Posts tagged with "iPad"

A Docking Station For Your iMac, iPad and iPhone

I bought an iMac a few weeks ago, and I had to re-think my workspace to fit a new desktop computer and two docks (iPhone and iPad) on a single desk. It turned out pretty good, and I also managed to hide the cables (USB, FireWire) behind the iMac’s screen and the external hard drive. I wish I could install something like the concept below, though. Read more

Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World→

Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World

So that’s one potential area for disruption – the iPad as an inexpensive, touch-based computer terminal, with free or cheap apps to run business functions. Sure, yes, most retail or dining establishments already have point-of-sale systems. But have you ever tried using one? Or programming one? We’ve never met an employee or manager who wouldn’t love to destroy theirs.

Meanwhile, the other potential iPad use case is just as a lightweight, touch-based computing device within the corporate environment.

And the current version of iOS for iPad can’t even print or multitask.

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Moleskine Launching iPhone & iPad Cases

I’m not exactly a case guy, but I can spot a well-crafted product when I see one. And when it comes to Moleskine, the legendary sleek notebook, you can bet the product it’s going to be cleverly crafted and top-notch.

As far as iOS devices go, soon you’ll be able to wrap your iPhones and iPads inside a custom (and official) Moleskine case: together with a spot for your device of choice, you’ll also get a Moleskine notebook to carry along while faving tweets uncontrollably in Twitterrific. Read more

MobileMe Gallery App Updated with iPad, iOS 4 And Retina Display Support

The MobileMe Gallery app (which I previously covered back in February here) allows you to check on your MobileMe photo galleries using a beautiful user interface with a couple of neat features up its sleeve. Apple just updated the app to include a native iPad version (the app is now universal, and of course free), full iOS 4 fast app switching support, Retina Display graphics.

You can also view your friends’ galleries without the need of having a MobileMe account, which is pretty cool. The app is free and available here, check out the screenshots below. Read more

iSkinza Might Just Be The Sexiest Vinyl Skins for iOS Devices

Our good friend Arron Hirst, who regularly blogs over at RazorianFly, has been working on something very cool recently. If you follow the guy (you should), then you know that he released an interesting set of iPhone wallpapers in the past, known by the absurdly awesome names of Zumoki, Uberkis, Folzi and Klarion. Now, those wallpapers have been turned into adhesive skins for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad which you can check out over at Hirst’s new project, iSkinza. Read more

The iPad App I Need

Since nobody seems to care about the lack of a decent blogging app for iPad, I decided to come out with my own post about it. I’ve been thinking about this for months now (since April, the day after I got my iPad), and while I thought I could maybe find the time to look for an iOS developer and start my own “team of two” to develop the app, I just don’t want to wait anymore. So developers, here’s what I - and hundreds of other bloggers using an iPad - need. Read more

My Must-Have 20 iPad Apps

Following yesterday’s post about the must-have Mac apps I install every time I have to play with a new installation of OS X, I thought it would be interesting to talk about my iPad setup as well.

Of course the iPad is a different machine from MacBooks: not just because it’s an entirely new kind of computing machine, the concept of “OS installation” itself is radically different. On OS X, installation is a clunky process that can take up to several minutes at best; as for the transition from an OS to another, OS X doesn’t come with the simple Backup / Restore system iOS  has. Sure you have Time Machine and Migration Assistant, but those tools aren’t as consumer-friendly as iOS and iTunes.

Speaking of which, that’s exactly what makes iOS different: iOS devices live inside iTunes. iTunes handles the updates, backups, restores, fresh installations and applications. For these reasons, installing apps on an iPad running a fresh new OS is a different story then OS X. Most users have never messed with restore and betas, so they never really had to deal with “starting anew all over again”. I did, and here are the apps I install every single time my iPad needs to be synchronized for the first time. My must-haves. Read more