Apple Special Event 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 5:20PM 
Introduction of iOS 4.1 & New Products
Wow.
Think about it. Apple now has 300 stores open around the world, 1 million visitors a day, and 40,000 apple product user classes a week, and it's only going to get busier for them. The new iOS 4.1 has High Dynamic Range (HDR) for photos, the ability to upload HD video over Wi-Fi which is neat, and my personal favorite - multitasking! With the photos you can crop and edit them without using an app... bye bye PhotoGene & RotateMojo. It will be available to download next week for free of course.
(Reminds me of when Microsoft would start rolling features into Windows, which would kill off those who made the earlier apps.)
It seems they has been busy lately with all these new products coming out this Holiday:
Honestly, I have an iPhone and so I have no real need for this thing, but it is so dang cute I may end up buying one anyway. It has a full little tiny touch screen! ^.^
PROJECT SWORD
Epic Games showed off a first game for iOS which is powered by the Unreal Engine 3. The game in the making is code named “Project Sword” and it looks outstanding. It has a Fable type look and looks like Punch-out type gameplay, but with knights in shining armor. The battles are one on one and you can play against a friend using Game Center. You attack your opponent by slashing your fingers across the screen which sounds pretty simple but there’s probably more to it. You can now download a demo of this game's world called "Epic's Citadel" for free in the Apple Store and roam around the gorgeous city. Apparently the full game will be available this holiday. It’s so pretty! :)
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.0 or later.
Download Project Sword Demo free here >>
GAME CENTER
Whoa! This is SO FREAKING AWESOME. I'm so excited about this. Game Center allows developers to put multiplayer into their games as well as the app itself. Even though the name "Game Center" sounds like an old guy's football website, it's what I've always wanted. Apple read my mind. It has features such as:
- Multiplayer action - Finally my cellphone will be a gaming weapon.
- Challenging amounst friends - In those multiplayer games you can literally send a challenge straight to their phones which will look like a notification to accept or decline your request.
- Auto match matching - If you have no friends irl, then you are in luck. This allows you to play against random people in the world.
- Abillity to compare scores - Yeah if you pwn your boyfriend you can post the score to the world.
- Help you to discover new games - You can stalk your friends to see what they have download or played recently.
iTunes 10 & Apple TV
iTunes 10 changed their logo from the old CD with music note to a new aged icon. They also made the interface (thank the good berries) simple. I used to dread using iTunes, but maybe we'll become friends again after all their updates.
It's availible to download now here >>
Apple is introducing Netflix, YouTube, and Flickr to Apple TV. There is no storage because it is all streaming. You can buy TV shows for cheap and commercial free too! There’s an HDMI port, Ethernet port (it also has wireless built in), and a remote. The user interface is super simple and easy to use (same as is it now). I have always heard great things about Apple TV but I’m not sure if I’ll ever need it since I have the Xbox 360 which does all of that, though the movies may be cheaper to watch then the Zune network.
Good work Apple, your listening to what we want and crafting beautiful new technology.
+1 dedicated user
* Images from Gizmodo.com
You attack your opponent by slashing your fingers across the screen which sounds pretty simple but there’s more to it. You have the ability to counter or perry if you are fast enough when you are about to be hit. You can now download a demo of this game for free in the Apple Store and roam around the gorgeous city called the Citidel. The full game will be available this holiday on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It’s so pretty! :)
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Reader Comments (10)
Why do people say "this holiday"? What does it mean?
sales people lol.
Im not much of an apple kind of guy, but cheers to the macheads *raises glass*
I worked at Gamestop once and in retail for them it always meant anytime past October is "the Holiday". People love to shop for Christmas and on Black Friday.
Thanks for consolidating all of this info into one easy read, Lauren! You got me caught up on the news really quickly.
No problem, glad you enjoyed the read! :)
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anyway, i just want to say that after reading these last updates, i bookmarked the blog!
you're really making this a great site, and it's very good to experience you point of view about games!
Your effort is greatly appreciated by me :)
ps: sorry if i wrote something that sounds weird, because english is not my native language, and i'm currently half-asleep
Cheers!
Hey Lauren that Citadel demo is badass and I'm sure Dude Huge and Co. are going to blow that wide open but in the meantime...
If you're down with iPhone games you need to check out Archetype, I'm an FPS junky that never would have thought they could nail multi-player on a mobile device but this game is sick...
or real, visuals, gameplay, audio and pretty f'n decent matchmaking to boot... Check it out: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/archetype/id364504952?mt=8
Cheers!
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