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iPad “Drawing Pad” App for Kids

By Cristi | April 6, 2010 | No comment yet

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One of the things I enjoy about mobile devices is the entertainment value. My family uses iPhones and iPods regularly to play games and watch movies while driving in the car, during volleyball practice and waiting in doctor’s offices. Now we have the iPad to add to our list.

Shortly before the iPad launch, I was contacted by Darren Murtha about an app called “Drawing Pad.” He sent me some info and a link to a YouTube demo video. I knew immediately that my kids would love playing with an app like “Drawing Pad,” but I was curious to see how well it actually worked. We downloaded the app on Sunday and spent quite a bit of time playing with it. Following is my review:

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FrameChannel – Your Ultimate Photo Frame

By Roberto | April 6, 2010 | 2 comments

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Ready to frame your pictures? Ready to make your iPad a sports leader board or a stocks ticker? You’re in luck, because FrameChannel developed an app that turns your iPad into a photo frame on steroids. FrameChannel offers over 1,000 channels of content that let you mix photos from the most popular photo sharing sites and social networks along with news, weather, sports scores, stock quotes and even RSS feeds and your favorite blogs.

It’s very simple. With the FrameChannel app you can mix photos from multiple photo sharing sites including Facebook, Picasa, Photobucket, Mobile Me, Flickr, Webshots, Smugmug and more. As you add photos to your photo sharing account or as your friends add photos to their Facebook account, FrameChannel updates automatically delivering a fresh mix of photos to your iPad. In addition, every FrameChannel account has a unique email address so you can invite friends to email photos directly to your iPad. You can even mix in stunning photos from professional photographers to keep your photo stream fresh with interesting content.

Netflix App Quick Review

By Roberto | April 4, 2010 | 10 comments

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When the iPad was announced earlier this year I always wondered whether there was going to be something special about it other than the pretty graphics and photos. One of the most amazing things about the iPad is its stunning image quality and the way videos play in this device. One of my biggest surprises for the iPad was the announcement on April 1st about Netflix launching a streaming app for it. I must tell you that it works great! I’m extremely pleased Apple allowed the Netflix app to be approved for the App Store.

Using the Netflix app - Let’s just say you just bought your iPad and wanted to relax and watch your favorite episode of Lost or perhaps a blockbuster movie. If you’re a Netflix member you can do just that with the official Netflix iPad app. All you have to do is download the Netflix app from the App Store and you can instantly watch TV shows and movies directly on your iPad.

Flickr announces HTML5 Video Player for iPad

By Roberto | April 2, 2010 | 2 comments

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Are you a Flickr video user? You may be thinking why are we asking this? Well, Flickr has made the right decision and join the iPad party. They will offer the Flickr HTML 5 player for your iPad.

Given that large and beautiful iPad screen your chances of watching videos and photos on the Flickr HTML5 player will surely look nice. The Flickr player will also support HD quality. Isn’t that nice! And if it wasn’t good enough already, to access your Flickr content all you have to do is simply navigate to Flickr right from your iPad. You will automatically use the built-in HTML 5 video player to watch any video. And of course, you’ll be able to really enjoy videos in full screen mode on the iPad!

Netflix Is Coming To iPad

By Roberto | April 1, 2010 | 10 comments

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As reported by App Advice, Netflix seems to have announced their iPad app availability for April 3rd. To me this is great news, especially for all of us media-intensive people. And if it wasn’t enough, the app will be available for FREE, and you’ll be able to watch TV shows and movie streams from Netflix as part of your unlimited Netflix membership. You’re also given the ability to resume watching your shows or movies where you left off on your TV or computer.

I’ve been a Netflix subscriber since they came out with their service. Their service has continuously improve every year and their catalog keeps getting bigger. What we’ve heard is that if you aren’t already a Netflix member, you can sign up as one and get a 2-week free trial.

Mixing It Up With the iPad

By Roberto | March 30, 2010 | 1 comment

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By now almost everyone out there should be convinced the introduction of the iPad will fit multiple experiences and will captivate the minds of creative companies. To me the most promising aspect of the iPad is the relatively affordable multi-touch platform that has become open to a large audience of developers.

We’ve received some emails from our readers asking our opinion about music tools for the iPad. One app that looks very promising and caught my attention is Mixr. You may be asking what is Mixr? Well, in simple terms it is an app that simulates 2 turntables. Mixr includes some great features like the ability to change the speed of playback by touch, ability to record the mixes, playback effects, and a great album view. It is a DJ app with cross-fading, equalizing, cue, drag and drop tracks, and full effects such as delays and auto filter. The multi-touch capabilities of the iPad brings a lot of excitement to this app.

MTV Brings You ‘Beavis And Butt-Head’ And More

By Roberto | March 29, 2010 | No comment yet

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The Business Insider reported that MTV Networks will be launching several apps for the iPad. When you think of it, the iPad’s launch this Saturday (April 3rd) will only scratch the surface of a multitude of new media experiences. Yes, magazines, newspapers and book publishers will be the first ones to bring you exciting media. But don’t forget about TV. The TV networks will certainly use the iPad in new ways you never imagined, including creating interactive and social apps that allow you to multi-task while you watch live programming. You are probably saying, really? Multitasking? There are some studies conducted by Nielsen that show 59% of people are multitasking when watching TV. I know I do this and many of my friends and family too.

Yahoo’s iPad App Revealed

By Bill | March 27, 2010 | No comment yet

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Even the big-boys are coming out with iPad specific apps. Screenshots of Yahoo’s new iPad apps made their way out on the net today and MacStories (via 9to5Mac) was nice enough to post their find.

The apps look very polished and are even more compelling than Yahoo’s standard web versions. The apps cover four Yahoo properties: Yahoo! Guide, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Entertainment and Yahoo! Video.

If Yahoo’s app is representative of the app quality we’ll see on the iPad, than the it has a real shot of being the new “third-category” of mobile device Steve Jobs promised.