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Posts tagged Apple
Nintendo’s 3D handheld might make big waves
Mar 23rd
As soon as I booted up my computer today I saw a lot of noise around Nintendo’s announcement that they’ll be releasing a glasses free 3D handheld console which will be able to play the DS’s back catalogue of games. Within an hour of the story being posted on Engadget, the topic was trending on Twitter (as the image above highlights) and the response to news articles around the web are showing that there’s massive anticipation and excitement for this type of technology.
This announcement from Nintendo has thrown a curve ball in my thinking of how 3D technology adoption would play out – but if for anything then perhaps to speed up adoption and cultural shift to acceptance of 3D. Glasses-less 3D technology has a lot of limitations – but something it is very good at doing is catering for an audience of 1 as you don’t have to take into account a range of viewing angles – by creating a mass audience for home 3D experiences, its possible that Nintendo will help spark an expectation of 3D in-home entertainment which could result in this happening.
Nintendo has a recent history of selling its wares like hot cakes – and if this trend is continued with the 3DS (or whatever it might be called) then how long will it be before Apple sees the value of it and jumps on the wagon by creating a glasses-less 3D iPad experience which will only add to the above theory that it’ll speed up cultural change and expectation.
I’ll throw it out there – expect to see a 3D version on the ipod touch/ipad – even if the tech only kicks in for games in the near future.
Digital print finds a friend in Apple’s iPad
Feb 17th
Until I watched this video – the iPad didn’t really excite me in any way. I think everyone felt a bit underwhelmed by it – and indeed there was a lot of satirical commentary around it being an iPhone that won’t fit in your pocket. Even though it is important to remember that the demonstration is of an Adobe Air app, making this tablet PC agnostic – as we’ve seen in the smartphone market – Apple’s user interface and touchscreen technology will probably outclass its competition for some time to come (a recent post on Crunchgear highlights how ridiculous it is that Apple’s iPhone touchscreen from 2007 still can’t be matched or bettered by smartphones from 2010).
Looking at the video – it becomes clear what these tablets are for. I can’t think of a better way of consuming ‘print’ media.
