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iPad Humor: Steve Jobs To Flash “Sorry, You’re Out Of Luck”

Foxtrot’s Bill Amend published a great cartoon metaphor about Flash on the iPad today, I believe it’s very funny (click to enlarge).

[via @Tuaw]

Steve Jobs: No Picasa Support For The iPad, Get iPhoto Instead

Contacted by a British iPad enthusiast requesting Picasa support for the iPad and iTunes, Steve Jobs did some more iPad customer support this weekend and took the time to reply.
Unsurprisingly, he turned the guy down and confirmed that Apple has no plans to support Picasa’s library format on the iPad. He went a little further [...]

Qneo Invents iPhone Blow Soccer

If you’ve been following the App Store for a little while and you think you’ve seen it all, then prepare to be surprised.
Using the iPhone’s speaker and its capacity to generate airflow with sound, Qneo’s “Football – Real kick” lets you play Blow soccer, using no more than a tap.
Confused? I would guess so. Just check out [...]

Apple Now Selling iPad 10-Packs To Educational Institutions

There has been quite a lot of speculation around Apple’s capacity to face demand for the iPad. The latest to date, their decision to limit iPad pre-orders to two units per customer, might however not be the presage we believed it was.
Indeed, Apple has just began promoting iPad 10-packs to educational institutions. Priced very closely [...]

Give Your Photos A Voice With SonicPics

As a new dad, I am always taking photos of my son at each every possible moment of the day. No big life moment can go undocumented and thankfully, my trusty iPhone is always with me to capture those events. I’ve recently discovered an app from Humble Daisy called SonicPics that is helping me to [...]

Keep Track Of Your Lists With Task

Too busy? Now you can make lists of your lists with Task!
Task provides you with a simple way to remember everything you need to do through its intuitive interface. I know you’ve seen other “to do” apps but not one like Task, which let’s you do more than just check things off. You can make [...]

‘Strike Knight’ – Upcoming Game From Backflip Studios

Backflip Studios has made a number of games for the iPhone including Paper Toss and Ragdoll Blaster with their respective sequels. Their next game is called Strike Knight, and it’s being billed as a puck/shufflboard bowling game. You flick the puck towards the pins, and try to knock down as many as you can, though [...]

Sprint Wants To Make Your iPhone Go 4G

After Verizon’s somewhat desperate trial to get your iPad online on their 3G, it’s now Sprint’s turn to attempt to tap into i-success. Their latest ad, aimed at promoting their Sierra Wireless Overdrive 4G WiFi hotspot (just like Verizon’s MiFi, but on 4G), uses nothing less than iPhone for the purpose, with a touch of [...]

Easily Share Your Location With Friends & Family With My Spot Pro

Location based services are very popular nowadays with Gowalla and FourSquare leading the charge. It’s great to check in and share where you are but sometimes doing so means everyone knows your location. My Spot Pro is a convenient tool when you want to inform just a specific group of friends as to your whereabouts.
My [...]

Help Litterfin Louie Save The Sea!

Louie is a small orange fish with a big eco-friendly attitude! Your job is to help him reach his goal of cleaning the ocean by directing him to the trash and debris created by humans. Controlling Louie is easy, just tap your finger where you want him to swim. Litterfin Louie has to munch [...]

A Chance To Win A gFiles Promo Code With A Retweet Or Comment

AppAdvice has teamed up with Martin Andersson in order to offer you a chance at winning one of eight (8) promo codes for gFiles ($.99).
gFiles is a fast and easy way to view and share your Google Docs documents while on the go. The app features the ability to view your documents online or [...]

Official: The iPad App Store Launches April 3rd

As reported earlier, Apple started taking iPad apps submissions last night for the iPad App Store grand opening.
While we knew it’s coming, Apple had been very discrete so far as to when these iPad-specific apps everybody is going crazy about would be made available. Well, contacted by TUAW after the announcement, Apple confirmed that iPad [...]

Games To Download For Free Today: We Rule, Chop Chop Ninja, And Boom Boxes

Didn’t get enough cheap and free games yesterday?  No problem!  We have another handful of quality free games for you to download today, including the highly anticipated We Rule, which isn’t just for Canadians anymore.
We Rule (Free): A kingdom building sim that will have you growing crops and expanding your empire in order to level [...]

First iPad App Testing Stats Are Out

Flurry, the mobile analytics company specialized in app usage has just released its very first report on… iPad app usage. Wait… what? Yes, iPad app usage. As we’ve told you earlier, some developers have already managed to put their hands on Apple’s upcoming shiny new toy to test their apps, and they’ve been using it.
Fortunately, [...]

Apple Provides Testing Units To Key iPad Developers : Under Strict Secrecy Guidelines

Quite understandably, developing for a device that isn’t even out yet is a challenge. As for the iPad, while most developers are indeed developing “blindfolded” for now, some “key” developers, according to Businessweek, were however provided by Apple with testing units.
Well, this is of course not much of a surprise, we already knew the WSJ had one [...]

The iPhone Bing App Gets An Update & Over A Million Downloads

While the rumors around Bing becoming the iPhone’s default search engine have somehow lost their momentum, Microsoft has not given up on its iPhone app and just gave it its very first update.
Launched back in December, the native iPhone version of Microsoft’s search engine has actually been quite a success. Downloaded over a million times, the [...]

What Was The UK’s Number 1 Single The Day You Were Born?

Ever wondered what was Number 1 in the charts on the day you were born? You need to look no further than Official #1 Hits by The Official UK Charts Company Limited.
Official #1 Hits is a new App for iPhone and iPod Touch that gives you instant access to every Official UK chart-topping number one [...]

From GDC: LandFormer – Upcoming Puzzle Game From Streaming Colour

LandFormer is an upcoming puzzle game where you play god raising the and dropping the land to solve the challenging levels. We have early details from our hands on time at GDC.

Chop Chop Runner Ninja Jumps Into The App Store

Gamerizon has just released the second game that takes place in their Chop Chop world titled Chop Chop Runner, a running game similar to Canabalt but with a whole lot of ninja moves.
In Chop Chop Runner you are once again in complete control of Iro-san, the little ninja that could, and you must rescue a beautiful [...]

Tons Of iPhone Games To Download For Free And For Cheap

Friday’s are normally the best days of the week to pick up some freebies and go deal hunting, and that looks to be the case once again. Today we have combined all free and cheap games into one article so you won’t have to go searching around to find something you like.
Free:

Crazy Turkey Blast ($.99 [...]