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This week, hosts Jacob Burch and Andrea Rene talk about the latest iPad news, plus they review Angry Birds Halloween Edition and do a Planet of the Apps with a Halloween focus! Plus Jacob offers a free iTunes card if you can guess his costume!

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iPad Game of the Week!
This week Andrea reviews a Halloween version of an iPad classic, Angry Birds. There's 45 new levels and a new bird you can unlock.


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News

New Tablets

HP Slate 500, is back from the dead. After HP purchased Palm, there was speculation that all tablets from the computer maker would run webOS but this tablet runs Windows 7. For now, anyway. The HP Slate 500 will sell for $799

ViewSonic 7 and 10
Another option is the ViewSonic. The neat feature of this tablet is you can dual boot, meaning it will run either Windows7 or Android 2.1.

Walgreens tablet
Walgreens is offering a $99 tablet from GPS maker Maylong. Jacob thinks it might be a case of "you get what you pay for" but is nonetheless very curious to see what this tablet offers in terms of user experience.

[Hint]Jacob is not Van Gogh and is not Tom Sawyer. The has he's wearing isn't supposed to be straw.[/Hint]

Nook
Barnes and Noble's Nook launched originally as an e-ink reader. It's now sporting a full color display, and will soon have a fully curated app store. At $250, it's more expensive than a Kindle, but the full color screen should make for a great user experience. That said, Jacob has said that he's seen a video of people using it and it seems a bit slow.

HTML5 usage doubles
According to TUAW, the usage of HTML5 for web content has doubled in the last 5 months. A big reason why is that iOS devices, like the iPad don't support Flash so website creators have been forced to re-encode much of their content to make it viewable on these devices.

[Sidenote] Andrea is now using an iPad case from ZooGue Thanks to ZooGue for their support. [/Sidenote]

AppStation for Pilots
The AppStation allows pilots and ship captains to access information on their iPad while at the controls, the case features straps to secure the iPad without the need to balance on your leg. It's neat, but Andrea can't figure out why a pilot needs an iPad in flight.

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iPad Video of the Week
This week's iPad video of the week comes from minimatefactory. He used an iPad to create a neat costume for Halloween. Enjoy.



Planet of the Apps

Halloween Apps!

Glowing Pumpkins
First up, Andrea reviews Glowing Pumpkins a free app that turns your iPad into a Jack-o-lantern. It's cute and more importantly, it's free. So why not try it?

Carve it!
Jacob's first app is Carve it! a do it yourself Jack-o-lantern app.

WHAC-A-MOLE
Next, Andrea reviews WHAC-A-MOLE a Halloween mash up of the classic carnival game.

Zombie Wonderland
Next up, Jacob reviews Zombie Wonderland. The controls are iPad specific and the game is fairly simple. Kill as many zombies as possible. And it's only $0.99.

Scene it? Horror
Andrea's final app this week is Scene it? Horror. The scene it franchise takes on horror movies. Plus the app offers the "scream machine." If you're ever in need of a violent scream.

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