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Earlier reports that Rovio Moible would expand upon their Angry Birds plushies materialized today as shop.angrybirds.com revealed four new pig-themed toys. Like their bird counterparts, the pigs will set you back $14.99. But don’t go whippin’ out that credit card just yet. You have to wait until January 2011 before you can actually purchase any of the new pig plush toys. Looks like avid Angry Birds aficionados will finally be able to round out their collections…
- November 27, 2010 10:18 pm
Another Angry Birds announcement: The holiday edition is almost here. That is all.
…Alright, a bit more. Earlier today, Rovio Mobile tweeted that the latest update to the widely popular mobile game, Angry Birds, is one step closer. Rovio Mobile has officially submitted the Christmas update of Angry Birds to Apple. We don’t think it’ll be too long until we see the update go live simply because we’ve witnessed a few other high profile apps sneek through the approval process faster than normal. Just sayin’…
Time to celebrate.
- November 25, 2010 8:55 am
Angry Birds fanatics will most certainly want to mark December 11th on their calendars, for it is the greatest day of the year — Angry Birds Day. On this day, Angry Birds fans around the world are asked to plan meet-ups to talk, laugh, and play their favorite game in hordes. However, the real party will be going down in London’s Trafalgar Square.
It is there that Rovio’s executive team is rumored to be announcing among other things, console versions of Angry Birds, Angry Birds 2, and/or an Angry Birds Movie. Though fellow tech blog TechCrunch thinks something even bigger and better will be dropped on us.
Whatever it is, I can’t wait. Anyone out there doing something special for Angry Birds Day?
- November 21, 2010 1:59 pm
iOS users and AR Drone owners have a new toy coming to them by the end of the month — a new augmented reality game that uses the AR Drone’s onboard camera and a little high tech magic to transform the very concept of what we consider a “game”. While AR is nothing new, the way in which it is employed in “A.R. Pursuit” is nothing short of awesome. Using the AR Drone’s onboard cameras, you and another player navigate the air around you battling it out with augmented machine guns and missiles — one person the chaser, and the other the chasee.
At only $2.99, the app is a must buy for anyone already owning an AR Drone. But if you’re still not convinced, hop inside and give the press release and video a try…
- November 20, 2010 9:43 am
Those of you who frequent the site know that I love, love angry birds. In fact, it’s probably an unhealthy obsession. But as of late, there are two loves in my life. While Angry Birds is and always will be my #1, Chillingo’s Cut the Rope is easily #2. (IconFactory’s “Astronaut” is #3.) In Cut the Rope, your task is simple: Feed Om Nom his candy. Getting him his candy however, is quite task as the levels progress. Speaking of levels — we’re getting more!
Version 1.1 of Cut the Rope is due out soon and brings with it 25 new levels in a spaceship-themed box. The highlight of this box of course being anti-gravity, which should definitely ratchet up the difficulty a few notches. The next biggest added feature is retina support. I already thought the game looked pretty good, so this will be interesting to experience. Rounding out the list include features such as new music tracks, 11 new achievements, and better scoring accuracy.
There’s no set release date. So in the meantime, hop inside and check out a small teaser video of what Cut the Rope 1.1 has coming…
- November 18, 2010 9:45 am
Android’s choice in hardware is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you have free reign to find a hardware form factor and style that suits you best. On the other, that means software developers have to take into account all of that different hardware. In the case of Angry Birds in particular, that translates into a rather long list of “incompatible” hardware and an impending “lite” version.
And don’t think just because your device is new that you’re automatically in. Some of the devices on the list may surprise you…
- November 16, 2010 2:55 pm
The previous update to the Android version of Angry Birds earlier this month was bittersweet. On one hand, Android users were given 45 all new levels. On the other, ads were given more screen space and performance was reported to have taken a hit. Taking matters into his own hands, XDA developer “theimpaler747″ laid down his own coding skills to completely remove the lag and performance issues as well as remove every single last ad cluttering the screen.
Seeing as how this is an unofficial mod, it’s doubtful we’ll see it last much longer without some official statement from Rovio, which will probably end in the app and post over at XDA being removed altogether.
I’ll go on and say that while they are modding the free version of Angry Birds, they’re removing the reason it’s free — ads. No one likes ads. That’s a given. But don’t go about stiffing the developers out of a payment. With that said, the free version of the app isn’t free. The ads help offset the price. Show some support (and respect) and chip the developers a few bucks by paying for the full version. It’s only $2.99.
- November 16, 2010 2:33 pm
It’s been a long, long, looooong road — a submittal, removal, argument, and dry spell signaling there was no hope. But it appears that all is well in the world. Google announced via their blog that Apple has just released the official Google Voice app for iOS into the App Store.
Features:
- Display your Google Voice number as caller ID when making calls.
- Free text messaging to U.S. users
- Cheap rates for international calls
- Calls placed with Direct Access Numbers: Allows calls to connect just as quickly as regular phone calls.
You can pick up Google Voice for free in the App Store starting today. Requirements include iOS 3.1 and a valid Google Voice account.
Download [iTunes Link]
- November 12, 2010 2:36 pm
Some good news and bad news. First, the good — Swype is now available for the Nokia N8 smartphone. The bad — it’s still landscape only. Granted, this is more of a Symbian OS shortcoming and not in any way Swype’s fault. Though Nokia users should still find the updated keyboard leaps and bounds better than the stock software keyboard, which is arguably nothing but garbage.
Special care needs to be taken if you’ve been running the Nokia C7 specific build of Swype on your N8 as you’ll need to completely — Completely! — remove it from your phone before installing the N8 version. If you don’t, all kinds of bad things will happen, kittens will die, and trees will whither. Ok, maybe not that extreme. But you get the picture — it could get nasty.
Swype for the Nokia N8 is now live in the Ovi App Store free of charge. Let us know how it goes.
