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Every time I look for something Apple-ish on eBay, I always encounter dozes of unauthorized accessories sold at a dollar with expensive as hell shipping. Either from Hong Kong or someone unpronouncable name in China, it’s not fun wading through the hundreds if not thousands of illicit items for sale.
Thankfully, Apple is taking on this jackassery via a lawsuit.
Gadgets gone wrong, or must-have thing of this holiday season? I’m pretty confident a zillion of crazy iPad users will buy it, and love it.
Wired talks about a new product, the FridgePad:
“Made of aluminum with a big old magnet on the back to keep it firmly stuck to the fridge, the FridgePad holds the iPad with four plastic corner clips. Once secured to the door of the smallest and coldest room in the house, you can use the iPad to play music, podcasts or audiobooks, show you recipes or, well, anything the iPad can do. The more I think about it, the more it is clear how perfect the iPad is as a kitchen computer. And if you’re really messy when you cook, you could even slip the whole rig, magnet and all, into the ziploc bag and just slap that onto the refrigerator.”
You know what? Give me a great calendar app and I’m gonna stick my baby to the fridge. Maybe. But only if it comes with additional Ballmer stickers.
We would be remiss if we didn’t tell you that BinaryNights has launched their 3rd beta of ForkLift 2. It’s essentially what the final version should look like, and any bugs you’ve encountered in previous iterations should be all patched up. Be sure to send BinaryNights a big thank you and any feedback about any issues you encounter.
You can get the full scoop on the BinaryNights blog.
While it’s a great idea to showcase in one single place iPhone-optimized web applications, this attempt proves once again why Cocoa still reigns over web apps: it just doesn’t feel right on the iPhone. It’s constantly loading stuff, scrolling is weird, too many taps, pop ups - it’s not natural.
Currently the 10th Top Grossing iPad application on the App Store, LogMeIn Ignition always seems to spark a bit of curiosity with iPad owners. For $30, what exactly are you getting with your remote application? I spent some time at home and in the real world testing LogMeIn Ignition for the past couple of weeks, and I have to say I’m pleasantly impressed with the quality of LogMeIn’s application, and I think it’s just about perfect for anyone who needs to access their desktop computer while mobile.
Many times in the past I’ve written about the apps and tools I use in my MacStories workflow. If you’ve been following MacStories for a while now, then you must know that I’m an avid Simplenote user. It’s simple, it syncs over the air, it’s available on the iPad and the next version will rock. I’m telling you.
But anyway, that’s the not the point. I’ve tried many note-taking applications over the years, and I’ve decided to stick with Simplenote because it just works. But not everyone needs to do what I have to do with notes (portability, plain text, multiple devices, reliable backend) so it’s very likely that you don’t really care about cloud, dashboard widget for desktop publishing and such.
I know you’re running other note apps on your iPhones and iPads - so why don’t give a try to Notekeeper?
OmniFocus for iPad is out, but I’m sure many of you iPad owners out there don’t need all the features of OmniGroup’s huge software to get things done. Maybe you just need to remember what to do every single day, you don’t need contexts, tags, OTA sync and *insert another must-have GTD feature here*.
Your only concern is that you always forget what to do. If so, take a look at Random Accident’s first iPad app, Today’s List.
The Kindle itself may have gotten a $139 update that makes it an affordable competitor to the iPad, though we image you may not have an interest in the new e-reader. iPad converts can find the Kindle app on their device with the same material available as its plastic counterpart, and it’s gotten a nice update that can make your reading experience even more pleasurable.
