iPad will run all iPhone and iPod apps with no need for rebuilding

Apps on the iPhone app store will upgrade seamlessly to the iPad. They simply size up and don't need to be rebuilt to work on this new platform. Steve Jobs demoed Youtube in HD and a location sensitive Maps application. Games and media apps will be particularly important. Apple will highlight apps that are created…

iPad and its media partners: newspapers, books

The New York Times stood up on stage with Apple, announced a new version of "digital journalism" and demonstrated their new app, it looked like a page of a real paper. You can watch videos, favourite or send on individual stories. Five of the world's largest publishers are putting their books on the iBook store…

And it's a… iPad! Apple Tablet finally announced

Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's slender 10 inch touch screen device in Cupertino this evening. "It's a revolutionary magical product" Steve Jobs told a breathless audience, running through Apple's successes. "Is there room for a third category of device in the middle? Something that's between a laptop and smartphone." This device needs to be BETTER than…

App of the week: Time Out iPhone app for London

Time Out Communications have created an iPhone app for London, and it's available now for free with sponsorship from Smirnoff Vodka. It's practical, nicely designed and well-linked into the iPhone's capabilities. Each individual listing has the venue address linked to the iPhone Google Maps app and tap any of the telephone numbers provided and you…

Opinion: Apple tablet – most hyped product since the wheel

Apple have got us all thinking that the Tablet is going to be the biggest product launch since some hairy guy in a ferret skin whipped out the first wheel back in BC something-or-other. Apple are hype maestros, working the media and the internet into a frenzy of expectation with the slightest of touches. Of…

The Tablet Cynics: four reasons why they're like "meh"

While people all across the world are going weak-kneed and starry-eyed at very thought of the Apple tablet launch later today, some cynics remain. Cynics who say "meh" at the prospect of Apple's wundergadget, people who suggest that this web-ennabled handheld device may not be strictly equivalent to Jesus in the roll of human history.…

Shiny Competition: customisable laptop bags

Exspect offered us 3 of their MiBag laptop bags to give away to our lovely readers and we were like, "yes for sure". MiBags are available in 13" and 17" options and they have interchangeable fascias, ie. coloured fronts that zip on and off and change the colour of your bag. The 15" bags sell…

How a Swedish viral vid could teach you to love the license fee

Given that BBC are coming under flak for the the license fee at the minute, with a possible cuts if the Conservatives get in at the next election, they could do with a few ways to get us to love the license fee. How about a customisable viral video? That's the tactic that the Swedish…