February 9, 2011

How to stream video content to the iPad

I’ve wanted to do this for a long time so for the past few weeks I’ve been scouring the web and the app store to find a simple way to stream movies to the iPad. Sure, you can convert movies to MP4 and then copy them over, but what if you just want to watch something on the spur of the moment? Waiting 10-15 minutes for something to convert takes the thrill away. But after a little looking I found two really cool apps that let you stream the most popular file types like .avi and .wmv. Depending on your desktop machine it may take a few seconds to buffer enough for the stream to start but once they get going the playback is really good! First up is Air Server which is a $2.99 app that uses either iTunes or the Bonjour client to push content to the iPad. The setup honestly took less than a minute and all […]

February 9, 2011

Why can’t I find a decent RSS Reader for the iPad?

Why is it I can’t find an RSS Reader for the iPad that doesn’t suck? I spent last night downloading app after app just to turn right around and delete them because they were all complete junk. First off, why do they all have to hook into Google Reader? That’s completely pointless. I don’t want to go through Google Reader and if I did, why would I need a reading app? My Lord, not everything has to involve Google! The couple that didn’t require a Google account were complete crap. They had absolutely horrid UI’s, half the time they couldn’t find the articles and if they did they only loaded the first couple of lines and then made me load the whole website to read the rest. Hasn’t anyone heard of the idea of offline reading? These apps are massively flawed. And my God, where do people get off charging $4.99 for a reader that can barely keep a 1 […]

February 9, 2011

Gameloft decides to have their own $0.99 sale!

Gameloft has decided to put their own list of games on sale for $0.99. It’s a pretty good list too. I’ve already managed to grab most of these, but if you’ve been holding out here is an opportunity to grab some new games on the cheap. Spider-Man: Total Mayhem Shrek Kart Driver Fishing Kings Let’s Golf! 2 Shadow Guardian Rayman 2: The Great Escape Real Golf 2011 Hero of Sparta II Star Battalion Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front Zombie Infection For the iPad there’s: Shadow Guardian HD Star Battalion HD

February 8, 2011

EA Busts Out With Another $0.99 Sale!

Electronic Arts is at is again with another $0.99 Sale! There are plenty of games to choose from on the iPhone side of the fence but just a few selections if you’re looking for some new iPad games. Interesting to note that Risk has already been reduced and should be a pretty good purchase. Also, the entire Sims collection is one sale this time around. Rumor has it this sale will last 48 hours so if you want something you probably need to get a move on. iPhone/iPod touch games: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Mirror’s Edge Tetris SimCity Deluxe Pictureka! The Simpsons Arcade Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Need For Speed Undercover Need For Speed Shift The Sims 3 The Sims 3 World Adventures The Sims 3 Ambitions Monopoly Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition Scrabble Risk: The Official Game The Game of Life Classic Edition FIFA 11 FIFA 10 NBA Elite 11 NCAA Football Madden NFL 11 iPad […]

February 7, 2011

FileBrowser – Access files on remote computers

I’m somewhat surprised it’s taken me this long to discover a program like Filebrowser which lets you browse and view the contents of your desktop machine. It’s not Remote Desktop, instead you get access to all the files on the system. You can then open and view those files, like PDF or JPG or you can transfer them down and save them on the iPad. There is also the fantastic ability to play MP4 and MP3 files directly from a remote machine. I really like this app for a slew of reasons. First, you can move and copy files around on the remote machine without sitting in front of it. You can view files directly from your "server" without actually storing them on your device. This basically means that you get unlimited storage space for the iPad. The thing I really like though is that I can get to files I don’t want with me all the time. For example, […]

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