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It seems like games are one of the categories who’re getting the biggest benefit in the adoption of a bigger touch screen, or at least that’s what developers are showing us. Shangai Mahjong is coming to the iPad as well, thanks to MobileAge who are developing a universal application that will run just fine on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It looks good, it’s vibrant and makes even use of popovers and other native elements.
As usual, check out the images after the break.
A different take on the subject.
French blog iGeneration.fr reports that, accordingly to an anonymous distributor, the iPad should be sold in France (and hence, Europe) at a considerably more expensive price then the US. While I have to admit I can really see that coming, seeing it written on paper (web, actually) is still a painful stab in the back.
Growing up, I was into three things. First it was the Lite Brite, and incredible invention that offered hours of fun. At least until you pocked one to many holes through the screen. The second was the Magna Doodle, which is probably my favorite. And third, Legos. But it was the Lite Brite that started this whole creativity thing, and it was quite brilliant for its time.
iPad owners are lucky, because we now get to relive the days of the glowing plastic pegs with an application called iBrite. Check out the preview video after the break.
What a nice second preview I’ve received from my friends Matthew Rex and Jonah Grant today. If you’ve ever dreamt to be a modern Moses, then Commandments is aimed at you: packed in a beautiful interface and a delicious icon, it allows you to carry then ten commandments with you all the time.
Web designers, this one’s aimed at you. We all know client work can easily become a nightmare sometimes. Well, most of the times somebody would say. Thing is, one of the problems with designers and clients, is that the former don’t really do a good job at first, while approaching a new client: they either don’t ask the right questions, or understand what the client indeed wants. Or perhaps properly store the information they collected about the client.
Design Brief, an upcoming application for the iPad developed by Ben Duivesteyn, aims at solving this problem by providing a beautiful and easy way to capture information about a new client.
I knew this was gonna happen, but I didn’t expect it to actually happen that soon. I’m talking about note taking apps, probably one of the most popular genres on the iPhone App Store, ready to take over the iPad store as well. What better than a new application that supports notes, note sessions and todos then?
Here’s a preview of CourseNotes. It looks good.
We’ve seen so many screenshots of the iPad App Store , but what about some video footage? We’ve just been sent a short video that shows the actual store being used, with all the applications we’ve seen so far: the Yahoo Entertainment app, Twitterrific, OmniGraffle and OmniGraph Sketcher, Real Racing.
Check it out after the break.
Syncode, the developers behind the Synotes iPhone app we reviewed a while ago here, have just announced that they have submitted “Synotes Slate” for Apple approval. If everything goes fine the application should be available for the App Store Grand Opening on April 3rd.
Synotes for iPad will offer pretty much the same features of the iPhone counterpart, obviously benefitting from the bigger screen and new interface elements of the iPad.
From the blog post:
“We felt, as many other developers have expressed, that a universal application was not for us. The new platform brings many new opportunities, and to fully utilize them with a changed user interface we have decided against a universal binary. It is important to note that the application has been written from scratch for the new platform. This means a better user experience for everyone involved.
The biggest difference between designing for the iPad compared to the iPhone is the capacious screen we had to work with. Before even thinking about how Synotes Slate would be designed, we carefully studied and analysed Apple’s standard iPad applications and their design in both function and form. Like many iPad apps, Synotes Slate uses universal iPad UI elements such as a UISplitView and Pop-Over menus to both increase productivity and provide a continuous experience between multiple applications.”
Extensive use of modal windows, popovers and split view, as you can see from the screenshots posted by the developers.I can’t wait to put my hands on this, waiting for an iPad version of Simplenote to be announced.
