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Look Out for Shadowgun on the 28th September!

The last iOS title to cause such a stir due to its graphics was Infinity Blade, the beautiful-to-look-at but ever-so slightly repetitive to play slash-em-up from Epic Games.  Believe it or not, that game hit the virtual shelves in late 2010, so a successor is well overdue. Step forward Shadowgun, Madfinger Games third-person action game built [...]

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Wrapsol iPad 2 Ultra Protective Film Review

Having tried out the Wrapsol protective film for the iPhone 4 this time last year, I was pleased to be offered the chance to try out their kit for the iPad 2.  This is their Ultra hybrid set consisting of a front and rear protector, a microfiber towel, a water spray and two squeegees to [...]

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Read All About It! Top Ten News Aggregator Apps for your iPad

The iPad is a fantastic way to consume news, read articles and catch up on shared links from a social network or a webpage-saving service.  But what if you’re a newcomer to the iPad or have only recently become interested in online news services, where should you start? We’re here to help you out with ten [...]

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Waterslide 2 iPhone/iPad App Review – Flashy, But Not All That Splashy

When I was approached to review Waterslide 2, it occurred to me I didn’t recall Waterslide 1 (or Waterslide Extreme as I discovered it was called) and upon investigation I realized why – it was the iOS equivalent of an advertorial, disguising a an advert for Barclaycard with a throwaway game.  Fair enough, but something [...]

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Top Ten New iPad Digital Magazines

The iPad is great for reading not only eBooks but digital magazines too, and the list of available titles is growing all the time.  In addition to our own personal favorite, Project, and Zinio, where digitized editions of popular newsstand magazines can be purchased; here are ten recently released iPad magazine apps which show just [...]

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Skype for iPad Hands-On

Only a month after it was supposed to be released, Skype for the iPad tablet has arrived inside the App Store.  It even continued its difficult journey by launching this morning, disappearing and then re-emerging a few hours later!  Now the VoIP app is finally here, has it been worth the wait?  To find out, [...]

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BBC iPlayer Goes International on iPad, Many Countries Left Wanting *Updated*

It was back in June when we last heard about an international version of the BBC iPlayer, when new plans were unveiled to make it an archive collection rather than a catchup service.  At the time, nothing was said concerning a release date or which countries would be eligible, however Europe was mentioned as more [...]

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Wooords iPhone/iPad App Review – One Word: Gem!

What is it about puzzle games involving words?  This simple concept has been used time and time again, with varying degrees of success, but we never seem to have tired of it.  Wooords is the latest word-challenge game to hit iOS, and I happened to catch news of its release in a press release late [...]

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Super Ball Escape HD Free This Week Only

You may remember Super Ball Escape, which we reviewed back in February and awarded it 4/5, and the subsequent freemium release of Super Ball Escape HD in May.  Developers Playlithium has announced that to celebrate 500,000 downloads of the game across all iOS devices, the iPad HD edition will be free until the 30th July. Of [...]

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New ‘We’ll Always’ iPad Ad Video and Featured App List

The latest Apple iPad ad has appeared, and although slightly sappy in places, is a far better effort than their previous hit and miss efforts.  The advert implies the iPad will integrate itself in our lives to the extent where it’ll replace everything from a pen-and-paper to the TV. While starting any sentence with ‘we’ll always’ [...]

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