The apps, available from the Xbox Apps Marketplace, provide easier ways to watch movies or video, play music or get updates on favorite sports.
As you'll see in the hands-on video after the break, it works for direct mirroring, so you can watch movies, play games or reel off holiday slideshows.
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During the second quarter, Lenovo announced its new IdeaCentre A520, a new all-in-one desktop PC featuring a compact 23-inch frameless 1080p display that supports multi-touch with a widely adjustable screen angle (from -5 to 90 degress flat) with perfect picture at any angle so users can watch movies, play touch-based games or enjoy video chat in any position.
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For the most part, this is the kind of place where you want to ski hard, cozy up in front of a fire with your honey and your kids, eat spaghetti, watch the movies you never had time to see at home or play Scrabble.
In addition to movie rentals, Google play now offers the ability to buy movies or TV shows.
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The new Commodore 64 has an option for either a DVD drive or a Blu-ray drive to play these movies in.
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Away from the desktop, iTunes users must have an iPod, iPhone or other Apple device to play the music, movies and other content they download.
The Aire Pro also offers Dual HDMI, making it easy to connect the monitor directly to your Blu-Ray Player or gaming console to watch your favorite movies and TV shows and play video games.
If you love to play games, watch TV and movies, surf the Web or listen to music, there has never been a better time to be on Xbox.
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This plays out in video games and fiction and comic books and movies, where we play as near-invincible soldiers, ninjas, or barbarians or read about super heroes or powerful wizards, or watch Chuck Norris lay bearded waste to wave upon wave of bogies.
Except that this is more or less what Apple has achieved with the iPad: a high priced device that caters to people ranging from those who want to play games and watch movies to others who simply want to read their favorite blogs or news sites during the daily commute.
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And with Google Play, movies, books, apps, and games are all accessible from the Web or an Android device no cables, downloading, or syncing required.
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