Pulse: redefining the iPad RSS reader… again.
Just when you thought the RSS reader space was well-and-truly saturated on the iPad, along comes another one! But where Pulse differs from Newsrack, as a good example of an incumbent RSS reader on the iPad, is with a new take on the news reader UI that might just catch on.
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Flight Control HD or: How I learned to stop worrying and love air traffic control
Flight Control on the iPhone spread like a plague: a whirlwind of simple, addictive gameplay seamlessly mashed together with top notch production values.
Coming from the previously unknown developer Firemint, it had a very impressive reign at the top of the iPhone apps chart. And the new iPad incarnation is no slouch, continuing Firemint’s tradition of quality.
An unlikely concept for a AAA game, you take on the role of an air traffic controller. A god figure, sitting in the sky directing planes and helicopters from flying catastrophically into one another.
iPad Released Internationally
The iPad has finally had its official release in territories outside of the US and has attracted crowds and enormous queues to be the first to have one.
Rahul Kuduri was the first in line at the launch at the flagship Sydney store, lining up from 2AM the previous night. We applaud your dedication, giving professional line standers worldwide a run for their money!
CHOICE Cameras and Strollers Lite: Camera and Stroller reviews in your pocket
A little change of pace today, with an iPhone/Touch app review.
If you’re in Australia, you may know CHOICE as one of the better sources for independent product reviews. For those in the US, Consumer Reports is your equivalent and in the UK, Which?.
CHOICE has released two new buyer’s guide apps for Strollers and Digital Cameras. The applications are designed for iPhone/iPod Touch but are also compatible with the iPad.
The apps are particularly interesting due to the number of reviews they throw at you at no cost, especially in the case of the Cameras app. The apps serve as detailed pocket compendiums for most popular cameras/strollers available in stores today.
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Kevin Rose reviews the Dodocase for iPad
Founder of digg.com and Angel Investor, Kevin Rose has been at the forefront of iPad reviews, giving it one of the first in a fun 20 minute segment on the diggnation show and providing one of the best rationalisations of buying one on his blog, leading up to the release.
Posted to his blog today is his review of the one of the nicer iPad cases going around, the Dodocase. Read more
Disk space blues: How To Reclaim disk space on your iPad
If you’re like me – filling up your iPad with as many quality applications, music, videos as you can get your hands on – you might be finding the internal storage is becoming a little claustrophobic. Never fear, iTunes has your covered with a smart feature included new in iTunes 9.
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iPad App Store Now Available Internationally
The App Store is now accessible on the iPad in UK and France as well as in New Zealand and Australia. Previously, it was possible to purchase iPad apps using iTunes but not access the store via the actual device in these countries.
This is a boon for early adopters, who finally can download apps on the device, without encountering a frustrating error message.
