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Archives for May, 2010

Sprite Something for iPad: retro, pixel-based design

Old-school icon designers and retro game houses alike will be delighted by the release of Sprite Something from Terrible Games. Whether you remember the days of creating icons in ResEdit, or prefer creating RPG characters with pixels instead of polygons, Sprite Something for the iPad will be right up your alley. Admittedly, the audience is …

mocoNews Quick Hits: 5.31.10

»  Never mind those rumors of Bing supplanting Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for iPhone search … not so, says Kara. The plan is more along the lines of making the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) search engine more prominent but even that might not happen. [BoomTown] »  Outside U.S. and Europe, the FIFA World Cup will be heavily …

Apple: More Than Two Million iPads Sold

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continues to sell iPads at a rapid pace, breaking the two million mark the same weekend the device debuted in the UK, Canada and seven other countries for at least $1 billion in sales. The company is bragging that it took less than 60 days to sell that many but that claim …

iLuv App Station Review

We know that this next bit of information will most likely shock and upset you, but it has to be told: the current Engadget editor doesn’t own an iPod dock. In fact, he doesn’t even own an alarm clock. Of course, it would be nice to listen to Pandora or the BBC’s Desert Island Disks …

Gigabyte, ASUS and MSI deliver driver software to allow iPad charging from the PC

You one of those unlucky folks who found out about the iPad’s dislike of low-powered USB ports on standard PCs after you’d already pulled the trigger? Well, you can stop crying yourself to sleep nights and finally do something about it: Gigabyte, MSI, and ASUS have all come out with software that hops up their …

Feuding analysts argue about whether the iPad is boosting Mac sales

Think it’s only Apple faithful who are adding an iPad to their gadget cache? According to Chitika Research, that’s not true. The online advertising firm keeps a close eye on which platforms are downloading its ads the most, and it says that Mac computers accounted for 10.3 percent of wasted bandwidth in April. That’s up …

PosiMotion Helix iPhone / iPod touch gaming grip now available at Best Buy

PosiMotion certainly announced this one well enough in advance (all the way back in December), but it looks like its Helix gaming grip for the iPhone and iPod touch is now finally available, and at Best Buy no less. In case your memory needs to be jogged a bit, this $20 contraption promises to be …