If you have an iPad, have ordered and are waiting on an iPad, or are considering purchasing an iPad, you may also be considering purchasing any number of the accessories available for your “magical and revolutionary product an unbelievable price.” One of the first accessories to consider is a case to protect your iPad.
Coveroo, a company known for custom case designs for smartphones, have expanded their product offerings to include cases made especially for the iPad, the iPad iLuv FlexiClear Case. The Coveroo mantra is “give your phone personality,” a phrase that needs revising thanks to the inclusion of iPad cases to its product line. Read on…
Foosball HD (from the makers of Touchgrind HD and Labyrinth 2 HD) for the iPad is a fun and exciting game, for one player or two. It’s the type of game I had envisioned when the iPad was introduced, but wasn’t sure how long it might take for it to actually be released.
If you are a fan of Foosball, the table enabled football/soccer game played by two people moving fixed players on bars/poles to score on their opponents, then you are in for a treat with this game on the iPad. Using the device users move their players by sliding their finger back and forth and spinning just like on the full table version. OK, not JUST like the real thing, as there is some “getting used to time” involved when learning the exact technique needed to play, pass, and score at will. The controls for the game work well, but not perfectly and could use a little bit of added attention and smoothness, but it isn’t anything that really hinders the game overall. Read on…
For years teachers have been making students dissect frogs in science class. And for years animal rights groups have objected, girls went running into the bathroom, and boys thought it was ‘cool’. Now, students can experience the process of dissection without the actual cutting and killing of the frog…sort of.
At the most basic level “Frog Dissection” ($4.99) allows users to go through the process of dissecting and inspecting a frog. Instructions are given on the screen, from pinning, marking, cutting, using a scalpel and forceps, and then learning about the various parts of a frog’s makeup. Read on…
Will the next version of the iPad come equipped with a gyroscope? Possibly. Granted, I am fairly confident if a gyroscope is contained within iPad 2 (or whatever it will be called) it won’t resemble that pictured at left, although that would be both magical and revolutionary.
A group going by the name UBM TechInsights has torn apart the just released iPhone 4, only to discover that Apple’s true intentions may have been to include a gyroscope on the iPad first, not iPhone 4. Following their dismantling of the beautifully designed iPhone 4 and after taking a closer look at the motherboard contained therein, UBM discovered something interesting. According to TechInsights senior analyst Steve Bitton, “there’s an almost-perfect spot [4mm x 4mm; the exact size of the MEMS gyro) for it {a gyroscope}, located right beside the iPad’s accelerometer.” Read on…
Sales of the iPad and apps for the device are cooking. The number of apps in the App Store designed for the iPad recently crossed 10,000, with the numbers increasing at parabolic rate. One use for the iPad that men, women, and families can all enjoy is the iPad as companion in the kitchen. Grab a stand, grab your iPad, and with The Photo Cookbook – Quick & Easy app, $5.99, everyone can become a culinary master.
In its first week in the App Store, The Photo Cookbook – Quick & Easy, has already made its way into the top 30 paid apps thanks to its beautiful design, 60 recipes in four chapters, over 500 high-resolution photos and dishes that only take 30 minutes or less from start to finish. Read on…
Watching TV online is nothing new, but watching TV on the iPad feels like a new experience to me. I used to stream the occasional show on my iMac or on my wife’s clunky laptop (which runs so hot it doubles as a lap warmer), but the iPad is something else…to borrow Steve Job’s favorite word for describing the iPad, watching TV on the iPad feels somewhat “magical”. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would one day be able to walk around my house with a thin, light flat panel TV in my hands watching my favorite TV shows on my own schedule. But that is exactly what I can do with the iPad. Read on…
Following a delay in the launch of their subscription based service for the iPad and other devices, Hulu today announced the details of its Hulu Plus subscription service for premium television content.
Hulu Plus will cost a subscriber $9.99 per month and afford a user the ability to view current television shows, as well as older programming from Hulu’s library of content. According to a post on Hulu’s blog, “Hulu Plus is not a replacement for Hulu.com. Hulu Plus is a new, revolutionary ad-supported subscription product that is incremental and complementary to the existing Hulu service. For almost all of the current broadcast shows on our service, Hulu Plus offers the full season. As a Hulu Plus subscriber, you’ll now also have access to back seasons or full runs of some of TV’s greatest shows.” Read on…
Amazon has lowered the price of their smallest Kindle to $189, and now the company has updated their Kindle app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, adding embedded audio and video to its e-books.
As one with a Kindle and an iPad, I think both devices are grand and use both, the Kindle to read and the iPad for reading and all else the device can do. The Kindle app is one of my favorite apps as well for both the iPhone and iPad, as it syncs perfectly with my Kindle when I don’t have my e-reader at my disposal. Read on…
We’ve covered how to print using the iPad and how to add personal videos to the iPad, but what about those iPad users who enjoy a good e-book? Certainly Apple iBooks is a grand e-reader app thanks to a wonderful design, 30,000 free e-books due to a partnership with Gutenberg.org, and an ever expanding selection of e-book titles available for purchase. There is a downside to using iBooks, however. The app only allows ePub formatted titles to be read through the app, with formats such as; LIT, MOBI, PDB, HTML, RTF and others, not allowed.
That said, how does one convert non-epub titles and documents into a format that is compatible with iBooks? The first step in converting your e-book titles into the ePub format, requires one to download and install Calibre to your computer. Calibre is a free, open source e-book library management application which allows one to manage one’s entire e-books collection and convert many different non-epub titles and documents into an iBooks compatible format. Read on…
If you are on the lookout for an elegant yet inexpensive iPad case you might have found it now. Hong Kong based start-up company Fantabulous has released a very stylish iPad sleeve to protect your new gear from scratches and grazes.
Designed by Denny Winter, the case impresses with its elegant design and solid workmanship. The fantabulous iPad Case (what a name!) is made out of 3mm thick felt which feels absolutely nice to the touch. The muted grey of the sleeve is contrasted with a colorful elastic band which holds the flap when closed. Read on…
