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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 12:28 |
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The book is dead! (Well, maybe not...) About a year ago, the folks at Amazon, the mega-huge online retailer, launched the first version of Kindle, an e-book reader. Pundits and hacks sniffed curiously at the device but most didn't rush to declare the death of books printed on pulped trees. Today, Amazon announced that they were taking pre-orders for the Kindle 2, due to ship on February 24th - and while journos who sling copy for gadget zines have responded by firing off a quick opinion, the prevailing opinion is that inky paper remains quite alive and well. The new device is substantially slimmer than it's first incarnation - 0.9 cm as opposed to 1.8 cm. It's claimed to have 25% more battery life - and some of the hardware user interface elements have been refined to be more user-friendly and eliminate the accidental 'page turning' which many complained marred the Kindle 1. |
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Written by Edit-bot
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Friday, 26 September 2008 00:00 |
| | | | | Starts off cute - and quickly evolves to irritating There are some good things to say - but not many. It appears that Spore Creatures for the Nintendo DS is simply a segment lifted out of the full PC desktop Spore game experience. Undoubtedly the DS offering has been crippled by the machine's small screen size and poor graphics capabilities. While the game does have some charm in a low-fi sort of way, the initial cuteness of the characters and situations doesn't last. Despite the game claiming that players can create and evolve creatures, this ability is rather thin and linear. Actual game play is structured in an explore levels / kill bosses to advance model. Sadly, Spore Creatures offers very little which is new and certainly nothing innovative. Save your cash - buy Spore for your desktop. |
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