I have seen my iPad shut down in Sunny weather, and now there’s a lawsuit: A trio of California consumers claims the iPad overheats and shuts down within minutes of coming into contact with direct sunlight, rendering it virtually useless in outdoor environments Of course like most lawsuits this one exaggerates the issue – but [...]
Since I got my iPad, one thing I’ve really wanted to do is track my car MPG; I’ve been doing it since I owned a car, but using a spreadsheet on my home computer – and by now it’s clear that I should be able to do it on a portable device! I checked out [...]
One of the things I regularly need to do “on the road” is access my office Mac computer – which also runs Windows XP in a Parallels install; a while back I tried the free Mocha VNC Lite, but there were a few issues. I’ve tried a few other VNC Apps, and settled for now [...]
Apple released a software update for the iPad this week, taking the version to V3.2.1; it’s still unfortunately only possible to update your iPad using iTunes on a PC or Mac … This is a minor upgrade, claiming to address WiFi connectivity issues – but my wife’s iPad continues to erratically connect sometimes; I suspect [...]
I’ve always loved Wallace & Gromit all the way back to A Grand Day Out, and now there’s an excellent Wallace & Gromit movie on the iPad: The Last Resort: But wait! It’s not a movie, it’s a game with lots of movie sequences; or it’s a movie that you direct by game play – [...]
Doodle Galaxies is less fun than it should be! First, it’s “made with GameSalad” – this means it’s much too slow to load! Apart from that, the graphics are cute but game control is minimal – you slide left/right to control your ship, but shooting is automatic and continuous so no skill there; just the [...]
I like this version of Klondike Solitaire, it animates nicely and has a few nice touches like optional “auto card placement”; a good card game to while away a few minutes (though it doesn’t seem that great at shuffling – like me!): I had bought Solitaire Favorites a few months ago, but it just didn’t [...]
The iPad ability to run iPhone Apps will apparently be restricted somewhat now, as Apps are updated and released that require iOS4 – MotionX GPS lite is the first I’ve encountered, but likely not the last (at least it’s not an App I paid for) …
I used to read Readers Digest Magazine, and now I can read it on the iPad – the print magazine is small format, so it’s transfer to iPad works very well in portrait mode (although rather less well in landscape): There’s a few oddities with this first release – downloading is too ready to fail [...]
