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You’ve cat to be kitten me right meow! Heh.

Take a look at the epic gaming going on in the following video and it’s being accomplished by a cat! This seemingly cute and cuddly feline is playing Fruit Ninja HD on an iPad 2 and it’s playing pretty damn well for a, you know, cat. I used to be pretty bad a Fruit Ninja — much worse than this cat — but I’ve been brushing up my skills lately and I think I might be able to take it on in a duel.

I don’t know what it is about cats and mobile devices, but whenever the Internet gets ahold of any footage involving the two, our hearts just melt into a heap of goo. My only hope is that the pet owner has a reliable screen protector on the iPad because it looks like this cat is doing some serious damage to that display glass.:

Bonus: here’s a fun game to play. The cat is in Arcade Mode on Fruit Ninja and at the end, it scores 128. Challenge yourself to get on Fruit Ninja, choose Arcade, and beat that score. Just another way to kill some time. You’re welcome.

About The Author

George Tinari

George has followed technology news for quite some time, but he only started writing about it a few years ago. He’s a self-professed Apple fanboy, but that doesn’t stop him from covering a wide range of topics in the mobile area. When he’s not reporting for IntoMobile, you can usually find George listening to a wide array of music, trying to be funny and sarcastic, eating, or voicing his opinions about all things tech on his personal blog, GT Daily.

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Gameloft, a big-name developer for Android and iOS, are putting a big portion of their games on sale for the new year. For the iPhone and iPad, they’re offering 21 titles, including Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six: Shadow Vanguard, The Settlers (a personal favourite), Splinter Cell: Conviction, and lots of others. The Android Market sale is just kicking off today, and includes many of the same titles. Their latest premium Android game, Modern Combat 3, will be $0.99 for today only starting at 10 AM PST, so better hurry if you’re looking for a Call of Duty knock-off to play on the go. I got a chance to play it prior to launch, and it’s actually a ton of fun, especially on a tablet. It’s got full multiplayer capabilities, perks, unlocks, achievements – just about everything you’d expect from a big-boy first-person shooter.

Seeing as this is a New Years/Holidays promo, I’d hazard a guess that these sales will be wrapping up on January 1, which is this Sunday.  You can see all of Gameloft’s iOS titles over here, and everything on Android here.

About The Author

Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement.

With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and

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SAN FRANCISCO (Xinhua) — The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published a patent application from Apple related to face and presence detection for iOS devices, which is expected to be one of the next chapters for mobile security.
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Port Moody, Canada, December 28, 2011 –(PR.com)– In partnership with Hockey Canada, Stinger Games brings Team Canada Table Hockey to Android and iOS devices this Christmas. Relive your childhood spent playing table or bubble hockey with your friends in this face paced Red vs. White game. Showcasing realistic 3D physics using the Bullet Physics, with great graphics and challenging CPU opponents.

Based on Stinger Table Hockey, which was the No. 1 selling Paid App in Canada, Team Canada Table Hockey makes improvements in every area of the game making it a new experience. Improved physics, control and AI takes table hockey to the next level.

Bullet Physics provides physics simulation that recreates the speed and challenge of real table hockey, featuring a puck that has a life of its own. Used extensively on next generation consoles, Bullet Physics provides a unique gameplay experience for iOS and Android devices.

Challenge a friend to a game of table hockey over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Improve your skills with a selection of fun and simple mini-games, competing against other players worldwide to see who has the best skills using OpenFeint and Game Center Leaderboards. Track your table hockey career stats and earn achievements for your milestones.

www.stingergames.com/teamcanada/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTqvjx_9bE

Journalists and reviewers who wish to check out the game are welcome to contact Stinger Games.

Stinger Games was founded in 2009 by Blaine Hodge. A 12 year veteran of the game industry who has worked for Electronic Arts and Rockstar Games, including titles such as NBA Live, Bully, and Skate. Stinger Games is dedicated to developing independent games that provide new gameplay experiences which are executed to a high level of quality that people love to play. Stinger has already released Stinger Table Hockey, Stinger Foosball League, and Rebound Rivals.

