According to a recent report by Abhinav Pathak, a computer scientist at Purdue University in Indiana, one of the causes of battery drain on smartphones may be down to free applications that have adverts. The team at the university has been testing out free applications that come with adverts and … [Read more...] about In App Adverts Found To Drain Smartphone Battery Life
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New iPad 3 vs iPad 2 Thermal Image Comparison
Since the launch of the new iPad 3, there have been reports that the device has been running extra hot for some users. The team over at the tweakers.net website wasted no time and pointed a thermal camera at both the new iPad 3 and the older iPad 2 to investigate these claims. As you can see from … [Read more...] about New iPad 3 vs iPad 2 Thermal Image Comparison
iRetroPhone Smartphone Dock
iRetroPhone allows you to add a little old school retro feel to your modern state-of-the-art smartphone. Enabling you to sync and make calls when it's docked within the iRetroPhone using a 70's handset to speak into. iRetroPhone is compatible with 1500 devices, says its creators, and the device is … [Read more...] about iRetroPhone Smartphone Dock
Porsche 918 Hybrid Supercar Prototype Goes For A Test Drive
Some of our readers will remember the Porsche 918 hybrid supercar that we featured on the site back in 2010. Porsche announced their plans to put it into production, and now the guys over at Wired Autopia managed to take a prototype for a test drive. The Porsche 918 is a hybrid supercar that … [Read more...] about Porsche 918 Hybrid Supercar Prototype Goes For A Test Drive
Pirate Bay Plans To Use Low Orbit Server Drones To Host Site
The Pirate Bay has come up with a new idea to top its site being shutdown; they intend to host part of the site using low orbit server drones which will probably fly over international waters. The guys from Torrent Freak have been speaking to the about their plans to use GPS controlled drones, … [Read more...] about Pirate Bay Plans To Use Low Orbit Server Drones To Host Site
Tokyoflash Hybrid Analogue And LCD Concept Watch
We have featured a number of the Tokyflash concept watches here at Geeky Gadgets, with the majority of them being turned into actual watches. The latest creation is a design submitted to Tokyflash from Peter in the UK, and the watch combines both LCD (or LED) with a mechanical analogue watch … [Read more...] about Tokyoflash Hybrid Analogue And LCD Concept Watch
BBC iPlayer Lands On The Xbox 360
The BBC has launched their popular BBC iPlayer on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, and according to the BBC, it is the only UK content provider to offer its TV shows free on the Xbox. The service works in a similar way to the web and iPad versions, and you can catch up on previous BBC TV shows. The … [Read more...] about BBC iPlayer Lands On The Xbox 360
Apple Sells Three Million New iPads
Apple's iPad went on sale last Friday, the 16th of March, and now Apple has released some sales figures of their new third-generation iPad. As Apple's CEO Tim Cook mentioned yesterday, the new iPad has broken Apple's previous records. Apple has announced that they have sold a total of three million … [Read more...] about Apple Sells Three Million New iPads
Digital Harinezumi 3.0 Mini Camera (video)
A new update to the Digital Harinezumi 3.0 mini camera has been released this week, providing photography enthusiasts with an alternative method of capturing creative and unique photographs. The Digital Harinezumi 3.0 is equipped with a 3-megapixel sensor, delivering 1048 x 1536 resolution images, … [Read more...] about Digital Harinezumi 3.0 Mini Camera (video)
New iPad 3 A5x vs Tegra 3 (video)
Apple's new iPad 3 tablet launched on Friday equipped with Apple's new A5x processor which is fitted with quad-core graphics inside. Which during Apple's new iPad unveiling was shown to provide four times the performance of the Tegra 3 chip. But Apple didn't show any benchmark details to … [Read more...] about New iPad 3 A5x vs Tegra 3 (video)
Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Source Code Released
Samsung started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for their Galaxy S II smartphone at the end of last week, to some countries, with other countries expected to get the update this week. Samsung has now released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Galaxy S … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Source Code Released
Apple Has ‘Record Weekend’ With New iPad 3
Apple launched the new iPad 3 last Friday, and whilst we don't as yet have any actual sales figures for the device in its first weekend, it looks like Apple sold more of the new iPad in the first weekend than it did with the iPad 2 launch last year. Apple's CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple had a … [Read more...] about Apple Has ‘Record Weekend’ With New iPad 3
