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Do you feel lucky? We’re handing out more than $5,000 in GeekBeat Giveaways this week.
And Apple, Microsoft and Samsung all with big announcements. I’m Cali Lewis. Welcome
to Geek Beat!
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We’re calling it a Geek Survey, because you get to answer FUN questions like are you
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I’m super excited! This week, we’re having our biggest giveaway ever! From time to time,
we like to show our appreciation to you for watching and being so loyal and fun to chat
with on our live shows. So... more than $5,000 of gadgety awesomeness will be going out to
you guys. More on that in a moment, but first a look at what promises to be a HUGE week
in Tech...
Tomorrow is Apple’s big press event of the fall, and the star of the show is expected
to be the new iPad mini, but she might not have the stage all to herself, because some
retailers are showing some new iMac product numbers... an iMac refresh? We also may get
more details of the new iTunes Apple promised when they rolled out the iPhone5. I’ll be
covering the event live, so join me Tuesday at 10am Pacific at GeekBeat.TV/Live.
On Wednesday night, Samsung will have their big media event. We’re expecting a US rollout
of the Galaxy Note Two. It’s a phone and tablet that’s ready for the enterprise market,
and optimized for LTE networks... and... it’s their first Smartphone that’ll launch with
Android 4.1 Jellybean.
Of course, we can’t forget Microsoft! Thursday night we’ll be seeing the Surface tablet
and Windows 8 in all their glory at their launch event.
More on how to win those giveaways, but first time to thank our sponsor for making this
show possible!
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And while
all that’s going on, John P and our friend Jared Polin from FroKnowsPhoto will be taking
over the Javitz Center in New York for PhotoPlus - one of, if not the, biggest photography
shows! They’ll be live Thursday, Friday AND Saturday talking about the latest photo
gear, tips for getting better photos whether you’re a beginner or a pro, and having all
sorts of fun! So keep a window open at work or home logged into geekbeat.tv/live all three
days.
...which actually brings us to that $5,000+ giveaway. So, how do you win? To start, subscribe
to John P’s and my twitter feeds and keep your eye on them this week. Maybe even have
those posts go straight to your phone via text so you don’t miss anything! More importantly,
if you’re not following John on Google+ (google.com/+JohnP) NOW is the time to start
- that’s where a lot of it will be happening! You can of course put him in a Notification
circle so his posts get emailed to you, so again... you don’t miss any chances! This
is the largest weekly giveway we’ve ever done and I’d love for you to win!
While I won’t be there in person, I’ll be hanging out in the chatroom as much as
I can all three days, so definitely join me there - all you have to remember is geekbeat.tv/live.
I’m Cali Lewis. I’ll see you again during our live coverage of the Apple announcement
on Tuesday. Bye!