Archive for July, 2010
July 8th, 2010 at 11:49 AM EST | by inu846W
Summer is here and thoughts are turning to vacations, traveling and leisure activities. It’s a time for heading to the beach or across the globe to experience new places. Some folks may be staying close to home this year and looking for new things to do nearby. Or perhaps a virtual vacation is in the cards, using the power of the web to experience exotic places from a distance. The iPad is an apt companion for all of these summer activities, if the right apps come along for the journey.
Kayak. Traveling means booking flights, and in this economy finding the best deal is a must. Kayak is a good way to search for flights that meet specific criteria and book them. The app also handles hotels, so you can plan your travel and accommodations in one place. Free.
Zagat to Go. One of the great joys of vacations is sampling local delicacies and trying new food. It can be a challenge to find good places to eat in an unfamiliar place and that’s where Zagat comes to the rescue. You can search for restaurants, get pricing information, book reservations and find directions using the iPad’s GPS. $9.99.
Free Translator. If you are lucky enough to be traveling to exotic locales this summer, you may be confronted with a language you don’t speak. This app is a simple way to translate phrases in a number of languages to help you get around in foreign places. It is an iPhone app but works well on the iPad. Free.
Urbanspoon. This app is great for finding specific types of restaurants nearby, using a great system of criteria to narrow down the search. You can find what you crave with just a few taps on the iPad screen, complete with a map to see where you need to go. It covers many cities in the U.S. for those staying close to home, and also major cities in the UK and Australia. Free.
Photo Transfer App. The iPad doesn’t have a camera onboard but is still a good gadget to gaze at those vacation photos. This app makes it a snap to get the photos from an iPhone or a PC to the iPad over a Wi-Fi connection. $2.99.
Read more: jkontherun.com
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July 8th, 2010 at 11:44 AM EST | by inu846W
Predicting sales of a new product based on demand from eager early adopters can be risky. However, one analyst made such a leap. Bernstein Research analyst Tom Sacconaghi told investors Thursday Apple could sell 25 million iPads in 2011. But, then again, it might sell 18 million tablets next year. It kind of depends, you know?
“An analysis based on extrapolating sales trajectories of [the iPhone, iPod and all netbooks] suggests that Apple could sell a staggering 25 million iPads or more in fiscal 2011,” the analyst wrote. This seems to go along with Apple reporting selling three million iPads in the first 80 days.
Read more: cultofmac.com
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July 8th, 2010 at 10:35 AM EST | by inu846W
Hobbyist Software announced the immediate availability of iBrowse 2.0 on Thursday. The new version of the iOS-based Web browser added support for the iPad along with a new Power Search feature that lets users type shortcuts to jump to specific Web sites.
iBrowse can load new Web pages in the background, displays open pages, bookmarks and browser history as groups of flowing tabs, offers full-screen browsing, and more.
Read more: macobserver.com
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July 7th, 2010 at 10:57 PM EST | by inu846W
Recently info was released on Flash 10.1 being ported to the iPad by popular hacker Comex and now the files have been released so you can get Flash support on your iPad as well, as long as it is jailbroken that is. The plugin that allows Flash on your iPad is called Frash and it doesn’t do video playback yet, but you can still play games and other animations as of right now. The instructions are not as easy as just point and click but they aren’t that hard either. Check out the instructions below:
How To Install Flash On Your iPad:
First and foremost make sure your iPad is jailbroken. If it isn’t jailbroken, check out our Spirit jailbreak guide here.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby.
2. Decide how you’re going to get files onto your iPad.
– For Mac users, it’s dead simple — just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your iPad in the Finder’s Sharing list.
Read more: mygadgetnews.com
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July 7th, 2010 at 10:06 PM EST | by inu846W
In addition to a great library of films for kids, the NFB Films app offers features, documentaries, and a whole lot more.
(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida)Do you like indie films? Documentaries? Animation? Then I’m about to make your day: NFB Films for iPad lets you watch over a thousand movies on your tablet. For free.
“NFB” stands for National Film Board, a bona fide Canadian treasure. The app taps the NFB’s mammoth library of documentaries, features, animated films, trailers (for upcoming NFB releases), and more.
All the movies are streamed to your iPad (via Wi-Fi only), but there’s also an ingenious “watch later” option that downloads a selected movie for offline viewing–great if you’re about to get on a plane or something. These downloads expire after 48 hours, which strikes me as more than fair. (Apple’s own App Store movie rentals last only 24 hours, and you have to pay for those.)
NFB Films includes a Channels section where you can browse various categories, including Documentaries, History & War, and Environment. There’s a search option, natch, and you can add movies to a favorites (sorry, “favourites”) list for easier access.
Read more: cnet.com
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July 7th, 2010 at 3:52 PM EST | by inu846W
“Cannons to the left of me, cannons to the right…” Get ready and prepare to defend yourself against powerful warships in Goorusoft’s WarShip HD for iPad. Stay away from the enemy’s massive guns and steer your way into a perfect angle to blast them into smithereens.
Review
WarShip HD for iPad is a simple Pirates of the Caribbean type battleship game where the main weapons were cannons. The premise is simple; blow your enemy out of the water before your enemy can do it to you. You begin with a warship with minimal armament, armor and steering/control which you can upgrade during the game. As you sink ships during your battles, these ships will drop their trophies which add up to your saved money that you can use to buy ships or upgrade your existing one.
Sunken ships not only will drop their trophies, but on occasions, will also drop in a health pack, which you can pick up to help repair your damaged ship. You must hurry in picking up these treasures as pirate ships patrol the seas just waiting to pluck them from the water before you can. The game starts off easy but as you progress along the game, you’ll find yourself outnumbered and outgunned, making it harder to level up.
Read more: ipadmodo.com
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