‘Love Plus +’ Resort Lures Gamers With Augmented Reality Girls
September 3, 2010
Japanese gamers, specifically male ones, are downright obsessed with ‘Love Plus.’ In case you’ve never heard of it, ‘Love Plus’ is a dating simulator in which players get a virtual pet girl to chat up and (hopefully) kiss. The DS title is getting the sequel treatment, ‘Love Plus +,’ and, to promote the new installment, Konami created an augmented reality iPhone app. The app allows users to interact and take photos with their digital love interests at 13 “romantic” spots around the resort town of Atami.
Scattered around the town, and even in the rooms of the Ohnoya hotel, are small black and white squares telling the app to render the virtual teenage girls. Since the promotion began in July, over 2,000 players have come to visit and take snapshots with their digital sweethearts. Over 200 even rented rooms at Ohnoya just to interact with one of the characters as she lounged on a love seat. Check out the trailer for the game after the break, and be prepared for major culture shock.
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‘Love Plus +’ Resort Lures Gamers With Augmented Reality Girls originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple’s 2010 iPod Lineup Shuns the Classic, Gives Nano Multitouch
September 2, 2010
It’s September, which means it’s new iPod time, and Apple didn’t disappoint. The iPod shuffle, nano and touch all received serious redesigns today. Not shockingly, the iPod classic was left out of the mix, with some speculating that it could be the last hurrah for the device that truly kicked off the digital audio revolution. (Engadget confirms that, while it didn’t get an update, the iPod classic isn’t going anywhere just yet.)
The shuffle is heading back to its roots and bringing back buttons, likely a welcome change for most users who never got used to shouting at their player to skip a track. The new version regains the old control circle, bumps the battery life to 15 hours, and shaves $10 off the price. The new 2GB model will be available next week for $49 in a variety of colors.
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Tech on the ‘Mad Men’ Set, iPhones and iPads to Remote Control Apple TV
September 2, 2010
There’s a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can’t cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw this day on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Core77 picks some delightful snaps of modern tech on the ’60s era set of ‘Mad Men.’ [From: Core77]
- Steve Jobs might have skipped over it during today’s Apple event, but each touch-based iDevice will be able to act as an Apple Television remote control. [From: Wired]
- Chewie, Han and R2-D2 get illustrated as if they were part of ‘Winnie the Pooh.’ [From: BoingBoing]
- Red Letter Media, known for its ‘Star Wars’ prequel reviews, takes on the latest ‘Star Trek’ film. The surprisingly positive review examines the evolution of the classic characters in J.J. Abrams’ hyper-charged relaunch of the series. As usual, it’s not particularly safe for work. [From: Red Letter Media]
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Tech on the ‘Mad Men’ Set, iPhones and iPads to Remote Control Apple Television originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple’s 2010 iPod Lineup Shuns the Classic, Gives Nano Multitouch
September 1, 2010
It’s September, which means it’s new iPod time, and Apple didn’t disappoint. The iPod shuffle, nano and touch all received serious redesigns today. Not shockingly, the iPod classic was left out of the mix, with some speculating that it could be the last hurrah for the device that truly kicked off the digital audio revolution. (Engadget confirms that, while it didn’t get an update, the iPod classic isn’t going anywhere just yet.)
The shuffle is heading back to its roots and bringing back buttons, likely a welcome change for most users who never got used to shouting at their player to skip a track. The new version regains the old control circle, bumps the battery life to 15 hours, and shaves $10 off the price. The new 2GB model will be available next week for $49 in a variety of colors.
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Where to Watch the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament on the Web
September 1, 2010
Whether you’re rooting for Rafa, Federer or Roddick, broadcasters are pretty much guaranteeing you won’t have an excuse to miss this year’s 2010 U.S. Open tennis tournament, which begins today and ends September 12th. According to Paid Content, fans can view about 200 matches of this year’s tournament, totaling about 600 hours, for free on the Web. The ideal place to start is the official U.S. Open site, where you’ll find live-streaming matches from five different courts as well as an impressive interface that lets you pull up live match stats and quickly jump between video of the main courts. The HTML 5-optimized site will let iPad users stream matches, and we’d no problem booting up a match in Arthur Ashe stadium while Louis Armstrong Stadium played via picture-in-picture.
There’s also a new, ‘U.S. Open’ iPhone app that features on-demand video highlights and radio broadcasts of matches. ESPN3.com will also be streaming matches for the first five days of the tournament, and CBSSports.com will take over and stream the later rounds beginning Saturday.
