iPad News, Updates, App and Accessory Reviews
February 10th, 2011 at 2:11 PM EST
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Editor’s note: This article was reposted from tuaw.com.
Learn to Draw Digital Sketchbook is a pretty interesting app that teaches you how to draw in step-by-step lessons. You select from the provided drawing tools, follow the spoken and text instructions, and you’re on your way.
You can also dive into the app and draw freehand to apply your skills. You can draw on different types of "paper" and vary the size, pressure and hardness of the drawing tools. Drawings can be saved to your photo library or emailed to friends. This is the kind of creative use of the iPad that I really commend, and it’s nice to see a clever and highly educational approach to learning. One note: the app only runs in portrait mode. There may be some good reasons for that, but since I keep my iPad in a case that is oriented to landscape, I would have liked the option.
I don’t know much about drawing, but I was able to turn out some passable sketches after going through the lessons. The app is from Walter Foster, a company that has been publishing art instruction books for decades. Best of all, the app will get you started for free, but if you want to move much further, you need to get some in-app purchases of additional lessons that cost anywhere from US$2.99 to $6.99. The quality of the lessons is high, and the app is handsome and well organized. About the closest I get to art is landscape photography, but for someone just getting started in sketching, this app is worth a look. You can check the gallery for some screen shots.
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February 10th, 2011 at 2:09 PM EST
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Editor’s note: This article was reposted from rushlane.com.
British car maker, Land Rover created history earlier today when they launched the first car in the world which has an Apple iPad in it. The limited edition 4WD Range Rover is the world’s first car to offer iPad as standard feature, reported stuff.co.nz.
Instead of the regular DVD LCD screens for entertainment on the rear of front seats, the Range Rover has two iPads! Christened as the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition, rear seat passengers can now watch movies, listen to music, browse the internet, play games and much more that the iPad has to offer.
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February 10th, 2011 at 2:07 PM EST
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Former England rugby captain Will Carling has been reunited with his stolen iPad after tracking it down with Apple’s free Find My iPhone app. The best part is that he live-tweeted his hunt for the thief.
Carling noticed his iPad was missing after leaving it on a train. He then used Find My iPhone to pinpoint its location and was off. While the chase was no doubt a harrowing experience for Carling, some of his tweets are amusing in hindsight: "breaking news! My Ipad has moved! It is now at the station! This is like Enemy of the State !!"
He eventually pushed a message to the iPad telling its handler that s/he was being tracked, "followed" It (virtually) to a police station and rejoiced at its recovery. Well done.
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February 10th, 2011 at 11:06 AM EST
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Time again for your favorite iPad app roundup – "Once paid, now FREE". These iPad apps once cost money to purchase, but now they’re free for the taking! Please note that some apps may only be free for a short time.
Games
Star Shipping Inc. $0.99 – Now FREE
Monsterball A $0.99 – Now FREE *
Geared for iPad $2.99 – Now FREE
Xachi: Command Multiplayer $2.99 – Now FREE
Star Checkers $0.99 – Now FREE
Backbreaker Football $0.99 – Now FREE
Super KO Boxing 2 for iPad $0.99 – Now FREE *
Bridge Island HD $19.99 – Now FREE
Lifestyle
iDealyzer Pro – Daily Deals $0.99 – Now FREE
Sports
None since last week.
Entertainment
LiveSketch HD $1.99 – Now FREE
Thought Bubbles $0.99 – Now FREE *
Monster Chorus $0.99 – Now FREE
Talking PANDA HD $2.99 – Now FREE *
CarTube HD $1.99 – Now FREE
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February 10th, 2011 at 10:08 AM EST
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Editor’s note: This article was reposted from reuters.com.
(Reuters) – The largest mobile Internet browser firm Opera Software ASA confirmed its entrance to the fast-growing tablet computer space and said it has reached a landmark 100 million cellphone users.
Opera, which has browsers for personal computers and mobile phones, said in a statement on Thursday the new version of Opera Mini for Apple’s iPad would ‘appear’ at the Mobile World Congress trade show next week in Barcelona.
Research firm Gartner has said it expects the market for tablet computers, created by Apple’s iPad, to rise to 55 million devices next year from 19.5 million this year.
The mobile Internet market has boomed since the introduction of Apple’s iPhone in 2007.
Opera has increased its lead over rival browsers — from Blackberry maker RIM, Nokia, Google’s Android and Apple itself — this year and controlled 21 percent of the market in February so far, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter.
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February 10th, 2011 at 9:39 AM EST
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As we reported yesterday the BBC’s new iPlayer for iPad appeared in iTunes overnight for UK residents and we’ve got a hands-on look at the app for you. For those who didn’t know, iPlayer is a little like Hulu for BBC content; it aggregates almost everything the BBC showed in the last week across it’s various TV channels and radio stations into an attractive web interface for catch-up viewing. It’s free to UK users because of the unique way the BBC is funded (and not currently available outside the UK), so it’s a very popular service. It’s also quite widely supported on various devices — the BBC’s developers have worked with manufacturers to bring it to Sony’s PS3, Nintendo’s Wii, the Boxee Box, amongst others.
Up until now, the iPad has been a rather poor relation in the iPlayer universe, despite the naming similarities. Users have had to make do with a rather sub-par web interface to access iPlayer content. The UI was sluggish, small, fiddly and generally unpleasant. This new native app solves all those problems, and adds some nifty new features to boot.
Compared to that web version, this new iPlayer app is much improved. The main part of the interface is a chunky tile-based layout of popular shows, with attractive high-quality photography (even for radio programmes). New to the app is the ability to browse a listings grid of the BBC’s TV and radio channels, and use this both to view catch-up shows and the live content of all the channels. This is particularly handy for sporting events; previously, you’d have to wait until the game finished before it would appear in the iPlayer’s catchup listing.
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