Hockey Canada is the governing body for hockey in Canada and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), with a membership through its 13 provincial branch associations of over 700,000 players, coaches and officials. Hockey Canada is a not-for-profit organization that creates leading-edge hockey development programs for its members

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In an attempt to rectify issues with Argentina’s economy, the South American country placed a temporary ban on imports of foreign-made electronics. Two of the most well-known of those electronics are the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. Apple and RIM collectively account for 60 percent of Argentina’s smartphone market, so the ban is going to have a substantial impact on its mobile industry.

What about Android and Windows Phone? Neither of the operating systems nor the hardware manufacturers were affected because they — Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Microsoft, etc. — have manufacturing facilities within Argentina. Android and Windows Phone will very quickly see a boost in sales, while iPhone and BlackBerry sales will drop to zero, unless of course Apple and RIM open up local plants or partner with other manufacturers. Don’t hold your breath for either.

The truth is, the iPhone and BlackBerry markets have been struggling in Argentina for a while. A law was already in place that added a 20.48 percent tax on electronic imports on top of the standard 21 percent sales tax. Yikes.

The government of Argentina says they will lift the ban on iPhones and BlackBerrys when the economy shows significant signs of stabilization, but there’s no telling just when that will happen.

[via Electronista]

About The Author

George Tinari

George has followed technology news for quite some time, but he only started writing about it a few years ago. He’s a self-professed Apple fanboy, but that doesn’t stop him from covering a wide range of topics in the mobile area. When he’s not reporting for IntoMobile, you can usually find George listening to a wide array of music, trying to be funny and sarcastic, eating, or voicing his opinions about all things tech on his personal blog, GT Daily.

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Hacker ‘chpwn’ introduced Spire a few days ago, his own unique hack to get Siri on older, jailbroken iPhones and unlike previous Siri ports, this one is completely legal and free of any copyrighted binaries. Unfortunately, it’s not very useful to most consumers, since it requires a bit of technical work. Here’s the process.

Spire is available in Cydia, so yes your iPhone has to be jailbroken to get access. During installation, Spire downloads Siri directly from Apple. Chpwn points out that the download consumes around 100 MB of data, so you’re better off connecting to WiFi before beginning.

Here’s where it gets a bit more difficult. After that, Apple’s lock on Siri means you’ll have to authorize it somehow before you can use it. Spire prompts you to enter in your own proxy address. How you’ll obtain one is the main struggle — he actually suggests buying an iPhone 4S (which would more than likely defeat the purpose of this hack) or consult a friend who owns an iPhone 4S.

For those of you with a good amount of experience and the resources in place, congratulations, Siri is all yours to use with or without Apple’s approval. There’s still no plausible solution for regular consumers who just want Siri on their older devices, so until then, we’ll just have to settle for Chpwn’s workaround.

[via CNET]

About The Author

George Tinari

George has followed technology news for quite some time, but he only started writing about it a few years ago. He’s a self-professed Apple fanboy, but that doesn’t stop him from covering a wide range of topics in the mobile area. When he’s not reporting for IntoMobile, you can usually find George listening to a wide array of music, trying to be funny and sarcastic, eating, or voicing his opinions about all things tech on his personal blog, GT Daily.

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We know that many of you were asking for and may have received an iPhone for the holidays and even though it’s quite an intuitive experience, we thought we could provide a simple guide for setting up and getting the most out of your new Apple smartphone. This should be applicable to all iPhones but we’re using the iPhone 4S as our barometer, so your mileage may vary slightly.

Setting up

One of the greatest things about iOS 5 is that you don’t have to plug your iDevice into a computer to set it up any more. Now, you can unbox your iPhone, turn it on and you’ll be greeted with a way to set up and activate your phone wirelessly. The process is pretty simple too, as you first need to pump in your Apple ID and password – if you don’t have one yet, you can sign up for one directly on the device. This will be your ID throughout the entire Apple ecosystem and it will also be one that is tied to your purchases, so make sure you put in or sign up for the proper one.

You’ll also have the option to sign up for Find My iPhone at the setup screen and I’d advise you to do this because it’s free and it’s a good way to track your device if it’s lost or stolen. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll get it back but it’s better than nothing. You’ll also get the chance to sign up for iCloud and you really should because it’s an easy way to keep your content synced across multiple Apple devices. The iCloud service isn’t quite perfect yet but it’s pretty good so far and it will only get better in the future.

