Some seriously cutting-edge tech is cresting the horizon, ready to take your Apple devices and other gear to the next level of awesome. We’ve searched out the breakthroughs on the verge of becoming reality to discover how Macs, iDevices, and other tech are about to become even more impressive.   Illustrations by ArtBombers If you’re a regular reader of Mac|Life , you know that every January we look at the fanciful future of Apple, ranging from the prototype cars to the VR goggles that might emerge from Cupertino one not-so-soon day. This is not that story. This story is about real tech that genuinely works–it’s visible on the horizon, and it could be in your Apple gear in a year or three. Think of this story as a preview of the near future. Of course, we can’t say for sure that all this technology will end up in future products (we’re good, but we’re not psychic). Some of it may never leave the lab. What you can rely on is that old standards will hit their technical limits, and progress will march on. But for a reasonable-guess preview of how Macs, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and other tech will grow, evolve, and improve in the coming years, continue reading.   The Display’s the Thing   Since the original Macintosh, our screens have been passive windodws into Apple’s machines. That’s about to change

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Hot Future Tech Coming to Your Mac, iPhone and iPad

  With this week’s E3 news about Nintendo’s new offerings–like the 3DS and the rejuvenation of a plethora of popular titles from the Nintendo 64–iPhone and iPod touch users might be asking themselves if it’s time to go back to console gaming. And while most mobile iDevice users probably have an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 collecting dust somewhere in the house, it’s not guaranteed that all of them have had a chance to play with the Nintendo DS. With the knowledge that Nintendo may never bring their popular Mario and Zelda titles to the App Store, we scoped out 13 Nintendo DS games that have equal or better equivalents in the App Store to squelch some of your handheld envy. Plus, games sold in the App Store are so much more affordable. Read on for a list of wonderful game titles that will surely fill up your iPhone or iPod touch with plenty of fun. We should add that some of these apps even have Lite versions, which means you can try them out before you buy them–you can’t do that with a Nintendo DS, now can you?  Final Fantasy 2 – $8.99 Square Enix fans, cherish the fact that this gigantic game company has decided to release their classic RPG titles in the App Store. Fan favorites like Final Fantasy are available to iDevice holders, and we can expect to see Final Fantasy tactics coming soon . DS equivalent : Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy Tactics Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – $5.99 Inevitably, Sega became one of those companies that had their games ported over to other consoles, rather than having their titles locked into their own proprietary–now defunct–gaming platform. With that said, the advent of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog franchise making its way over to the App Store has been pretty great. And, we can expect a brand new iteration of the Sonic franchise in the App Store real soon . DS equivalent : Sonic Classic Connection Super Monkey Ball 2 – $5.99 The insanely addictive Super Monkey Ball was a starter game for the first generation Nintendo DS, and one of the better game titles offered at the grand opening of the App Store. DS equivalent : Super Monkey Ball DS The Sims 3 – $4.99 There’s nothing better than simulated living. When The Sims 3 game came out for both Mac and Windows platforms, the App Store also got its own version of the game

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The 13 Best Nintendo DS Titles Now Available in the App Store

Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , iDevice Accessories , Mac Software , Games , Features , Originals The 2010 FIFA World Cup is now underway, meaning if New York is anything like it was when I lived there, bleachers have been set up on the sidewalks outside of TV store window displays across the city. If you’re into it that much, here’s a collection of iPhone and iPod touch games, apps and accessories to help you follow the action or even create some of your own. Apps: New – Mac and White Mac and White today announced Soccer Tactics Multiplayer edition would be free on 17th and 18th June to celebrate the 19th World Cup. Join the league and play against anyone in the world, and compete to be the global Champion in this 3-on-3 round-based football game. Play against the device, a friend via hot-seat mode, or anyone in the world through the online matchmaking system. You can get Soccer Tactics Multiplayer from the App Store now. Fun Booth 2 has been updated with some special World Cup props. With the world’s most watched event already under way, Fun Booth will make it even more fun, especially when friends get together for a game

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FIFA World Cup Soccer apps for iPhone, iPod touch [updated]

