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What Does Epic Games’ Mark Rein Think Of The iPad?

We ran into Epic Games vice president Mark Rein at Apple’s iPad demo event today, happily tapping and gesturing to his heart’s content with one of the sleek new tablets. Will Epic bring its Unreal Engine to the iPad?


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Firemint Plans Dedicated iPad Version Of Popular iPhone Game

Firemint, maker of Flight Control for the iPhone and iPod Touch (reviewed by Gawker boss Nick Denton in December), has announced it will bring an “optimised and re-imagined version” of that game to the iPad, announced today.


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iPad Doubts: A Gamer’s Problems With Apple’s Wonder Machine

The Apple iPad may be great for web-browsing. It may be the best slate on which to list half of the 10 Commandments since solid rock. But, for gamers, well, thou shalt have some legitimate doubts about this thing.


Hands On With Apple’s iPad, Just The Games

Immediately following Apple’s iPad reveal event, the Mac maker offered us an opportunity to go hands-on with the touchscreen controlled tablet. The demo unit came loaded with apps, including about a dozen games. We took (most of) them for a spin.


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Apple’s iPad, Aka TouchXL, Detailed

Ringing it at $US500 to $US830, the newly announced 1.5-pound (0.68kg) iPad doesn’t seem to bring much new to the table, despite Apple calling it magical.


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Sizing Up The Apple iPad

How does the Apple iPad size up to other popular portable devices, gaming and otherwise? We’ve compiled a sizing chart that compares the iPad to items with similar functions, which could have folks digging out their old Etch-A-Sketches.


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The iPad Blows Up iPhone Apps Real Good

The iPad will run your iPhone applications and games out of the box, but you’re going to have to do a little stretching to get the full effect.


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Apple Introduces The iPad

Apple finally unveils the iPad, a touchscreen tablet device that promises to be better at gaming than any laptop or smartphone.


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Apple Liveblog: Revenge Of The Tablet

Today, Apple will announce its “latest creation” at a special event at the Yerba Buena centre for the Arts Theatre in San Francisco, California. And Kotaku is there! What will Apple announce? And what will it mean for gaming?


January 27, 2010
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Could Apple’s Tablet Use Natal-Like Technology?

The most intriguing thing about Apple’s rumoured tablet isn’t its form factor or potential to reinvigorate print media, it’s the one piece of information no one seems to know: How will we interact with it.