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Thank You For Fixing the iPad’s Side Switch, Apple

We weren’t happy when Apple changed the iPad’s side switch from an orientation lock into a mute switch, but thanks to iOS 4.3 we can calm down: Now there’s finally a setting allowing us to choose what the switch does. https://gizmodo.com/hey-apple-lets-get-the-screen-lock-back-to-the-ipad-sw-5696733 As minor of an option as this may seem, it actually makes life quite…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iOS 4.3 Beta and Pre-Release Apple TV Software Now Available to Apple Developers

Looks like iOS 4.3 Beta is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center along with some pre-release Apple TV software. We’ll be taking a look and letting you know what’s new since the last beta shortly. [Apple]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Artists, a Paintbrush Stylus For the iPad is Coming Soon

I repeat, a paintbrush stylus is COMING SOON. In February, to be precise—and judging by their intro-video, Nomadbrush will be just the accessory design-mad iPad-owners need for precise brushstrokes when emulating David Hockney’s work. [Mocoloco – Thanks, Kate!] https://gizmodo.com/famous-pop-artist-david-hockneys-new-paintbrush-is-the-5536004

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iPad-Controlled SuperYacht Costs “Just” $600,000 For a Week’s Sail

P Diddy has become one of the first of the ultra-rich to hire the Solemates yacht after it launched from Monaco’s docks last year. Every guest who boards gets loaned an iPad for controlling everything onboard—except navigation. They can adjust the lighting, airconditioning and blinds in their cabins, plus order drinks and food via a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Play Those iPad Apps Like a True Musician

Convinced you’re going to hit the bigtime with those music-creating apps you keep downloading? The StompBox works with iOS devices for foot-controlling effects like a proper pedalboard, whereas the mic stand puts the iPad’s sheet music right in front. At $100 / £70, you’ll be wanting to make sure you use the StompBox enough to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Put a Real Arcade Joystick on Your iPad

Plastic nubs and stickers are tacky! If you want to add some real control to your iPad, do it right. And doing it right is attaching a real, arcade-style aluminum joystick to your iPad’s screen. https://gizmodo.com/add-a-removable-joystick-to-your-ipad-for-25-5724505 The JOYSTICK-IT works by attaching itself to the screen with a suction cup and using conductive foam to make…

Tech News Casey Chan

A Breathtaking Journey to the Solar System, Through the iPad

From the same developers who made the periodic table sexy, comes something which doesn’t need added gloss to lure people in (though it helps): the solar system. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-essential-ipad-apps-5507569 New Scientist’s cosmology consultant Marcus Chown arranged the wording in Touchpress’ app, so you know it’s going to be factually on the mark. But why bother poring…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

Joby’s iPad Case Strikes Many Poses

Considering Joby came up with the Gorillapod, it’s no huge surprise that their combination iPad case/stand has a pretty interesting design. Made from lightweight aluminum, Ori will let your iPad rest virtually every which way, and protect it afterwards. Whether you need to prop your iPad up on a table for reading and writing, or…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Imagine an iPad Dock With a Built-In Projector

Wowwee’s Cinemin Slice is a pretty useful kitchen dock, perfect for the iPad, which is a kitchen computer. You dock in an iPad or iPhone, and the DLP Picoprojector takes care of putting the image where you can see it. It also takes in mini-HDMI and VGA, but it’s not spectacularly bright (only 16 ANSI…

Tech News Jason Chen

The One iPad Stylus We’ll Allow You to Buy: Griffin’s Crayola

I think we’re all in agreement that styluses are stupid objects designed for products unworthy of our time. Now that’s settled, let’s take a look at one I’d actually buy—it’s cute, and even comes with a Crayola app. There are plenty of coloring-in apps for the iPad already, but ask any kid and they’ll tell…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The GorillaMobile Yogi Will Twist and Bend to Hold Your iPad Just How You Like It

Whether you need your iPad to sit on your desk or against your knee, the GorillaMobile Yogi will twist, bend, wrap, and prop itself up however necessary to firmly hold your gadget just right. Looks like the this particular accessory could finally put an end to those moments when we just can’t seem to get…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Add a Removable Joystick to Your iPad for $25

