Wishing Nintendo had its games available in Apple’s App Store? Well, sometimes it does–even if they’re buggy and, seemingly, completely without Nintendo’s consent. “Monino.” Screenshot by Scott Stein/CNET A game called Monino has suddenly appeared in the App Store. At 99 cents, it looks like it’s pretty close to a clone of Mario, not-so-cleverly renamed. …
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Keyboards and iPads…good bedfellows? A perfect way to add laptop functionality to your tablet? Or, mere accessory silliness? It’s a debate as old as the iPad itself, which means only about a year and a month. Still, for as useful and portable as the iPad is, there are always some–myself included, at times–who bemoan its lack of a real, physical …
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Sketching on an iPad 2 with the Wacom Bamboo Stylus: Feels great, but will the precision satisfy? Sarah Tew/CNET Can the iPad be a valid artist’s tool? Wacom, maker of professional digitizer tablets and computer peripherals for artists, has gone ahead and put its vote in the affirmative, with the upcoming release of the Wacom Bamboo Stylus for the iPad. …
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After hunting with surprising difficulty last week, I finally ended up upgrading to an iPad 2. As for my old iPad, I packed it up and resold it. Along with it, I sent along some of my favorite cases, since they’ll no longer be of use anymore. Which brings me to my current conundrum. While I’m happy with the improved …
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How long will it be before customers are replaced by scalpers? Sarah Tew/CNET I remember, last year, waiting on line one morning for an iPhone 4. I was on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and I gave up after an hour and a half. The lines were too long and had formed hours before. This was two months or …
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We previewed iOS 4.3 back in January, and now the time has almost come: the latest version of Apple’s iOS software will be available March 11. What’s new this time around? Well, not as much as iOS 4.2, but there are some notable upgrades–especially if you’re an iPad owner. New features in iOS 4.3 (photos) +4 more See all photos …
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Sometimes it feels like we’ve seen every iPad case in the universe–and then there comes a weird new design that takes iPad culture to an even deeper level. Enter the Joby Gorillamobile Ori and Yogi cases, both of which transform–in different ways–into some positions that even made us blush. Joby Gorillamobile Yogi and Ori iPad cases in all their poses …
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Xperia Play: Don’t call it a PSP. Sony Ericsson I bought a PSP Go a year ago. Why? Because I believed the PSP could transform, become something more than it’s been. Perhaps, even, achieve the promise I first felt when I held the very first PSP in my hands back in 2005. It was a magical device back then. It …
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One of the biggest splashes in the iOS gaming scene came during an Apple keynote earlier this year when a preview of an upcoming game from Epic, using the Unreal engine, showcased graphics that seemed like they came from a next-gen console. A free preview of this game, called Epic Citadel, debuted shortly afterward. As a demo of the graphics …
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Yes, that’s John Williams and Philip Glass being mixed. Invite me over to DJ at your own risk. Screenshot by Scott Stein/CNET I’m not a musician, nor am I a DJ. I do fantasize about it, though, hence my obsession with DJ Hero, and my amateur songcrafting in GarageBand. I’d never buy a full-fledged turntable, nor would I know what …
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