Archade Hockey to hit App Store soon

Ben Jackson, Owner and Technical Director of Brainjuice, LLC, spoke about an iPhone application called Arcade Hockey.  The application is a table hockey game that is apparently a ton of fun.

The game is set to release into the App Store in early to mid November, no word on how much it will cost.  The game is very well written and executed. Posted are a few screenshots of the simple yet addictive game play. Arcade Hockey is a one or two player game. The game allows you to choose the size of the paddles and pucks as well as the version of the game. The versions include Standard, Arcade Deck or Boomerang Style.

The game play is played just as the average air hockey game most citizens are use to. You control your paddle with the tip of your finger, trying not to let the puck get in your goal. Physics are reported to be spot on, reacting precisely as you would expect it to in real life. Greg Hughes went on to say, “As a former air hockey addict, I can say that game is quite a bit of fun, and there’s something to be said for pulling the game out of your pocket and playing a surprisingly accurate and realistic game on the bus, before the movie, while out on a hot moment you want to impress with your skillz, or at lunch.”

[Via Greg Hughes]

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Microsoft Puts Booths In Front Of Apple Store

Microsoft has setup a booth just outside the Apple Store, Bullring, Birmingham. The booth looks like it will aim to turn patrons away from the Mac store by the next few days. As part of Microsoft’s new $300 million advertising campaign, Microsoft has invited visitors to its website to upload their own videos and photos to show “how they, too, are PCs”. that is probably a response from Microsoft to Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads. To be honest, Apple will probably just manufacture fun of Microsoft’s latest attempt to look trendy and fun, so we’ll just wait and see what the response from Apple is.

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Nintendo DSi To Be Released In Summer 2009?

Reports have surfaced that Nintendo’s DSi handheld will be released in the US during the summer of 2009. While that means it’s still a while away, folks in Japan on the other hand, will be able to get theirs from that Saturday onwards for about $192. In preparation for these sales, Nintendo has already shipped 200,000 units of the DSi, and plans to ship another 100,000 during the following week. Global credit crunch or not, Nintendo looks like it’s in for a busy Christmas period.

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Apple says no to Opera Mini

Many mobile phone enthusiasts can testify that Opera Mini is a really nice mobile web Browser. Reports have surfaced stating that Apple has rejected an Opera Mini application for the iPhone. Chances are Apple will say that they refused it considering it copies a feature that the iPhone already has in place.

Opera Mini has found its way to several phones including many high-end phones such as the BlackBerry, as well as many feature phones such as the Helio Ocean. We have personally had a good hands on with Opera Mini and a few of us will argue that is has more to offer than Safari. Opera is a full-featured browser that looks brilliant when browsing the web. Handset makers are paying Opera around 50 cents to $1 for each phone that is made with the Browser on it.

For lower-end phones and those on slower networks can benefit from Opera Mini considering an Opera server computer handles the processing of web pages rather than the phone itself. The server thereupon sends a compressed version of the web page to the phone which saves on load date. Mr. von Tetzchner said, “3G isn’t really that fast,” he said. “We try to deal with the real world.” Opera Mini can offer a better solution to mobile browsing.

[Via NYtimes]

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Smart Wind Chimes Concept

Wind chimes can be relaxing to some and irritating to others, but they more or less have just a singled-out operate. Not so whether Korean designers Lufdesign have anything to say about it - their new wind chime concept is known as Tinkling, and it will ring not when the wind blows, but whenever you receive a digital info via mail, voicemail or SMS. Guess that means the Tinkling will have some sort of wireless connectivity built-in, although I’m not certain where the SMS and voicemal detection works - will you need to insert another SIM card inside?

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Dell Releases New Widescreen LCD Monitors

Dell is not taking a break anytime soon, and has just released two more wide-aspect LCD displays - the 22″ S2209W and the 23″ S2309W. Both will reduce the 16:9 aspect ratio without compromising on resolution (phew!). Shared features include :-

• Full 1080p resolution


• 16:10 aspect ratio


• 1,000:1 contrast ratio


• 5ms pixel response time


• DVI with HDCP encryption support


• VGA support

The main difference amoung the two would be the S2209W running on a lower-cost twisted nematic panel which the S2309W doesn’t. You can pick up the Dell S2209W for $239, while the S2309W is slightly more expensive at $299.

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Pioneer XMp3 Is Lightest Portable XM Radio

Pioneer brags that its XMp3 device is the lightest portable XM radio in the market, and it doesn’t look as though there will be anyone who will rise up to that challenge. That’s all fair though, since the lightest MP3 player in the market will probably garner much more attention compared to a portable XM radio. Still, the Pioneer XMp3 is able to play back your favorite MP3 tunes when you are tired of tuning in to XM radio stations, and it comes with a microSD memory card slot for expansion reasons, an auto-record feature, a buffer that stores the last 30 minutes’ worth of programms and a 100 hour storage space. You can pick up the Pioneer XMp3 for $280 a pop.

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