Apple iPad, Applications and Accessories

Jul. 30, 2010 – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a room full of Wall Street analysts that Apple has done a swell job with iPad and stressed his company is hard at work to.

UK soldiers use iPad app to train for Afghan operations. by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jul 30th 2010 at 6:00PM. At the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire, UK, troops have been learning how to manage a fire mission (firing artillery at …

Sure, you could try affixing some magnets to the back of your iPad , and get the same iPad -as-fridge-magnet effect for far less, but then what’d happen if the iPad dropped and shattered? You wouldn’t have anyone to sue but yourself.

It’s one thing to compare how much mobile downloads cost you across various US carriers. Here’s how the US iPad data plan stacks up against what the rest of the world pays. It’s not pretty.

Somebody needs to make an iPhone game-pad already. The iPhone is great for games and all, but for old-school platformers and beat-’em-ups like Streetfighter IV, nothing beats having some real buttons to mash.

We were secretly hoping that RIM’s acquisition of the blackpad.com domain name was nothing more than a joke (or a preventative measure, at worse), but it sure sounds as if that’ll be the name the folks in Waterloo go with come this winter. According to unnamed sources who have unloaded new information to Bloomberg , RIM’s first tablet will actually be “introduced in November,” though there’s no clear indication as to when it’ll ship . Said sources have also stated that the device will sport a 9.7-inch display, inbuilt WiFi and Bluetooth, and a downright comical Blackpad label. We get the Black Berry link and all, but really? Here’s hoping for a last minute change of heart . [Thanks, Simon] RIM’s 9.7-inch Blackpad rumored for November launch — yes, Blackpad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:00 EDT

This amazingly detailed task management application has been my most anticipated iPad application since the announcement of the iPad. OmniFocus is a powerhouse of a task manager. Providing great organization tools if you have lots of …

Furum Runner (link below) is an iPhone/iPad app which allows you to browse forums outside a browser. The advantage of this on the iPhone is that you.

But we would be very surprised if RIM could put together a combination of hardware, software, pricing, and marketing that anyone would find compelling enough to buy instead of an iPad . So it’s probably toast. …

The FridgePad is billed as the “ultimate fridge magnet”. I’d say it’s probably the ultimate anything . Think about it. Even with my obviously awesome “ Waterproof, Kitchen-Proof iPad Case ” (a ziploc bag), your iPad still gets in harms way in the kitchen. The FridgePad fixes this by mounting the iPad up where nature intended: on the front of the refrigerator. Made of aluminum with a big old magnet on the back to keep it firmly stuck to the fridge, the FridgePad holds the iPad with four plastic corner clips