Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Flipboard for iPad has received an update today. The latest version brings a bunch of new features to the social news reader app.
The new version is numbered 1.1 and allows you to now sync Google Reader to it which in turn, lets you browse through your combined feeds in one in a handy and readable format. Flickr is also available now and the updated app lets you browse more easily through pictures stored in the web service. [Read more…]
Navigon has updated MobileNavigator for the iPhone and increased it to version 1.7. The new MobileNavigator 1.7 brings a few new features to the iPhone which includes Retina Display support.
Another handy feature is that the iPhone app is now also compatible with the iPad and allows you to run the iPad version as an iPad version and not stretched like before. [Read more…]
The iPad is designed for a single user. When you slide the unlock slider, you get presented with the same icons, same settings, same active logins no matter who picks up the iPad.
This concept idea aims to allow several people to use the iPad, each with their individual settings. It uses 4 sliders with one in each corner for each user. When that user picks up the iPad they use the slider with their name and log in to their own icons, saved passwords and what not. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has released a new update for iBooks. The new update is version 1.2 and it brings several new features to the iPhone and iPad (and iPod touch).
New features include better and fully illustrated books allowing childrens books to look better as well as for other books such as artbooks to get a makeover.
The update also brings more organisation to your library and now allows you to organise the library in to collections. The Books/PDF buttons have now been replaced with a single button that takes you to a list of folders. Here, you can create new collections such as study books etc… and then put books in to the folder to keep things more organised. [Read more…]
CNN has launched a new iPad app. The app was launched yesterday in the iTunes store and allows users to get CNN content through the app installed on an iPad.
The app allows you to integrate a little with CNN by providing a way to comment on the news & insights presented. [Read more…]
Those with an Apple iOS device such as the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, now have access to the Google Voice app. Prior to this launch, the Google Voice app was only available for the iPhone.
The app is compatible with the iPad and iPod but all features are not available such as the ability to make voice calls as described below…
While you can’t use your iPod or iPad as a phone, you can use it to initiate Google Voice calls with your phones. We call this feature Click2Call. Simply click any ‘Call’ button in the Google Voice app on your iPod or iPad and then select which of your phones you want to ring. Google Voice will call your phone and then connect your call.
SimCity for the iPad has finally launched. The game has been expected for a while now and has finally gone on sale.
The game was created by Electronic Arts and allows you to take control and build your own virtual city. This particular game has been available for the iPhone for a while now, but finally has been optimised to work better on the larger screen. [Read more…]
Amazon has launched a new app for the iPad called Windowshop. The new app allows users in the UK, France and Germany to browse Amazon within an app rather than via the Safari browser.
The new layout in the app has been designed specifically for the iPad in that icons are spaced out more and the whole experience is more friendly for the touchscreen tablet. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has posted a job listing that requests a Verizon iPad System Engineer. The location is in Cupertino, as expected, and the job role requires someone who has a technical background in Exchange, VPN as well as other enterprise solutions.
The full listing can be found below although it was posted a few days ago, so act quick if you fit this one. [Read more…]
Although Steve Jobs said there was no chance a smaller 7 inch iPad would be built, the rumors still wont die. We now hear from Reuters who cite an Asian manufacturing source who says a smaller, half sized iPad is currently being manufactured.
There aren’t any other rumors to accompany this one other than the source indicating that this particular model will sit right between the iPod touch and the regular iPad. Some features we can predict if this rumor ends up being true is that it will have a higher res screen as well as a couple of cameras one of which for FaceTime calls. [Read more…]
BestBuy.com in the US is now selling the Apple iPad. Prior to this weekend, you could only reserve an iPad at BestBuy and then pick it up instore.
All six models of the iPad are available at the moment with each of them having free shipping. The price is slightly higher for some reason, only 99 cents higher, but if you can’t or don’t want to get one direct from Apple, then you now have another choice. [Read more…]
Some cases have started showing up for the iPad 2 over the last couple of days. All of them have a small hole on the top left (when viewed from behind) that indicates a camera is coming to the back of the device. The cases also have the same sections cut out that we see on cases for the current iPad… ie, the dock connector, speaker and volume buttons as well as power and headphones.
Things we noticed is that the speaker cut out is slightly larger than before, perhaps a larger speaker or something else is coming. There’s also no landscape dock connector on the iPad 2 case. [Read more…]
