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Handheld gaming: the plot thickens

by Robin Parrish
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Handheld gaming: the plot thickens

Until recently, the two major players in the handheld gaming wars have been Nintendo and PlayStation. The N has a strong history when it comes to handhelds, going back to the bestselling handheld gaming device of all time, the GameBoy. Sony has had significant success with the PlayStation Portable, an overall more powerful machine than any handheld device before it. In the last few years, the race has heated up, as Nintendo has upgraded its wildly popular Nintendo DS in increments (DS Lite, DSi, and the forthcoming DSi XL), while Sony recently released the PSP Go, a new version of the PSP meant to do away with the unpopular UMD Read more »

Want Windows Phone 7 Series? You're Going to Have to Buy a New Device

by Kevin
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Want Windows Phone 7 Series? You're Going to Have to Buy a New Device

Sometimes I just don’t get Microsoft. And by sometimes, I mean most of the time. There’s been a lot of hype around the release of Windows  Phone 7 Series, mostly because it’s touted as yet another “iPhone Killer,” just like the Droid, Storm and G1 before it. We don’t know yet whether or not WP7S is going to win versus the iPhone, but one more thing just put another hiccup in the lineup. There are lots of people who already own Windows Phone devices, and love them. Problem is, they can’t upgrade to WP7S, per a recent report in APCMag. From the article: Despite the HD2 meeting many of the Read more »