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The first iPad reviews, and an unboxing

For all of you Apple fanboys out there who simply can’t wait another 3 days for the iPad launch (who can blame you?), here are several things to quench your iPad thirst, at least temporarily. First, British Actor Stephen Fry, who happens to be good friends with the folks over at Apple, managed to get [...]

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Canada to get the iPad on April 24th?

Canadian iPad website iPad in Canada reported earlier today that it had received information hinting that Apple Store employees in Canada would be unable to schedule time off during the weekend of April 24th (also known as a “black out period.”) This black out period coincides with Apple’s vague announcement for a “late April” iPad [...]

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Ten Amiga Games Perfect for the iPad and iPhone

Looking back at gaming on the Commodore Amiga reveals a period when games were fun.  They weren’t all complicated, sprawling affairs needing hours to play – although some were – but instead they were quickly picked up but tough to master.  Many were also the products of small studios or even the brainchild of one [...]

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Think Apple Store employees get to play with the new toys, think again

A recently published article on Reuters gives an interesting, albeit slight look at what Apple retail employees get in terms of hands on with the products. Without worrying much here about giving a spoiler, it should be described more as a hands off. Did anyone really believe that Apple employees got to play with new [...]

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Jailbreaking news: iTunes 9.1 is affecting sync for some jailbreakers

Yesterday Apple gave us iTunes 9.1 and with that came support for the iPad and more. But mixed in with all of the goodies, they also gave us something that is not as welcomed — an syncing issue. First things first though, this issue is not widespread and will only affect a select group of [...]

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Air Harp Encourages iPad Plucking!

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s CheckMates iPad app comes the Air Harp, another new iPad app.  This is a musical application from touchGrove, who are also responsible for the classic Mattel handheld game ports, which emulates the sound and experience of playing a lap harp. Based on early 15-string examples of the lap harp, the [...]

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Apple to charge for future iPad updates? Maybe.

iPhone OS 3.2 SDK, the software that allows developers to produce top-notch apps for the iPad, is now in the hands of some developers, but the end-user licensing agreement leaves me a bit, shall we say, vexed. As many of you know, iPhone OS updates are, and always have been, free (although it did cost money [...]

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Apple releases iTunes 9.1, iPad support included

In anticipation for this Saturday’s U.S. iPad launch, Apple has made iTunes 9.1, the first version of iTunes to support the iPad, available for download on their  website. iTunes 9.1 comes with several new features and improvements, including: - Sync with iPad to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on the go - Organize [...]

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Voice Navigation Added to Free MapQuest App

For a long time, one of the main reasons to purchase a standalone GPS unit, or pay for a GPS app on the iPhone, was to enjoy the many benefits of voice navigation.  Google may have canceled this out recently with their free Google Maps Navigation service, but seeing as this is still only for [...]

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Apple taking a social approach, puts the App Store on Facebook

Facebook users will now have yet another option to be annoyed by their friends, instead, this time it will not be with Farmville or Mafia Wars posts but apps. Yup, Apple is now on Facebook. Or more specifically, the App Store is now on Facebook. The Facebook page has all the standard goodies including the Wall [...]

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