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iPad 3 App Photo World Just Released

We’ve been playing around with a new iPad 3 app just released a few days ago called Photo World. The developer of this iPad app is FoxWare Can Tho and it is a clever concept for you photo lovers.
What Photo World iPad app is about is to let you search all the public photo archive that have been cataloged by geotagging. This allows you to look at photo’s in a specific geographic area. For example if you wanted to see all the photos from wineries in New York state you could easily pull them up in this app. This app is easy to navigate and with a simple design that take advantage of all the on board location iPad tools for app development.First you’ll select a location of the world to fetch photo descriptions. You’ll next be able to preview an array of thumbnail images on your iPad tablet. Next you can choose to watch slide shows or  bookmark favorite searched locations.

One other feature that we liked in Photo World was the ability to filter searches by date and keyword tags. With so many photographs available online this app gives you quick access to find stunning photos specifically in geographic locations you want to focus on. The developers of this app have made it easy to return to a bookmarked location from your last visit. You can see and see all the photos in that bookmarked location. The design of this app allows to drill down your search to view photos that have been tagged with the specific keywords. For example, after searching for wineries in New York state I next looked for the keyword tag “tastings” to find pictures of wineries that had a tasting room.

Below is the description given on the iTunes app store:

(1) choose a location .. one-button zoom in to your current location, or zoom out to the entire globe
(2) press the Fetch button, showing the number of photographs that will appear for the current map
(3) choose a red pin to get the title of a single photo, or a purple pin to see many photos taken from the same spot
(4) touch the same pin again to view your choice, or look at thumbnails of every photo on the page.
(5) swipe to advance to next or previous photos, or run an animated slide show.
(6) view photo details: exact latitude and longitude, location name, keywords

This new iPad app is available for $1.99 here.

Apple Puts iPads OnSale.

Apple has lowered the prices of its refurbished iPad tablets to the lowest prices ever. The 1st generationiPad 16GB Wifi is now down to only $279(while they last). Next the iPad 2 has been dropped down to starting a base price of just $319, a price drop of $30 over previous $349 discount. Higher capacity iPads are dropped as low as $50 over prices set when Apple debuted the new iPad in March.

It is going to be hard to find an excuse not to buy an iPad 2 now at these prices. It would be a nice gift just in time for mothers day. Not seeing any refurbished iPad 3 models yet.

Macrumors has a full page of all the details.
iPad 2

- 16 GB Wi-Fi: $319, down $30 from $349
- 32 GB Wi-Fi: $399, down $50 from $449
- 64 GB Wi-Fi: $499, down $50 from $449

- 16 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $449, down $30 from $479
- 32 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $529, down $50 from $579
- 64 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $629, down $50 from $679

Original iPad

- 16 GB Wi-Fi: $279, down $20 from $299
- 32 GB Wi-Fi: $349, down $50 from $399
- 64 GB Wi-Fi: $449, down $50 from $499

- 16 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $379, down $20 from $399
- 32 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $449, down $50 from $499
- 64 GB Wi-Fi+3G: $549, down $50 from $599

Review: Coloring Smart App for Children

We came across a cute and fun educational iPad app for kids by the developer Thematic Media GmbH. This fun iPad app is called Coloring Smart – Fun and Education for Kids. This iPad app was released a few weeks back and we think it is one of the best iPad apps for children to color and draw with.

Coloring has always been an excellent activity for learning with young children. The Coloring Smart app is great for developing your child’s skill levels in learning numbers, shape recognition and mental calculation.(video demo and screenshots after the break)

Below is the Features description found on the iTunes App store:

✔ 36 beautiful colorful illustrations in 6 categories included!
✔ Categories: Nature, Animals, Transport, People, Fairy Tale and Seasons.
✔ Intuitive interface that has been tested and refined with children of many ages.
✔ Best for kids between 3-8 years.
✔ Wonderful music and atmospheric sounds enhance the experience.
✔ No more frustrating finger-painting: just touch an area to fill it with color.
✔ Touch locator improves touch accuracy.
✔ Supports all devices: iPad 1, 2 and 3 with Retina, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 with HD, iPod Touch
✔ No banner advertising

We think you’ll be pleased to offer this app to your child and watch them enjoy coloring. This iPad app will develop your child’s hand-eye coordination and increase their interest in drawing and painting write on the iPad tablet. Kids also learn to recognize a variety of animals and different shapes.

