This is probably the coolest bit of iOS connectivity I’ve seen so far. KL Dartboard is an iPad app (for US$3.99) that serves as a virtual board for darts thrown by an app called KL Darts … for the iPhone.
So, the idea is that you buy the iPad app and set it up on the wall, and then you download the free iPhone app and connect the two using Bluetooth. Once the setup is complete, the position that you hold and shake the iPhone in determines where the darts land on the iPad’s board.
What a weird concept. Unfortunately, it’s probably a better idea than it actually is a game; the iPhone app requires OS 4, you’ve got to have both devices, and the reviews on the iPad app say it doesn’t really work that well. It’s impossible for the iPad to know “where” the iPhone is, so you don’t even need to face the screen to throw the darts correctly.
Still, I think we’ll see more cross-device interaction like this; Chopper 2 is a game that is due out soon, and it allows you to use your iPhone as a controller for the iPad version. I think there are plenty of possibilities like that for developers to play around with. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: iPhone, ipad
- Date: Jul 6,2010
Jeweler/gadget-monger Stuart Hughes is selling diamond-encrusted iPhone 4 devices for $20,000 — but order quickly, as only 50 of these devices will be made.
These gaudy gadgets come unlocked “for worldwide use” and absolutely sparkling with 6.5 carats of VVS quality, F-color diamonds and a complimentary carrying case made of ostrich foot.
The back of the device features a solid platinum and diamond version of the Apple logo.
This latest foray into luxury goods of indubitable opulence and questionable taste calls to mind a similarly bedecked iPad which surfaced in March. This device features 11.43 carats of hand-set, micro-pave diamonds and retails for a mere $19,999. Read the rest of this entry »
Get your hands on the new iPhone and a HOT Apple iPad today!
- Author: admin
- Filed under: ipad
- Date: May 30,2010
The resounding successes of the iPhone and iPad have Apple shareholders dancing in the streets, but one area in which Apple hasn’t been as successful, however, has been business applications.
In fact, until recently, Apple retail stores used Windows-based devices to ring up orders. Now, Mercedes-Benz aims to be among the first companies to change that paradigm by bringing the popular iPad tablet into its showrooms.
The program, called Mercedes-Benz Advantage, puts the iPad into the hands of the automaker’s sales force. With the iPad and Mercedes’ new sales tool app, associates will have lightning-fast access to the latest deals, while also providing a quicker turnaround time for customer credit application processes. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, ipad
- Date: May 30,2010
The iPad has finally made its international debut, meaning that thousands and thousands of new users will be enjoying Apple’s latest device over the coming weeks.
With the launch of the iPad comes the international launch of the iPad App Store, making it possible for us to play Words With Friends with our friends in Australia.
There are already thousands of apps available in the App Store, and with the exception of apps focused on media services like Netflix, ABC or Pandora, most are also available internationally.
We’ve been fortunate enough to have the iPad in our screen-smudging paws for the past two months and in that time we’ve surveyed well over 100 apps and games for the new platform. While this list could easily be four or five times as long as it is, we wracked our brains and decided to pick ten of our favorite iPad apps for the new iPad owner. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: ipad
- Date: May 21,2010
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, in most of Apple’s retail stores in the U.S. the iPad is either sold-out or in very limited supply, especially the 3G model.
Furthermore, Apple’s online store now lists that iPad is shipping in 7-10 days (previously it was 5-7) days, which also indicates that Apple is selling more iPads than it anticipated.
“Seventy-four percent of the stores we checked were completely sold out of all iPad models, 26 percent had some WiFi models in stock, and no stores had any 3G models available,” Munster claims.
iPad sales have been phenomenal from the very beginning. Earlier this month, Apple announced it had sold one million iPads. On May 28, iPad is slated to begin shipping in European countries.
The question is: Will Apple have enough iPads to satisfy the demand?
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, ipad
- Date: May 14,2010
Thinking of buying an iPad, but the $829 price tag for the top model strikes you as a touch too plebeian?
UK-based luxury gadget designer Stuart Hughes has come to the rescue with a solid gold, diamond-encrusted version of Apple’s “magical” and “revolutionary” tablet.
The price is £129,995, or approximately $189,125, for a 3G iPad with 53 flawless diamonds on the Apple logo and a casing of solid 22ct gold.
Even if you’re willing to dish out this much money for a tablet, keep its weight in mind — the device is 2.1kg, or approximately 4.4 pounds, due to all of that gold.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, ipad
- Date: Apr 6,2010
If you’re the kind of person who has no problem walking into the Apple Store on Walnut Street dressed in some urban approximation of safari gear, you’ll probably go wild for Scottevest.
The company sells travel vests and jackets that feature a million gadget-friendly pockets and little conduits for wires and such, meaning that even the geekiest among us can have a somewhat acceptable-looking PAN, if that’s what you’re into.
And now its SeV Travel Vest is iPad compatible! Available July 1st for $100, please feel free to hit that source link to pre-order today. We will continue to look into the rumor that this is actually a re-badged Joojoo vest. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: ipad
- Date: Mar 30,2010
If there’s one thing that universities are good at, it’s dreaming up trendy technology initiatives. Apple knows that (as does McGraw-Hill) so it’s no surprise that the company’s been pushing to get the iPad adopted by schools around the country.
And so it begins: Seton Hill University, a school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced that starting this fall all full-time students will get a slate of their own.
We thought that the Kindle as textbook replacement idea was a little whackadoodle, and we don’t have much hope in the iPad as a textbook replacement either.
But if the school’s aim is to get students playing Super Monkey Ball and up-to-date on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, then we might have a winner here.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, ipad
- Date: Mar 21,2010
Steve Jobs seemingly elected to reply to another question sent to his SJobs [at] apple.com email address yesterday, this time in response to a question about support for Google’s Picasa photo sharing service on the iPad:
In short: no, the iPad won’t support Picasa albums or face recognition … and Jobs takes the opportunity to point out that iPhoto does a better job in his opinion. 9to5Mac, which first posted the thread, confirmed the authenticity of the mail by the mail headers.
How do you get Steve Jobs to respond to your emails? We’ve no idea, but a couple of Apple fans seem to have had luck in recent weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
