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After iOS 4.2 was announced during Apple’s September 1 event, most of us couldn’t wait to get a hold of the new version of the operating system. After all, it’s what will give the iPad a huge refresh as well as multitasking, so it just might feel like new again. Today, iOS 4.2 has hit…
It looks like Apple may soon introduce the ability for app makers to charge on a subscription basis, which would make devices like the Apple iPad an ideal device for newspapers and magazines. Sources say that Apple will share the demographic data with the publishers and this is critical because that’s what a newspaper or…
After Lamp of Aladdin, Chillingo is out with yet another iPad-only title (there is no iPhone version). The name of the game is Great Adventures: Lost in the Mountains and it sees you solving the mystery of the missing scientist. Along the way you will solve numerous puzzles, take on quests and control multiple characters…
After years of developing for various mobile platforms, including Palm OS and Windows Mobile, the folks behind the popular Agendus app are looking to iPad users for growth. Touted as the “first full-fledged PIM app,” Agendus brings your calendar, contacts and tasks in one place, allowing you to manage your business (and personal) activities from…
There’s no doubt that the Amazon Kindle is one popular and terrific reading device. And in many ways, the Apple iPad isn’t so bad either. After all, the latter does support the Kindle app, as well as iBooks and the Barnes & Noble Nook app. However, the reading experience on it hasn’t been all that…
Apple has announced that it will finally be selling the Wi-Fi model of its iPad tablet in China on September 17. Apple has sold over 4 million iPad tablets to date, and plans to continue rolling it out to other countries this year. In China, the Wi-Fi iPad will sell for CNY3988 for 16GB, CNY4788…
Sponsor Me is a new kind of web-based service. First, it’s designed for few devices only (iPhone, iPad and other tablets), and second it targets very specific demographics – athlete students and their potential sponsors. Here’s what’s it all about (from the press release): Sponsor Me, the premiere action-sports social media group and athlete management…
When assigning stories, Will Park asked us “Who likes the iPad and malls?” My hand immediately shot up and I’ve been toying around with the Micello Maps HD app for the Apple iPad and this brings in-door mapping to your “magical” tablet. We’ve covered the Micello app before when it launched on the Apple iPhone…
When news was let out that certain Google Android tablets wouldn’t have access to the Android Market, those looking forward to nabbing one were confused and a bit disappointed. However, it was made pretty clear by Google’s mobile product development director, Hugo Barra, that the apps on Android may not play well with tablets and…
D3Publisher’s Puzzle Quest was one of those games that seemed to have popped out of nowhere and yet it created such an impact with anyone that’s played it to this day. TransGaming took charge of bringing that experience to the iPhone platform, but, ultimately, the game didn’t capture the same ambiance as other versions of…