A couple of days ago, we looked at five awesome iPad apps for consuming content. Since content consumption is where the iPad really shines, a list of five apps doesn’t do the iPad justice. So, here are five more great content consumption apps to liven up your iPad.
The iPad can be hammered and molded into a content creation device, but not without compromises. Where the iPad really shines is as a content consumption device. Whether it be watching video, browsing your Twitter feed, or listening to music, there does seem to be an app for everything. Here are 10 of our favorite apps for consuming content.
If you’re like me, you assumed that the iPad was pretty much identical to the iPhone, but bigger. The form factor alone opens up some new possibilities on the iPad, but there are other differences aside from size. Here are five differences that, while obvious, might be news to you if you’re thinking about purchasing an iPad.
Everybody knows that the folks over at Apple are flighty, at best, when it comes to what is allowed or rejected from their App Store. They have their, reasons, of course, but those reasons are often unclear to the public, or even to the developers of iPhone and iPad apps. Apple's rejection of, or sudden pulling or neutering of apps has been the subject of much contention and even a few blog posts here at 40Tech. There may be a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, though, with OpenAppMkt.
Traitorware: The EFF Condemns Apple’s New Proposal for Device “Security”
As some of you have no doubt heard, Apple has recently applied for a patent entitled: Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device. This technology is, ostensibly, supposed to give Apple the power to help you protect yourself in the event someone else has gotten a hold of your iPhone. It also gives Apple the power to remotely wipe your iPhone if you have Jailbroken your device — the legality of Jailbreaking notwithstanding.
Just that last detail is enough to get many people up in arms, but it is the method in which Apple wants to implement its new Big Brother feature that has people truly freaked out. After taking a bit of time to think about it and consider the implications, I have decided that I am one of those people.
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