US Portable Gaming Marketshare by Revenues
It seems as though Android and iOS games are taking a lot of revenues away from Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. Here are the latest numbers.
via – Flurry
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Wowee One Slim Review
The Wowee One Slim is a portable speaker that can turn any surface into an amazing speaker for your devices.
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Make your Applications Portable with Cameyo
Cameyo is offering a new and free possibility to handle your common applications, using a simple procedure you can capture a normal application installation into a portable package that can carry to use it on any other computer, without the need of installing this application again.
This capturing process is actually known as “application virtualization”; which can be found in several other technologies from Microsoft, Symantec and VMWare. All of them are paid technologies.
Here’s a video showing how Cameyo works, using a nice example of Opera + Flash + Java, all in one portable package:
Cameyo is not only free, but also offers a SDK (Software Development Kit) which developers can use to complement with Cameyo’s virtualization technology and also provides other nice features like automation features.
Portable Linux Apps
PortableLinuxApps.org is a large portal where we can find tons of Linux portable applications which we can use in USB drives or any other portable and we don’t need to install them.
The complete list you can find it in the home page of PortableLinuxApps.org, but here’s a quick list of the most important ones:
- Opera 10.
- Filezilla.
- Firefox.
- aMule.
- Wireshark.
- TeamViewer.
One of the teams supporting this portal is another big reference in the open source area: Source Forge. So we should not surprise if we find PortableLinuxApps.org growing potentially.
iTouch Acting as Gateway Drug to iPhone
There’s no doubt that the skeptics who thought that Apple had no chance in theportable music player department hid when Apple’s iPod hit the market and took the mp3 music players by storm. Very few technological innovations make such an impact on our culture and yet Apple redefined what it is to listen, interact, and engage our music. Their style of minimalist design served them well with the generations of iPods to come down the line, but now times have changed.
The market for mp3 players has widened with lots of entrants, but few are capable of toppling the giant, so instead they offer an alternative to those not willing to give into Apple’s tight restriction to the Apple iTunes store. Nevertheless, iPods have had to redefine how they are interacted with and that’s when the iTouch came out. This unique tactile surface mp3 player gave users a unique experience that was unseen in the market for portable music players. Since then Apple has never looked back, and the iTouch has swelled in huge numbers.
From June to November alone, the market share grew 5%, which in Apple’s world is a huge market. Most of this is attributed to the apps that you can install on the mobile device and the bevy of games that Apple is turning to to keep users entertained and constantly in contact with their device.
But is there a deeper agenda then just the one present? Mac Rumors suggests that Apple is quietly turning the iTouch into the gateway device for future iPhone users. Similar to the concept of a gateway drug, it’s opening doors and increasing familiarity that users will appreciate and then look for something more substantial. That’s where the iPhone comes into play.
A Video Projector in Your Pocket
Mobile media is huge. But you knew that. But what if there was a way to take the
tiny screen of your mobile device, and display it up to 60 inches of viewing pleasure? Perhaps you’re checking into a hotel and still don’t like the 32 inch screen they’ve given you. Perhaps what you need is a portable pocket projector.
The Cinemin Swivel Portable Projector created by WowWee has gotten extremely high reviews on many other sites. This pocket projector ($300) utilizes DLP projection technology to give the user that 60 inch experience. The internal battery is rechargeable for up to 2 hours of use, and overs a 90-degree swivel design allowing the user to choose how they wish to see their display.
This little pocket wonder is great for presentations on the go, watching videos at home, in your office, hotel, or anywhere that has a flat surface and you’ve got time to watch something. Now because the internal battery is only 2 hours, perhaps leaving it plugged into the wall for longer use is wise for movies, but otherwise, this little dynamo seems pretty sweet.
The Cinemin can connect to the iPod, iPhone, Flip Video, PSP, digital cameras, portable DVD players, netbooks, and smartphones with video-out functionality. To make this purchase even more attractive, the purchase includes a variety of international plug adapters to ensure that you are always able to access your media.
300+ Portable Applications
Image via WikipediaPortable applications on a key-chain drive makes the idea of a portable office a reality. Whether you have a 1 gig, 4 gig, or even 512 mb, you can carry your files with you everywhere you go.
App-Stick gathers as many portable apps as possible and houses them under one “roof”. With various portable app sites available, some of them may lack what you are specifically looking for. With App-Stick, the site breaks down into categories to make searching easier, and downloading is a breeze. Like something specifically? You are able to comment on the apps you like or dislike most, and even rate them for future users who come to the site.
There is no special software UI to install as with the original Portable Apps program. Still the UI is not what you really want, though a nice touch, the real need is the apps themselves.
Visit App-Stick and get what you need for business on the go!
