Tag: ipad

GAMEVIl got this game absolutely right.  Old school video game baseball comes to the iPad and iPhone.  Everything about this game reminds me of the days of the Nintendo Famicon or NES as it is called in the rest of the world outside of Japan.  The style of characters in the game remind you of those old time games and the way that baseball was played. We downloaded the App, and even though there are options for more G-Points,we chose…

Program: Namco Arcade Platform iPad and iPhone URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/namco-arcade/id465606050?mt=8 Price: Free (Somewhat) NamcoBandai Games has released their entry into the realm of vintage gaming on the iPhone and iPad, Namco Arcade.  Sadly, this is as far as the excitement went.  While many of us who lived in the arcades in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the quarters we plunked into the machines were for real play on real machines.  We certainly were not willing then nor now to buy…

SMK-Link has introduced a new docking stand for the iPad which essentially turned the iPad into a desktop.  The PadDock 10  or VP3650 Ver. 2 allows you to not only use it as a desk top, but also adds speakers, has full 360 degree rotational ability and a really cool option, tilting.   The PadDock 10 has two speakers built into the stand and is currently only compatible with the iPad2. Obviously a bluetooth keyboard would need to be used for…

Readdle has released an update to the PDF document control software, PDF Expert. Version 3.2 of PDF Expert incorporates a number of enhancements to the package including: Document Search now looks far beyond the file name. It lets you find the needed documents faster and easier than ever before! New sorting panel lets you reorder the files based on Name, Date or Modified Date. Just scroll the document list to the very top to reveal it, pretty much like in…

Apple has lost an appeal to have Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet banned from The Netherlands.  The dutch court tossed the appeal from Apple, giving the lower court the final say on the matter.  This decision comes just days after Samsung lost a minor ruling in German courts. Source: Reuters

Apple has finally created a support website for the iTunes U.  Introduced along with Apple’s Education Initiative last week in New York City, iTunes U is intended to give students of all ages materials which are downloadable to their iPads as well as instructurs the tools with which to reach the student easily and interactively. Lack of a real support structure has been hindering usage of the facility so far, however Apple eliminated that issue yesterday.   You can check out…

In the 5 days since the launch of the Textbooks section of the Apple Book Store, they have sold approximately 350,000 books according to Global Equities Research.  They also apparently gave away 90,000 plus copies of the iBooks Author software for textbook production.  If these numbers and trends continue, Apple could well have the largest book store sales in the world within a matter of weeks instead of the normal years that it took Amazon to get to the top….

For those iPhone and iPad users lucky enough to have downloaded iMame prior to its being pulled on the 23rd of December, 2011, there is a nifty new instruction set available on the Internet for adding more ROMs.  iMame came with 10 ROMs but none of them were particulaly exciting from the aspect of the average gamer. The one thing that was exciting was the fact that MAME had made it into the Apple App store.  This has been rectified…

This morning, Apple announced their new initiative to make education one of their highest priorities.  This announcement has not really changed their stance on the subject of education, but the way in which they did it deserves merit. The first thing that Apple did is to eliminate the physical books and the cutting down of trees to print those books.  This alone will save Billions of dollars each year and definitely help save the forests that are so important to…

The Video from this mornings Apple Event in New York City is now available in the Apple iTunes Store.  The event was held at 10am and was primarily focused on Apple’s push for education, introducing iBooks 2.0, iBooks Author, and the iTunesU App,  You can download the latest video or any of the previous events from the iTunes store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665

An online study by Adobe Systems Inc shows that tablet users tended to spend about 21 percent more per purchase than other users.  This study shows that they spent even more when compared to smart phone users, by a whopping 54 percent.  This analysis may be the result of many companies tailoring their services for tablet devices in current updates.  However, with the current trend in tablet computing the ease with which purchases are performed on the devices could be…

Push Panic!, the game that brings new meaning to the columns theme is available as a free download.  The program which drops multi-colored boxes as you do your best to explode them, is not just a challenge, it is also addicting.    Your objective is to explode as many boxes as you can, keeping the boxes below a red line.  The more boxes you “link” together in the explosions, the higher the score. Push Panic! works on both the iPhone and…

The Donut Games free game of the week this week is Monkey Flight, a delightfully entertaining game which will keep you going for hours. The game now has 60 levels in the challenge section of the game, making for even more fun.  This game is one you must get! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311768443&mt=8

According to a survey run by IDG recently, iPad use by professionals in the work place is at a very high level.   This phenomena is not just a U.S. trend, it is a major global trend.  The lowest rate of usage of the iPad for communications is in Europe where only 80% of professionals use it.   However, in the US, this rate is 93% and in Asia and the middle east, that number reaches more than 97%. According to one…

For those who have been waiting for the next edition of their iPad, it appears that your wait is nearly over.  Bloomberg is claiming that the iPad will be released in March, complete with high definition screen as well as LTE networking capability.   This speculation could be due to the Apple Event which is scheduled for next week, however,  it is highly unlikely that Apple is ready to deliver on such an advanced model of the iPad so soon. The…

OnLive Desktop App for the iPad is now in the Apple App Store.  The App which allows you to use Microsoft Office on your iPad features 2gb of Free cloud storage as well as the full capabilities of the Desktop version of Office, right on your iPad. For more information, check out the OnLive Desktop Website To Download the iPad App, go to the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onlive-desktop/id490292278?mt=8

Have you ever wondered what would happened if you dropped your ipad?  What if it was dropped out of an airplane?  Well, the guys at G-Form already did that one and had to go one better.  Using a weather balloon, they took an iPad to 100,000 feet insulated with their G-From Extreme Edge Case.  Amazingly, the iPad drops to earth and survives.  Dont believe it?  Check it out for yourself!:

Apimac has released the latest version of their iDatabase program.  The program which allows users to create and support databases on their Apple portable devices, has a number of features found only on larger database systems. From the Press Release: iDatabase is a simple and easy-to-use database manager that offers the most natural and easy way to organize information and data. With this database manager for Mac, you can manage membership lists, expenses, projects, keep track of your internet accounts…

Game: Pigeon Palooza Publisher: Blast Applications / BoonDoogle Cost: $0.99 cents Website: http://www.pigeonpalooza.com/ URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/pigeon-palooza/id492151739?mt=8 This week, Pigeon Palooza came to the iPhone and iPad.   While much has been made of this program being the next Angry Birds, we found that the game was anything but that exciting.  And after plunking down out $0.99 cents for the game, we were left with a game that really isnt all that much real fun. The concept of Pigeon Palooza is that you…

When a 20 year old Vista, California man decided to burglerize several homes in his local area, he forgot one basic fact: Find my iPad will get you.  One Patrick Krewson has robbed one home of  of children’s gifts and another man’s home of several items including his iPad.  When the owner of the iPad let  police know the location it was broadcasting from, they proceeded to go to the location, finding Krewson, the childrens gifts, several other missing items…