Where to Watch the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament on the Web originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Mophie and Intuit Challenge Square for iPhone Merchant Market
August 31, 2010
If you had told us a few months back that mobile merchant credit card systems would become a serious battleground in the smartphone world, we probably would have told you that you were insane. Surely, the market for credit card-scanning iPhone peripherals would be incredibly small, right Apparently it’s not, and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s ‘Square‘ won’t be able to monopolize the mobile-merchant market. Mophie and Intuit have partnered to present the ‘Complete Card Solution’ for iPhone.
The $179 software and hardware package is currently available in the Apple Store, and should appear on the Apple website soon. At $179 up front and $12.95 a month, ‘Complete Card Solution’ does require more of an initial investment than Square, but the percentage of each payment collected by Intuit and Mophie is usually 1.7-percent (although it can be as high as 3.7-percent), significantly less than Square’s typical share of 2.75- to 3.5-percent.
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Mophie and Intuit Challenge Square for iPhone Merchant Market originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch
August 30, 2010
While Netflix customers have been able to stream movies and TV shows to their iPads, iPhone and iPod touch users have been inexplicably left out in the cold — until this day, that’s. Netflix has officially announced that its premium streaming video service will be coming to the more pocketable of Apple’s iOS devices. Netflix customers can now download the free app, and access the full Watch Instantly library over both 3G and Wi-Fi. While you can add, remove and reorganize your instant queue, the red envelope and DVD-addicted among you will find yourselves sorely disappointed, as you can no longer manage your DVD queue from within the app.
The new Netflix streaming app requires that you run iOS 3.13 or higher on your iPhone or iPod touch, and that you pay (obviously) the monthly subscription fees. Check out the gallery below for some hands-on shots of the new Netflix for iOS 4 in action.
Gallery: Netflix on iPhone/iPod touch
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch
August 30, 2010
While Netflix customers have been able to stream movies and TV shows to their iPads, iPhone and iPod touch users have been inexplicably left out in the cold — until today, that’s. Netflix has officially announced that its premium streaming video service will be coming to the more pocketable of Apple’s iOS devices. Netflix customers can now download the free app, and access the full Watch Instantly library over both 3G and Wi-Fi. While you can add, remove and reorganize your instant queue, the red envelope and DVD-addicted among you’ll find yourselves sorely disappointed, as you can no longer manage your DVD queue from within the app.
The new Netflix streaming app requires that you run iOS 3.13 or higher on your iPhone or iPod touch, and that you pay (obviously) the monthly subscription fees. Check out the gallery below for some hands-on shots of the new Netflix for iOS 4 in action.
Gallery: Netflix on iPhone/iPod touch
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch
August 29, 2010
While Netflix customers have been able to stream movies and Television shows to their iPads, iPhone and iPod touch users have been inexplicably left out in the cold — until today, that’s. Netflix has officially announced that its premium streaming video service will be coming to the more pocketable of Apple’s iOS devices. Netflix customers can now download the free app, and access the full Watch Instantly library over both 3G and Wi-Fi. While you can add, remove and reorganize your instant queue, the red envelope and DVD-addicted among you will find yourselves sorely disappointed, as you can no longer manage your DVD queue from within the app.
The new Netflix streaming app requires that you run iOS 3.13 or higher on your iPhone or iPod touch, and that you pay (obviously) the monthly subscription fees. Check out the gallery below for some hands-on shots of the new Netflix for iOS 4 in action.
Gallery: Netflix on iPhone/iPod touch
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch
August 29, 2010
While Netflix customers have been able to stream movies and TV shows to their iPads, iPhone and iPod touch users have been inexplicably left out in the cold — until today, that is. Netflix has officially announced that its premium streaming video service will be coming to the more pocketable of Apple’s iOS devices. Netflix customers can now download the free app, and access the full Watch Instantly library over both 3G and Wi-Fi. While you can add, remove and reorganize your instant queue, the red envelope and DVD-addicted among you’ll find yourselves sorely disappointed, as you can no longer manage your DVD queue from within the app.
The new Netflix streaming app requires that you run iOS 3.13 or higher on your iPhone or iPod touch, and that you pay (obviously) the monthly subscription fees. Check out the gallery below for some hands-on shots of the new Netflix for iOS 4 in action.
Gallery: Netflix on iPhone/iPod touch
Netflix App Brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to iPhone and iPod Touch originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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