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Powis iCase for the iPad Review and Video

Over the last couple of months, my iPad has been encased in a total of four different cases, three of which have been folio-style, and the other a simple hard shell.  Each has been used for around four weeks and has seen action both inside and outside the house.  The final case I used was [...]

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Movie Tie-In ‘Angry Birds Rio’ Trailer Released

Rovio and 20th Century Fox have released a trailer for the soon-to-be released Angry Birds Rio game, which ties-in with the movie due out later in the year.  According to the blurb, the game will be available on ’smartphones and tablets worldwide’, and the YouTube tags include the iPhone and iPad, plus everything from Maemo [...]

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New in the App Store This Week…

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  If so, here are twelve applications released recently.  Enjoy! Social Questions. An unofficial Quora app, which provides faster and more convenient access to the Q&A website.  Free. Findagram. Enter a word into Findagram and receive possible anagrams back!  Perfect for crossword addicts.  Free. SlideJockey for iPhone, SlideJockey for iPad. A complete system for running [...]

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The Daily, Finally Launching on the 2nd February

An email invitation to an event being held at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York, has confirmed that the long awaited iPad newspaper, The Daily, will finally be launching on the 2nd February. The last we heard was from James Murdoch, who said the plan was to have the app out ‘in two weeks time’, [...]

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Verizon iPhone Pre-Orders to Begin 3rd February

Since the announcement of the Verizon iPhone and the news it would be on sale from the 10th February, interested parties have been waiting for a pre-order date, which Verizon now appear to have provided, and you should mark the 3rd February down on your calendars. To be in with a chance of grabbing one of [...]

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New ‘iPad is Iconic’ Ad Lands, Here are the Featured Apps

Apple have released another iPad TV advert, this time entitled ‘iPad is Iconic’.  While this may indeed be the case, this latest commercial isn’t as iconic as others, and perhaps doesn’t show the range of the iPad’s apps that others have.  Still, the tablet has been around for a while, and seeing as Apple fans [...]

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Chess Club iPhone App Review – Your Move

If you’re a Red Dwarf fan, you may remember Holly, the ship’s onboard computer, receiving some post from another computer on another ship, containing a move in their postal chess game.  The joke was that the package had taken three million years to catch up with Red Dwarf, and there were times when Chess Club [...]

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Are The Daily’s Delays Over? Ready to Launch in Two Weeks?

News Corp’s iPad newspaper, The Daily, missed its rumored January 19th launch date due to reported problems with the iTunes subscription model, an essential part of its business model.  Although no new release date was given, no-one would be wanting to drag their heels on this one, seeing as staff, offices and presumably, a fair [...]

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New Speck CandyShell iPad Case Adds Screen Protection

Speck have announced a new version of their popular CandyShell iPad cases – which we reviewed last year – that combines the style and protection of the existing hard shell with a multi-purpose front cover. Called the CandyShell Wrap, it’s somewhere in-between a folio-style case and a convenient stand, as the front cover is made from [...]

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NFC Coming to the iPad 2 and iPhone 5? Who Cares! It’s What They’ll Introduce With It That’s Exciting

Bloomberg are quoting several analysts and consultants, who are all saying that Apple are gearing up to add NFC technology to the next versions of the iPad and the iPhone.  NFC, if you don’t know, stands for Near-Field Communication and is probably best known as a way to turn your phone into a digital wallet. Aside [...]

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