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John Anastasiadis has created an innovative design concept for
BlackBerry in the form of this wrap-around concept smartphone. Many
designers seem to stay away from conceptual BlackBerry devices,
but at the moment BlackBerry needs all the help it can get to reinvent
its brand and line of smartphones. Perhaps they might take a few
pointers from this concept created by Anastasiadis.
We
have featured a number of flexible screens underdevelopment here on
Geeky Gadgets. So the though of a screen that wraps its way around a
phone to be used on both sides, might not be to far away from reality.<
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We heard a rumor the other day about the Nokia 801,
which was reported to be the last Symbian smartphone being produced by
Nokia, and now there seems to be another device, the Nokia 803.We heard a rumor the other day about the Nokia 801,
which was reported to be the last Symbian smartphone being produced by
Nokia, and now there seems to be another device, the Nokia 803.
According to the BGR, the Nokia 803 will be Nokia’s final Symbian
smartphone, and the devices will come with the latest version of
Symbian, which Nokia released to existing devices the other day, Symbian
Belle.
The Nokia 803 is reported to feature a 4
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Playing
Skyrim you might have already had a few memorable battles and even seen
a few created on YouTube. But this short epic battle movie created by
talented YouTube user Tyrannicon has got to be at the top, so far.
Tyrannicon
has used the tools which have been released by Bethesda together with
an excellent eye for movie directing to create a short 7 minute battle sequence which is a must see for all Skyrim fans. Check it out after the break. The Great Battle of Skyrim, best viewed in 720p. Epic machinima battle of 500 Draugr, 200 skeletons, 500 Dwarven Warriors and a dragon usi
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European mobile carrier Vodafone has announced that they will be launching the first 4G LTE Android smartphone in Europe, in the form of the HTC Velocity, which is a 4G LTE enabled device that will go on sale in Germany.
The HTC Velocity is the European version of the HTC Vivid LTE, that launched in the US last year with US mobile carrier AT&T, and it will come with the same specifications.
The HTC Velocity features a 4.5 inch qHD multi-touch display with a
resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core
1.5GHz processor and it comes with Android 2.3
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We haven’t heard much about Google’s cloud service, Cloud Drive for a while now, there were a few rumors at the end of last year that Google were getting ready to launch their new cloud service. According to a recent report from the WSJ,
Google Drive is close to launch and we could possibly see the service
launch within the next few months, although no specific details of a
launch date have been revealed.
The
Google Drive service is reported to be a free service, although there
are no details on how much free storage space Google wi
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It looks like Google Wallet’s PIN security has been cracked on rooted
devices, although if your Android device is not rooted then the
security on the Google Wallet Pin seems to be fine.
The PIN for Google Wallet is stored encrypted on your Android
devices, and a method has been discovered to reveal the SHA256 hex
encoded PIN information, which enables the PIN to be discovered, the
crack was discovered by the guys from Zvelo.
Google has been apparently been notified about the issue, and is
working on a fix, although this may involve some changes to the way
Google Wallet
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon:
Future Soldier is the fourth instalment (excluding expansions) in the
Ghost Recon series, Which was previously known as Tom Clancy’s Ghost
Recon 4. The new Ghost Recon: Future Soldier game is currently under
development and will be published by Ubisoft in May 2012.
Bringing a futuristic take on the Ghost Recon series set in the
future. Where the Ghosts will be fighting an ultra-nationalist force
that took control of Russia and are invading neighbouring countries.
Watch the trailer after the jump to see a glimpse of what you can
expect.
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Valve hasn’t wasted any time trying out the new Skyrim Creative Kit
launched by Bethesda earlier this week, and has created its very own
Portal 2 Space Core Skyrim mod. The new modification drops a little
Spaxe Core robot out o f the sky directly into your Skyrim game. Watch
the video after the jump to see it in action.
Valve explains: "To
celebrate the opening of the Steam Workshop for Skyrim, Valve and
Bethesda have teamed up to bring you the Portal 2 Space Core mod, which
will let the aggressively space-centric little robot tag along on your
adventures in Tamriel. A
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It looks like LG is about to launch a new smartphone with a 5 inch
display, the LG Optimus Vu, which along with the 5 inch multi-touch display will come with a 5.3 aspect ratio.
LG has released a video teaser of the Optimus Vu, which you can see
below, and we will probably see the device unveiled at Mobile World
Congress 2012 later this month.
LG hasn’t released any specifications on the Optimus Vu, although the device is rumored to feature a 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
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Nokia has announced that they have started rolling out the Nokia Belle update to their latest Nokia Symbian smartphones, and the update is being released for a number of devices today.
Nokia devices which will receive the Nokia Belle update include the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01 and the Nokia C7, they have also said that the Nokia 500 will also get the Nokia Belle update within the next few weeks.
Nokia Belle delivers more personalisation options than before.
You can have up to six home screens that are easy to personalize,
leaving all your favourite applications
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