Ultimate Sharks – The Ultimate iPad App for Shark Week
Ultimate Sharks is this week’s iPad App of the Week – a fitting choice to coincide with Discovery Channel’s annual shark week. Published by Discovery Communications, the app is chock full of great content that should appeal to anyone who’s even mildly interested in sharks. Here are some of the app’s notable features: – 10...
Editions by AOL – New iPad Magazine Looks Promising
Editions by AOL is a new iPad-only magazine from the folks who pioneered CDs as coasters for our coffee mugs. It’s the latest social, highly customizable news magazine style app for the iPad, following in the footsteps of Flipboard and others that have lead the way in this category. Here’s a little of its App...
USA Today for iPad Updated – Adds Breaking News & Push Notifications
USA Today for iPad was updated yesterday, to Version 2.0.5. The big new feature in the update is the addition of breaking news within the app, and push notifications for breaking news. It also includes a minor UI update and some bug fixes. USA Today is already one of the best iPad newspaper editions –...
Bored with iPad Jailbreak – My iPad 2 Is Restored to Stock
I had been running my iPad 2 jailbroken for the last few weeks, since soon after the first jailbreak for it became available. Last night I restored it to stock and iOS 4.3.5. I’ve been jailbreaking my iOS devices since way back in the 1.x days of the iPhone OS, but on the iPad in...
ZAGGfolio iPad 2 Case + Keyboard Has Issues, ZAGG Providing Replacement Cases
A few weeks back I did a post here mentioning the new ZAGGfolio iPad 2 case with integrated removable keyboard. The case + keyboard combo looked good to me and I ended up ordering one. I’ve recently had my ZAGGfolio delivered – but I won’t be getting any use out of the case for a...
CFG: Cosmo for Guys Subscription Contest – 3 iTunes Gift Cards To Be Won
Three $25 iTunes gift cards to be won Contest Deadline: Friday August 5, 2:00PM US Central Yesterday Cosmopolitan released CFG: Cosmo for Guys – a new iPad-only magazine title that offers men insight and advice on what women really want. And today we’ve got a contest where three of you can win the cost of...
Skype for iPad Released, Looks Good
Skype for iPad has been released on the iPad App Store today. The much awaited iPad version of the hugely popular VOIP app is a free app and works over WiFi and 3G. It requires iOS 4.0 or above, and lets you send and receive video using the front or back camera on iPad 2,...
Review: mophie workbook iPad 2 Case
The mophie workbook is a ‘protective smartcase’ for the iPad 2. Made by mophie – who I’ve known best for their excellent line of Juice Pack Air rechargeable battery cases for the iPhone. Although my favorite ‘outfit’ for the iPad 2 is the Apple smart cover and a slim skin on the back, I also...
OT: Gratuitous Deputy Editor Labrador Pic
My faithful Deputy Editor Dawg, miserably failing to take his role seriously. No Monday blues for him. Normal iPad posting service will resume shortly. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: deputy editor dog
The New Yorker’s iPad Subscription, Readership Numbers Looking Good
As The New York Times reported this weekend, things are looking good for The New Yorker’s iPad edition. Here are some of the numbers reported for The New Yorker Magazine for iPad: – 100,000 iPad readers – 20,000 subscribers at $59.99 per year. – 75,000 who have taken up the magazine’s offer for print subscribers...
CFG: Cosmo for Guys Launches on the iPad
CFG: Cosmo for Guys is the latest new title from the publishers of Cosmopolitan, the popular women’s magazine. Interestingly, the title appears to be another iPad-only magazine from a top-drawer publisher. Here’s a little intro from Cosmopolitan themselves on the new title: Conceived and executed by Cosmopolitan editors, the worldwide authority on women, love and...
Carbon Fiber iPad 2 Skins Look Good
As I’ve talked about a lot here recently, my favorite ‘outfit’ for the iPad 2 is the Apple Smart Cover and a skin for the back. My favorites so far have been a gelaskin and the ZAGG LEATHERskin for iPad 2. I have to say these Carbon Fiber Skins for the iPad 2 from BelchCo...