You’ll also have to activate your ATT, Sprint or Verizon 3G and this should just take less than a minute. I’ve experienced some errors connecting to Verizon’s 3G on an iPhone 4 but hitting the

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Christmas is fast approaching according to my official “How long until Christmas” app and what better way to eat up your time than by visiting Santa’s Village? There probably is no better way as every kid and kid-at-heart would absolutely love to make a visit to the North Pole to see all of the action that’s going on right now in preparation for Christmas. Thankfully, Making Fun has created an app that does just that.

Santa’s Village is a time-management building freemium game similar to FarmVille in that you oversee Santa’s Village as you build houses, create toy factories, and even teach reindeer how to fly. The game also includes some mini-games such as taking control of Santa’s Elves for a good-old fashioned snowball fight with the Grumpkins.

If you’re looking for something to sit down with your kids to play over the holiday, then I’m sure they’ll absolutely love Santa’s Village. I mean, what kid wouldn’t want to help Santa make Christmas better?

Santa’s Village for iOS (FREE) – [iTunes Link]

Santa’s Village for Android (FREE) – [Android Marketplace]

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Daniel Perez

Daniel is a Jersey boy, born and raised. He currently lives in the Northern NJ area, close to New York City. He prides himself in being known as a geek and knows his way around technology. He’s the kind of person that if he can’t figure out a solution to a tech problem, it’ll keep him up at night.

Daniel has experience in editorial from his previous work with Ziff Davis Media. With a strong background in the journalism field, he’ll chime in from time to time on IntoMobile to share stories of interest with the IntoMobile readers.

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If you’ve been keeping tabs on Capcom’s mobile offerings, you’ll know they haven’t released many Mega Man titles. The only Mega Man game that has made it to the App Store was Mega Man II, and it was a ho-hum offering at best. Now, Capcom has released another Mega Man title onto the iOS platform, and this time, it’s arguably one of the greatest Mega Man titles for the 16-bit era, Mega Man X.

Mega Man X for iPhone stars X, who happens to be the final creation of Dr. Light, as he fights a number of reploid robots to stop Sigma from destroying the human race. The game features graphics that have been optimized for the Retina Display, includes difficulty options, online rankings, and more. You’ll also be able to play the game in its regular format or full screen mode and you’ll also be able to activate a number of iOS-only cheats such as auto-fire, auto-charge, and auto-ladder latch-on, which could be very useful for those of you who never learned how to climb a ladder before. Capcom has also included 80 challenges that can be achieved during the game’s Story Mode.

Mega Man X is currently available for $4.99 on the App Store and should definitely be checked out if you’re a fan of the Mega Man series. Let’s just hope Capcom decides to deliver more Mega Man goodness onto mobile platforms. *cough* Mega Man 9 *cough*

Mega Man X ($4.99) – [iTunes Link]

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Daniel Perez

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Odessa, Ukraine, December 24, 2011 –(PR.com)– Disk Expert is a powerful disk space analysis and management tool that helps you organize your hard drive content and free up disk space. Disk Expert visually displays the file system usage and allows you to work up the content of the drive and free up valuable disk space.

The primary advantage of Disk Expert is that it provides detailed and accurate visual information about the content of your disk space. It enables you to analyze and manage the disk’s content usage and volume, by moving items from the disk to the special list from which they can be transferred to another drive or even deleted.

A common issue for Mac users is the need to manage bulky multimedia content, such as HD video, high-quality audio and huge photo collections. This content requires a large amount of hard drive space and eventually may cause disk space to be unavailable. In addition, many users were faced with a lack of hard drive space when installing new software, such as the recent Mac OS X Lion update.

Often, the issue tends to grow and leads to a dilemma: should you buy a new hard drive or organize your disk content on the existing one? This dilemma is exactly what Nektony Disk Expert provides a solution to.

The integration of Disk Expert Mac OS X into the system tools is the additional value of this software. Users can always preview a file using QuickLook and view details regarding the system’s information of the file with one click. The incredible speed of the scanning process means that the entire disk analysis will take just a couple of minutes.

Disk Expert supports HDD drives, CD and DVD discs, removable USB drives, mounted and even SMB disk images. It is an efficient solution that helps find the files and folders that take up disk space and clear them.

Nektony Disk Expert is the perfect choice for owners of large media collections, and a tool which will allow you to constantly keep your computer ready to

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