This Week in iPad episode 26

Cold Open

This week, hosts Lon Harris and Jacob Burch announce the winner of the big 25th Episode iPad Giveaway. Plus a conversation with Tim Harrison, developer of the "Medieval HD" game, reviews of some more iPad games and the latest on the BlackBerry PlayBook!

Intro
First and foremost, congratulations to Shawn Monaghan on winning our 25th show giveaway! After months of exhaustive research, it turns out people like winning stuff so next time you watch a ThisWeekIn show, tweet a thank you to the sponsors with the shows hashtag. You never know what might come your way. Also, Lon is letting the show spread it's wings. starting next week, the new This Week in iPad host will be Andrea Rene who will also be producing the Thurday block of shows.

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Interview
Lon and Jacob chat with Tim Harrison of Brisk Mobile, creators of Medieval HD for iPad.

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Game Review
Jacob reviews Word Monkey a word game that's a bit like Scrabble meets Tetris. His take: It's great but it uses a dictionary he's never seen.

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News
iOS 4.2 beta released to developers
The latest version of iOS has been released to developers, the main features are the ability to print documents over the air, and tweaks to Safari. Also the new OS will finally bring GameCenter to iPad. But most interestingly, European iPad 3G owners have reported the ability to tether their devices the same way iPhone users can now.

Director Roman Coppola creates a new commercial for the New Yorker iPad app.
Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman team up to create a new commercial for the New Yorker app for the iPad.


WARNING!!! Do NOT use your iPad in the shower!!!

iPad cannibalizing notebook sales
According to Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn, iPad sales are starting to cannibalize low end MacBooks. Dunn however, has said he was misquoted in the story.

Blackberry Playbook
This week Research In Motion, makers of the iconic Blackberry smartphones announced a new tablet, the Blackberry PlayBook. Specs are 7 1/2" long, 1/2" thick, weighs under 1lb, 1GB RAM and a brand new OS designed specifically for it called Blackberry Tablet OS. The tablet is expected to be released early 2011.

iPad coming to Target and Best Buy
According to reports the iPad will be coming soon to all Best Buy stores(it has only been in a few thus far) and on October 3rd to Target stores as well.

iPad Street Musician
Here's a fun little video of the iPad in the wild:

The First iPad Street Musician? from Alex Shpil on Vimeo.

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Have a great week and we'll see you for another exciting edition of This Week in iPad.