Samsung galaxy note sells one million!

The samsung galaxy note looked doomed before its release when released at IFA 2011, its awkwardly sized 5.3" screen made it too large for the common smartphone user but slightly too small to be classed as a practical or useful tablet. A steady stream of these devices has been slowly creating a new "phablet" or "pad phone" category over the last couple of years. It began with the dell streak, it was considered huge at the time with its 5" screen; and it still proves to much for my weedy pockets to bare.

But the samsung seems to be on to a winner with the note, its 1.5ghz dual core, 1gb ram, 8mp rear and 2mp front facing camera's and 720p super amoled screen are a potent movie watching combination. The milestone of 1,million units in 30 days doesn't quite match the gargantuan sales of the wildly popular galaxy s 2 phone at 5 million in 85 days.

So lads and ladettes, are you part of the ever increasing galaxy note camp?

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Tekapeel see's the future!

We at Tekapeel strive to bring the most up to date tech news possible, and today; ive gone one step further...

Intel is claiming its new line of branded "ultrabooks" are the future of computing, a swathe of mac air-esque slivers of metal have graced the internet over the past few months sporting spec's that do no more to lure people away from their burger-namesake laptops (see what i did there?) than a big mac itself.

But that may be about to change, i recently saw what can only be described as an incredible piece of technology that i would be happy to call the future. The asus ultrabook... First glance and you would be forgiven for thinking that it is the new transformer prime tablet, with its shocking thin-ness and concentric-ish circle, brushed metal design on the lid it does have a certain resemblance to the quad core tablet monster. But flip it over and you find, in a desperate bid to distance itself from the air, a set of square rubber feet. The brushed metal design is carried to the back and has a slight purple tinge that gives it a classy feel. Pick the device up and what greets you is joyful, the construction is simply amazing; it is as solid as a suitably hard thing and feels as quality as it's possible to muster from our mortal materials. You may think that asus paid me to write this article, you would be wrong. Nor is it my own device, nor do i intend it to be in the future.

Opening the lid reveals a very apple 1 piece trackpad that extends a fair way over the palm rest and sits flush with the main body. A small black line bisects the pad for half an inch or so, and it is indeed just a painted line; not a split in the material as i first thought. Adorning the palm rest are special gray intell core "i" sticker, this particular one bearing the i5 moniker, along side a similar windows 7 piece.

My only complaint as of yet would be the keyboard, sure it looks good; a dark silver (almost mirrored) sheen covers the deck with good sized keys sitting in the isolated design associated with high end laptops. The issue is, it doesn't feel right. Shallow and unsatisfying taps lead to small amounts of travel and deep frustration as some key strokes are missed in the low set keys.

Well, while most of the ultrabooks have not shown to be the wonderful future as intel claims. But asus breaks the mold with this slice of awesome, i strongly recommend you take a look at one when they are widely available if you are in the market for an ultraportable or media pc.

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Sennheiser HD205 ii review

Right off the bat, merry christmas Lads and Ladettes! We sincerely hope it was filled with techy-goodness!

I certainly had a good one, a superlative meal and whole host of traditional english fare made one happy Tekapeel journalist! As you may tell, i have recently recieved a pair of sennheiser hd 205 2's. I was in the market for a new pair of cans and these fit the bil perfectly, a modest price of around 30 Pounds and cheeky amounts of silver sennheiser accents were enough to convince me coupled with the glowing reviews its gathered from various users around the world.

Packaging was..... Sturdy, to say the least. They come sealed in a large plastic bubble that has no visible (or otherwise) opening. After ten minutes of torn fingernails and ruined skin, the package finally burst open. Not so good on the packaging front, while tough: It does get you off to a bad start on the 'phones themselves.

In the box, you get: The cans, an adaptor so you can plug them in to your amp or whatnot and a fetching faux leather carry case with the letters "Sennheiser" printed on. I must say, the case is a lovely little addition; ive often had previous problems with headsets getting scratched and the wires torn because of poor protection and tudyness. The case acomodates the phones and cord beautifully and will be sure to withstand a scratch or two.

