Geekie.net wishes you all a great 2008. All the best success on your personal and professional life.
Let’s hope for a new year full of geekie stuff. Films, gadgets, games and all the news related with technology will be posted here in geekie.net.
Geekie.net is a new blog but hopefully will grow in potential to offer you the best and up-to-date articles that you love.
Lost Odyssey is a new RPG to be released by Microsoft for the Xbox 360. So, with lots of new releases why making a post for this one in particular? Well, I guess I enjoyed the trailer and, just by curiosity, do you know how many discs is this game? Four discs. Yep, 4 Dual Layer DVDs. This means that Sony PS3 fans will soon be posting in their blogs something like “See!? If you had a Blu-ray player you would be playing this game in only one disc. No changing discs on the PS3″.
I’m not a PS3 fan. I actually have an Xbox 360 and think that the 360 is a better buy right now, but I have to agree that four discs can be annoying. Although it seems to be a long game which means that the player doesn’t need to be changing the discs all the time. And, to minimise the inconvenience Microsoft included 125 achievement points to be earned each time you finish a disc.
Lost Odyssey™ is the story of Kaim, an immortal character who has lived more than 1,000 years. He doesn’t remember his past, and he doesn’t know where his future lies. Throughout Kaim’s journey, a handful of characters will join him on an odyssey to discover their intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale. Lost Odyssey features breathtaking visuals and an epic adventure made possible only by the power of Xbox 360™.
Check the trailer:
If you are interested in photography than you probably know that there are some rumors about a new Nikon camera coming out next Spring to replace the Nikon D40x (pictured above).
This rumor is backed up by Matthew Lin in a post in dpreview.com, which according to Photography Bay is a relevant source.
Let’s hope this one comes with some nice features to complement the range of lower end cameras and, who knows, maybe Live View 
Netscape, which is owned by AOL since 1998, is about to die. AOL is ending the development and support for this browser after the 1st of February. The reason is that Netscape Navigator is being used by a tiny population. Currently, Netscape has around 0.6% of the web population using it, which compared to the 90% they had 15 years ago … is shocking. Microsoft contributed to this with the not-really-fair inclusion of their web browser, Internet Explorer, on their operating system, Microsoft Windows.
AOL will now encourage Netscape users to start using Firefox. Which is good news and makes sense, since Firefox was created by Netscape developers. As a note, please don’t go for Internet Explorer. Although version 7 is a much better version compared to version 6 (you’re not using IE6, are you?), it is still one of the worst browsers out there, which is used by 80% of people. 
If you still want it for remembering the good old times (er…) you can still download a copy, but with no kind of support whatsoever after the 1st of February.
Read the full article on the BBC website.
The Playstation 1 (PSX) emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available as a beta release. If you own an iPod Touch or an iPhone and want to try psx4iphone you can now download it from here.
Check the previous article about the psx4iphone and zodttd.com site for more details.
No, it’s not a mistake, that 0 (zero) belongs there, it’s really a 150-inch TV. Matsushita (Panasonic) will unveil its new huge HDTV Plasma next month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2008) in Las Vegas. It will be the world’s largest TV. Of course, with 2 by 3.5 meters it is quite a monster. From what I know the current monstruosity trophy is hold by Sharp with a 108-inch HDTV. Tiny . . . 
It is thought that this set will be released in 2009. No price is known yet but I reckon I will not be able to afford one.
Tales of Vesperia is a new game from Bandai Namco. It was announced less than a week ago in the Jump Festa exposition in Japan. There is a trailer available in the official website (in Japanese).The trailer is available both in 1280×720 (720p) and 480×270. No word about which platform will have this game running, but since we have an HD trailer all points at XBox 360 and PS3. I believe that the PS3 will get this title since we are talking about a Japanese game, but who knows, maybe the Xbox 360 will have it as well.
Watch the trailer:
To watch the HD trailer click here.
Note: You need Windows Media Player to be able to watch the trailer.
Look at the image. It looks cool, doesn’t it? What if you had the chance of having one of those systems for free?
All you have to do is answer a few questions about the Edifier C3 speaker system review and provide a valid e-mail address. Simple as that. The contest will be running until the 22nd of January, 2008.
As a note, you will only be able to win the grand prize (pictured above) if you register in the forums (click here to go to the registration page).
Step 1: Check the review
Step 2: Click here to participate
Step 3: Wait for the results Maybe you will be the lucky winner.
Check the TechARP website for more information (rules, prizes, system specifications): http://www.techarp.com
Slate website posted a nice list of free to play online games.
