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Xbox SmartGlass Supported Launch Titles October 23, 2012

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Xbox SmartGlass isn’t out yet, but a lot of people, myself included, have been looking forward to it since it was announced at E3 2012.  Microsoft promises that it will allow a major expansion of the Xbox 360 by offering an interactive second screen interface to a wide range of common devices.  It will tremendously increase a game’s capabilities and should add a wide range of playability to whatever games are going to make use of it.

With the release of the Fall 2012 update today, the Xbox 360 is now SmartGlass compliant.  The program has not yet been released but it will be soon and here are the initial games and apps that will be ready to make use of it.

Games:

  • Ascend
  • Dance Central 3
  • Forza Horizon
  • Halo Waypoint
  • Home Run Stars
  • Karaoke
  • Kinect Sesame Street TV
  • Prima Games

Sports:

  • ESPN
  • NBA Game Time
  • UFC

Entertainment Apps:

  • Elections 2012
  • HBO GO
  • MSN
  • NBC News
  • NOW TV
  • Slacker Radio
  • TODAY
  • Univision

SmartGlass is coming to Android, iOS and Windows 8 devices.  Windows 8 launches October 26th, 2012.

iPad Mini Announced October 23, 2012

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Well it has happened.  Apple has announced today that a new iPad will be coming to the consumer market…and its smaller.

From the looks of it, this new device is going to have all the capabilities of the full-sized iPad, only at a smaller size.  It has a 7.9″ display, making it smaller than an iPad but larger than an iPhone screen.  That makes it thinner and lighter than a current iPad.  The new iPad Mini will feature the A5 processor, full Siri support, a 1080p rear video camera and 720p front face camera.  It is also expected to be compatible with the incredibly wide range of iPhone and iPad apps.

Apple promises the iPad Mini will have 10 hours of battery life on a single charge.  The iPad Mini will make use of the Lightning Port to charge itself, which is the same adapter that shipped with the iPhone 5.  You can read all the specific details of the new device here.

iPad Mini WiFi Edition is coming November 2nd, 2012.  Cellular LTE-Equipped iPad Minis are coming Mid-November 2012.

Xbox 360 Fall 2012 Update is Live October 23, 2012

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Those of you who are logging your 360s into Xbox Live starting today will probably be noticing a prompt upon login.  The highly anticipated Fall 2012 Update for the Xbox 360 has been released.  The changes are too wide to post here but I will try to post the most important changes.

The Xbox 360 dashboard has been completely revamped once more with an improved interface and better Kinect integration.  Internet Explorer 9 has been added.  Facebook and Twitter apps have been removed.  Zune Music and Zune Video have been changed to Xbox Music and Xbox Video.

The update will also bring support for Xbox Smartglass, which was originally announced at E3 2012.  Smartglass is not out yet, but it is coming to a wide array of Tablets, Smartphones and Windows PCs.

The Fall 2012 update is required for Xbox Live access.