Archive for April, 2010
April 26th, 2010 at 9:47 AM EST | by inu846W
Sid Meier’s classic Civilization strategy series got a facelift a few years ago when it moved over to consoles and handheld game systems as Civilization Revolution. CivRev played well on the Nintendo DS and iPhone, but its screen got too small for comfort. The iPad’s expansive room for larger maps is a good fit for this turn-based, complex experience, and it makes CivRev feel a little more like a computer game again.
Fieldrunners is the Big Daddy of tower defense games and it looks and plays just as well as it did on the iPhone–only bigger and better. Alas, it currently costs $7.99, which is a few bucks too much in our opinion, especially if you already own it on the iPhone. But it’s just too good not to have on the list.
Flight Control was another one of those titles we were tempted to leave off the list because it’s basically the same as the 99-cent iPhone version only blown up (however, it does play better on the larger screen). That caveat aside, it really defined the line-drawing game genre (you must guide planes to runaways by drawing lines on the screen) and remains incredibly addicting. If you don’t want to spend any money, you can opt for Harbor Master, but fans of Flight Control on the iPhone and iPod Touch will probably end up spending the $4.99 to see and play the game in its full glory.
Read more news about iPad apps from ZDNet.com
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April 26th, 2010 at 9:41 AM EST | by inu846W
If you use your iPad for work, there’s a good chance you’re interested in using Keynote, Pages or Numbers, too. The Mac Observer took the time to check out all three so you’ll know what to expect before spending your hard earned cash.
Keynote The Keynote app for the iPad is a necessary addition to the suite of apps for most users. Even if one is not often preparing formal presentations, it’s a great way to collect and manage information from the photo library — or view already created content in, say, PowerPoint (.PPT, .PPTX, .PPS, .PPSX) It doesn’t have the power of its big brother on the Mac, but it doesn’t need to. It is supremely sufficient. Full review.
Pages Apple’s iPad is a great device for watching movies and TV shows, listening to music and playing games; and thanks to apps like Pages, it works great as a content creation device, too. Pages for the iPad is a slimmed down version of Apple’s word processor and page layout application, and it works surprisingly well for on-the-go document creation and editing. Full review.
Read more: MacObserver.com
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April 26th, 2010 at 9:24 AM EST | by inu846W
Another Day, Another Jobs E-Mail. Today a reader e-mailed Jobs wondering if Best Buy retail stores will carry the iPad 3G on launch day (April 30). Jobs made his answer short and sweet as usual: “Yep.”
Read more: 9to5Mac.com
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April 26th, 2010 at 9:18 AM EST | by inu846W
On April 8th, just six days after the iPad went on sale, we ran a post writing that Chitika Labs (who had been tracking iPad sales by counting cookies of new iPads hitting the Internet) claimed that Apple had sold 564,257 units. The method used is admittedly not the best of all possible metrics, but it does provide an indication of how many new iPads were leaving the shelves.
Read more: TUAW.com
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April 23rd, 2010 at 3:24 PM EST | by inu846W
The first unboxing and interface photos showing off Apple’s new iPad Camera Connection Kit have been posted online by iLounge Contributing Editor Jerrod Hofferth. Apple’s Kit — which contains two dongles, one 30-pin to female USB connector, and one 30-pin to SD card connector — comes packaged in a small white box with images of both dongles on the front. Once connected, the Photos app shows a new button at the top labeled “Camera,” which shows all the compatible media on the connected device or card, with “Delete Selected” and “Import” buttons at the top.
Read more: iLounge.com
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April 23rd, 2010 at 11:59 AM EST | by inu846W
Apple iPads are flying off the shelves faster than the company can manufacture them. Among the early adopters is one enterprising broadcaster that has discovered an immediate and practical application.
Last week, news anchors and producers at Barrington Broadcasting Group’s WFXL Albany, Ga., replaced their paper scripts with electronic versions displayed on the iPad.
“By using the iPad, we’re saving hundreds of thousands of sheets of paper annually,” says News Director Terry Graham, who also anchors the news at 6:30 and 10 p.m. at the Fox affiliate. “Our projected savings per month are $800, or about $9,600 per year.”
That easily covers the cost of the initial six entry-level iPads, which retail for $499. (Apple offers versions with more onboard flash memory and optional 3G reception for up to $829.)
Newscast scripts are composed as usual. But rather than printing to paper, the final version is formatted as a PDF file and transmitted to each iPad via e-mail. The PDF translation is handled by iAnnotate by Aji.LLC, a $7 program sold and downloaded via Apple’s App Store.
Read more: TvNewsCheck.com
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