The Coloring Smart app is available $2.99 on the app store and can be downloaded here.

iScope – Project Management iPad App

We came across a really nice productivity app that was updated this month on the app store. This iPad app comes to you from Maihue Ltd and is called iScope – Project Management.

This top iPad app has a stylish interface and clever graphic design that is please to the eye. When you start a new project and give it a name you have so many choices to set up your look and feel of that project. Everything from color pick to uploading your own image or icon. This is helpful when you need to find that specific project. Easily jump between multiple projects with a tap of the iPad to quickly access and track progress of all your tasks and events.

Create iPad Apps on The iPad with Cargo-Bot

Now the first iPad app has been created totally on the iPad tablet using the Codea iPad app. The developers Two Lives created an iPad app game called Cargo-Bot.

This iPad app looks good and is free on the iTunes App tore. The iPad app they used- Codea is available on the App store for $9.99. Codea uses the Lua programming language and has called the GarageBand of iPad coding for its visual ease of use. ( video demo after the break)

Here is the Cargo-Bot description on the app store:

It’s the first game of its kind, prototyped, programmed and polished on iPad. Cargo-Bot was created by Rui Viana, a Codea user who developed his initial prototype and shared it with the Codea community. Two Lives Left reached out to Rui in order to turn his prototype into a published App Store game. They also enlisted the aid of Fred Bogg, a composer who developed a music library for Codea, to create the music for Cargo-Bot. Coinciding with the release of Cargo-Bot, Two Lives Left is releasing the Codea Runtime Library source code under the Apache License Version 2.0. Registered Apple iOS Developers will be able to export their Codea projects into the Codea Runtime Library in order to release them as standalone apps, just like Cargo-Bot.

Painting with Time: Climate Change App

A while back we reviewed another iPad app by the developer Red HIll Studios called Painting with Time. Now they bring you another great educational iPad app about climate change. This app is called Painting with Time: Climate Change. This sequel app was released last month and it’s out in time for Earth Day.

This wonderful app for iPad has designed a great and engaging user interface so that with the swipe of your finger you can explore the dramatic ways earth is changing due to rising temperatures. Prepare to enjoy the ease of use and wonderful images but also you will probably be a saddened to visually see how rapidly climate change is changing our world.

This innovative design of Painting with Time: Climate Change allows everyone from the young to the old to interact with this app. We really like that you can touch and slide your finger across 17 different images of landscapes that reveal the rapid effects of climate change. This app should be added as a part of classroom curriculum for 4th thru 8th graders especially, although all age groups would benefit.

Below are the features listed on the app store:

- 17 time lapse sequences of climate change
- Two artistic modes – Painting and Slicing
- Eight preset brushes and slicing patterns
- Illustrated summary of Climate Change
- Step-by-step tutorial on Capturing Change yourself

This app is available for $1.99 on the iTunes app store here.

Review: 4 Handed Chess iPad App

We found a cool and unique game app for iPad that take the old classic game of chess and modernizes it for the iPad tablet. The name of this iPad app is called 4 Handed Chess developed by Poppysoft Ltd. This game has different play modes that allow you play alone against the game or as teams. It is a fun and nicely designed game with good graphics.

The developer has integrated this iPad app with Game Center so you can play online and strategize with other team members who meet you online. This app allows you to customize and modify easily so you can enforce time limits between chess moves and number of player modes. When you first tap to open the game app the default mode is “Timed” but you can customize it how you like.

