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Friday, January 21, 2011

Nintendo 3DS, Dated, Priced, Awesome


The Mobile Gaming king Nintendo has officially dated their latest offering.  The Nintendo 3DS, the glasses free 3D mobile gaming system will be released on March 27th with a price of $249.99.  The price is around what was expected but also more expensive then a Wii and Xbox arcade edition.  Nintendo has promised 30+ games between the initial launch window of March-June  Some of those titles include Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Rabbids 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, a new Paper Mario, and Madden.  Remakes of some of the Gameboy and Gameboy color games will be added to the Virtual Console as well (Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics anyone?).  The new system is literally stuffed with features.  Read on for the full details.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Verizon Gets the iPhone 4 Finally


Verizon's iPhone 4 was announced today as expected.  The 16GB and 32GB versions will be officially released on February 11th for $199.99 and $299.99 with a 2 year contract.  The news has sent shock waves through AT&T and Apple.  AT&T's stock has already fallen $40 a share, while Apple's has jumped $30.  The move will further increase Apple's hold on the smartphone market, by offering the #1 smartphone to the customers of the carrier with the most subscribers.  The phone has a CDMA antenna installed, the top notch has been moved to the left side, and the phone can now act as a 3G mobile hotspot for up to 5 devices.  These are the only changes Apple has made for the Verizon release.  The antenna move has does was not to fix any antenna issues, it was purely to accommodate the CDMA antenna.  The phone is 3G compatible only, no 4G support is available as some had hoped.


The Verizon iPhone will require different cases due to the notch move.  As you can see the volume and silence toggle have been moved ever so slightly down.  So all new cases will have to be made.  Apple's bumper also won't work on the Verizon model.  Follow the link for more details.   Verizon iPhone 4