I’ve been spending some quality gaming time with four phone and tablet game controllers. Here’s what I thought of each one.
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In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months
9 Wishes for Microsoft’s Next Xbox, Whatever It’s Called
Here’s what I’d like to see a new Xbox-whatever-it’s-called embrace.
Wavii Comes Into Its Own on the iPhone
The unique service which turns everything into Facebook-like status updates has a nice (albeit busy) new iPhone app.
Redbox and Verizon May Undercut Netflix with $6 per Month Service
Redbox and Verizon’s streaming video service reportedly won’t have as many movies and shows as Netflix, but it may be $2 per month cheaper.
Doing the Math on DigiTimes’ Microsoft Surface Shipment Claims
A notoriously unreliable Taiwanese tech site says that Microsoft wanted to sell four million Surface tablets in 2012.
The News About Surface Pro Battery Life Isn’t Good
The “Pro” version of Microsoft’s tablet will have half the battery life of the lower-end version.
Scanadu Aims to Turn Smartphones into Healthcare Helpers
A Silicon Valley startup wants to let you use a phone to check your vital statistics — or even tell you if you’re pregnant.
Surface Pro: Both a Pricey Tablet and a Reasonably-Priced Windows Ultraportable
Microsoft has finally disclosed the price and precise specs for Surface with Windows 8 Pro, which it plans to deliver in January.
The Trouble with Windows Phone 8: It’s Not the Apps, It’s the Basics
After two years of iteration by Microsoft, I can’t get into Windows Phone, and the paucity of apps–real or perceived–has nothing to do with it.
WTFJeans Feature Special iPhone 5 Pocket
Finally, a pair of pants perfect for iPhone 5 owners. WTFJeans cost $159 and feature a micro-fiber lined front pocket that measures the exact dimensions of Apple’s latest smartphone.
How Best Buy Picks Its Windows 8 Tablets (and Why Its Stores Have So Few of Them)
Walk around the PC section of a Best Buy right now, and it won’t look drastically different than it did before the launch of Windows 8. That may change over the next six to nine months.