If this christmas left you with your pockets a bit empty you can try these games which you don’t need to spend a dime
There are better games out there but this is a nice best-of-free-to-play-weird-categories list
This list was compiled by Slate.com:
Check the source post here: http://www.slate.com/id/2180342/pagenum/all/
It’s Geekie.net time to make a review of the new iPod Classic. You have lots of information out there regarding the iPod Classic. Bugs, annoying issues, good things, bad things. Loads of feedback from happy and less happy owners of the iPod Classic. So, I guess it is a good time to provide my review for the iPod Classic. I don’t really need to introduce it to you since you know what I am talking about. It is another opinion from someone that is using one.
And yes, I bought one. Apple didn’t send one to geekie.net. Shocking, I know 
The one I have is the iPod Classic 80GB black version. It took me a few days to decide between the 80GB or the 160GB. What made me choose the 80GB? Simply two things. The looks and the difference in sterling. It’s around 70 pounds difference. The looks? you ask. Yes, the looks. The 160GB looks a bit more bulky than the 80GB one and I don’t really need the extra space to be honest. It would be nice, specially because of the extra battery time (10 more hours of music play and 2 more hours of video), but for £70 no thanks.
First impressions:
When I opened the little and stylish box and took the iPod out I just thought that it was a bit big and also heavy. I have to say that this iPod is my first MP3 player. I usually use my mobile to listen to music (SE W810i). Some hours before buying the Classic I was playing with an iPod Nano first generation which is quite small and light. That is why I thought the Classic was a bit big and heavy. Although after a few hours of playing with it I got used to the size and weight, which for the amount of space you have is quite acceptable. It is also quite comfortable to use. Both the touch ring and buttons work very well.
Using it:
The first thing I did after turning it on was going through the menus to discover what cool things were there. To my disappointment, no demo music or podcasts to test it right away. I was able to try out the 3 games coming by default. They are ok, but nothing really exciting. I specially enjoyed Vortex. It is a fun arcadish game (a kind of 3d Arkanoid). Also worth to mention was the brightness of the screen. It’s amazing. Really, I mean it. My current setting is 50% and it is more than enough. At least for indoors. If you raise it to the maximum you will have to wear some “shades” to be able to look at the screen. It is really good. The one thing I found to be annoying was the hard drive “noise”. If you are holding the iPod and playing with it you are able to actually feel the hard drive working, which some times can become annoying. Of course you will probably get used to it. Note: I am already used to it
After experimenting with the equalizer and all the music functionalities I have to say that it is very pleasant to listen to music in the iPod. The supplied headphones could be a lot better. They hurt my ears after around half an hour of using them. Regarding the sound I think the headphones are ok although you don’t have the kind of bass that some in-ear headphones offer, even some cheap ones. Also they just don’t isolate the outside noise at all. If you want some external noise isolation than you need to buy some new headphones. They are good if you use the iPod on the street, where you are better without sound isolation. It could be dangerous.
After playing with it for a while I started to become frustrated with the iTunes software. Syncing stuff is a headache if iTunes is new to you. I was trying to sync some podcasts and it was deleting all of my music. This is because I am also using other software to copy music and podcasts to the iPod. I had to restore it two times already. iTunes does not like third party software to be used with the iPod. In the end I guess it is alright if you only use iTunes.
Video:
Well, the iPod is a music player, right? Well, yes but you can also play video on it. It is more a multimedia player than just a music player. I have been downloading some movie trailers from the Apple website to watch on the iPod. The cool thing is that you can download trailers from the Apple site directly to iTunes with no conversion needed (there is now an rss feed on this site displaying the new trailers on the Apple website ). I was a bit curious about this. I didn’t think that watching video on such a small screen would be any good. I was wrong, it is alright. You can actually watch these podcasts or trailers with no problems whatsoever. Of course, if you usually use subtitles to watch any films then forget about it on the iPod. The screen is too small to use subtitles. Even if you are able to read them it would become a strain to your eyes.
Games:
The iPod Classic comes with three games; Vortex, Klondike and iQuiz. Klondike is the same old and nice game but doesn’t bring anything new or exciting. iQuiz is quite cool, but I became bored after a short time. I found Vortex to be quite nice, but it lacks something. It’s not addictive. I like addictive games There are a couple of nice games I bought from the iTunes store to try out and I have to say they are quite good. But that will be part of another post .
Conclusion:
Lots of storage space, nice screen, nice looks, good music quality, good games, ability to watch video and all the other features not covered in here (such as outlook sync, notes, etc) make this iPod the way to go. My objective was to buy a good MP3 player. In the end I got that plus a nice gaming gadget and also a small movie player. Great 