The iOS device-controlled AR.Drone quadricopter from Parrot, last seen terrorizing my co-workers, will finally reach the consumer market in September for $299. The crazy vehicle, which can do things that no flying thing should be able to, for lack of better words, uses cameras, WiFi, and the iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad to look through

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Augmented Reality Chopper Controlled by iPhone Out in September, $299

The iOS device-controlled AR.Drone quadricopter from Parrot, last seen terrorizing my co-workers, will finally reach the consumer market in September for $299. The crazy vehicle, which can do things that no flying thing should be able to, for lack of better words, uses cameras, WiFi, and the iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad to look through

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Augmented Reality Chopper Controlled by iPhone Out in September, $299

The Parrot AR Drone , better known as the coolest thing at CES 2010 , is now available and no longer just simply something we wanted but never could have. The drone, which is controlled by an iPhone, iPod touch, or (now) an iPad, can be “played” by two people over a Wi-Fi network connection. We are given the availability date in the US of September 6, 2010 for $299 at “select retailers.” Our readers in Europe will be able to get the device on August 18, 2010. There’s no word yet on international pricing or where it will be available. While you potentially wait for the launch date, check out the many videos on the AR Drone website be sure to check out our video to get some awesome hands-on footage of us playing with the much hyped device.   Follow this article’s author, Cory Bohon on Twitter .

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Parrot AR Drone Gets Availability Date, We Cash Our Paychecks

We kick-off another Tuesday with three hardware deals. This is the first day Apple accepts pre-orders for the recently-unveiled iPhone 4. The 16GB model is $199 while the 32GB version is $299. Also, we have the just-announced refresh of the Mac mini, complete with aluminum body, 2.4GHz processor and 320GB hard drive for $699. Along the

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Daily Deals: iPhone 4 Pre-orders, $699 Mac mini, $929 MacBook

Coming off Monday’s big announcement, we have the iPhone 4 as our top deal. The 16GB model is $199 and the 32GB is $299 with a two-year AT&T contract. We also have a number of unibody MacBook Pros, starting at $929 for a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo version. Also, if your internal SuperDrive is dead,

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Daily Deals: iPhone 4, $929 MacBook Pro, $50 External USB Superdrive

Byline:  Zack Stern Byline:  Zack Stern Enhanced Teaser:  Still using your Mac’s original keyboard and mouse–only now they’re covered by a thin layer of finger grime? That display starting to look a little dingy and dull? Is your external hard drive running out of room for all your cat photos, or are you interested in stepping up to a network drive so you can access your files from anywhere? Upgrading your Mac’s accessories and peripherals is a no-brainer. Building a better Mac doesn’t stop with components like RAM. Upgrading your Mac’s peripherals can refresh your entire computing experience, and the only hard part is plunking down a credit card. Still using your Mac’s original keyboard and mouse–only now they’re covered by a thin layer of finger grime? That display starting to look a little dingy and dull? Is your external hard drive running out of room for all your cat photos, or are you interested in stepping up to a network drive so you can access your files from anywhere

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , Mac Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for April 22, 2010: Macintosh iPod Macintosh Sam & Max: the Devil’s Playhouse —the new epic 5 game comedy saga from Telltale Games Inc.—is dominating the sales charts on multiple digital channels.  Launched earlier this month The Devil’s Playhouse and its premiere episode The Penal Zone currently rank in the top 10 sales charts in the iPad App Store and Steam and the game is among the top 20 most downloaded games on the PlayStation Store. MacZoom is a social network built exclusively for Mac users. This internet service allows members to make new friends sharing the same passion for the Mac platform, build new professional relationships, create groups of interests and much more. They announced today that an application is available for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Monkeybread Software has announced Combine PDFs 5.1 , an update to their popular PDF merge and split tool for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Combine PDFs is a lightweight utility which allows anyone to merge PDF files and images into a single PDF file. The user need only drag & drop files onto the program icon. The main window appears, allowing the user to set the order in which the files are joined. Version 5.1 sports many new improvements and is a recommended download.

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Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – April 22, 2010