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Video Games

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There was a time in my life when I was constantly playing video games. It started when I was near six years old and introduced to my first video game, ‘Bubble-Bobble’. It was a simple Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game, with simple mechanics and addictive gameplay. You lived your life as a little square monster who projected bubbles at enemies, trapping them inside the bubbles, which then allowed you to jump on top of the bubbled monster to bounce them off the screen and conquer the level.
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Today iOS 4.2 was officially released

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Today iOS 4.2 was officially released. This brings the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad all up to date with the latest version of iOS. This is particularly exciting news for me with my iPad. The biggest change I’m welcoming with this update is multi-tasking on my iPad. Before this update it was cumbersome and difficult to switch between apps. It required exiting the current app, going to the home screen, and then opening the new app. With iOS 4.2 I can be in one app, double click the home button, see a list of previously opened apps, click on the app and switch directly to its window. If you haven’t upgraded your iDevice yet I heartily suggest you do so now.

What Apple Introduced on Monday

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Apple’s WWDC has come and gone. The day was ruled by the (now) newly announced iPhone 4. There was no mention of other product’s being upgraded. As you read in my last post there were possibilities of the Mac Pro being updated along with the MacBook Air and many of Apple’s other products. However that was not to be – the iPhone ruled the day.

If you surf over to Apple’s iPhone webpage they’ve posted a video that is not only a great advertisement for the iPhone but also gives a very good overview of what is new in iPhone 4. If you don’t want to watch the video here’s a brief run-through of its new features:

FaceTime – Video calling on your iPhone. Thanks to the addition of a front-facing on the iPhone 4 you can now have face-to-face chats with anyone else who has an iPhone 4 and is on a Wi-fi network. I can already imagine how amazing it will be to experience this feature in action.

Retina Display – iPhone 4’s display has been vastly improved over the iPhone 3GS. It has 326 pixels per inch, making its screen quality purportedly comparable to printed text. If anything else everything on the iPhone 4 will look sharper, clearer, and more authentic.

Multitasking – I hope this needs no explanation but if it does: Finally you can run apps concurrently. You can leave Pandora streaming in the background as you browse the web on Safari. Yes, please!

HD Video Recording – Record 720p video at 30fps on the iPhone 4. But what good is recording video if you can’t edit video..?

iMovie on iPhone – This one surprised everyone. You can now edit movies right on your iPhone 4. This includes adding transitions, titles, and including an audio soundtrack. This still blows me away.

5-Megapixel Camera – 5 megapixel with LED flash. Also it can do that whole HD Video thing too.

There’s many more features that were announced but really I’d be wasting your time if you read them here. Apple’s site has so many more pretty pictures. I’ll hopefully get some opinions up here later but for now that’s your Apple update. Enjoy! :)