Thursday, July 29, 2010

A new app

This app Flipboard lays out your social accounts (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) in magazine style, and lets you flip thru your content. It also pulls in any links/videos/photos that are included, like the picture below.
It also gives you the option to pull in articles from The Onion, TED and news or politics sights. There's a wait to sign up, though. It's a nice way to get a lot of the content you're interested in in one place.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Fwd: iPad article in L.A. Times

Subject: iPad article in L.A. Times

Hi all,

The enclosed article appeared on the front page of last Sunday's Times.  Apple could not have created a stronger ad for the iPads use in schools.  


Enjoy,

Les

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fwd: iPad goes under the gauntlet at universities this fall

Hi all. Just sharing an article. 

- john 

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(310) 261-4030


Nice web site

Hi all, sorry for the last post. I was trying to share the blog site with Jillian, and inadvertently sent the email to the blog site as well. ;-)

Wanted to make sure you all knew about The iPad Guide. Although they are no longer running any raffles, it's still a nice site for reviews of apps and peripherals, as well as news on iOS updates, and more.

You can view it at http://www.theipadguide.com/

Happy padding.

- john

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Kayak

If you aren't already familiar with the web site, this is a great resource for finding available flights from a variety of sources (expedia, travelocity, cheap tickets, regular airlines) all at the same time.

The iPad and iPhone apps are very well designed small versions of the web site. They allow you to quickly type in dates, and destination, and find all available flights that match your criteria. You can also use the explore tool, which will show a number of different flights to different destinations based on your starting point.

There are other options too, like hotel and car rental info. Kayak has both a free and paid version.

- John

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Filemaker

Filemaker announced iPhone and iPad apps today. Downloaded and installed the iPad version ($40) then created some custom screens for our school database to view from iPad.

Awesome.

- john

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(310) 261-4030

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

ipad as entertainment center

Hello All,

I just flew across the country with the kids. Callie was driving me insane - wouldn't do any of the 1,000 activities I had brought along. Handed her the ipad and did not hear a peep for 3 hours. Insane! I will get some more apps for her soon. Any good recs?

Friday, July 2, 2010

Coveroo

The best covers ever!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Link for the case

Sorry, this didn't come through:

http://www.theipadguide.com/reviews/review-hard-candy-squish-skin-ipad-case/7174735

Talk soon all

- john

Gel case for iPad

Hi all, as we suspected would happen, a case has arrived that looks like it's built for the younger set. Here's a pic, and see the link for the review below...