Toshiba Folio 100 tablet specs leaked

By Terence Huynh on August 29th, 2010 No Comments

Images and specs for a new Android-powered tablet have been leaked on an Italian website NotebookItalia (translation via Google Translate). The tablet appears to be called the Folio 100 and looks like having the same dock connector as Apple on a cradle, but will also be running two app markets – The Android Market and Toshiba’s own marketplace.

According to the site, the device looks to be running Android 2.2 Froyo – heavily customised in order to suit the tablet – with a Tegra 2 processor. It has a 10.1-inch screen with a HDMI port, an SD/MMC card reader, 16GB of onboard storage and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. It also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G.

Battery life is said to be 7 hours – 3 hours less than the Apple iPad, which the device looks to be competing against.

More images can be found, after the jump.

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Review : LG Optimus

By Terence Huynh on August 29th, 2010 No Comments

When we got the phone in our grubby hands, it was a Telstra exclusive. Days later, it was a phone on all carriers. This is the LG Optimus, one of two running on Android, and the only one here in Australia. However, with rival carriers Optus and Vodafone/3 carrying the phone on a cheaper plan than Telstra’s, is this phone a budget phone or a full-fledged phone? As well, how does it live up with the other Android phones?

Our verdict on the LG Optimus is after the jump.

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TECHGEEK Podcast 8: Oh crap, my computer just crashed

By Terence Huynh on August 29th, 2010 1 Comment

Blame Stewart for another late episode. Why? Because we had to wait for his precious iPhone to be reverted to an old version and jailbroken, which took 3 hours and 45 minutes after our original start time. Also, we’re still apparently recovering from our Election Night spectacular – if you can call it spectacular.

Anyway, Tom leaves halfway in the episode because of typing disturbed some people and Stewart and Terence has to finish the show.

There is no TECHGEEK Tips episode because we were planning to do it after the show, but we can’t when James or Tom (who is doing a guest tip as James is busy) isn’t there. So you’re stuck with us. Though, we have made it up with a new, hopefully recurring, segment called Stewart’s Briefs. Yes. It’s called that. Blame Tom.

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Game Developer magazine releases annual Game Career Guide

By Shane Luckman on August 28th, 2010 From Pwnage No Comments

Game Developer magazine has released their 2010 Game Career Guide. Over-loaded with information on salary reports and interviews with student game designers, it is an essential guide for any budding game developer to get into the industry.

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BBC to make iPlayer worldwide “within a year”

By Terence Huynh on August 28th, 2010 No Comments

Mark Thompson, the Director-General of the BBC, has revealed that the broadcaster is currently at work in bringing its popular BBC iPlayer to licence payers while they are abroad and also creating a commercial version for worldwide audiences via BBC Worldwide, the broadcaster’s commercial division.

Talking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival organised by MediaGuardian, Thompson has said that the broadcaster will release the commercial version of BBC iPlayer “within a year”.

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YouTube to bring free movies to UK

By Terence Huynh on August 27th, 2010 1 Comment

After striking deals with a number of Hollywood studios including Lionsgate, MGM and Sony Pictures and British company Blinkbox, YouTube is set to relaunch its movies section of the site to the UK.

According to UK newspaper The Guardian, the service is to offer 400 movie titles from these studios, and most likely to include classics and mainstream titles from a couple of years ago.

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Dev Team: iOS 4.0.2 jailbreak not in the works

By Terence Huynh on August 26th, 2010 From Cupertino Loop 1 Comment

After the iOS 4.0.2 firmware update – the very same one that patched an exploit that allowed people to jailbreak their iOS device via a PDF – you may have wondered why your jailbroken iPhone no longer was jailbroken. Well we have some news to tell you about it – some very, very bad news.

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Apple ‘Special Event’ to be held September 1

By Chris Southcott on August 26th, 2010 From Cupertino Loop No Comments

As if nobody saw this one coming, Apple are officially holding a special event September 1 presumably to announce new iPod’s and possibly a new Apple TV.

Nokia brings out new music phone – Nokia 5250

By Terence Huynh on August 24th, 2010 No Comments

Nokia has today announced that it will bring out a new music phone that will use its now-rebranded Ovi Music Store, the Nokia 5250. Like previous attempts, this will feature a touchscreen and no slide-out keyboard, and also features a sleek body.

It has 51MB of on-board memory, but that is expandable with a microSD card slot; has FM Radio, a 2.8-inch TFT screen, a 2-megapixel camera and has 18 hours of battery life in standby. It also features a free copy of Guitar Hero 5 Mobile, while also having a free subscription to Ovi Music Unlimited – similar to its Comes with Music plans – in selected countries where the phone is being sold.

It runs on the Symbian^1 OS, and will only cost EUR 115. Expect this to ship in the fourth quarter, with Australia listed as one of the countries to get the phone. Pricing for Australia have not been revealed.

Gallery is below, while the press release is after the jump.

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iPhone 4 camera mystery tint causes problems

By Terence Huynh on August 23rd, 2010 From Cupertino Loop 1 Comment

Antennagate has been a huge problem in the United States, but now another controversy? A new defect has been reported by many users, and this time with the phone’s camera as many photos are being obscured by a mysterious bluish-green tinge on the image.

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TECHGEEK Tips #3: Email Spam

By Stewart Wilson on August 23rd, 2010 No Comments

During all the caos of the live edition of the TECHGEEK Podcast, we decided to record TECHGEEK Tips live. So here is the recorded version. We apologise once again for the quality of this podcast, we had the settings set for Ustream.

This episode entails what you should do when you receive spam email and what you shouldn’t do.

Don’t forget, you can catch new episodes of the TECHGEEK Tips podcast every Monday, or hear it two days before on Saturday on the TECHGEEK Podcast. Oh, and now we are on iTunes, so rate us!

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TECHGEEK Podcast #7: We just got hung

By TECHGEEK.com.au Team on August 22nd, 2010 No Comments

Here is the recorded version of the TECHGEEK Podcast Live Election Edition. This podcast was broadcasted live during the hours of 7.30PM to 8.30PM via Ustream to the world. This podcast has a mix of election news, results, tech news and rantings. With us today is Terence, Stewart, James and Tom.

We apologise for the limited organisation of this podcast and the spontaneous internet drop out at our recording location. Next week’s podcast should be much more organised and return to normal.

Enjoy!

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Election 2010: Hung parliament looms over our heads

By Terence Huynh on August 22nd, 2010 No Comments

While Climate Change remain a top issue, so does the NBN and the filter scheme. However, we might not know the outcomes of these ideas as we are left wondering who will be forming a government, as we wake up knowing that we may have a hung parliament.

And we are getting some conflicting predictions. Seven is say 72-71 to Labor, while ABC is predicting 70-72. AEC, however, is reporting a 71-71 seat each (all of these are as of writing time).

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ABC News 24 Internationally Available.

By James Wilson on August 21st, 2010 No Comments

For those of you abroad wishing to keep up with live coverage, you now can watch ABC24 online anywhere in the world. Visit http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/ . But don’t forget to checkout the TG Live Coverage.

Election 2010 LIVE

By Terence Huynh on August 21st, 2010 1 Comment

Yes, welcome to TECHGEEK.com.au Election 2010 LIVE! We are going to be having an audio stream ready at 7:30PM, but you can also see our live blog with all of our editors.

Don’t forget you can contribute via Phone, SMS, Twitter (using hashtag #tgelection), Facebook and our liveblog).

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