iPads showing up at Sam’s Club

Now while you're picking up a case of pickles or a twenty pack of pillows at Sam's club you can grab an iPad on your way to the checkout. Sam's Club USA is now selling the iPad at a slight discount.

See for yourself here.

App Review - Pulse News Reader

Pulse News Reader
By Alphonso Labs Inc.
FREE - Was $1.99

Pulse News reader is a great app that lets you plug into many RSS feeds to get all your news in one very decent looking iPad interface.

Check it out here.

Apple iOS 4.2 update delayed until Nov 24

The Telegraph is reporting that the much anticipated iPad iOS 4.2 update will finally be available November 24th. This is much later than some had hoped for. Let's hope they finally get this puppy out the door.

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Hundreds of Pearson Books Now Available on Apple's iBookstore

Pearson announced today that it is releasing hundreds of its books for home, office and technology professionals on Apple's iBook store. This move brings the iPad one step closer to educational use, as Pearson is considered a huge player in the textbook market.

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New Gorillaz album to be produced on an iPad

Gorillaz front man Damon Albarm recently reported in NME magazine that he has been recording the Gorillaz next album on an iPad!

Just Amazing!

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Apple Adds Ping Social Network Features to IPad

Ping is now available for you iPad. Ping, in case you don't remember or care, is Apples attempt at a social media, where listeners can ping their favorite music with their friends. This or course assumes that your friends are all using Ping as well.

You can find Ping on your iPad in the iTunes store.

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iOS 4.2! Any minute now...

Well, another Tuesday has come and Apple's big tease for today resulted in The Beatles coming to iTunes. There was hope that iOS 4.2 was finally finished baking and ready for release today. So the wait continues, and we'll have to wait a little longer for multitasking and folders on our iPads.

I won't hold my breath for too long.

Sales predictions lower for the iPad

Analysts are predicting Apple will sell fewer than expected iPad's this quarter. Predictions were as high as 6 million iPads being sold in it's forth quarter. It seems that consumers may be opting for new smart phones, and computers instead of the iPad, which can be considered a 'tween' device.

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RIM's playbook goes head-to-head with iPad with surprising results!

Well, I hate to say it but the RIM Playbook looks faster at browsing the net than our favourite mobile iDevice. But the iPad still wins the race in other areas.

Judge for yourself here.

App Review - VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player
By Applidium
FREE

Today is a great day for iPad owners! The ever-crowd-pleaser VLC media player is now available for the iPad. This means you don't have to convert your videos into MP4 any more. You can just add them to your VLC app and presto!

Grab it here!