Now to the Head phones themselves! The cups are fairly large, i have average sized ears and they wrap around them perfectly. People with large ears may encounter some problems, but comfort will never be an issue. On both sides, a silver disk adorns the arms; one of which carries a nifty little skill. Pushing it slightly clicks it out of place where it can swing back and forth as to free one ear to hear someone talking without having to take them off. This is a rarefeature and the only better implimentation i have seen is on the physko kryptons.

Sound quality is epic, highs jam themselves into your brain and twist until you squeal... In a good way. And the bass reproduction is enough to make your insides tremble. The amount of bass has a noticable effect on the harshness of some high frequencies. In some headphones, i would notic that s' would sound harsh and grating at high volumes. This copacious amount of bass seems to soften everything out and make everything more pleasant.

Another good review to add to the pile then sennheiser, quality build with clear highs and satisfying lows. I recomend if you are in the market for a mid range headset that you take a look at these bad boys!

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HTC Explorer fist impression

I recently purchased a HTC explorer it is part of androids budget smartphone. My first impression "how do I get all of this for the price".The phone has the latest HTC gingerbread and HTC sense included. The phone works as a great music player with SRS sound enhancement which can out do my iPod any day so I can listen to the classics like Uptown Girl with a great quality of sound. The phone may not seem the best as it is not as powerfull or large as the leading HTC's such as the sensation but this nifty device is great for someone who is looking for their first smartphone for a decent price.The phone can have up to a 32gb memory card which is more than a person like me needs. There however is one or two drawbacks such as the 3.2 inch screen is quite hard to type as the keys are quite close together , someone with large fingers may have a bit of trouble. Also the camera is not as good as the ones on the other HTC's of the price with a 3.15 megapixel it does no compare to the 5 megapixel on the HTC Wildfire, However what the phone lacks in Camera it more than gains it's name back with it's brilliant sound.

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Tekapeel's: "I need a new phone!" Button

At Tekapeel, we wish to bring not only a first class tech blogging experience. But also the pinacle in service and 'customer care' if you will.

And so, i bring you our latest innovation! The "I need a new phone" button! All you need to do is hit that button, put in your email adress and follow the instructions! We will then take a gander at it and email you back our recommendations. I feel this will become an essential part of Tekapeel through the years and i hope it will be thoroughly used and appreciated by our readers.

Thanks lads and ladettes!

The button itself will look like this and will appear in the sidebar.

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Idiocy in the patent world: A Tekapeel rant.

Patents have long been the staple diet of many company's, satiating their everlasting appetites that yearn for the opportunity to flex their rippling legal muscles.

Once, patents where a good way to keep your company's tech protected. For long years did company's live in relative harmony under the new lord patent until something happend. They discovered the secret power locked in the very depths of the patents soul and abused them. What happend next, can only be described as a complete and total mockery!

The leader of patent spats surely has to be Apple, for all its merrits; they seem to be intent on destroying rival products for the smallest intricate detail or massive vague one that slightly relates to their own. Take, the black bezel around the screen of a phone/ tablet as a prime example. The bar was set by this spate of odd and confusing patent wars that ravaged the pages of sites like Cnet and engadget for years. Until the fateful day when Hasbro, lord of toys and creator of the mighty Action man; rose up to do battle with Asus. As conquering and sucsesful as its namesake would suggest (Pegasus). The recently released transformer prime and its forbearer (the transformer) bear a resembalence in name to hasbro's popular series of transformer robots. Hasbro, get this, has sued asus for calling the tablets they created 'transformer'. I will now give a moment for the hillarity to die down. Well, maybe it wasn't that funny; i would go on a wild explanation of how this is a ridiculoas alagation and the likeness between a huge killer robot and a harmless (but no less monstrous) tablet.

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My top apps

Apps are now a major part of modern technology in phones,tablets and iPods so we at Tekapeel have given you our top apps.

1. Doodle jump

it was bound to be here a addicting and popular game where you jump form platform to platfom to each a highscore. Throughout the gameplay their are jet packs, trampolines and spring boots to help you as well as monsters that do the very opposite.This fun addicting game is a simple graphic based game and is controlled by tilting your phone from side to side.

