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TUAW has found an iPad case they may interest kids and adults alike. The casing is a replica of everybody’s favorite etching slate, Etch A Sketch. Creators of Etch A Sketch are behind the design of this authentic iPad case which sells for $39 from Headcase.

Unfortunately, the traditional white knobs won’t let you draw a square face or the ever popular staircase on the iPad. But it is a nice throwback to the day when “laptop” entertainment didn’t cost an arm and a leg.

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VLC Media Player is now available for iPad in the App Store. This free, open source multimedia player plays most media files(avi, mkv, etc.) and also accommodates streaming.

The App Store description for this app says it comes already loaded with all codecs and can even play damaged files, finding and using the useful pieces that are still intact.

There will soon be versions of VLC Media Player for iPhone and iPod Touch.

App Store: Free

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As noted last week, Apple is looking to fix the problem of offering print media on its devices. Now they’re making a push to get a new digital “iNewsstand” up and running sooner rather than later, says a report from the Wall Street Journal. But the release of the new media subscription service may be on hold until the next generation iPad becomes available by the end of the 1st quarter in 2011. The standalone application would be similar to Apple’s iBook store.

Apple has been a successful middle man with it’s iTunes Store in offering music, movies, TV shows and books. Now they’re trying their best to offer a similar service with newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Apple has had some past problems in negotiating deals with some media content providers in terms of offering single issues or monthly plans for sale as opposed to full subscriptions.

At present, Apple typically doesn’t sell subscriptions, instead offering monthly iPad editions of Wired magazine for $3.99 each, or a daily edition of Gannett Co.’s USA Today free. Subscriptions, however, are a much more important business for U.S. publishers, representing seven of every 10 newspapers and magazines sold. Publishers also mine subscriber rolls for names, email addresses, credit-card numbers and other information to help them attract advertisers and target new offers to readers.

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A post on Google’s blog suggest Google Docs is coming to the iPad within a few weeks. This is another step Apple’s device is taking into the future of cloud computing. Google Docs on the iPad will allow users to read, edit and store files in their Google accounts. This will be a much welcomed feature as there is no other comparable app that performs the same.

From Google’s blog:

Second, today we demonstrated new mobile editing capabilities for Google Docs on the Android platform and the iPad. In the next few weeks, co-workers around the world will soon be able to co-edit files simultaneously from an even wider array of devices.

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It looks like notebooks and netbooks aren’t the only devices feeling the pressure from iPad’s popularity. According Shaw Wu from Kaufman Bros., the availability of iPad is better than expected and that some people are opting for Apple’s new device rather than low-end MacBooks.

Wu expects the sale of iPads will trump the Mac. His forecast calls for Apple to sell 5.7 million iPads in the September quarter. This figure is stunningly up from his previous estimate of 3.6 million. Mac sales are to be slightly reduced to 3.8 million from 3.9 as earlier predicted.

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