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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
OnLive is a game streaming service that will allow you to play videogames over the internet, without the need of installing them on your local machine. You’ll have to pay a monthly subscription fee, have a decent internet connection and you’ll be ready to play any game available on the platform. You can run OnLive both on a computer using a browser plugin or on your TV by purchasing a micro set-top box. It’s a revolutionary service, and it’s launching on June 17th during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We can’t wait.
Now that the iPad has gone international, expect to see more posts like this one. I mean, I can’t wait to see what Italian people can come up with. In the meantime though, the owners of a restaurant in Sydney (the Global Mundo Tapas in the North Sydney Rydges Hotel) have decided to stop using printed menus and adopt iPads instead.
