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Last week, to everyone’s surprise, Microsoft released an iOS version of My Xbox Live which was one of the first steps to finally supporting the iOS platform instead of keeping their apps exclusive to the not as popular Windows Phone 7. It looks like the iOS love is continuing as the company is making its family-friendly Kinect title, Kinectimals, available on iOS today.
Kinectimals for iOS brings the Xbox 360 experience of visiting the island of Lemuria to our iOS device as you can raise your own virtual cubs. If you’ve played the Xbox 360 version of Kinectimals, the iOS version will seem very familiar to you as you’ll choose your cub, name him, and then take care of him by participating in a number of mini-games and interact with your pet by touching the screen. Kinectimals for iOS also allows for the ability to unlock five new cubs for your console version, which if you or your kids are big fans of the game will certainly be a treat.
At $2.99, Kinectimals is certainly at a price point that most gamers will like as it’s not too expensive and not too cheap. When you factor in you can unlock five new cubs through playing this game, $2.99 seems pretty cheap compared to how much typical console DLC cost.
Hopefully Microsoft will continue supporting iOS and will spark for other major publisher and developers to consider making their content available on it as well. I’m talking to you, Nintendo and Sony.
Kinectimals ($2.99) – [iTunes Link]
Microsoft’s Kinectimals pounces unsuspecting iOS owners with its release originally appeared on IntoMobile.com on 2011-12-13T20:22:21Z. FV1gMYsz9b5j
The year is coming to a close, and though there is still no Verizon Galaxy Nexus on sale, it’s coming soon. While we wait for this mythical device to finally hit stores, we’ll just have to continue to drool over some of its impressive features along with this extended battery. An anonymous source shared some photos along with a video displaying how the Galaxy Nexus remained slim even with the addition of an extended battery.
The image above shows a 2100 mAh battery inside of the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus, which will certainly be a boost over the stock 1850 mAh that comes with the phone. The video below shows how great the form factor of the device looks with the extended battery.
Even though we all love to use these powerphones, not having the proper balance between hardware, software and battery really drags these kinds of phones down. Lots of people (including myself) rather deal with the limited power they get from a stock battery than to change the battery making the handset much more bulkier. That said, I’m pretty impressed how Samsung was able to keep the phone at a reasonable size with the addition of the extended battery.
[via Droid-Life]
Verizon Galaxy Nexus still slim with an extended battery originally appeared on IntoMobile.com on 2011-12-13T20:19:40Z. FV1gMYsz9b5j
If you’re flying American on Friday, there’s a chance your pilot will be using an iPad instead of the traditional paper flight charts. The airline has reportedly become the first major one to get FAA approval for the device, though smaller charter lines have had it for a while. American announced their intention to make the switch back in June, joining Alaska and Delta and probably a few others by now.
There’s been a bit of a dust-up regarding the actual fuel savings. And while they’re miniscule, airlines are continually trimming things down and the loss of 35 pounds of charts from every plane in a fleet adds up quickly: American estimates over a million dollars a year. Not only that, but as Delta hopes, the iPad (or Xoom) will also improve communications and flight quality.
What’s missing from the report is what software exactly will be used, and whether it will be standardized across airlines, whether it’s private, open, airline-owned, licensed, or what. While it’s not important for the average flyer, who probably didn’t know the pilots carried around 40 pounds of charts with them in the first place, it should probably be at least publicly accessible information to some extent. I’m sure we’ll hear more about this, though, and we’ll see about finding out more.
If you’re worried that the devices are going to succumb to death grip, battery failure, or glitches, don’t be. The devices have undergone a six-month test period with thousands of hours of flight time, and at any rate, chances are if the one in the cockpit bites it, there will be a few spares in first class.