Posts tagged with "iPad"

App Store Password Caching Causing Unintentional Purchases?

So you have a kid right? Then I’m sure you’ve done this a lot or have had this happen at least once: You download an innocent game to keep them busy, handed them your iPhone, and let them have at it. The kids get carried away, and you wake up the next morning to a bank alert claiming you’ve incurred $300 in App-app purchases. This leads to a few nasty emails sent to Apple and the developer, claiming fraudulent charges and demanding your money back.

But just so you know, developers aren’t trying to screw you over. Apple has an odd API concerning purchases and password caching. While you probably realize that Apple gives you the opportunity to purchase multiple items in the store so you don’t have to keep entering your password, you might not have realized that this caching translates to in-app purchases as well.

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Apple Targeting ‘Other’ Tablet Shoppers?

Interested in the mythical HP Slate, the compact Dell Streak, an Android powered micro-tablet, or something called a Netpad? Why not try an iPad?

While I wasn’t able to reproduce the advertising on Google.com, TechCrunch is right when they say that Google.co.uk results show iPad Google AdWords when you search for any of the above terms. I don’t know what Apple has to fear from the European market; the Dell Streak and gimmicky Android tablets shouldn’t pose a threat to Cupertino’s empire. I suppose it’s better to be safe than not, but it’s kind of an interesting tactic when the iPad is only the most popular thing on earth besides the iPhone 4.

[via TechCrunch]

Fever & Ashes, The Full Review

Color us red – Federico and I were never Fever users until recently. Supposedly we had been missing out on one of the world’s greatest RSS applications, and sequentially we were told to, “Get out.” So both of us bit the bullet a couple weeks ago and dropped the $30 from our paychecks just to see what all of the hype is about. And after a bit of monkeying around with Nearly Free Speech, both of us now have relatively cheap server space to host it all. As a result, we have a review.

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Concept: iPad Camera Case

So you want a camera on your iPad. I’m sorry folks, you’ll have to wait for a second version of the device. Maybe, or maybe not. Truth is, we don’t know what Steve is going to announce next year, and we certainly don’t want to start the rumor mill now.

But still, you can lay your eyes on this beautiful concept found on iPadevice: an iPad case with integrated camera and dock. Check out the images after the break. Most of all, let us know if a camera on the iPad is really that necessary.

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PadEdit: iPad-optimized IDE On Your Server

The iPad comes with a great default browser, built on top of another great technology called Webkit. Safari for iPad makes browsing from a tablet feel good, and I haven’t find a single alternative in the App Store worth replacing Apple’s default app.

If there’s a webapp that showcases the great capabilities of Safari for iPad, that’s PadEdit.

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Malaysia Airlines Introduces iPad Kiosks

We all know that the iPad is slowly becoming an essential part of our lives. We check emails with it, write, read, browse the web, organize photos and videos. We do things with it, not only geek stuff. Malaysia Airlines seems to think that the iPad is the must-have device for customers, too.

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Blogshelf: iPad Reader “For the Rest of Us”

We’ve been reviewing many iPad applications meant for reading online content. The Early Edition, My Newspaper, Pulse, Reeder: each one of them has its pros and cons, and I’ve found my ideal workflow by combining Reeder with Ashes -  we’ll review the second one later this week.

Today I’m taking a look at another new app built to easily access article with an interesting interface and concept: Blogshelf.

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