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Displio, bridging the gap between widgets and the real world
Could Apple’s Next iPad Come With a Stylus?
Club Nintendo Coming To An End In September

Displio, bridging the gap between widgets and the real world

Posted: 26 Jan 2015 11:07 AM PST

Widgets have been around on cellphones and computers for a couple years, but now they jump into the real world becoming gadgets instead.

Widgets, the tiny displays with information about the world, are now making the jump to the physical realm in the form of actual gadgets. Pretty, cute and colorful gadgets at that. These devices have an electronic ink screen that measures 2.7″ inches and can show climate, calendar, e-mails, or even updates on Twitter as if it was a smartphone.

Depending on their position they can show a different widget, and users don’t need to use buttons to see or change them: it’s all touch-driven. In order to do the initial configuration, users can just use an app on their smartphones. Yet, the most clever aspect about Displio is is the API to expand its functionalities, so any creator can patch their own creations in it. As they claim, “if it’s on the Internet, it can be in Displio”.

The team behind Displio are trying to get it crowdfunded via Kickstarter, and with 29 days to go they have already gathered half of the funds they need. Once released, Diplio will retail for $99 USD in any of its seven color variations (white, red, blue, green, yellow, black or grey), or $119 USD for the special edition in wood.

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Could Apple’s Next iPad Come With a Stylus?

Posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST

As Apple looks to create the next version of the iPad, patent filings suggest that it will come with a stylus.

While tablets are often more powerful than their smaller sized smartphone brethren, the main reason that most of us invest in tablets is because of their size. The giant displays of tablets offer us far more screen space to work with – which is handy when you’re fed up of your thumbs and fingers getting cramp from holding your phone for a prolonged amount of time.

These large screens also make them ideal for work which is why so many people have opted to ditch their laptops and desktop PCs for a tablet instead. There are now keyboard plug-ins that make writing up that essay or investor report a doddle.

But to make it even easier, you’d need more than your fingers and a detachable keyboard – you’d need a stylus. Easy to carry around and offering more accuracy than the tip of a digit, a tablet that comes with a stylus just makes sense. And that’s exactly why Apple is looking into it for the next iPad.

The suggestion comes from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities who regularly makes correct predictions about Apple’s future projects. In a report obtained by AppleInsider, Kuo wrote that “Given that it’s more precise than a person’s fingers, a stylus can be more convenient to use than the combination of keyboard and mouse in some cases”, adding that it would provide haptic feedback that lets a user feel what they’re doing better rather than having to poke uncomfortably at a glass screen. Kuo’s info is based on patent filings from Apple which makes it all the more likely.

It’s believed that Apple has created the stylus to go with its rumoured iPad Pro tablet. While it’s purely speculation at the moment, the iPad Pro would be a 12.9 inch affair that makes working from it a lot easier. It would cater especially to business professionals and education facilities.

However, despite the benefit of a stylus, Kuo noted that a stylus with haptic feedback could be expensive for users. Kuo writes that “high selling prices may turn consumers off if the 12.9-inch iPad is always bundled with it. We therefore expect the stylus to be an optional accessory before sufficient user feedback is received.”

In typical Apple fashion we can also expect them to continuously release updates to the stylus as the years go by and their research improves. An accelerometer and 3D handwriting features could be added to the gadget following a successful launch.

We’ll keep you posted once Apple confirms.

Source: AppleInsider

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Club Nintendo Coming To An End In September

Posted: 26 Jan 2015 09:31 AM PST

Club Nintendo will be no more when autumn arrives, says Nintendo. Current members will have until until September 30 to spend their remaining rewards points.

If you don’t, well then say goodbye to them forever when the rewards program ends later in the year.

Shifting the eventual closure into motion, Nintendo will not be shipping Club Nintendo points with the launch of the New Nintendo 3DS in North America & Europe on February 13, and from April onwards, the same applies to upcoming Nintendo games on Wii U or 3DS.

Here's how Nintendo is scheduling the closing of Club Nintendo for this year:

Club Nintendo Discontinuation Schedule

April 1st 2015: From this date, Nintendo will no longer include product registration cards with its packaged games, so such products cannot be registered in Club Nintendo. You may still find product registration cards in games that were in stock before this date, however.

April 20th 2015: Termination of the registration of digital products downloaded from Nintendo eShop. Digital products obtained from Nintendo eShop after this date will no longer appear in the My Registered Games & Systems page in Club Nintendo. In addition, surveys for download software titles will no longer be available.

September 30th 2015: End of Club Nintendo program. All Club Nintendo features, such as signing up as a new member, logging in as a registered member, earning Stars, and exchanging Stars for items from the Stars Catalogue will no longer be possible from this date.

According to Nintendo, the company will be rolling out a new rewards program around the same time of Club Nintendo's closing. Nintendo did not fully specify what that initiative would be, only that those who do sign up at its start will be gifted Flipnote Studio 3D for the Nintendo 3DS.

Club Nintendo began in 2007, and since then has rewarded members with a variety of exclusive goods, such as SNES Wii Classic Controllers, Super Mario Bros. statues, and perhaps one of its most best items, Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!, a neat little spin-off title of 2009′s Punch-Out!! (Nintendo Wii) that has never been released outside the elite gates of Club Nintendo.

It will be super interesting to see what Nintendo has planned to replace Club Nintendo in the fall. Perhaps a system that is more directly tied to Nintendo IDs? We shall see.

Source: Nintendo

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