Gaming on the iPad can be awkward at times due to the gadget’s lack of a physical joystick or directional pad, but thanks to products such as the Fling controller, that may be an annoyance of the past. Sure, you may think that you shouldn’t need any accessories to truly enjoy games on your iPad—and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Hands-On With the iHealth Blood Pressure Dock

Back in 2009, when Apple announced accessory support for iPhone OS, they proposed an at-home medical device capable of sending data to doctors. The iHealth dock is that device, and it could totally transform your relationship with your blood pressure. There are plenty of reasons people take their blood pressure at home, and a blood…

Health Kyle VanHemert

This Gold and Wood iPhone Case Goes Perfectly With Your Smoking Jacket

If you want to dress your iPad up in the finest case money can buy, you needn’t look much further than this: Gresso’s African Blackwood, 18k gold jacket. It smells distinctly of excess. It’s the same look and feel as Gresso’s $3,000 iPhone 4 case, and while the iPad version doesn’t have a price listed…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How To Setup All Your New Gadgets

The wrapping paper is gone. Your family has exited. The dust? Settled. So it’s time to squeeze the most out of those terrific tech gifts you got—and we’re here to help. Check below for our comprehensive setup guides. Nice Home Theater! We’ll Help You Set it Up Christmas victory! You’ve just obtained the final component…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Magazines Doomed Once Again as iPad Issue Sales Slump

It’ll take more than a touchscreen to revive the hemorrhaging magazine industry, if pitiful recent sales numbers are any indication—iPad editions have taken a nosedive among the highest profile glossies. Wired? Down to a fifth of its debut. Wired’s peers aren’t doing so hot either—and didn’t have the mammoth, 100,000 sale premiere to kick things…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Best Exclusives of the Year

These are the stories you couldn’t find anywhere else. From Apple’s security slips to Facebook’s prolific profile breach, check out Gizmodo’s best Exclusives from 2010. 1. This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – April 19th You are looking at Apple’s next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like…

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An iPad App To Help Disabled Kids Speak

Victor Pauca has a genetic disorder that makes his speech development slower than other kids. So his father, Paul Pauca, along with his students at Wake Forest, made an iPhone and iPad app that helps Victor speak. It’s rather inspirational. The VerbalVictor app lets Paul—and other parents/caregivers—record phrases that are played back when Victor presses…

Tech News Jason Chen

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

A Forbes Magazine article from 2000 called “Introducing the Computer of 2010” is as interesting for what it got right as for what it got wrong. Today’s computer, said Forbes, would be Frisbee-sized and have a “virtual keyboard.” There are plenty of incorrect predictions in the Forbes article, including: “By plugging our computer into an…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Download the Gorillaz’s New iPad-Only Album

Remember how the Gorillaz were recording their new album almost entirely on an iPad? Now you can download it for free! It sounds…somewhere between “good” and “like it was recorded on an iPad.” And here are the apps they used: https://gizmodo.com/gorillaz-next-album-was-created-on-ipad-5688442 Speak It! SoundyThingie Mugician Solo Synth Synth Funk Box Gliss AmpliTube Xenon iElectribe BS-16i…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Thank You For Fixing the iPad’s Side Switch, Apple

iOS 4.3 Beta and Pre-Release Apple TV Software Now Available to Apple Developers

Artists, a Paintbrush Stylus For the iPad is Coming Soon

iPad-Controlled SuperYacht Costs “Just” $600,000 For a Week’s Sail

Play Those iPad Apps Like a True Musician

Put a Real Arcade Joystick on Your iPad

A Breathtaking Journey to the Solar System, Through the iPad

Joby’s iPad Case Strikes Many Poses

Imagine an iPad Dock With a Built-In Projector

The One iPad Stylus We’ll Allow You to Buy: Griffin’s Crayola

The GorillaMobile Yogi Will Twist and Bend to Hold Your iPad Just How You Like It

Add a Removable Joystick to Your iPad for $25

Hands-On With the iHealth Blood Pressure Dock

This Gold and Wood iPhone Case Goes Perfectly With Your Smoking Jacket

How To Setup All Your New Gadgets

Magazines Doomed Once Again as iPad Issue Sales Slump

The Best Exclusives of the Year

An iPad App To Help Disabled Kids Speak

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

Download the Gorillaz’s New iPad-Only Album

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