I always love it when good folks out there take today’s technology, and integrate it into their lives in a different way. Take Alan Daly and his iPad. Sure, he loved the ‘magical’ device, but he wanted to take his love to a new level, and display it for all to see in what is…
iPad 3G Data Roaming Now Available on AT&T, Still Expensive
Those of you eager to take your shiny new iPad 3G on a trip out of town might want to think twice – AT&T’s data roaming is still stupid expensive. $24.99/month will get you 20 MB, $59.99 50 MB, $119.99 100 MB, and $199.99 will get you 200 MB. For those of you wincing, just…
ABC iPad app now supports 3G video
Just as we expected, ABC has released an update of its Player application that will stream videos over wireless data networks. The app gives you access to a variety of ABC’s shows on demand with some ads. The program is quite polished and it has a slick user interface. On the down sides, not all…
Original Macintosh Modded To House the iPad
Chalk this one up to creativity, and perhaps a few beers during the design process. Flickr user mapgoblin recently posted the picture you see above… and would you look at what he’s done. Combining the original Macintosh with a new iPad as the modded display is, well… it’s different. By the looks of things it…
Etch-A-Sketch iPad Sleeve Protects Your iPad in Fuzzy Layers of Felt
Most iPad owners will be searching for optimal protection for their new ‘magical’ devices. When I bought mine, I decided to pick up the stock Apple iPad case, and overall I’m quite happy with it. However, if I had the option to pick up an Etch-A-Sketch iPad case when I was busy purchasing… I would…
Distimo’s latest report is all about the iPad
Distimo is out with its new monthly report, which unsurprisingly is focused on the Apple iPad. Without further ado, here’s what they’ve found: The number of applications in the Apple AppStore for iPad has reached 4,870 since the release of the device on April 3rd. In the last two weeks alone, the number of iPad…
iPad 3G uses LCD frame as a giant 3G antenna
For those of you wondering how the iPad manages to lock onto AT&T’s wireless data network and GPS satellite signals despite its signal-blocking aluminum unibody casing, iFixIt’s new iPad 3G dissection sheds some light on just how Apple solves the “aluminum problem.” Turns out, the iPad 3G makes the most of its LCD frame by…
RIM working on iPad-killing BlackBerry tablet (BlackPad/Cobalt)
We’ve heard rumors before about BlackBerry-maker RIM jumping into the tablet space with their own BlackBerry tablet (codenamed BlackPad / Cobalt), and today we’re hearing of an alleged “confirmation” of the slate-style BlackBerry device. But, before you get all excited about seeing your favorite push-emailing platform going the tablet route, we should warn you that…
World of Warcraft Running On the iPad… Kind Of…
To the millions of subscribers of World of Warcraft, one thing I’m sure they’d all love to be able to do is to play the game while they’re out and about in the real world in order to get their regular fix of World of Warcrack. Sure, they CAN lug around a laptop with them…
iPad, newer iPhones, hacked and jailbroken – Multitask on your iPad now!
Ahh, we love the smell of fresh jailbreaks in the morning. There’s no better way to kick off the work week than with news of a new iPhone OS jailbreak solution from the iPhone Dev Team. Following on their iPad jailbreak preview and iPhone OS 4.0 jailbreak demo, the venerable iPhone OS hackers have announced…