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Children aged 6-12 want Apple products this holiday season more than anything else
It’s gonna be a grand quarter for Apple as we enter the busiest shopping season of the year. A new survey conducted by Nielsen reveals that US consumers aged 6-12 want Apple products more than anything else. Approximately half the children surveyed expressed interest in the full-sized iPad (up from 44% last year), and 36 […]
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
To date, Apple has sold over 14.8 million iPads, a staggering figure that makes Apple’s tablet device one of the fastest selling consumer electronic devices of all time. By way of comparison, the iPhone moved 6.1 million units in the first 12 months after its initial release while the Sony PSP moved 14.5 million units.
Continue reading...Does Microsoft pose a threat to Apple when it comes to mobile gaming?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
For a company as historically disinterested in gaming as Apple, it’s somewhat ironic that the iTunes App Store is largely anchored by the popularity of games. Looking forward, Apple’s involvement in gaming is about to be taken a step further in light of the excitement developers are showing over the upcoming iPad, and more recently, […]
Continue reading...OS Xbox Pro Mod is undeniably awesome [Video]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
It’s not everyday you come across a mod that’s 100% badass, but Will Urbina’s recent OS Xbox Pro mod definitely fits the bill. Urbina is a 24 year-old aspiring video editor from San Fran who, surprisingly enough, isn’t a Mac fan. Nevertheless, because employers want to see some Final Cut experience, Urbina realized he better […]
Continue reading...Apple TV as a Gaming Platform – Why it doesn’t make sense.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Two weeks ago, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Weedbush Morgan, laid out a case that would see Apple transforming its just-good-enough-to-stay-afloat Apple TV into a full-fledged gaming console. Building on the immense popularity of the iPhone as a handheld gaming device, Pachter predicts that it’s only a matter of time before Apple makes a play […]
Continue reading...An Apple Remote vs. a Microsoft Remote
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Pictured below – An Apple Remote and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote. Marco Ament writes of the obvious differences in design and function between the two: The Microsoft remote uses two AA batteries that need to be replaced about every 6 months. The Apple remote uses a single CR2032 that has never needed to […]
Continue reading...It’s official: Zune HD is for real, will include multi-touch
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Well, it’s official. The Zune HD exists and was officially confirmed by Microsoft earlier today. The next generation Zune seems poised to go head to head with the iPod Touch as it will abandon the atrocious “squircle” in favor of a 3.3 inch, 480×272 OLED capacitive touchscreen. There are also reports that Microsoft will soon […]
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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