Below are the features described on the app store:

• Compatible with iphone and ipad.
• Bird’s-eye 2D and 3D views giving you the choice of preference.
• Pinch Zoom and Rotation Gesture support in 3D view.
• Legal moves are highlighted to assist beginners.
• Support for up to four AI players
• Intuitive controls
• Tap-tap to move pieces
• Review your performance statistics

This app is available for $0.99 on the iTunes app store here.

Scanner Pro for the new iPad updated

We noticed that the very popular Scanner Pro app for iPad 3 by the developer Readdle was updated in a few days ago. This is an iPad app that becomes a functional scanner-replacement. The update adds on all new iPad version that is super intuitive, easy to learn, and very functional.

Scanner Pro for the iPad uses your device’s camera to create a scan of any document onto your iPad 3 device. It mimics a real scanner, but with even more efficiency because you are using the new iPad 3 camera that can connect to the internet. That internet connection allows you to quickly upload your scanned files to your favorite services like Dropbox, Evernote and Google Docs. (sreenshots below the break)

Here is the developer’s description of the app:
★ Scan documents
Scanner Pro handles any type of documents ranging from a receipt to multipage agreements. You can add, move, delete and even combine pages in landscape and portrait modes

★ Process image smartly
Automatic edge detection and advanced image processing help you to get great scans blazingly fast. You can adjust the crop area manually by tapping on the screen

★ Set custom page size
Custom page size is supported to fit physical size of the original document. It is very handy for scanning receipts

★ Make Industry standard PDF files
All scanned document are produced as industry-standard PDF files

★ Protect documents with password
Scanner Pro allows you to set a password for PDF files you have created. Only people who know the password will be able to open the documents

★ Transfer documents to Mac and PC
Mount Scanner Pro as a shared network drive over the Wi-Fi network to any computer and copy the scanned PDF files from your iOS device. No additional software is required

★ Send scans by email
Just scan any document you want and tap the Send button. Yes, it’s that simple

★ Preview documents before sending
A built-in PDF viewer allows to preview your scans exactly in a way they will look on a desktop computer

★ Upload scans to online file storages
Your documents can be uploaded to Dropbox, Google Docs or any other WebDAV enabled online storage

This iPad app is available on the app store here for $6.99

New iPad App- Piano Dust Buster

We wanted to share with you a brand new iPad app from JoyTunes, the developers of RecorderMaster! The name of this new iPad app is called Piano Dust Buster which transforms piano practice into a fun experience. The developers have really hit a homerun with the design of this new app. When you first open the app you’ll immediately begin playing piano on this iPad app or you can use your actual piano to integrate in with real piano practice. We really like the graphics and the creative concept of when players play the correct note in this app the granny character hits it with her dust buster…thus the app name- Piano Dust Buster.

We think you’ll enjoy how the Piano Dust Buster app allows you to play the notes using an onscreen piano keyboard or you can play with your own piano. Germ Attack and Staff Master are the 2 game modes that turn piano practice into a fun game. In Germ Attack players play a note as it reaches a specific rhythm line. The note comes down over the key on the onscreen keyboard making it easy to see what to play. Points are earned and the Germ Attack tracks high scores and integrates with Game Center. (screenshot and video demo after break) 

Staff Master game mode is similar in that you still tap the germ notes as they hit the rhythm line but now the screen resembles sheet music. The notes no longer come down from the top of the screen above the keyboard. This game is for more advanced piano players and requires that they know where the notes are on the piano. Each song has a practice and performance option.

We really like this new iPad app and you can’t go wrong since it is free on the iTunes app store. We think this belongs in our best iPad apps category and enthusiastically recommend you download it right away.

Review: Word-2-Text Converter for the new iPad

In today’s iPad app review we found a new release for the new iPad called Word-2-Text Converter. This app is designed by the German developer infovole GmbH and arrived on the app store a few days ago. This new iPad app can take your Microsoft Word documents and convert them into plain text files for not only viewing on any generation of iPad device but also with the ability to edit.

