I can’t wait to get an ipad – we are in need of a new computer (not that the one I am typing on now is bad, it’s just we need a second since I am a bit of a hog 
. I think the ipad is the perfect cheaper option for night surfin’! …
Two tiny black 720p boxes, two interesting choices. The $59 Roku HD will put Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand and Roku’s 75 other content channels on your TV quickly and easily, while the $99 Apple TV offers up iTunes rentals, Netflix, and eventually AirPlay streaming from your iPad or iPhone. (You could step up to the Roku XDS with 1080p support for $99, but we don’t think the extra money will be really worth it until the USB playback channel is released and / or there’s more useful 1080p content available.) It’s a tough decision, so check out our Apple TV review or our Roku XDS review and just try to make up your mind. Then again, you could grab ‘em both and still not break the bank. Gallery: Apple TV vs Roku HD…
For any casual CSI viewer, the upcoming Oct. 14 episode “Sqweegel” means very little — but for those familiar with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker’s “digi-novel” series Level 26, it means that the cross-platform franchise is adding at …
> Dodo cases are not supposed to exist. Just like the famous flightless Mauritian native it shares a name with, traditional bookbinding should be extinct—or at least critically endangered. But instead it’s thriving at Dodo Case, a San Francisco-based manufacturer that utilizes old-school manufacturing methods to make coverings for iPads. The Gadget Lab recently got in on the ground floor of their operation, learned how the case itself came about, where its inspiration came from, and why an extinct bird is the perfect mascot for a company that’s preserving a dying craft. > View all
iLounge news discussing the iPad tethering options found in iOS 4.2 beta 2. Find more iPad news from leading independent iPod, iPhone, and iPad site.
iPad 4.2b2 tethering preferences by Paul Grave on Twitter If you install the latest iOS 4.2 beta 2 on your iPad 3G and visit the “Cellular Data” section of the settings app, then you may be in for a rather nice surprise. Right there, underneath the familiar APN settings is a new option: to tether the iPad’s internet connection. Both of the screenshots here come from the UK, one on the T-Mobile network and the other on 3. A complete lack of reports of this option in the US indicates that tethering on the iPad will follow tethering on the iPhone, and be available only in select markets where the carriers approve.
Look, BMW — we appreciate that you were the first automaker to provide seamless iPod integration way back when , but seriously, did anyone on the design squad look at this abomination before shipping it off to France? As the story goes, the aforesaid automaker has demonstrated the first “official” iPad-vehicle integration setup at this year’s Paris Auto Show, and to be frank, it’s heinous.
This week, K-NFB, an e-reading company founded by Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation for the Blind, launched its much-anticipated Blio reading app and e-book store. Blio was immediately and widely panned by publishers, developers, and readers. “Many of the failures are fundamentally at odds with the one thing that Kurzweil was touting above all else: accessibility,” wrote Laura Dawson , a digital reading industry consultant, formerly of BarnesAndNoble.com. K-NFB promised immediately to make e-books more accessible to blind readers, yet Windows, currently its only enhanced books platform, has known text-to-speech conversion issues
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VIDEO: iPad + Chrome OS = ChromePad? – People just love hacking the Jesus tab.
