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Despite the fairly humorous company name that has spawned countless jokes to do with fingering the device the latest offering from RIM in 2008 has been the Blackberry 9000, otherwise known as the Blackberry Bold.

The Blackberry Bold name was coined after people testing the device were surprised at how bold the colours were from the screen, spawning the name.  None of the testers have yet claimed any Intellectualy property infringement over the source of the name yet but I will laugh when the inevitable court case comes about.

But back on Track!
The Blackberry 9000 Bold is infact a stunning device, its… Continue Reading»

The Nokia N96 was first revealed to us at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.  Ever since I saw this phone i have to admit I wanted it, with its sleek looks, massive array of gadgets built in and its tech prowess that stands it head and shoulders above the competition.

Unfortunately Nokia have made the exact same mistake that they made with the N95.  They have built a phone and then priced it ridiculously.  For the same price as this ($802 Dollars or around 550 Euros, £400) you could get… Continue Reading»

The new Cellphone Home Signal Booster from ThinkGeek.com
Is one of the first Cell Phone Signal Boosters for the Home User.

I have installed a test version of the Home Cellphone Signal Booster in my parents house as they often complain about poor cell phone reception in their home, I was pretty surprised to find that as soon as I plugged it in my phone signal went from one bar to full signal in a matter of seconds!

This device… Continue Reading»

News of this cell phone was leaked several weeks ago but yesterday LG finally released details of its new phone in the Black Label series, the LG Secret.

I havn’t had chance to persnonally test this yet but hot damn I want one soon.  The LG phones have captivated me since the LG Chocolate, with sleek interfaces, touch screen and a slide so smooth you could sell it to Disneyland.

The LG Secret Cellphone comes with the standard LG look of Elegance. Ontop of its slim, shiny, sleek and… Continue Reading»

Here at GeekyWood we have reviews of the worst and the best gadgets, and this little technology snippet is unfortunately one of the worse.

The iDAB is advertised as a mini digital radio gadget that attaches to your iPod, technically giving your iPod DAB (Digital Radio) functionality.

In reality when we tested the iDAB unit it was not actually part of the iPod, it didn’t use the iPods screen, navigation buttons or even its headphone socket.

Instead it sat on the iPod and used it as an expensive battery, occasionally falling off to… Continue Reading»

Dolby have announced that they are releasing a version of their software for Mobile Cellphones.  The announcement came as it has been built into the new 8GB Nokia N95.  Now personally I love the Nokia N95, and having an 8GB version With surround sound seems pretty damn awsome! Match this powerful combo upto a decent pair of of headphones then suddenly you have one hell of a sound system in your pocket!

The Dolby software will soon be released on all symbian phone products!… Continue Reading»

It has just been announced that Apple have finally pulled it’s finger out with the iPod Touch, they will be equipping it with a masssive 32GB of flash memory, thats 7000 songs or 40 hours of video to the less geeky among you.

This a fantastic boost toa gadget that was already, and this is coming from someone who was against Apples products and their DRM on release, Shit Hot. With Crystal Clear sound quality, a sharp crisp screen, reflexive touch screen and a spot on intuitive directory… Continue Reading»