As part of its plans to ship 40 million iPads this year, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among competitors. According to sources from upstream component makers, it’s the second-tier players that won’t be able to procure enough touch panels for their tablet devices. With RIM,…
Back To The Future Episode 1 Now Available for the iPad; Biff Still Hates Manure
We’ve been keeping a close eye on TellTale Games’ Back to the Future ever since it was announced that it was going to be released on the iPad. When you factor in how great past TellTale Games have been on iOS, we couldn’t help but feel completely excited at the prospect of this game. Today…
Australia’s Jetstar airline to offer iPad rental service in April
We know Qantas Airways’ low-cost airline Jetstar was preparing to launch an iPad rental service for quite some time now. Apparently doing so is not as easy as it sounds due to contract negotiations and licensing agreements with Apple and content owners. However things are moving forward and it is expected that the new service…
Yahoo! Announces Livestand, a Personalized Magazine App for Tablets
Yahoo! today announced an upcoming app for the iPad and Android tablets called Livestand which will aim to deliver unified, personalized content in a sharp magazine-style layout. Yahoo! has tons of properties to draw upon to deliver this content, like Sports, News, Finance, and Flickr, and they’re reaching out to advertisers and publishers to fill…
Former England rugby captain tracks his lost iPad with MobileMe, live-tweets his adventure
Will Carling, a former rugby captain in the UK, lost his iPad on a train and chronicled his journey to finding it with his Twitter account. But when he initially left the Apple tablet on the train, he just chalked it up as a loss until he remembered that he had MobileMe activated on it.…
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 HD Hits the iPad with 2-Player Mode; FINISH HIM!
NBA Jam wasn’t the only game in EA Mobile’s arsenal to hit the App Store as Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 HD has also made its way to the iPad early this morning. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 HD is, for the most part, an iPad version of the iPhone game that came out a couple of…
Apple iBooks Updated for iPhone and iPad
Apple’s e-book application for iOS, iBooks, was updated yesterday for both the iPhone and iPad. For those that use it and do a lot of reading, this is a ‘cool beans’ moment for sure. The update brings the application to version 1.2.1, and packs quite a few new features, including: Important stability and performance improvements…
iOS Game Publishers Offer Valentine’s Day Sales for Select iPhone & iPad Games
When I think of Valentine’s Day I think of Cupid prancing around, shooting his arrows into people to help them fall in love, couples planning their days out with brunches, picnics, and an elegant dinner at a 5 star restaurant. I also think of the rest of you poor bastards who say that you’re fine…
New Gameplay Video for NBA Jam for iPhone & iPad Takes the Court
Last week, EA Mobile announced it’ll be bringing NBA Jam to iOS and that was pretty much it. No screenshots, no video, not even a single mention of what teams we could expect or what kind of features will be included. In terms of announcements, it was a bare-bones one. That all changes today as EA…
NFL teams consider iPad to replace playbooks
The Apple iPad might find its way into the NFL soon as a replacement for team playbooks. It’ll save on using up paper, but it could also be a more dynamic tool for teams and coaches when running plays. According to CNET: Pete Walsh, head of technology for the Cowboys, said his team and at…