Think about your iPad, and tell me what’s the thing you do most with it. I bet that of all activities, reading with the iPad would be the most popular answer. So much has been said about the tablet being able to revolutionize the print industry and old media (e.g. Newspapers that still have to figure out a way to monetize their online presence), but let’s face it: revolutions don’t happen in two months. It’s a constant and daily evolution, led by Steve Jobs, the App Store and developers.

Third party applications is where it’s at. Creative devs coming up with innovative solutions that show how a new device such as the iPad can indeed reshape the industry. We’re waiting for a second wave of great iPad apps to come along, and those apps will do even better than the ones we’ve seen in these two months.

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So, a Japanese Apple fan gets tired of waiting for the perfect iPad stand to arrive and decides to build his own. Pretty usual story. But this one is different. A Japanese Apple fan gets tired of waiting for the perfect iPad stands, takes an old iBook case and builds an iPad stand out of it.

Now that is awesome.

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Gamer Hideyoshi Moriya managed to build a custom arcade cabinet for the iPad out of some cardboard, using an Arduino board to connect with joystick and buttons. It’s an amateur project, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see something like this end up in some online store in the future.

Check out the demo video after the break. [via TUAW]

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Pulse is a promising news reading app for the iPad which we’ve reviewed a few weeks ago. It’s developed by two college students, and it’s become a major hit in the App Store selling more than 35.000 copies. And when Steve Jobs mentions you in a WWDC keynote, you know you must have done something good with your app.

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One of the best things about jailbreak is the possibility to enable true multitasking and install application switchers, pretty much like those ones you can have on Mac OS X and Windows PCs. On jailbroken iPhones you can install Pro Switcher, an amazing tool by Ryan Petrich which allows you to quickly switch between apps running in the background. Unfortunately, Pro Switcher is not ready for the iPad yet, although we’ve heard rumors of a private beta floating around.

Pro Switcher isn’t the only application switcher worth giving a try though: Circuitous,a  quite popular extension for the iPhone, has been updated to the 2.0 version and it’s now iPad-compatible.

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According to the latest NetMarketShare numbers, the iPad web usage has already surpassed the iPod Touch. In just two months and with more than two million units sold, it turns out that there a lot of iPads browsing the internet. But there’s even more: it seems like the iPad has also passed the web usage of all Android devices together.

One might say that the iPad is actually meant for browsing and everything, but the one word that comes in my mind is: Impressive.

[via Daring Fireball]

You may have your iPad resting its derriere on your desk dock, but as it sits lifelessly charging, have you ever considered giving it some purpose? Perhaps your official (wo)man-desk needs a bit of a classy clock to spice up the atmosphere.

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Lexcycle has released an update to their popular book reader for iPhone, Stanza. The new 3.0 version comes as a free universal update that introduces many new features such as native iPad support, PDF / Comic Book Archive / DjVu compatibility and iTunes file sharing.

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Adam Kontras is a popular comedian that has decided to make an original use of Apple’s latest device: use it as an additional “floating” monitor for his performances. The result is impressive, check it out after the break.

[via TUAW]

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