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PadRacer

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:27:30 +0000

Back in the day there was this arcade game where you could challenge three friends to race you. The game had four free-spinning steering wheels, a gas pedal, and no brakes. PadRacer has brought that game back in the first "phone-to-pad" arcade game. Instead of the steering wheel, the racer is controlled using an iPhone or iPod Touch while watching the race action, top-down style, on the iPad. And like the original, there's still no brakes! This makes the game simple enough for a kid to pick up and play right away, but requires some practice to really master it.

Intel Trims Netbooks To Just Half an Inch Thick, Adds Dual-Core Atom CPUs [Intel]

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0000

The bad news: Intel's new dual-core Atom processors won't be appreciably more powerful than what's in your netbook now. The good news: a Pine Trail netbook reference design Intel introduced today at Computex is only slightly thicker than an iPhone. More »

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iPad Halo Effect: Mac Usage Up 3%

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:57:55 +0000

According to Chikita Research, a Massachusetts-based advertising network, the iPad is having a positive effect on Mac sales. For the first three months of 2010, Macs consistently made up 7% of the traffic that reached its online ad networks. But on April the number bumped up to 10.25%, more than 3% higher. According to Daniel Ruby at Chikita, the numbers for May look to be consistent with April.

Also interesting, ChangeWave Research found that roughly 20% of people surveyed plan to buy an iPad, with a majority of those planning to do so in the next 6 to 12 months. If there is indeed an iPad halo effect, Apple can expect to see their market share grow steadily over the next couple of years.

News: iLounge releases massive iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:44:47 +0000

The fifth edition of iLounge’s famous iPod/iPhone Book has just arrived, now with a brand-new iPad Buyers’ Guide packed in! Download the free Book today! With more than two million iPads already sold, the need for an honest, independent look at the complete world of iPad hardware, accessories, and software has never been greater. iLounge’s new iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5 combines a completely updated version…

iPad Slays iPad Killer Before it Launches

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:35:19 +0000

Back in January Lenovo showed off the IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook at CES in Las Vegas. One reporter in particular declared it an iPad killer even before Apple announced they had a tablet, stating that the U1 makes "Apple's supposed tablet look silly".

On Friday, Lenovo announced it was dropping its "iPad killer" to work on an Android based machine.

Download Now: iLounge’s iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:27:08 +0000

(23 MB PDF)(22 MB PDF) (9.9 MB PDF)(8.8 MB PDF)(4.3 MB PDF) The fifth edition of the Book deemed “the iPod Bible” is now available, and packed with brand new additions: a full-fledged iPad Buyers’ Guide and iDesign Addendum, spotlighting the work of six impressive accessory and application developers! Now with 150 pages, the iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5 shows you how to make the most of your iPod, iPhone, or…

2 Million iPads

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:17:46 +0000

In 28 days, Apple sold one million iPads... 30 days later they repeated that feat. Obviously the International release was contributed to the second million, but the iPad had only been available in the additional nine countries for two days when Apple reached this new milestone. Apple states nine more countries will get the iPad in July, while shortages are already being reported across the board.

Best Buy now offering Kin One free, Kin Two for $50 on contract

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:15:00 +0000

For all its faults, the prime reason we panned Microsoft's Kin was price. Why buy a Kin when you could get a more capable iPhone, Palm Pre or Android device for the same price? This week, it seems someone at Best Buy HQ has seen the light. As of today, the brick-and-mortar electronics superstore has knocked $50 off the price of both handsets, making the Kin One free and the Kin Two cost only $50 on a two-year contract, with no mail-in rebates or other nonsense required. Now, if only Verizon would do something about that $30 monthly data plan, your teen might finally have a vaguely compelling reason to pick one up.

[Thanks, Sean T.]

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Backstage: Free Early Access: iLounge’s iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:36:41 +0000

iLounge’s editors generally spend two months each year working on “special editions” for our readers—our annual Books and Buyers’ Guides—and we’re always pleased to see that the download numbers are in the millions. Tonight, we’re proud to debut our latest book for your enjoyment, which as its (long) name suggests has fused both of our prior publications into a single download: the iPad Buyers’…

Reading the SWF binaries and show the Flash smoothly on iPhone and iPad

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:26:52 +0000

Everyone knows it’s not easy for Steve Jobs to change his mind to support Flash on the iProducts. So, many people are trying to solve the problem to make Flash works on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Smokescreen is the latest attempt which reads the Flash SWF files binaries, and turn them as JavaScript and HTML5.

There are several demos available on the site. You won’t notice any differences between the original Flash file and converted files. But, it currently works for Flash ads only. Flash videos and games are very slow during the testing. Video demo after the break.

Smokescreen – iPad demo #1 from Chris @ RevShockAds on Vimeo.

[via Engadget]