tablets
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Google Plays Up Nexus 7 Tablet Gaming Chops
22“Who said mobile gaming has to be casual?” quipped Google’s engineering director, Chris Yerga, at the company’s launch of its first ever tablet this morning. I wouldn’t go quite that far, but the 7-inch (1280 x 800) handheld does have attractive mobile gaming specs: a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, gyroscope, accelerometer, and a 12-core graphics…
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‘New’ iPad Review: Is A Better Screen Enough?
The dust has settled, the queues have cleared, and what we’re left with is a new iPad with an old name. Does that make for enough of a difference to make it an essential tablet? This week’s Mobile Monday ponders whether Apple’s delivered a must-buy product.
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The Other Games OnLive Is Making Playable With Its New Tablet App
My preview yesterday about OnLive’s new tablet app focused on the controller, because it’s the crucial piece for playing a certain kind of game. But the cloud gaming company’s making a slew of titles playable by touch input as well.
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Tablets Mean Trouble For Consoles And Gaming Portables
With new handheld devices from Sony and Nintendo either out or on the horizon, it’s understandable (if a little puzzling) that execs from both companies insist that tablets won’t affect the prospects of the Nintendo 3DS or PlayStation Vita. People still want gadgets that are primarily about games, the suits say. Buttons matter!