Round-up: Wil Wheaton T-Shirts, Blinkx beat on Samsung Galaxy, Shazam Encore
Awesome things have a way of getting into the Latest Gadgets inbox. Here are just a few.
Remember when we mentioned Jinx– clothing for geeks and the like? Well they’ve teamed up with nerd icon Wil Wheaton … y’know ensign Crusher from Star Trek :The Next Generation … Sheldon’s rival in The Big Bang Theory? Gordie Lachance from Stand by Me? If you don’t know what I’m talking about deduct 50 nerd points, immediately. If you do however, check out some of the 100% cotton “dog whistle” Tees they have available.
Excited about the Samsung Galaxy S? So are Video Search engine blinkx who announced the free blinkx Beat app this week. Exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy, the app provides direct access to what blinx say is 35 million hours of online content. Sourced from a wide and varied range of content providers, you should have access to snack-size comedy clips to liven up dull moment.
Android owners are shown some love too, as everyone’s favourite “name that tune” app Shazam’s premium incarnation – Shazam Encore has been released on the Android Market. The £2.99 download features unlimited tagging and recommendations and access to Pandora if you are in the US. Curious? Shazam Freemium lets you try all the Shazam magic for 7 days free of charge.
Wondering why mobile phone users can’t all just get along? Mobile video streaming service Bambuser have an impressively long list of supported handsets here. Bambuser is a free, live streaming mobile service, which enables users to stream content in real time from a mobile phone or webcam to the web, including social networking sites such as Facebook. Sign up is pretty fast, with support for Facebook connect and once you are in you can stream footage and exchange messages with viewers.



