OnLive Gaming coming to iPad soon

The OnLive® Game Service is a groundbreaking on-demand video game platform capable of delivering the latest and most advanced games instantly over a broadband connection. You can play on your TV via the OnLive Game System or on virtually any PC or Mac® via a small browser download. The OnLive Game Service creates an entirely new way to play, watch, share and demo premium games from the world’s leading publishers.

OnLive is different from any other game platform, and it uses technology in a dramatically different way. Instead of elying on you having the latest hardware, all the cpu-intensive work is done on OnLive’s servers and you just need a basic hardware configuration and a decent broadband connection.

OnLive has now released an iPad app called OnLive Viewer — but it doesn’t yet play games. A full iPad app from OnLive will certainly be popular with those folk who have bought an iPad for playing games on, especially as it would allow you to control and play any PC game (from the catalogue available on OnLive – growing all the time) directly on your iPad.

What the app does support is OnLive’s social networking features, so you can make and contact your friends on the service from the app, and see what they’re up to while online. You can also watch “Brag Clips,” which are uploaded videos of other people’s gameplay, and you can even stream straight from certain live games on the service.

The OnLive approach is certainly innovative and having looked around their site and downloaded the Mac application (on My MacBook Pro laptop) the action certainly seems to be smooth. I will definitely try the free play mode (you get 30 mins play for free) and report back how it goes. In the meantime, why not check it out for yourself. Whether it can compete with Steam is another matter.

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Could the Apple iTV be getting Apps soon?

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Rumours sloshing around the net are that Apple will soon bring Apps to an updated iTV. It’s been a while since the iTV was last updated and Apple sees it as a ‘hobby’ according to  Steve Jobs. According to Kevin Rose, Founder of Digg, sources within Apple have told him. Let’s hope that if this is indeed the case that Apple doesn’t come down too heavy on the source of the leak. Apple does have something of a reputation as regards these matters.

Rose isn’t alone in thinking that Apple is about to update the iTV. Engadget also claim that ‘trusted’ sources told them a new iTV was on its way soon. However, the rumours also seem to confirm the view that it won’t have full 1080p HD capability, only 720p. Personally, when 1080p is becoming ‘de rigueur’ it seems a mistake on Apple’s part to not add this to the feature list of the iTV. Of course, Apps will be  popular feature and certainly games should prove an attractive feature to would-be purchasers, especially parent so young children as the device could prove to be an alternative to an XBox 360 or a PS3 and even a Wii.

Whether, as some predict, the new iTV will ‘kill’ TV as we know it is another matter. Personally I can’t see it myself. What is certain is that we will increasingly see a move to Apps across the Apple platform and I will stick my neck out and say that we will see Apps replacing the Dashboard widgets in the not too distant future.

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Apple TV now available at a bargain price!

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Te Apple TV is now officially “on sale” – yet yours now for a mere for £219.  Surprisingly to some, Apple is still making its TV streaming device. Today Apple revealed a price cut for its Apple TV media buyer/player appliance, making it “more affordable” – by taking the RRP down to a decent £219, and that’s including delivery from the Apple Store.

The Apple TV  media box lets you buy TV programs via iTunes and includes support for 802.11n wi-fi for streaming “content” direct to your HDTV from your PC or Mac. The standard  model now features a 160GB hard drive for storing your media on, handy for when  you want to use your Apple TV for 1080p media playback.  Still no news of a new portable Apple ‘tablet’ device…

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Apple introduces new iPod Shuffle

The first music player that talks to you!

Small gets smaller.

The new iPod shuffle is amazingly small and even easier to use. The controls are now conveniently located on the earbud cord. It’s so easy, you can use it with your eyes closed.

VoiceOver. It speaks for itself.

With the press of a button, VoiceOver tells you what song is playing and who’s performing it. It tells you the names of your playlists, too.

1000 songs. Multiple playlists.

With 4GB of storage, iPod shuffle can now hold up to 1,000 songs. So your music library can go with you. And you can now sync multiple playlists for the perfect mix for any mood.

Prices: Two colours available (White and Grey), with 4GB storage 1000 songs) for £59.00. Free laser engraving available at time of ordering.

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