The Word-2-Text iPad app takes the content of a MS Word document and extracts as plain text so users can import .DOCX- and .DOC files to all common text editors, and notebook apps. This allows you to take full advantage of full-text-search and editing. For example, another great app by this developer is TextKraft and it works seamlessly with Word-2-Text Converter app to allow you to import Word-documents. (screenshots below the break)

Here are some other features mentioned by the developer on the app store:

• Processing Microsoft Word-documents (DOCX & DOC) from any platform.
• Opening Word-documents directly from e-mail attachments.
• Receiving Word-documents from all Apps that can share those.
• Loading Word-documents from Dropbox or iTunes® file sharing.
• Exporting text via clipboard, e-mail text, e-mail attachment, iCloud®, Dropbox or local filesystem.
• Passing on plain text directly to other Apps.
• Variable font size with “pinching”.
• Direct printing with AirPrint™.

What we really like with this new iPad app is the simplicity of just tapping to transfer your Microsoft Word file to your favorite text editor. This new iPad app is a nice addition for your mobile office on your iPad tablet.

This app is available for $1.99 on the iTunes app store.

NoteLedge iPad App Updated Today

If you haven’t noticed we love note-taking apps here on our iPad-centered website. We found another great iPad app for note-taking that fits in our best iPad apps category called NoteLedge. This iPad app was just updated today by the developer Kdan Mobile Software LTD. As soon as we tapped to open NoteLedge what stood out to us was the graphically pleasing leather graphics on the interface. This productivity app for iPad is impressive and we’ll designed from graphics down to the user interface.

When you first launch this iPad app, you’ll be greeted with an overview of what NoteLedge is all about and it’s features. You’ll be surprised and the wide-ranging features to interact with this app. It is waaaay more than those plain and simple writing apps. NoteLedge is functions seamlessly as a sketch pad and you can simply swipe your finger on the screen to draw or write your content. Easily change the writing type tool (pencil, brush, crayon, etc.) or adjust the line size, opacity, and color with a tap of the sidebar menu. 

We really like the user interface which easily lets you make corrections with an eraser or the undo and redo buttons located at the top navigation. You can noteonly type and handwrite in this app but also record audio and video(iPad 2 and iPad 3 only) on the fly within the NoteLedge interface. Also, included are the ability to save your work on the iPad tablet or save it on the cloud with you favorite cloud backup service (Dropbox, iCloud, Box.net, GoogleDocs, FTP, WebDAV).

Also, you can easily share you work by emailing it to a friend or sharing it to Facebook. One wow design feature is the ability to switch to presentation mode and freeze the sketch mode so you can share a slideshow of the different frames of your work. This would be especially useful when sitting with a client and reviewing the notes from the meeting.

One of my favorite features that distinguish NoteLedge from other productivity apps for note-taking is the ability to crop and copy your texts, pictures and drawings in your own way and paste them wherever you like within the active area of your current work. They’ve even included some built-in stamps to use for some added flare to your creations.

We think you’ll enjoy the NoteLedge app and possibly make this your new favorite note-taking and journaling app. NoteLedge is available for $1.99 on the iTunes app store.

New iPad App Digital Board Game

Today we discovered another new iPad app to go along with the new iPad 3 tablet called configure HD. This new app was released yesterday on the iTunes app store. If you like digital board games like like Sudoku or Scrabble we think you’ll enjoy this game app by Congent Logic developer.  This digital board game app is Retina-display ready for the new iPad and we think you’ll be pleased with the vivid graphics.

We found this app easy to navigate and smartly designed with it’s game board interface. Also, we found the pop-up explanations and tutorial to be helpful and clearly explained so that you can be up and playing a game quickly. We also liked that the game can not only be played against the iPad but can be for two player gaming also.

Here’s how configure HD works. First you’ll place runs of one to six numbered tokens in sequence on the game board. Symbols indicate that token values are to be doubled, trebled or squared and runs are to be doubled or trebled. Runs can be placed horizontally, vertically or diagonally but each new token must lie in sequence with those already on the board.

