Must-read story from Stephen Fry on Time about his visit to the Infinite Loop and talk with Steve Jobs. Also, historic Time cover for the official iPad launch.
Steve, Stephen and a Time cover
Take This, Flash: Apple Posts iPad-Ready Websites
“iPad features Safari, a mobile web browser that supports the latest web standards — including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Here are just a few of the sites that take advantage of these web standards to deliver content that looks and functions beautifully on iPad.”
The page is available here. You can also submit your site.
A Trend Already: Widgets-like Websites with Sites App
Two days ago we previewed DashApp for iPad, an upcoming application that should enable you to view multiple websites at once, as if they’re widgets. Turns out there’s a similar application already approved by Apple, it’s called “Sites” and it’s got a lot of features that could make it the worst enemy of DashApp.
Weather HD for iPad: Stunning
So we haven’t got a weather widget on the iPad. Fine, I guess it’s just up to 3rd party developers to come up with their solutions to let users check the weather on their iPads, and Weather HD from Vimov takes a complete new approach, which may appeal a lot of people.
Labyrinth 2 Goes HD on the iPad
I’ve been a huge fan of Labyrinth 2 for iPhone, and now I guess I will on the iPad as well. Illusion Labs’ application has just been approved into the iPad App Store and, like many others, it sports a “HD” moniker to differentiate it from its iPhone counterpart.
AIM for iPad Approved, Screenshot
While we’re still waiting for IM+ to be approved and pop up in the App Store, AIM for iPad by AOL is ready and free in the App Store. It supports geo location, Facebook updates and chat, MySpace, Twitter, Youtube, Foursquare and many others.
First Look: Things for iPad
We heard some weeks ago that Things from Cultured Code was coming to the iPad, but honestly, I didn’t expect to come out so soon. Things has already been approved by Apple, ready to be sold at $19.99 in the App Store.
Preview: Wikipanion Plus for iPad, Available at Launch
Together with Articles from Sophiestication, Wikipanion is one of the most popular and downloaded Wikipedia apps for iPhone, and you’ll be able to have it on your iPad in just 2 days. Wikipanion Plus for iPad sports a native interface that makes use of split mode, features a queue function to save articles for later while browsing, offline reading and background downloading of articles.
Personally, I prefer the approach of Articles, but I’m sure Wikipanion Plus will sold well and, all in all, it’s going to be an interesting fight between these two apps. Take a look at the first screenshot after the jump. Priced at $4.99.
Exclusive: NetNewsWire for iPad
Apple has approved a lot of apps tonight, and this is one that immediately got our attention: NetNewsWire, the popular feeds reader application, is coming to the iPad. NNW for iPad will obviously sync with Google Reader, so you don’t have to worry for unread items between your Mac and iPhone) and will support 3rd party services like Twitter and Instapaper for saving articles. The application sports a darker interface, a darker icon - from what we’ve seen so far we like the interface.
Check out the screenshot below. Also, priced at $9.99.