Bullet point impressions: iPhone 4S and more

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Bullet point impressions: iPhone 4S
XSEED isn't splitting up Fishing Resort and Sao-con
Motorola launches a tweaked version of its tablet, calls it XOOM Family Edition
Microsoft is now the official owner of Skype
iPhone 4S creates Sprint's best sales day ever
Hot gaming news for the week of 10-09-2011
Time Warner selling movies that are still in theaters
BOOM! Top Apple news for the week of 10-09-2011
Samsung releases its ChatON messaging app in the Android Market
Free Apps Roundup for October 14th, 2011
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Bullet point impressions: iPhone 4S

FROM APPLETELL - I set the iPhone 4S up for my wife tonight and had some time to play around with it. I came away with the following impressions… MORE »

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XSEED isn't splitting up Fishing Resort and Sao-con

FROM GAMERTELL - When you pick up Fishing Resort for your Wii, you can buy the game alone or with the Sao-con peripheral. MORE »

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Motorola launches a tweaked version of its tablet, calls it XOOM Family Edition

Motorola has sort of tweaked its XOOM tablet, making it more kid-friendly and more useful for the whole family. The Motorola XOOM Family Edition which is basically the same as the previously released XOOM tablet in terms of specs, will be available exclusively from Best Buy. This will be made available for sale starting on Sunday, October 16th. The XOOM Family Edition will have more educational games for kids of all ages as well as other entertainment contents that will cater to every member of the family. It will be preloaded with Zoodles that locks the home button and lets…

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Microsoft is now the official owner of Skype

Finally, Skype has a new owner, it’s Microsoft. Board of directors of both Microsoft and Skype has officially approved the acquisition which was previously announced back on May 10, 2011. Microsoft spent $8.5 billion to acquire Skype. Part of the acquisition agreement states that Microsoft and Skype will remain focused on their shared goal of connecting all people across all devices. In addition, Microsoft and Skype will continue efforts at accelerating the transformation of real-time communications for consumers and since Microsoft is now involved with Skype, even more for enterprise consumers as well. Skype will become a new business division…

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iPhone 4S creates Sprint's best sales day ever

Sprint has had its best day of sales ever thanks to the iPhone 4S. Sprint announced record sales at retail, the web and over the phone. The iPhone 4S was put on sale today and customers have been snatching up the phone like crazy. This isn’t really a surprise given the record-breaking pre-orders. Sprint has taken a big gamble on the iPhone 4S. It was reported that Sprint spent $20 billion on iPhones for the next four years. Sprint isn’t expected to start making its investment back until 2014, but the first-day sales of the iPhone 4S is probably filling…

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Hot gaming news for the week of 10-09-2011

No need to scour the interwebs for hot gaming news, Gamertell‘s already done that for you! Here’s a look at this week’s top stories…Kmart’s Batman: Arkham City offer is too good to pass upOperation Supply Drop keeps the troops stocked with gamesSquare Enix New York Comic Con plans include 5 games and 5 eventsBlue is the color of the Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Wii bundleMadden NFL creator suing EA Sports for royalties

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Time Warner selling movies that are still in theaters

Time Warner has began offering its video-on-demand customers access to brand new films on the same day they hit theaters. Starting today, Time Warner is selling pay-per-view access to the film Trespass starring Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman for $6.99 .The film is also available in theaters today as well. Time Warner will follow-up this strategy with Marginal Call on October 21. Time Warner is also offering the movie Melancholia right now for its customers. Melancholia isn’t even in theaters yet and won’t be until November 11. Customers can choose to rent the movies in standard definition or high definition.…

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BOOM! Top Apple news for the week of 10-09-2011

We may not cover Apple 24x7… but we know someone who does! Here’s a few of this week’s hottest from Appletell to get you started…Thoughts on revolution: Apple after Steve JobsLogitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac reviewiPhone 4S case announcements, round 3redsn0w 0.9.9b3 now available from the iPhone Dev TeamQuick look at the new iPod nano and iPod touch

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Samsung releases its ChatON messaging app in the Android Market

Samsung has released its previously announced ChatON messaging application in the Android Market. ChatON currently supports phones running Android, Bada and Samsung’s feature phones. ChatON will also be coming to BlackBerry and iOS devices in the future. ChatON comes to us shortly after Apple released iOS 5 and iMessage. Services such as these make traditional text messaging plans unnecessary as long as users are using the same application. ChatON has the advantage of working across multiple operating systems. Google also has its own messaging application called Messenger (previously known as Huddle). So far, several reviews in the Android Market are…

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Free Apps Roundup for October 14th, 2011

FROM APPLETELL - What better way to fill up your iOS device than with new Apple apps? Apple has released four great new apps, and I also managed to find a bunch of games and limited time freebies. MORE »

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