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...rise of guitar- and rhythm-based games was similarly hampered by awful music. “Elite Beat Agents,” a 2006 Nintendo DS game that involved tapping and dragging a stylus on the screen in rhythm with pop songs, had surprisingly addictive gameplay but suffered from both awful musical selections and the fact that only cover versions were used. (Trust me, “Sk8er Boi” was bad enough when just Avril was singing it.) The first “Guitar Hero” games were similarly plagued by their inability to use officially licensed...
...from frame to frame and print to print. The quality of projection may also vary. "There are still theaters that run the projector lamp at less than proper brightness," says Mann. (A digital projector is much more accurate.) Finally, film degenerates, the way a vinyl record does under a stylus or a videocassette does with frequent use. "With film you have degradation problems," Smith says, "where the stock starts breaking down. Frames get lost when they cut reels together." The digital look will stay fresh for the life of the theatrical...
...Researcher A.J. Brush's team attracted attention for LINC, a demo of a digital calendar aimed at families who, what else, frantically multitask. Operated with a sleek stylus pen, LINC looks like and is as easy to use as a paper calendar that hangs on most kitchen walls, crammed with daily to-do lists and annotated with scribbled margin notes, asteriks and arrows. It's designed for use in the kitchen, but the data is downloadable to everyone?s cell phone as well as their work, school and home computers. The idea is to keep the entries legible while keeping...
...Palm has also tossed in a few sweet features for you to manage calls. By now, lots of people are abuzz about the fact that there's a simple VCR-style control for managing voicemail with your stylus. The forward, back and repeat commands, along with the necessary save and delete, are represented by tiny icons, so you don't have to wait for the voicemail lady to tell you what to type. It's a simple innovation, but a brilliant one. How about another one? Some people's calls are easy to ignore, but when it comes to spouses...
...grown used to touch screens on everything from PDAs to the ticket kiosks at the movie theater. Why not one for the camera? The key is screen size: the N1's roomy 3-in. LCD makes touching, even without a stylus, easy. The interface is well designed. While shooting, you can control flash, shooting mode, file size and more with a tap, and then enter a menu for more options. Immediately after powering it up and shooting a few pictures, I found myself tapping this way and that, like I was the author of the user's manual or something...