Hasta La Gadget!

Now that we’ve had a couple days with the iPad, some apps are rising to the top and monopolizing our lounging time. We’ll have some more roundups for you in just a little bit, but we thought we’d start off with one of the iPad’s most natural talents: gaming. The large screen and hardy processor offer a wild in-between space, much more immersive and “stunning” than a PSP, DS, or iPhone game, but hardly on par with modern laptop or desktop graphics. We haven’t leapfrogged any platforms here, it’s just an evolution, but it’s a pretty fun evolution, complete with multitouch gestures, accelerometer tilts, and cheesy soundtracks pumped out over the iPads surprisingly loud speaker. Of course, these games aren’t cheap anymore — most clock in at $9.99, often with the threat of “introductory pricing” — so we thought we’d wade through the masses and pluck out some of our favorites as well as a few titles to be wary of. Follow along after the break.

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iPad apps: games that stand out originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Say what you will, the past couple of days have been littered with signs of a rapidly expanding set of functions that the iPad can perform. Latest on the block is the iDisplay desktop extender, which will turn any of your iPhone OS devices into a WiFi-connected second monitor, allowing you to finally unchain your Mac OS (Windows version forthcoming) desktop and take it on the move. Introductory price is $4.99 and you’ll find an early hands-on experience at the TUAW link. Next up we have the Kindle for iPhone app contracting its name to just Kindle and making the expected jump to iPad compatibility with version 2.0, which comes with iBookstore-like page turning and, best of all, won’t cost you a thing. We’ve also got word of Time Magazine pricing what’s free on the iPhone at $4.99 per issue on the iPad, with the excuse being that you can “experience Time in a revolutionary new way.” Good luck with that, we say.

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iPad roundup: iDisplay extended desktop, plus Kindle and Time reader apps originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look, we’re not sure what appadvice is using to back its claims, but it’s been pumping out supposed iPad app leaks for a few weeks now with screenshots and videos that tell a convincing story. Now they’ve linked us to a host of new iPad apps with Netflix and ABC player being two of the most notable. The free Neflix app is said to be launching along side Apple’s slate on April 3rd letting Netflix subscribers browse and manage their queues. More importantly, it will also allow subscribers to stream Netflix’s online collection of videos. Of course, if this is true then we expect to see a Netflix app land for the iPhone and iPod touch as well in adherence to Reed Hastings’ previous comments.

There’s also a free ABC app tipped for April 3rd giving iPad owners WiFi access to full episodes of shows like Lost and Grey’s Anatomy. And with CBS seemingly getting into the HTML5 game we suspect that the demand for Hulu in the US will dampen if all this comes to fruition — especially if Hulu adopts a subscription model. Not enough? Then check out the 1,350 (and counting) approved iPad apps in the source link below or preview 700 of them in a video after the break where you’ll also catch a few more Netflix and ABC screenies. We’ll have to wait until Saturday to see how many of these actually appear in the iTunes App Store.

Update: Looks like these apps are coming straight from Apple’s app database since AppShopper is also showing Netflix and ABC Player iPad apps. Don’t believe it? Then why not grab some screenshots of your own direct from Apple’s servers. This is legit folks.

[Thanks, Sean M.]

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Netflix streaming, ABC, and 1,348 more iPad approved apps revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, look at this. If you’ve been desperate to know what your App Store experience would be like on the iPad, here’s a chance to live the dream. Apparently these shots were discovered while the App Annie folks (an app tracking and analytics site) were “searching for clues” on the device and this “actual feed” was stumbled upon. While that’s all very unclear, what isn’t unclear is that Apple will be using the HD moniker to denote applications that have either been tweaked in a special iPad version, or have had their resolution upped so they wouldn’t just be scaled standard apps. Additionally, we’re seeing some applications that aren’t even available on the iPhone right now, such as the $49.99 OmniGraffle, which we’re assuming will be very close to its desktop counterpart — a good sign that iPad apps are majorly upping the functionality. One more long shot after the break for your viewing pleasure.

Update: Looks like App Advice has even more screenshots for your viewing pleasure.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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This article was written on June 26, 2008 by CyberNet.

Tutorial Thursday

Mac only
For me using a computer without keyboard shortcuts would be like trying to cut the grass with a pair of scissors. Sure it could be done, but it would take a lot longer to accomplish a task that should take no time at all. One thing that I’ve come to notice is that keyboard shortcuts seem even more important on a Mac than on a Windows machine.

What’s nice is that Apple has not only made it simple to edit many of the built-in keyboard shortcuts, but they also let you create your own keyboard shortcuts. Of course many of the application-specific shortcuts are terribly difficult to remember because the system-wide shortcuts have all of the easy key combinations. Since you’re able to create your own keyboard shortcuts, however, you might be able to get around that.

The first thing you’ll want to do is browse through all of the universal shortcuts that Apple has already created for the operating system, and then disable/change the ones you don’t think you’ll ever use. That way we can try to free up some of the easy to remember shortcuts for our own use later on.

1. Open the System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse. Then choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
2. You can double-click on any of the shortcuts listed to change the key combination used, or uncheck the box next to a shortcut to completely disable it. You can always return to the factory settings by clicking the Restore Defaults button in the lower-right corner.

Now we’ll get to the good stuff! What we want to do now is create our own keyboard shortcut(s) that can execute any menu item from within one or all applications. For example, using this method we could override the “New Tab” shortcut in Safari to be Command+N instead of Command+T. Here’s how you can do that:

1. Open the System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse. Then choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
2. Click the plus sign located in the lower-left corner to add a new shortcut.
   
3. From the popup choose an application from the list, or leave the All Applications option selected if you want the shortcut available throughout the entire operating system. Remember though, the shortcut will only work if there is a corresponding menu item available.
   –Example: Choose Safari from the list of applications.
4. In the Menu Title box you’ll need to enter the menu item exactly how it appears in the menu.
   –Example: Type New Tab into the box.
5. Assign a shortcut by pressing the corresponding keys on your keyboard.
   –Example: We’ll use the Command+N shortcut, which will remove that shortcut from the “New Window” option in Safari.
   
6. Press the Add button to complete the process.

What’s the end result? In our example we set out to replace the new tab shortcut in Safari with the shortcut that is normally used to open a new window. If you followed the steps outlined above it should have worked, and you can easily tell whether it worked by opening up the File Menu in Safari:

Did you notice how the “New Tab” shortcut is now assigned Command+N, while the “New Window” shortcut has been removed all together? That’s a good sign that the new shortcut should be working.

Now you know everything that’s needed to modify, create, and override keyboard shortcuts on Mac OS X. Don’t forget that you can also create shortcuts for items in the Apple Menu, which includes the ability to sleep, restart, and shutdown the computer.

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