Below is the explanation on the app store for the c-o-n-f-i-g-u-r-e sequence of this new iPad app:

 Neighboring tokens have the same value or differ by one (zero can be placed next to nine), e.g. 78898 or 12109.
When it is impossible to place a number in sequence, a blank token can be used. Blanks can score high. Flip any token to become a blank.
A six can be rotated to a nine and a nine can be rotated to a six.
You will have to use you ingenuity to and devise cunning strategies to score high. Typical high score are above 1000.

This newly release iPad app is available now for $1.99 on the iTunes app store.

The New iPad Available in 25 More Countries

The new iPad became available in 25 countries on Friday. The new iPad was first available in nine countries at it’s initial launch week, including the United States, and sales reached 3 million in just 3 days. The countries in which the device became available on Friday include many of the most tech savvy wealthy European countries, like Sweden, and some dense population areas like Mexico City. 

The countries that received the new iPad on Friday were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

This 2nd wave of countries to receive the new iPad 3 should push the sales to even higher levels as Apple stock continues to soar on Wall Street.

PaperDesk 4 Ready for iPad 3

We found a recently updated iPad 3 app that is ideal for note taking at home, class or the office. This app is from the Developer WebSpinner and is called PaperDesk. PaperDesk has a clean user interface that you’ll intuitively know how to navigate the first time you tap to open this app on the new iPad. We found it to be an easy-to-use notebook replacement type app that we think you’ll integrate into your daily work flow. We like this as one of the best iPad apps for note taking. The design concept behind the PaperDesk app for iPad is to emulate the interaction you’d find with basic pad of paper. Like Apple, it’s good design when has just the right amount of design needed and no more. And that’s what PaperDesk does a nice job with as well as having plenty of features that you’ll need for a stellar note taking app.

When you first open up the PaperDesk iPad app for the first time, you will actually be presented with an empty wooden desk. That is where you’ll store all of your notebooks. (Screenshots and video demo after break) See below the developers description of all the features of PaperDesk:

• While playing audio, tap a word and PaperDesk will take you to the point in the recording when you typed that word!
• Import PDFs from other apps, or from iTunes
• Insert images from photo library or camera
• Free access to myPaperDesk.com to store notes and backups
• Type or paste in any amount of text, and PaperDesk will automatically overflow text onto proceeding pages
• Rest your wrist on screen while drawing
• Share any range of pages via email
• Upload entire notebooks to GoogleDocs, or share on Twitter
• Keep a task list in each notebooks, with notifications
• Organize notebooks by name or date
• Bookmark pages to navigate easily
• 20 level undo support while drawing
• Choose from several different types of pages
• Password protect your notebooks
• Printing supported in iOS 4.2
• Color picker with thousands of colors

What we really liked about the minimalist design of PaperDesk is that it allows you to keep a “Desk” to store all of your notebooks. Each of your notebooks has an unlimited number of pages in PaperDesk(PaperDesk LITE, you are limited to 3 pages per notebook). We also like how PaperDesk remembers where you left off when you last opened that specific notebook. Another really great feature we liked is the ability to turn your new iPad into a whiteboard.

The lite version is free and the full version is on sale for only $0.99 in the app store.

3 Million iPad 3 Tablets Sold in 3 Days

Apple is feeling very good today as their stock price soared over $600 per shared and they announced that they have sold three million of the new iPad 3 devices. The new iPad 3 went on sale on Friday, March 16. People pre-ordered at record levels and waited in lines to grab the 3rd generation release. This new iPad 3 comes with the new Retina Display, A5X chip, a new iSight camera, and 4G LTE capabilities on certain models. Three million iPad 3′s sold marks a big milestone for Apple especially since the iPad 3 only went on sale three days ago. And remember that it took a full month for Apple to hit the one million mark for the first-generation iPad. 

The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad, including the stunning Retina display, and we can’t wait to get it into the hands of even more customers around the world this Friday.