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Posts tagged with "iPad"

Pulse Updated with Posterous Integration: It’s About News Curation All Over Again

It’s been a while since I first reviewed Pulse for iPad. For those who don’t know, Pulse was one of the first “visual news readers” to come out on the tablet: it allows you to browse news from your favorite sources in an innovative interface that makes it easy to read, check out pictures, share and like posts.

In these past months (and after a pretty controversial removal from the App Store), the developers have focused on fixes (the app is very smooth now), readability, Google Reader integration (nice, Flipboard needs this) and, with the latest update, news curation.

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Reeder for iPad 1.1 Available: Improved Article Layout, Bug Fixes

I love when iTunes asks me to update apps like Reeder by Silvio Rizzi. Reeder for iPad, possibly the best RSS reader app for iPad out there, has just been updated to version 1.1. The new version introduces an improved article layout, image zooming, better video handling and lots of bug fixes and performance improvements. Oh, and the app will now use the apple-touch-icon even if the file is smaller than 120 x 120.

You can find the app here at $4.99. Be sure to check out our review if you missed it. Again, must-have.

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Tisk Task is the Polar Opposite of OmniFocus

With Things and OmniFocus obviously being the best contenders for getting things done on the iPad, you may be forgetting about the simple things in life – mainly those basic checklists you used to keep on your night table. While someone like me could certainly put the workhorse that is OmniFocus through its paces, I realize that not all of you need such a solution for your daily reminders. When Chicken Studios contacted us about Tisk Task, I thought you’d be interested.

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Future iPhones to Possibly Have Intel Inside

If you’re looking to have a little Intel in your iPhone, it may come sooner than you think. Intel is looking to buy Germany-based Infineon’s wireless chips.

Reputable teardown sites make it clear that Infineon silicon plays a pretty important role in the iPad and iPhone 4. UMB TechInsights shows two chips: An Infineon A GSM/W-CDMA transceiver and a baseband processor.

The baseband processor–which handles the 3G connection–is one of the most critical chips. “This processor has HSDPA/HSUPA capabilities of 7.2Mbps/2.9Mbps and the ability to connect to cameras with up to 5 MPixels like the one found on the iPhone 4G (the X-GOLD 618 version),” according to TechInsights. (HSDPA stands for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. HSUPA is the acronym for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access.)

[via CNET]

Wired to Bring Exclusive Short Films to the iPad

I’ve been thinking about what types of media people would rather consume lately. Though I’m not quite ready to propose my position, Wired clearly sees the potential for video on the iPad. I too think the iPad is a fascinating device to watch video on (as the device seemingly melts away during those Keanu Reeves action sequences), and I’m glad to hear Wired will be bringing us a few engrossing short films in a future issue or two.

With its August issue, it’s going one step further, producing original short films that are available exclusively on the iPad.

For the films—there are four—Wired got comic Will Ferrell to spoof once-anticipated inventions for the 21st century, like ray guns and jet packs. The films are tied to the August cover subject, “The Future That Never Happened.”

Mediaweek says that Condé Nast’s Scott Dadich is behind the genius of these featured films, and that a sample will be available on Wired’s website so iPad naysayer’s can see what the hype is about. Though you may want to buy an iPad with bigger storage space anyway if these interactive magazines start becoming storage hogs.

[via Mediaweek]

UK Military Implementing iPad in the Classroom?

The iPad is seeing more combat than living rooms The Next Web reports. Young grunts at the Royal School of Artillery are getting key training and are learning faster than ever before via the slick device, thanks to the interaction and presentation of real-world combat situations.

”[…] benefits of iPad use in military training, and any learning experience for that matter, is a decrease in the amount of classroom time required when using the right app for the situation, decreases in costs associated with publishing training materials, and the mobility the iPad offers can transfer learning to any environment.”

Engaging students behind enemy lines, it’s great to see the iPad making waves in education. As colleges begin adopting the device too, I wonder if student performance will see similar increases in the classroom?

[BBC via The Next Web]

Why Would You Ever Want to Turn Your iPad In A Fridge-Magnet?

Gadgets gone wrong, or must-have thing of this holiday season? I’m pretty confident a zillion of crazy iPad users will buy it, and love it.

Wired talks about a new product, the FridgePad:

“Made of aluminum with a big old magnet on the back to keep it firmly stuck to the fridge, the FridgePad holds the iPad with four plastic corner clips. Once secured to the door of the smallest and coldest room in the house, you can use the iPad to play music, podcasts or audiobooks, show you recipes or, well, anything the iPad can do. The more I think about it, the more it is clear how perfect the iPad is as a kitchen computer. And if you’re really messy when you cook, you could even slip the whole rig, magnet and all, into the ziploc bag and just slap that onto the refrigerator.”

You know what? Give me a great calendar app and I’m gonna stick my baby to the fridge. Maybe. But only if it comes with additional Ballmer stickers.

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