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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
02:06 PM

In reply to Nvidia CEO Reveals Tablet, Declares His Love for Apple
I see.
That's why I completely dropped Nvidia graphics chipsets for laptops and my next will be ATI. Even knowing that maybe the new stuff is good.

Because this "best" technology of theirs, namely GeForce 8400M at the time, forced me to call tech support for a full motherboard replacement 3 times over a year.

So yeah, I have nothing against Apple, but Nvidia's CEO opinions is the same as dog crap to me. #nvidiatablet
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Identity (Metric)
01:24 PM

In reply to Lego Minifig Macbook Decal: Too Cute to Let Go
This is pretty funny. I think I would get this if it wasn't sold out. #legomacbookcover
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spannu
01:10 PM

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There is so much unrealized potential here that it's hard to understand how this happened. There should have been ten different stickers for the head and torso so that you could customize it. #legomacbookcover
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MrBlahBlah
12:16 PM

In reply to Nvidia CEO Reveals Tablet, Declares His Love for Apple
i spy a fingerprint magnet #nvidiatablet
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se7a7n7
11:54 AM

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So the iPhone was able to get dual analog sticks before the PSP... #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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Nathan Obbards
11:20 AM

In reply to Nvidia CEO Reveals Tablet, Declares His Love for Apple
"Apple uses the best technology for their [computers]"

I wonder how he feels now that they're using ATI in the iMac and after the glut of failed GPUs in MBPs. #nvidiatablet
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10:29 AM

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Very cool. Not sure about the Minifig 'O' face though.. #legomacbookcover
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RainyDayInterns
10:29 AM

In reply to HyperMac External MacBook Battery Review
OK...we just spent a week with the MBP-100 and it is freakin' amazing!

Never had we been able to just work and work and work...without having to look for an AC outlet!

FirstLook/FirstUse here:
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Sincerely,
RainyDayInterns #hypermacreview
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Kaiser-Machead
10:23 AM

In reply to Nvidia CEO Reveals Tablet, Declares His Love for Apple
Part of his mind is also implanted into every laptop NVidia card Apple uses, which is why some of them ignited out of passion, whereas the ones in Dells ignited out of unbridled rage.

If/when Apple creates an actual tablet, and not this accessory to one man's aluminumpolyjobsian fetish, I wonder how it would compare to the Axiotron modbook. I don't want a giant iPod. That would suck elf nads. #nvidiatablet
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BeyondtheTech
10:19 AM

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I don't know what you people are talking about.

That's just a black iPhone 3GS sitting next to a gallon jug of water. That perspective lens just skews the foreground quite a bit. #nvidiatablet
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Gordonium
10:41 AM

@BeyondtheTech: Wouldn't you want an itty bitty bottle of water? #nvidiatablet
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Kaiser-Machead
10:05 AM

In reply to New iControlPad Prototype Controls the iPhone with Dual Analog Nubs
Sad part is that I'd take this over a PSP Go any day of the week. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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Monty
09:59 AM

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It just proves the point that the iPhone didn't need to be small and slick with a wonderous touch screen display - it needed to be ridiculously huge, more battery life, plenty of buttons, made with cheap plastic from a Datsun dashboard, and have a design based on the original PlayStation controller. Finally, the perfect iPhone has arrived.
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BergenCountyJC
09:50 AM

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Super Mario Kart? Is that a jail broken app? =( #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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USB_Humping_Dog
10:00 AM

@BergenCountyJC: The article says, "You'll need to Jailbreak your iPhone,..." #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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BergenCountyJC
11:04 AM

@USB_Humping_Dog: +1 for showing me the light #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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USB_Humping_Dog
11:29 AM

@BergenCountyJC: Go for it. Free your iPhone. Seriously, there's a lot of good stuff in Cydia :) #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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OMG! Ponies!
09:45 AM

In reply to New iControlPad Prototype Controls the iPhone with Dual Analog Nubs
Or you can go with an actual portable gaming device. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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cabjf
09:52 AM

@OMG! Ponies!: I recall reading that the iPhone 3gs is more powerful than the PSP. All it would take is a supported accessory like this (without the jailbrake requirement anyhow) for gaming on the iPhone/iPod Touch to be no different than on a handheld. Well, beside being more powerful. It would be like putting what's good about the DS (touch screen and developer support) together with what's good about the PSP (more online features and better hardware). #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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OMG! Ponies!
10:09 AM

@cabjf: A non-Jailbreak version is about as likely as an outbreak of avian-swine flu as the only way that Apple can sell IP like the above-pictured Super Mario Kart is by licensing it from Nintendo.

Emulators are unlicensed versions of the programs and Apple does have a somewhat understandable reason to try to break Jailbreak capability - to avoid getting sued by the likes of Nintendo and Sony, as well as every other major software developer.

Finally, remember the old saw - a Jack of all trades is a master of none. As a smartphone, the iPhone is pretty darned good (not as good as a Blackberry for business use though). As a PMP, it's also pretty darned good. As a gaming platform, it's mediocre at best. I'd rather play games on a device built to play games. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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noodleashy143
10:23 AM

@OMG! Ponies!: Couldn't Nintendo offer the game? Apple doesn't offer any of the apps, companies pay them to deploy their apps on the iphone. So theoretically, Nintendo could offer an iphone app that works with this extension (although they would probably make one themselves) and it would be fine. You're right in the fact that it would probably never happen though.

Besides, this device doesn't have to be limited to emulators. Game devs could support it for their own games.

Steve Jobs has said that he wants the iPod Touch to become a gaming platform, it just needs to grow more and get better games than all of the free/$0.99 ones it has now.
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cabjf
10:31 AM

@OMG! Ponies!: There are plenty of people who prefer a saw (read: PC) for gaming compared to the a console.

You are right in that companies would have to bring their IP to the iPhone for it to be a successful gaming device and you would likely never see the someone like Nintendo, with their own successful portable device, on the iPhone. I thought anyone could put out an accessory for the iPhone though so long as it was either approved by Apple or contained whatever authentication chip is required? What I'm picturing is someone coming along and releasing an accessory like this for non-jailbroken iPhones and then iPhone game developers making use of it (maybe even requiring it to work with their games since multi-touch only really works with certain types of games). #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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Maori_Yelir
10:34 AM

@noodleashy143: Nintendo and Apple are very similar in one respect; Control. Nintendo would never release anything on the iPhone because, just like Apple, they value having complete control on their hardware and software. Releasing their software elsewhere means they are surrendering some of that grip they have on their products. It would cut down on their profit margins. It's much more likely to see even Microsoft team up with Apple for gaming than it would be Nintendo.

Fortunately, Nintendo no longer makes money off of older systems because everything you buy for them is pretty much used now so emulators probably won't be done away with any time soon. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
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lostarchitect
09:28 AM

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One of us. One of us. One of us. #nvidiatablet
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