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Resident Evil 4: iPad Edition from Capcom
On April 3rd, Capcom entertainment launched its Resident Evil 4 for the iPad. The game franchise has already released for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but now comes to the iPad for the entertainment of all who love the Resident Evil games. The app sells for $12.99 in the iTunes App Store, and Capcom claims a better experience on the iPad than any of the other versions released for Apple devices. Features of the iPad version of Resident Evil include optimized graphics for the iPad display size, a “visual pad” control system that makes the game more intuitive to play on the iPad, motion sensing “Shake” to reload the game’s current screen if necessary and three modes (Story, Coin-Shoot and Mercenary). It also has 5 levels of difficulty to work through and … Read entire article »
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Amazon Kindle App is iPad Ready
With a whopping 450,000+ titles, the Amazon Kindle e-Reader software is ready and available for the iPad. Because of the way the software is built, it runs just as easily and feature-rich on the iPhone itself. This is an upgrade to the previous version of the Amazon Kindle app, that Apple released along side the Kindle 2. The app was good, but not great. It looks like Kindle, while abdicating its king of e-reader technology throne, hasn’t thrown in the towel just yet. With almost 1/2 million titles available and the software running now on two devices, Kindle may be able to secure its foothold in the marketplace. Now, if they only weren’t competing against the native-running iBookstore… The iPad version of Kindle includes a spiffy page-turning animation (why should Apple have … Read entire article »
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iTunes 9.1 Updated for iPad
Apple released iTunes 9.1 with specific support for the iPad as another pre-release salvo for the iPad’s April 3rd launch. iTunes 9.1 was released just days before the official shipping date for the iPad. The iTunes update clearly states that the new version of iTunes includes support for sync, including not only music but “books on the go”. Clearly, Apple is banking on iTunes being the springboard for most revenue through their music, movies, applications and now books through the iBookstore. The second bullet below further highlights Apple’s planned penetration into the e-Reader market. Sync with iPad to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on the go Organize and sync books you’ve downloaded from iBooks on iPad or added to your iTunes library … Read entire article »
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iBookstore for iPad is an E-Reader Killer
Look out Kindle and Nook, here comes the iBookstore for the iPad and that means trouble for the entire stand-alone, e-Reader market. Powered by a fledgling digital books company called Smashwords, the iBookstore opens the door to self-publishing authors and puts very strict guidelines on the publishing and pricing models. According to AppleInsider, all books must be priced ending in .99 (ala 10.99, 4.99) and can be sold for as low as .99 cents. Apple revenue is sure to feel the benefit of distributing their own books, and between that and the revenue generated from the iPad sales (projected to be up to 5 billion this year). Couple that with an initial loading of 10,000 books in the iBookstore that are free, public-domain books, and iBookstore looks to be a hit. Apple … Read entire article »
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