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be prepared for the wii u waiting game I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update the first Wii U game consoles win on sales Sunday following a midnight launch event at the nintendo world store in New York City fans lined up for days braving the cold weather to be among the first to get the new game system which has a touch pad controller it's been six years since we've seen a new game console and anyone getting a wii u this holiday will need some patients before playing you see there's a required five gigabytes system update that can take over an hour or two to download but don't touch it or turn it off once you start the update you may have the urge to restart it because it takes so long but you have to let it run if you lose power or internet connection mid download it could kill the system and you have to exchange it for a new one at least that's what some users are reporting on Twitter out of the box the way you can play games but you need the system update to use the new features like the miiverse social network the eShop to download games transferring data from your old original wii games access to netflix and hulu plus as well as the internet browser more TV features will be available as another update coming in December in other news AT&T has doubled its 4G LTE coverage area this year 18 tues faster network speeds are now offered in 103 markets in the US but Verizon covers 440 markets it had a long head start before the other carriers Christmas is canceled if you use Google's people app this contact manager app which is available for users with the new android 4.2 jelly bean operating system is missing the month of december let's hope google isn't a Grinch and fixes that bug soon our review is in for the samsung galaxy camera the camera with a giant HD screen on the back with an android operating system built in so you can share your photos and movies on the go with the same apps you would find on a phone it's photo quality is no better than an average point-and-shoot and the battery isn't great but at five hundred dollars without a dataplan you might find this a tough sell but you will be getting better photos than on a smartphone with the perk of being able to share it immediately social TV apps for checking into a show have been growing in popularity and one of the most popular ones get glue has been acquired by viggle for about 53 million dollars in cash and stock these apps are part of the second screen trend where you talk about a show on your tablet or phone while watching TV vical will keep get glue alive and oversee both apps a unique Park of Viggle though is that users can earn gift cards for using the app that's your tech news update you can find links to all of these stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey