Wednesday, November 24, 2010

App Review - PDF HD

PDF HD - fast PDF reader with highlight and search
By Readdle
FREE - was $2.99

I found this today on FreeAppAlert. It's a very fast PDF reader that supports highlighting and links. It even has a nice page-turn visual.

Grab it here.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tiny iPad Theatre

How do you make your iPad even cooler? Plug in a Pico-Projector and project your video onto any surface.

Check this out.

Apple iPad vs. Galaxy Tab

Until the Blackberry Playbook hits the streets, it looks like the Galaxy Tab may be the first real challenger to face-off against the iPad. I found an interesting article comparing the two devices.

Check it out here.

Monday, November 22, 2010

iOS 4.2 Finally Available!

Well, it's finally happened. iOS 4.2 was released for iPad today at about 1pm EST.  I ran the update and didn't experience any problems. It was a quick procedure and even my half-watched movie rental remained intact remembering where I had left off.

I have to say that folders are GREAT! I spent about an hour organizing 7 screens down into 2 :)

If you haven't already done so, your update is waiting.


Apple Confirms 300,000 Apps available

Apple confirmed Monday that the App Store has hit 300,000 apps, of which 40,000 are iPad specific.

Source


Sunday, November 21, 2010

iPad finally goes on sale in South Korea

The iPad has been available for many months, and we're already starting to hear rumours of the iPad 2nd Generation, but it's easy to forget that some of our geeky-brethren are still waiting to get their hands on one. Well for South Korea November 30th is the big day.

Enjoy!

Source


Saturday, November 20, 2010

A Daily Newspaper just for the iPad?

Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch have reportedly been working for several months on creating a download only daily newspaper called aptly enough - 'The Daily'. It's reported that this app will cost $0.99 per week. It's expected that this new venture will be officially announced by months end.

Read all about it here.

FREE MobileMe in iOS 4.2?

Some very astute individuals have uncovered a series of error messages build into the iOS 4.2 framework that may suggest free MobileMe accounts are coming to new iDevices. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Check it out: AppleinsiderMacRumors

Friday, November 19, 2010

Hey, want a cheap iPad?

Retailer TJ Maxx is all set to sell the low end iPad model (16GB, WiFi) for $399! But don't go running out just yet. It seems that these won't be available until Black Friday.

Source

iPad 2.0 only months away!

The rumours are flying today, that the next iteration of the iPad is potentially only months away. It looks like we may have a new iPad as early as February 2011. Judging from what I have seem around the net, it may be lighter than the current version, and of course will sport at least one camera (most likely due to Facetime).

Check out some of the stories here, here, here, here, and here.