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May 2011

72 posts

Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-Reader

Over this past weekend I ended up purchasing a $250 dollar Barnes & Noble “Nook Color” e-reader from a Best Buy store. It has a very bright, clear 7” diagonally measured widescreen capacitive glass touch screen display. Barnes & Noble ships the Nook Color with a specialized, tightly locked-down version of Android that promotes access to the Barnes & Noble

Instagallery and Instamap

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you are probably familiar with Instagram. Instagram is a great way of sharing photos. However unfortunately it is not a great way to view photos. Two applications for the iPad (both original and 2nd generation) are attempting to solve this problem. The first is Instagallery by InfinitiApps for $1.99. With Instagallery you

HTC Gratia Hands-On Review

As a mid-tier offering, the HTC Gratia doesn't appear to get the same notice as the Sensations, Desires and Incredibles, which is a shame because it's a good phone and will suit those who want a small Android phone but don't have the cash for a top-end device. If you haven't heard of the Gratia before and you live in

ASUS Combines Smartphones and Tablets With The Padfone

Considering the relative success ASUS has already seen in the tablet space it’s no surprise they want to keep them coming. The EeePad Transformer, according to them, is selling pretty well and they recently revealed another impressive Android tablet… err phone… no, tablet phone… Oh yea, it’s the Padfone. What if we could take our tiny smartphone screen and blow

The Swiss Army Knife of Android Apps

Android has a LOT of great apps, many of them free.  There are also apps that replace multiple other apps - kind of the swiss army knife of apps.  Now there is one that is actually called Swiss Army Knife, and it replaces 6 stand-alone apps and does it pretty well. These aren't apps you may use every day, but

Ebook Light and iPad Stand Reviews

Over the Memorial weekend, I purchased a couple of accessories for both my Kindle and my iPad. Neither are complicated enough for a full post, so I thought I would review both within a single post. The first is a eBook light from Belkin, the second is the Mini-Stand for the iPad from Targus. I was looking for an e-book

GNC #675 Memorial Day Wrap Up

I hope everyone had a safe memorial day and were able to pay tribute to those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. I have a full tech show for you and a introduction of a new sponsor. We hope that you will consider ADT for your home security solutions give them a call, we have a great deal especially for

GoDaddy .co domains for $9.49 One Week Special!

This .co special is for a very short time frame, and is an "exclusive" offer here at Geek News Central. Starting "now" aka 7pm CST May 30th and for the next 7 days only you can get a .co domain for $9.49 this is a historically  low price. Get your .co domain now to complement your current .com domain name. 

TP-Link AV200 Powerline Adapter

I have been testing a TP-Link AV200 Powerline Adapter now for the past 2 weeks. I have had experience with Powerline adapters from other companies in the past and for this test I really wanted to see how effective it would be when I re-located my kids Xbox to the Garage. The distance from the Wireless router to where the

D-Link Wireless Day/Night Home Network Camera

I have been using a D-Link Wireless day and night home network camera DSC-932L for the past month or so. This is a great camera when you want to keep an eye on the house, talk with kids, let grandma login and chat with just a web browser. I set my camera up in my studio and used it quit

Digital Innovations Digital Maintenance and Repair Kits

Several weeks ago the review team here at Geek News Central received a package of goods from Digital Innovations that can be best described as a Digital Repair kit. We received the SkipDr for DVD and CD Repair, SkipDr for Blu-Ray 3 Disk Repair, ScreenDr electronic Screen cleaning System and two Laser lens cleaners one for Blu-Raw and one for

Have You Checked Out the Amazon Android Free Apps?

A large number of Android users may not have seen a reason to install the Amazon Appstore.  After all, it has a lot of the same apps that are in the regular Android Market.  Sure, it does get the occasional exclusive - for instance Angry Birds Rio debuted on the Amazon Appstore only, but then moved to the Google market

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