze 4G. This smartphone takes everything we love from the popular myTouch series at T-Mobile and blends it with the fancy design of the HTC Sensation. [...]
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