Posts tagged with "iPad"

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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LogMeIn Ignition for iPad

Currently the 10th Top Grossing iPad application on the App Store, LogMeIn Ignition always seems to spark a bit of curiosity with iPad owners. For $30, what exactly are you getting with your remote application? I spent some time at home and in the real world testing LogMeIn Ignition for the past couple of weeks, and I have to say I’m pleasantly impressed with the quality of LogMeIn’s application, and I think it’s just about perfect for anyone who needs to access their desktop computer while mobile.

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Today’s List: Beautiful Todo List for iPad [2 Codes Up for Grabs]

OmniFocus for iPad is out, but I’m sure many of you iPad owners out there don’t need all the features of OmniGroup’s huge software to get things done. Maybe you just need to remember what to do every single day, you don’t need contexts, tags, OTA sync and insert another must-have GTD feature here.

Your only concern is that you always forget what to do. If so, take a look at Random Accident’s first iPad app, Today’s List.

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Kindle for iPad Gets Dictionary Update, Wikipedia & Google

The Kindle itself may have gotten a $139 update that makes it an affordable competitor to the iPad, though we image you may not have an interest in the new e-reader. iPad converts can find the Kindle app on their device with the same material available as its plastic counterpart, and it’s gotten a nice update that can make your reading experience even more pleasurable.

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How Safari on iPad Should Have Been [Concept]

I browse a lot of websites with my iPad. At the end of each day, I sit down, relax and open my favorite websites using Safari. Could Safari on the tablet be better though? Yes. If you look closer, Safari on iPad is pretty similar to the desktop version: you have buttons, a chrome, a standard way of interacting with webpages.

So the Arc90 guys thought about this and came up with a genius concept of how Safari on the iPad should have been like.

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