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Now that we know what new features are coming in the Touch, here’s the things I would like to have seen.

I wish it would have actually been bigger or at least stay the same size. I don’t see a need to keep making it smaller and thinner.

I would like to have seen a 128GB model. Considering the Touch is becoming, and for many already is, a mobile gaming platform it needs more storage space to accommodate the massive amount of games out there. There are so many great games that 64GB just isn’t going to be enough. At 128GB you can have plenty of space for music (20GB in my case), an entire season of TV shows at the ready (such as Burn Notice and True Blood) and 64GB+ available for games.

A bigger battery. This is why I want the device to be bigger. I’m using the device all the time and the battery just isn’t lasting long enough. I should be able to get several hours of game play and be able to watch a couple of TV episodes before I have to recharge. We aren’t quite there yet.

Those are my three big changes. And the device being bigger so it can accommodate a bigger battery goes together, so really two changes. I think those upgrades would have been pretty significant.

Regardless of whether people think this is a direct copy of Fruit Ninja or not, the game is a hell of a lot of fun to play. I have both and enjoy each of them for their unique gameplay. On it’s own merits it has great graphics, excellent gameplay, fun sounds when cutting veggies and multiple game modes. To dislike a game because it’s a copy of another game is just plain stupid. So we can’t have Diablo clones, or Quake clones or Poker clones?

It’s an excellent game for $0.99 but for free it’s amazing! Jump to it and grab a copy!

Description

The FAAD GOLD app by FreeAppADay.com App introduces Veggie Samurai as Today’s Featured Free App.
It’s time to give veggies what they have had coming for years!!
Feel the power at your finger tips! Put your swordsman skills to the test as you use your fingers to slice and dice veggies of all shapes and sizes in Veggie Samurai.
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****** LATEST UPDATE *******
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– 4 NEW GAME MODES!!
– New Training/Practice mode for kids & pets w/ unlimited play
– New background art
– Re-vamped and optimized effects
– Modified Poison Bottle mechanics in Samurai Mode
– New "veggie" –> Potato (with satisfying "potato thwump" sound)
– More – New – Secret Mega Veggies to be discovered for more Big Bonus Points
– 7 new OpenFeint achievements
– 3 new OpenFeint leaderboards
– Performance optimizations and game play speed optimizations
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Veggie Samurai is an addictive, pickup-and-play action game that puts you in the heart of all-out veggie carnage.
Distinct game modes to choose from, including:
— Samurai Mode – Rely on your instinct and training to avoid poison vials and deliver killing blows to each and every veggie that comes your way.
— Harmony Mode – Use your slicing and dicing skills to achieve the highest score within the time limit. No poison. No Lives. More Action. More Combos.
— Slicing AND Dicing allows you to cut up veggies multiple times (some veggies can be diced a surprising number of times…)
— Watch your score skyrocket as you perform Slice Combos, Multi-Dice Combos, Dice Chains, Pea Killers, Onion Blossoms, and more!
— Score big bonus points with Rare MEGA VEGGIES that can be triggered by figuring out the secret, in-game prerequisites
— Keep your eyes peeled and score big points with the rare bonus veggies!
— Fight for global bragging rights atop the Open Feint Leaderboards
— 32 Achievements and counting… (as if dicing veggies to bits wasn’t enough)
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Now go out and prove your worth as a VEGGIE SAMURAI…

Overall the event was pretty interesting. The iPods were interesting. The Touch gets a camera and the retina display as I’m sure everyone was expecting. Nothing too exciting with all those – as far as an upgrade goes. If you don’t have a Touch that would definitely be a great buy.

iTunes 10 looks pretty interesting. The Ping option seems neat for those that plan to use it. I don’t use iTunes that way so not much for me there. The Apple TV looked pretty cool, and when you combine iTunes with Netflix, that is a whole lot of entertainment. That could be a pretty cool combination. Interesting that only Fox and ABC chose to sign up. On the surface it looks pretty interesting, will definitely have to get more details on how all of that is going to work. Content producers really need to get on board something like the Apple TV if they want to get more content into the hands of paying customers and move away from everyone downloading shows through torrents.

But anyway, pretty predictable stuff. Each one gets a few niceties so that’s not too bad. No new upgrades for me, but I like the new devices. I will have to check out the Apple TV, a combination of iTunes with Netflix could be a lot of really good programming.