Saturday 25 August 2012

Apple v. Samsung - Samsung Takes a Critical Blow UPDATED


Korean mobile giant Samsung took a critical hit in the ongoing legal battle against US based computing giant Apple. This battle has been ongoing since spring last year and this is the first indicator of who might eventually emerge triumphant in this industry changing dispute.

One Friday the 24th of August, 2012 after a short deliberation of only three days, the jury has thus for ruled in favour of Apple. The focus of this particular case involves whether Samsung infringed on the variety of Apple patents.

The court also ruled that Samsung willing fully infringed on Apple’s Patents on a wide variety of its Phones, about twenty five different models to be exact, including the Galaxy S II to the infused 4G and more. Samsung has been ordered to pay Apple $ 1,051,855,000 (at the current exchange rate that’s about (One Hundred and Sixty Six Billion, Three Hundred and Fifty Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand, Two hundred and Fifty Naira, Yikes!)
 
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Friday 24 August 2012

Nintendo 3DS Review: Perks


The 3DS would be nothing without a good library of exclusive games because nowadays, people can get not only the likes of Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja on their phones and tablets, but even games like Resident Evil, Need For Speed and Infinity Blade. Fortunately, the average 3DS game still outclasses the average phone game by leaps and bounds. Before that lets talk about extra features your 3DS will come with like Streetpass, Spotpass and Miis.
 

A Mii is an avatar that represents you on all of Nintendo's latest hardware. With your 3DS's inner camera, you can take a picture of yourself, which will be converted to a Mii. You can then edit it or create one from scratch. The importance of this is presentation. You can add other people to your 3DS friend list very similarly to how you would add people to your Blackberry Messenger but there is no option to use your real picture as an avatar. 



Let’s talk about StreetPass Just imagine you had your 3DS in your pocket/bag with the Wi-Fi On in sleep mode and you went to a nearby store to buy some snacks. You get back home and because I happened to be at that same store with my 3DS on sleep mode, you'll see my Mii on your 3DS! Not just that, let's assume you have Super Street Fighter IV but you took your Spiderman game with you instead. You will STILL have my Street Fighter data downloaded to your 3DS through the StreetPass feature! So what kind of data are we talking about?



In the racing game Mario Kart, for example, every time one breaks a track speed record on any race track, his "ghost", a recording of how he drove during track, is saved. So the next time anyone plays a speed trail on that track, they will race against the ghost that was downloaded. Getting to the finish line before the ghost will set a new track record, which will also be downloaded by anyone who bumps into me with their 3DS in sleep mode! The fun never Stops!  The data will be exchanged through StreetPass, as long as you have the relevant save data on your 3DS, even if the game wasn't inside your 3DS at the time you encountered another 3DS owner.


SpotPass, this feature allows your 3DS to automatically download updates just by you being in the range of an open Wi-Fi network. The 3DS has features built with games in mind, so playing games on this thing delivers a much more complete experience than on almost any other portable device. When aiming a gun in a game like Resident Evil: Revelations, or simply looking around in an adventure game like The Legend of Zelda, you can move the 3DS around the way you would have moved a digital camera, giving you a faster and more precise way to aim than using an analogy stick. The analogy stick is very comfortable for moving your character, by the way. Some games use the top screen for gameplay while the bottom screen shows your map and shortcut icons to your items, so that you don't have to press the start button and cycle through menus. Other games may have you holding your 3DS vertically like a book, controlling the game exclusively through the touch screen while the other screen shows additional stats. 


If you're on a tight budget and can't get many games, I would suggest you get only Mario Kart 7, Resident Evil Revelations, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Kid Icarus: Uprising. You can also download free demos of upcoming or recently released games from the eShop, play your old DSi cartridges on the 3DS, or download full games (usually cheaper and not as awesome) from the eShop.

Tolu Olowofoyeku

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