I Have a Fever: Ashes for iPad
I was really excited about Ashes for iPad before it came out. My enthusiasm has waned quite a bit since its release though. I’ll start off by first explaining why I was excited. I’m a Fever user. Kind of. I’ve given up on it over the last few months. Shaun Inman has a real “take...
Soulver: The Best Digital Calculator In Every Way
Most good applications feel like they’ve been designed the right way. Everything is where you expect it to be, and all of its functionality works as advertised. Depending on the kind of application, there are usually several different developers making a similar product, and you basically choose between feature sets and colour schemes. But every...
yxplayer can play xVid and FLV on the iPad
yxplayer can play XviD and other video formats on the iPad (iTunes) →
You connect your iPad to iTunes, drag files in much like you would iWork documents, and all your unconverted videos are now playable on the iPad. Unfortunately though, the resultant playback isn’t exactly smooth as butter. Regular AVIs stutter like on a Nokia...
Couch Controlling the Mac with your iPad
[Originally published in the SA Magazine Issue 6]
I can’t go back to using my iPhone. It feels so, restricted, small, and useless—yes, I will go as far as to say it’s nothing more than a dumb phone to me—and the reason is that apps behave and respond so differently on the iPad. They do so...
iPad RSS apps to look forward to…
As I write this, the iPad is now officially selling in 10 countries across the globe. Ever since it went on sale on April 3rd, 2010, the iPad has been selling like hot-cakes and many people, including this author, have managed to get their hands on the device, even in countries it probably won’t sell...
