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iPhone Pwns at iGames Summit and Game Developers Conference

There is so much happening in the game for the iPhone is now almost as hard to follow, as with the iPhone 3.0. Two ledgers industry currently shows much Igames Summit of the Game Developers Conference (GDC). With multiple awards, a major debate on the future, and a bunch of ads for upcoming products, which seems to take a moment and things we go …

Apple Insider took a look at Igames focusing on:

• “Lessons Learned: Why iPhone Games Work,” [a panel] with Neil Young of ngmoco, Andrew Lacy of Tapulous, Steve Demeter of Demiforce LLC (the developer of Trism featured in the iPhone 3.0 presentation held by Apple two days ago), and Keith Lee of Booyah More »

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Play.com offers unlocked iPhone

Play.com is offering Brits the chance to get their hands on a legally unlocked Apple iPhone that can be used on any network.

Both the 8GB and 16GB versions are available on the website, priced at £549.99 and £599.99 respectively. The handsets are only available in black and come with free delivery.

The Web is rife with rumours that Apple intends to launch a new version of the mobile phone this summer. As well as being able to buy legally unlocked handsets, Brits have also seen network provider O2 slash the price of the handsets on a number of their contract plans.

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iPod touch generates more traffic than most phones

Apple mobile device user interface has become much easier to access the Internet compared to other mobile devices to your iPod touch, which is not even a mobile phone, the times of all mobile phones, except iPhone in terms of volume Internet access, according to data released by Admobis.

The iPod touch does not have a cellular connection, but users can access the Internet via Wi-Fi Généré 6.7 per cent of mobile traffic Admobis in February. This is less than the 11.2 per cent of the traffic generated by the iPhone, but more than any other mobile phone. Motorola Razr came third with 2.9 percent for admob traffic.

Admobis hosts a network of mobile advertising. Each time a user opens a Web page that is part of the network, affecting Admobis records. For ads on mobile websites of 6000 and 1000 in the world.

Admobis discovered some interesting trends. Smartphones continue to generate more Internet access to mobile phones. Over six months, despite the economic downturn, smartphones have increased their share of access to the mobile Internet from 26 percent to 33 percent in February, Admobis reported.

Admobis defines a smartphone as a device that runs a complete operating system such as Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android.

In the world, the iPhone accounts for 33 percent of requests for phone Admobis February, Symbian, but it was still in first place by the operating system. Symbian phones generated 43 percent market share. More »

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Computerworld reviews Apple’s new 17-inch MacBook Pro: Impressive, even for gaming

“Is the new 17-in. MacBook Pro the ultimate gaming laptop Mac users have long been waiting for?” Tom Lupien asks for Computerworld.

“In stock form, this Macbook Pro goes for $2,799,” Lupien reports. “But the review unit sent to us by Apple was stuffed with 8GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state disk drive and the faster 2.93-GHz Core 2 Duo processor, shooting the price to $4,849. (That’s actually $200 less than it cost a few weeks back, now that Apple is charging $1,000 for the extra RAM.)”

“Is the MacBook Pro worth that much to gamers? It could be, depending on what you expect from your gaming laptop. I spent last weekend running the new 17-incher side by side with my older MacBook Pro — it has the 2.33-GHz Core 2 Duo and I have to tell you, I’m impressed,” Lupien reports. “I’ve never seen frame rates like this on a Mac!”

“Is it this the Mac gaming laptop that I’ve been waiting for? Why, yes — yes it is. Or rather, it would be if I had extra money lying around. That’s because I love my Macs and I use them for everything I do. A Mac to me is still the best hardware and software combo there is,” Lupien reports. “Basically, if you’re a Mac user and can afford it, this is a good gaming laptop. And remember, sticking with 4GB of RAM shaves $1,000 off the price and shouldn’t make a big difference in how it performs.”

Full review here.

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Dear Apple: Could We Have a Faster Way to Toggle Bluetooth on the iPhone?

Dieter asked a while a quick way to change the flight mode on the iPhone – a triple-click the Start button, maybe. Yesterday he was, and I talk about all the new features of the iPhone Bluetooth 3.0 and it was a point – at this time, enable or disable Bluetooth, you must:

Wake up iPhone, slide to unlock, (perhaps a type of password), (possibly to return), click Settings, click General, click Bluetooth, then turn the switch ON / OFF.

This large amount of overhead in terms of mental “work” and physical interaction.

With Bluetooth headsets, speakers, stereo Bluetooth, Bluetooth connectivity for accessories, the immobilization of Bluetooth connectivity, P2P applications and games of P2P sharing, and so much faster way to change the Bluetooth phone would be greatly appreciated.

May triple-click does not work in terms of ease of use, but surely there must be another way? Perhaps the ON / OFF on the Main Settings page, just before the drilling boom? Jeremy thinks that enables users to add shortcuts configuration as icons on the main screen (as we do now with the bookmarks in Safari) work. Anyone have other ideas?

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