Posts tagged with "iPad"

Working With Evernote for iPad

I haven’t been an Evernote user for a long time. I remember tried this popular service many months ago for the first time and while I was impressed by the tons of features it offered, I was seriously disappointed by the official Mac client. It didn’t feel native to me, and the UI was a mess. Even after I applied some custom elements from Susumu Yoshida, I wasn’t happy with it.

But I’ve got an iPad, and I heard the optimized version of Evernote for the new device was worth checking out. Still, I had my doubts. I mean, going back to the service I tried and didn’t like? Having to deal once again with that Mac app? After putting some thought on it, I decided that I had to try it again, anyway. New platform, new app, new interface - perhaps Evernote would have done better this time.

Evernote on the iPad is very good. So good that I’ve been writing my posts on it for 5 days now.

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Pictures of Windows 1.01 and Rhapsody Running on the iPad

Seems like iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith is on a roll these days. After managing to install the iPhone clock app on the iPad, he installed and run Windows 1.01 and Apple’s Rhapsody using Bochs on the iPad.

Sure they’re buggy and crash, but it’s a good achievement nevertheless. Not just because he managed to run Windows 1.01 (I mean, who wants to use it anyway?) but because this opens many possibilities, like trying to run Chrome OS on Apple’s new device. Stuff that geeks and hackers love, basically.

We’ve included the pictures after the break.

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NewsRack Brings Feeds Reading to the iPad. Reviewed.

In my review of Twitterrific, I wrote that one of the first things I did when the iPad App Store went public was to search for good Twitter clients. Guess what, right after I settled with Iconfactory’s app I started looking for a decent RSS application. At the moment of writing this, there are not so many feeds readers available for the iPad, but I can say there are a few good ones. I bet it’s just a matter of time for Google Reader clients to come out, as developers are finally working on real devices now.

To better understand the situation, we should make a step backward and recap what’s going on with the iPhone and feeds readers. Reeder 2 is the application I’m now using every day to catch up with the news while I’m on the go and I have time to read something. It’s an elegant, minimal and polished piece of software. But, we at MacStories have reviewed many Google Reader clients before and I’ve been switching back and forth between different solutions myself, until I decided to keep Reeder 2 on my home screen. There’s this other application for iPhone though, which is very popular among users, that sports a good amount of features geared towards power users of Google Reader: Newsrack, previously known as Newsstand.

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Windows 95, Running on the iPad

Remember Windows ‘95? Sadly, I do. Well it turns out that a team of russian developers have managed to run Windows 95 on the iPad, using an emulator called BOCHS, modified for the iPad.

Be sure to check out the video after the break. How long before a Linux distribution for the iPad?

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Photogene, Where Editing iPad Photos is Easy as Pie

I’m not even going to premise this review with a short story this time around. Quite frankly, Photogene makes editing photos dead simple. The UI couldn’t be more intuitive. Well, okay, perhaps it could be, but I didn’t have to learn anything before making adjustments I’d normally do with Acorn or Pixelmator on my Macbook. A few tips, a few taps, and a save button later, I had some spicy photos served up for publishing goodness.

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Offline Pages for iPad: Simple and Free Offline Reading

We’ve heard so many times that the iPad is the perfect device to consume content and you know what, after some days of testing I have to agree. The iPad is just perfect to read, watch movies and listen to music. Instapaper on the iPad feels great, and so does the iPod app. Safari is very well developed, it’s fast and makes it easy to jump from one page to another just to read what’s new. I’ve never done stuff like this on my iPhone. But on the other hand, don’t listen to those who say you can’t produce content on the iPad: I’m finding myself writing entire posts, taking notes and storing screenshots with it. All in all, it’s a great productivity device.

Back to using the iPad as a reading device, there’s Instapaper and a couple of good feeds readers that allow me to stay up to date with the latest news and read longer articles from my couch or bed without having to worry about carrying the MacBook with me. It’s a good environment. I’ve just found out this other application though, free in the App Store, which is called Offline Pages and might come in handy if you’re not a fan of Instapaper.

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Want the Perfect iPad Stand? There’s A Cat For That

Seriously, something must be wrong with people. I don’t know how to explain otherwise these pictures appeared over at OS X Daily of some people using their cats as iPad stands. Read again, cats as iPad stands. And quite useful stands, they say.

[UPDATE]: Turns out the cat actually happened to be at the right place at the right time. The idea could be explored, anyway.

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