One feature that does sound interesting is the ability to combine split-screen play (with two players sharing a sofa, console and TV screen) with online play.
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The multi-screen play feature enables users to share content and control between Android and iOS devices, allowing them to share photos, movies and music to the XT780 with a simple swipe of the device screen.
However, the man who brought to life Nintendo legends like Mario, Link and Donkey Kong is preaching patience with the console, saying the Wii U, with its touchscreen controller that augments big-screen play, is so different that it will take time for people to understand its real value.
Thus, in most cases, you only need a 17 inch screen to play the game.
Nokia's new phone is more comfortable to use, even if that means there's less screen to play with.
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ZombiU continues to be well-received by audiences and features second-screen game play that uses the Wii U GamePad controller to manage items or scan for hidden secrets in real time.
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Signature design true to HTC's heritage, the HTC One SV, with its 4.3 inch super LCD-2 touch screen, is perfect for those who like to have ample screen to play games, watch streaming video, and browse the web.
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Thirty-nine percent of children ages 2- to 4-years-old and 52% of kids ages 5 to 8 have used an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device to play games, watch videos or use other apps, according to a survey last year by Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group.
"Actors and actress are often times confused with the characters they play on screen, " explains James Houran, a clinical psychologist who researches celebrity worship.
Nintendo and Microsoft have both made pretty admirable strives in that direction with the Wii U GamePad and SmartGlass, respectively, bringing a second screen to home game play.
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But how do people we know little more about than the parts they play on screen have influence over the things we watch, the decisions we make and the people we become?
It would be unthinkable to screen Mr Fo's play on Rai, let alone Mediaset.
McNally, adapting his two-character play for the screen, has expanded and drastically rearranged his original story.
The Nuvi line of touch-screen portable travel assistants can play audiobooks, display photographs and calculate currency conversions.
Featuring a 20-inch screen, this mobile desktop PC can lay flat on a coffee table for the whole family to play games on the large screen.
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In a bid to make it easier to play, on-screen actions are performed using a motion-sensitive controller.
In February of last year it launched Bouncer, a malware scanner to screen new apps submitted to Google Play.
After all, why design for Ouya when most people play on touch-screen?
Unlike the PC version, Diablo III on the console will support both offline and online play, including shared screen for up to four players.
Mr Williams said that Northern Ireland Screen's success illustrated that screen and creative industries could "play a pivotal role in the re-imagining of our local economy".
All would work by remote control, allowing consumers to easily select movies, music videos and other digital content stored on their PC, and play it on any screen in the house.
Large on-screen icons and the like let you play media from the sofa.
The new device, called the Cli, is small, Palm-compatible, has a color screen and can surf the Web and play two-hour film downloads.
It can be used to play on its own integrated screen or on a big screen, and on the couch or on the go.
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"You can now play Sonic on a small screen or a big HD TV, screen and this technology allows us to bring a totally reimagined Sonic with beautiful HD backgrounds, great character animation and all the speed console gamers are used to with this character, " he said.
"It would have required consumers to buy a special LCD screen to attach to the GameCube to actually play, " Konno recalled.
The company is also working on a Steam "box" - a set-top device that will let people play games on a big-screen TV in their living room.
The brands can play a role not only on screen, but also off screen, with supplemental marketing efforts in the form of print and TV advertisements as well as online and in-store promotions.
Smartphones and tablets have proven to be great for racing games and with the advances in technology, including the ability to play these games on a big screen, the line between mobile and home is blurring.
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