We’ve already told you and you’ve probably heard it from Apple as well that the iPad is a great multimedia consumption device. And this has been proven by the many apps that supported this claim. But up until now, what the iPad has not proven to the public is whether it could be an effective productivity tool. Enter Whiteboard HD, a new app from a company named Avici. Simply put, Whiteboard HD is a powerful visualization, collaboration and learning tool for the iPad.
What this app does is to turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard that you can use during corporate meetings, working group sessions, classroom activities, for professional coaches and practically any activity that needs a whiteboard to demonstrate a process flow, diagrams, or even a simple sketch of an object in the case of an artist. [More...]
I’ve got several games loaded on my iPad but I can only count a few of them which I was able to finish. Somewhere along the way, I stopped playing most of them right in the middle, either because I got bored or I got stuck in a difficult level. For those games which I was able to finish, one that I really enjoyed and didn’t find any boring moment playing it was Samurai HD for iPad, a great hack-and-slash, samurai type of game with a mix of Japanese manga on the side.
One thing that comes into my mind when I started hacking my way through the game’s different levels was the movie Kill Bill. The game has the spurting red blood and gore decapitation complete with realistic sound effects. But of course, the effect is not as horrid as the movie. The game’s violence carried out through game animation is enough to keep you glued into the game. [More...]
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To celebrate the launch of our new blog, we are starting a monthly iPad interview series with an interview with Paul Boag. Paul runs a web design podcast and blog at http://boagworld.com/ which is for everybody involved with designing, developing and running websites on daily basis. His Podcast is arguably one of the longest running and most listened to web design podcasts out there. In addition to that Paul runs a web design agency called Headscape.
Paul was one of those early adopters of iPad so we wanted to find out what his experience has been so far, what are his favourite apps and finally we asked his views on the impact iPad will have on web design.
Listen to the full interview (the transcript below has the links to all the apps Paul mentions):
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iPadAppCafe: You were one of the first to buy the iPad even before it was available in UK. What made you want it so badly? [More...]
For the past couple of months that I have been using my iPad, I’ve used two outstanding Twitter apps – the veteran Twitterific which also has an iPhone version and new comer Osfoora HD for Twitter. While both Twitter apps are great in terms of features, performance and interface there has got to be something which separates them.
So, if you still don’t know which Twitter app to use on your iPad, here’s our take on these two excellent apps. Twitterific for iPad is available as an ad-supported free app or as a premium app worth $4.99. Osfoora on the other hand is available for $2.99. Hopefully, by the end of this review you would have already decided which app to get. [More...]
Amazon Kindle
Amazon recently reported that ebooks have outsold printed books based on their own sales statistics. This means either more users are reading ebooks on their Kindle or Kindle apps on various platforms. Then Apple reported its 3rd quarter 2010 earnings highlighting the fact that they have sold 3.7 million units of iPad. While the iPad is not solely and ebook reader like the Kindle, the comparison between these two devices is unavoidable.
Kindle vs. iPad which is the better device? ereader? The answer is none. Each of these advices have their pros and cons when it comes to being an ebook reader. Kindle, the device is an ereader by itself. iPad on the hand has ereader as one of its features. Here, we compare these two devices as a device for reading ebooks and some more. [More...]
Gadget Venue (blog) 7 iPad Apps That Help You Budget and Improve Your Lifestyle MintLife Blog (blog) According to Techcrunch, since the iPad's release in April the number of iPad apps has grown to over 10000. That is still dwarfed by the iPhone's library of … Top 50 iPad Apps for Work and Play Datamation Do we need the iPad ?
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Comic Book Resources 20 great, free iPad comics tuaw.com (blog) Enter this list, which has some great free samples from both the DC and Marvel comics apps , or a few other free Comics reader apps available on the store.
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msnbc.com The iPad’s Growing Pains MacNewsWorld A slate of new desktop products gave AAPL a shot in the arm Tuesday, but further down the road, it looks like iOS devices like the iPad … Making the switch to Apple?
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The iPad’s Growing Pains – MacNewsWorld
We’ve already told you and you’ve probably heard it from Apple as well that the iPad is a great multimedia consumption device. And this has been proven by the many apps that supported this claim. But up until now, what the iPad has not proven to the public is whether it could be an effective productivity tool. Enter Whiteboard HD, a new app from a company named Avici. Simply put, Whiteboard HD is a powerful visualization, collaboration and learning tool for the iPad.
