iPad News, Updates, App and Accessory Reviews
If there is any indication into just how mainstream the iPads have become it would be the fact that at least one NFL team is starting to use them as their playbooks. We’ve seen reports of restaurants using the iPad as replacements for their paper menus and their cash registers. We’ve even heard tell of airlines using Apple’s tablet computer in place of their flight manuals and now the Tampa Bay Bucs are getting into the act.
The Buccaneers are using the state of the art mobile computers that weight just under three pounds in place of paper playbooks that can weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-20 pounds depending on how many plays the coaches have decided to go with. Of course, portability is just one of the upsides of using the iPads this way.
With the iPad’s the playbook is actually more interactive, meaning that instead of having to page through several different sections to get to the right set of plays, a few taps on the screen brings up the right page almost at once. The coaches have said that this particular format also makes it a little easier to develop plays for a specific formation or situation because they know that the players will be able to easily access them later.
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iPads are useful for many things, though due to their discretionary nature, it may seem ironic that iPad owners are constantly looking for new ways to save money and organize their finances through apps. However, frugality apps have proven to be tremendously helpful for many families, and the following is a list of the most essential apps for anyone looking to cut back their spending using the iPad’s simple technology.
Family Friendly Frugality (Free)
Coming in at #1 is the only free app on the list. This user-friendly app is chock full of useful information (such as its “Frugal News” category) and has coupon deals right at your fingertips. The layout is easy on the eyes and overall, it is very easy to navigate. It is created for iPhones and compatible with iPads. So, whether you’re looking for hot deals (includes some daily deals sites), coupons, or even awesome freebies, you cannot be without Family Friendly Frugality.
My Coupons (Free and $0.99)
This is one of the top-rated paid iPad apps in the lifestyle category. At just $0.99 (there is a free version offered too), My Coupons is wondrously helpful for anyone looking to get organized, stop forgetting expiration dates on coupons, and save lots of money! It’s extremely easy to add, rearrange, and remove coupons from your queue and you can even star some as your favorites. The lite version contains ads, but regardless of what version you get, My Coupons is a must-have in order to stay on top of all your saving opportunities.
Track My Coupons (Free and $1.99)
This is another great couponing app, with both free and $1.99 versions available. It is a fantastic time saver for extreme couponers, allowing you to easily input all of the necessary information within seconds. There is a search option for filtering through coupons and it even offers an alert system for coupons that are about to expire. Whether you have nine or nine hundred coupons, this app will be a lifesaver.
PriceBook ($1.99)
At $1.99, you can’t go wrong with the iPhone-formatted, iPad-compatible PriceBook. It allows you to track past purchase prices at your favorite stores and compare prices on products between them. Everything can be sorted in multiple ways, from lowest purchase price to best value (greatest quantity for the price) and store preference. Whether you want to create shopping lists, use the calculator to make your own decisions, or just compare between stores, PriceBook is one of the best apps for the job.
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Since its first release on the iPad, the Flipboard app has been one of those applications that has got nothing but acclaim and applause. The app works to aggregate your favorite twitter feeds as well as other social media feeds and gives them a digest sort of feel complete with truly breathtaking photos. The best way to tell when an app is at the top of its game is when other apps are constantly trying to tackle what they do and there are plenty of applications that have tried to do the same thing Flipboard does without the same success.
Now there are rumors that Flipboard will attempt to set itself apart from other aggregation apps even further by adding video from television shows and movies as well. Of course those who are getting all excited about the free Flipboard app bringing streaming videos should settle down just a little bit. While the app developers do appear to be looking into it, they say there won’t be any large scale testing of that kind of use until the end of the year so it’s going to several months before we have that capability to look forward to.
At the same time, Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says that the application would also like to be able to integrate eBooks into the application. Looking to get eBooks into Flipboard is another move that isn’t anywhere close to being on the horizon, but if the company makes moves in those directions, 2012 could be a very interesting year for Flipboard and its users.
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There have been a myriad of companies releasing all kinds of accessories for the iPad and it appears that Logitech finally has leaped into the fray. While there are plenty of accessories with varying degrees of usefulness, one area where a company will be hard pressed to go wrong is with a keyboard. Logitech’s fold-up keyboard for iPad appears as though it is a higher end accessory that has its own stand and charges using a regular USB cable. Best of all the keyboard is made to be able to interact with the iPad’s smart cover without there being any real clashing between the two accessories.
Logitech’s other big new device is certainly useful, though may seem as though iPad users have seen it before. As Mike over at the TUAW blog rightfully points out; the suction cup joystick they have just released looks an awful lot like the same thing that Ten One released with the Fling joystick. Both joysticks are incredibly helpful when playing an app that actually uses a digital joystick because it suction cups right onto the iPad’s screen and allows a user to have a more tactile interface when playing certain games.
Perhaps Logitech believes that their name alone will make people forget that they are basically releasing a product that is already available. Perhaps there simply isn’t much to improve upon in the basic design of the Fling mini joystick. The Logitech joystick is currently selling for $19.95 a piece while the keyboard retails for $130.
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Has Apple bitten off a little more than it can chew as far as developing the iPad 3? Over the last few days and weeks we have brought you plenty of different reports and rumors about the newest iPad and when it will be released. More recently the underlying stories have been problems with developing the components in time for the planned release. Most stories have talked about how the Retina display that Apple wants included in iPad 3 has lead to moving the release back from later this fall to early 2012, but will another setback in regards to components push back the release further?
The A6 chip is another piece of equipment that is still being worked on and is also expected to be included in the newest iPad and is yet another reason for the release of the iPad 3 being pushed back. Originally reports said that the A6 chip would be done shortly after the start of the New Year but now a new report from CNET says that the faster chip may not be ready for mass production until the second quarter of 2012. The conundrum for Apple now is, do they still want to release an iPad 3 with better resolution but running on an A5 chip or do they want to wait until the A6 chip, which is reportedly going to have four processor cores (double the A5) and using the “3D” chip technology that Intel has recently begun trotting out? It is almost a certainty that at some point there will be an iPad 4 but would the company want to release two different models so close together?
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Despite being the first tablet of its kind on the market, new projections show that the Apple iPad will still hold the attention of tablet users through at least 2013 and possibly well beyond. A research firm known as IHS iSuppli has recently released updated sales projections of all sorts of tablet computers through 2015 and the company says that the iPad will still dominate the market for another two years at the very least. IHS says that the main reason Apple will continue its stranglehold is because of their innovation but also because the other tablet manufacturers simply cannot put out a product that is as high a quality.
The demand for the Apple iPad has actually grown to the point where the company is now projecting the demand for the iPad this year to reach 44.2 million units. That projection is actually increased by 500,000 over IHS iSuppli’s previous estimates. That 44.2 unit number means that Apple will actually hold far more than the majority of the market as that is 74 percent of all tablets expected to be shipped in 2011. If that percentage does hold true it would actually mean a 10 percent jump in total market share from previous estimates. The new numbers also show that Apple will continue to have the majority of the market one year longer than previous believed as the iPad was originally expected to be knocked off its perch at 2012.
“All the momentum in the media tablet market is with Apple right now,” said Rhoda Alexander, senior manager, tablet and monitor research for IHS. “The competition can’t seem to field a product with the right combination of hardware, marketing, applications and content to match up with the iPad. Furthermore, Apple’s patent litigation is serving to slow or complicate competitors’ entry into some key regional markets. With Apple lapping its competitors, many of whom are still struggling to get out of the starting gate, this remains a one-horse race.”
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