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Pinball for MacOS X, Pinball Remote for iPhone released

Pinball for MacOS X, Pinball Remote for iPhone released

Posted by | Apr 5, 2010 | , |

Gamepromo has released Pinball for Mac OS X (http://gameprom.com/thepinball) and Pinball Remote (itms://itunes.apple.com/app/pinball-remote/id347819481?mt=8) for the iPhone and iPod touch. Both are free.

The game offers the ability to buy new pinball tables and offers start, pause, restart, flipper controls, table tilting, camera controls. Pinball and Pinball Remote have a built-in Help for pinball tables and local and global high score tables. You can also turn on a stereoscopic mode (stereo glasses are required for this).

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CBS, ABC planning free iPad content?

Posted by | Apr 2, 2010 | , |

CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co.’s ABC are adapting episodes of their TV shows to be viewable free of charge on the iPad, according to people familiar with the matter, reports “The Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303338304575156730008680938.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology).

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Analyst: Apple to sell 150,000 to 200,000 iPads this weekend

Analyst: Apple to sell 150,000 to 200,000 iPads this weekend

Posted by | Mar 31, 2010 | , |

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting that Apple will sell 150,000 to 200,000 iPads this weekend. He’s also forecasting 2010 total sales of of 2.8 million iPads.

As noted by “Silicon Alley Insider” (http://macosg.me/2/27), those numbers are much lower than some estimates of six million to 10 million unit sales. However, Munster goes on to say that the apps will ultimately “drive demand longer term” for the iPad. The Sellers Research Firm (that’s me) predicts 500,000 unit sales this weekend and nine million total for 2010.

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