2.Wordshot

this app is a travel app that uses your phones camera to translate one language of text into another language for example French to English. There are many types variations of this app throughout most app stores. This app is ideal when on holiday or translating for french homework .

3. Angry Birds

Angry Birds is a well known physics gaming app . It is a physics game where the angry birds are catapulted into the pigs fortresses to destroy them and get revenge for their stolen eggs, the gameplay lasts throughout around 300 missions and is addicting and time consuming for any age group. I have not been able to complete it yet and had it many months so if you manage to complete it you're a better man than me.

warning: This game can get very frustrating

4.Fruit Ninja

The aim in this game is to use your finger on the screen to cut up the fruit as it fly's around the screen. Combo on the game for example getting two pieces of fruit with one swipe will end with you earning more points. I personally like this game and have spent may happy hours cutting up oranges and watermelons. Watch out for the bombs!

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Alienwares new baby eater!

Have you ever looked at something and thought to yourself: that thing is evil... ?

Well, that is nothing compared to the sheer terror that rips through you when you lay your eyes on this modern reincarnation of jack the ripper. The new Alienware aurora is the continuation of the series of the same name, but nothing like this has ever bulldozed its way out of dells laboratory's before.

The new aurora carries intel's latest throbbing cpu, the i7-3960x. It carries 6 cores, 15mb's of cache, turbo boost to 3.9 ghz, a max memory size of 32gb and one spec that puts the rest in hobnail boots and fingerless gloves: The price (999 dollars of cpu-y goodness!). Not only is it carrying this truly malevolent beast, it also packs 8gb's of RAM (up to 16) and a pair of 1gb AMD Radeon HD6870's AS STANDARD!

Well, the gaming performance will surely be worthy of the price (£1 shy of £2000). But it doesn't end there, no sir. The case is the next matter to attend, what to say about it...Well, im fairly sure it can make even the most hard of hard men soil themselves in one defiant pulse of the fully customizable FX Lighting that emanates from the beating heart of the hard skinned killing machine.

Lock up your loved ones, no one is safe...

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Android take a shot in the arm

The technology company Android who specialize in phones and tablets are having issues with Microsoft. Microsoft who are a computing company are telling people they will give away free phones (rumored to be a Lumia 900) . Microsoft are handing out this "freebie" to certain people who spread the faults they have about the Android models and software. Android have not shown anything to their defence yet but people have already been hoping for their new freebie and have sent in some bad reviews and faults. Will Android come to the defence of their products only waiting can tell.

Is bribing people to try and use them as leverage against a rival company wrong, please comment your opinion on the matter lads and ladettes we will try and reply as soon as possible.

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Is Samsung short changing google?

The android platform was released to an audience locked with iphones, an endless list of icons satiating there endless hunger for a really customizable interface. The original android phone, the g1 or htc dream, wasn't exactly a beautiful beast. It was thick and the inside didn't contain any cliché beauty either. It was what was on the screen that was really exiting... coming on 4 years later, android is the worlds most popular phone platform powering countless amounts of smartphones from dinky little wildfire's to monsters like the sensation and samsung's galaxy s 2. That leads us on to googles series of 'pure' devices; the second, the nexus one, was a brilliant phone. It carried all the latest technology's and a beautiful unibody courtesy of taiwans HTC and it was indeed pick of the HTC crop for a good long time. Then for reasons unknown, google switched to samsung as the maker of future nexus devices. Judging by the brilliant galaxy s, the next nexus would surely be a complete stonker. To our dismay, it was a nexus one with a plastic body. This came as a great shock as but a little while later; samsung released the dual core beast that has been given phone of the year award by more people than i care to mention: The galaxy s 2. This ruined the nexus s in all aspects and seemed a tad unfair on google, they signed up fo some inovative kit and what they got could be even considered a downgrade! Next up, with quad core technology quite feasible in a phone, samsung released the google nexus 'prime'. A dual core phone that was almost the same as the galaxy s 2 in every respect save for a slightly updated screen and a WORSE camera. With the galaxy s 3 looming, will google continue with samsung or go back to old HTC?

Heres a tip google: Switch back to HTC!

What do you think? Have the samsung sourced nexus' been worth it?

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