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Posts tagged with "iPad"

Huffington Post Releases Completely Redesigned iPad App

If you’re loyal Huffington Post readers, happen to have an iPad and don’t mind downloading free apps from the App Store (why would you?), perhaps you’d like to take a look at the just released Huffington Post iPad app. The HuffPo’s iPad client has been around for a while, actually. Indeed, version 2.0 is a major redesign of the app aimed at taking it a step further, following the latest trends in iPad app development.

The app has this visually rich star page with a navigation sidebar on the left, main categories (Top Stories, News, Blogs, Slideshows, Popular) on the right. You can log in your account using a box in the upper left corner. You can browse the categories on the right by swiping your finger over the featured headlines.

As you tap on an article, a clean web view slides in allowing you to read without leaving the homepage. The design is nice and elegant. You can share a post, increase or decrease the font’s size, but you can go full-screen – unlike Twitter for iPad which features a similar concept but allows you to open web views in full-screen mode. Slideshows have a similar clean (although much darker) design, too.

Huffington Post for iPad is available for free in the App Store. More screenshots below. Read more

Sorted, Simple To-Do App for iPad, Gets A Lot Better With Version 2.0

Sorted is a very simple (and beautiful) to-do / list app for the iPad we first reviewed in May. The iPad was “the new hot thing” back then, not so many productivity apps were available and Things was my GTD app of choice. Sorted managed to stand out because it was elegant and provided a new way to simple list creation and task management on the tablet. It wasn’t meant for the average GTD power user still it captured the hearts of many hardcore users by being the “alternative” to more popular software like the aforementioned Things or, months later, OmniFocus for iPad.

I liked Sorted because it was the app I used to create lists out of my daily GTD environment. In fact, I still have the app on my iPad. But it’s a lot better now, as version 2.0 was released in the App Store a couple of days ago and it’s really good. Read more

Textie Hits 1.1, Now For Both iPhone & iPad

One my favorite text messaging solutions on the iPod touch is Textie, and it’s just hit version 1.1. Bringing a myriad of customization features such as custom chat bubbles and font sizes, photo previews, and the ability to see which of your friends have Textie, free text messaging is getting a much needed facelift. Not on a phone? Textie now allows you to initialize Facetime, perfect for folks like me who opt for the free-model of an iPod touch communication device. It really is an excellent companion for the Facetime icon on your homescreen, and you can download the latest version in the iTunes app store right now.

Dungeon Defenders Will Bring Android & PC Cross-Platform Multiplayer to iOS

Dungeon Defenders (universal, $2.99) is a recently release game for iPhone and iPad that it’s like a mix between Diablo and the classic Tower Defense; it’s got nice graphics and loot system but apparently gets lost when it comes down to UI (lots of huge buttons on screen) and 3D camera controls. In spite of the flaws of the first version, we should all look forward to the next update. Dropping sometime next year, an updated Dungeon Defenders will bring proper iOS, PC and Android cross-platform online multiplayer.

Several developers tried to follow the road of mobile and desktop cross-platform online battling before, and most of them failed. In the video below, though, you can see the DD developers playing the same game at the same time on an iPad, a PC and two other Android tablets. It all looks smooth and fast. It’s cross-platform multiplayer between the desktop and two different mobile OSes. Pretty intriguing.

We, too, do wonder whether the game’s servers will actually hold up once the update goes live, but right now – it looks perfect. iOS, PC and Android running the same game online? Don’t tell this doesn’t make you excited. At least a bit. [via TouchArcade] Read more

It Turns Out 56 iPads Can Be A Giant iPhone

It’s over, guys. Motorola is right. The iPad is just a giant iPhone. Well, 56 iPads actually – but let’s just go on with Motorola’s argument here, shall we?

Seriously though, what you’re looking at is a giant iPhone made of 56 iPads’ screens displaying a promo image for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a new game for the iPhone released last week. The giant device can be admired at London’s St. Pancras International Train Station and we think it’s kind of awesome. I mean, I wouldn’t mind having such a video system in my room.

You know, just to watch fake Inception trailers on Youtube.

Or maybe I’ll just wait until next year to put together 56 Motorola tablets and build a giant Droid X. [Electricpig via 9to5]

Motorola Teases New Tablet, Calls iPad “A Giant iPhone”

Look, I’m excited for the Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” update that will likely be teased by some tablet makers at CES 2011, but I just can’t get Motorola’s advertising campaigns.

In their latest teaser video of a tablet that they’ll unveil at CES 2011 (which we assume is the same Android chief Andy Rubin demoed at Dive Into Mobile) Motorola focuses on the “tablet evolution” by listing several tablets from the past (such as the Rosetta Stone, or Egyptian’s hieroglyphs) and making fun of their “features”. The Rosetta Stone, for instance, is labelled as “low-resolution”.

Motorola, though, also took the time to include the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab in the teaser video. And guess what, the iPad is called a “giant iPhone”.

We look forward to seeing Motorola unveiling their Android tablet at CES. [via Engadget] Read more

Noteshelf 3.0 Adds AirPrint, Multitasking, Photo Album Integration

Noteshelf is, in my opinion, the best handwriting app for the iPad. As I wrote in my review in October, of all the note taking and handwriting apps for iPad I had tried Noteshelf managed to stand out because of its excellent wrist protection mode, smooth digital ink, templates and overall UI design. The first version of Noteshelf was good, but the 2.1 one was even better as the developer added Evernote and Dropbox support, finer ink, more notebooks.

I have been using Noteshelf for months and haven’t really looked back. Plus, it works great with my Pogo Sketch and the AluPen review unit I got last week. Read more