This Week in iPad episode 28

Cold Open
Today on This Week in iPad, join hosts Andrea Rene and Jacob Burch as they discuss the days top tech stories, review the top iPad games and shopping apps, and a great new way to play the drums. All that and more, on This Week in iPad.

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Game of the Week!
This week Andrea reviews Beyond Ynth strategy game where you control a little bug in his quest to retrieve diamonds to defeat evil spiders of the apocalypse. Andrea loves this game.

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News

Verizon Plans to Sell iPad
Verizon plans to sell the iPad in it's stores. According to Mashable will begin to sell the iPad on October 28. For now, Verizon will only be selling the WiFi version although they do offer a MiFi bundled with the iPad for wireless data. Also, this does give recent rumors about the long awaited Verizon iPhone some credibility.

Wal-Mart is also Selling the iPad!
Wal-Mart, the worlds largest retailer will start selling the iPad as early as this Friday. According to Venture Beat, the iPad will be sold in all 6 varieties and will be in as many as 2300 stores by November. Unfortunately for now the store, which is famous for it's heavy price cutting will not offer the iPad for any significant discount.

Will Pricing Limit the Galaxy Tablet's Success?
According to PCWorld, the highly anticipated Galaxy Tab will come to Sprint and T-Mobile at a subsidized price of $399 with a 2 year contract.

iPad Voted Gadget of the Year
The iPad recently dominated the prestigious T-3 awards in the UK. The iPad won the top 5 awards including Gadget and Innovation of the year. The awards are voted on by 750,000 people. Jacobs take: ad populum is not a fallacy to fall into.

App hall of Fame
The App Hall of Fame has inducted it's first 12 apps. They include Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, and Jacobs's favorite app, Instapaper

iPad Video of the Week!
Robotic Drummers

The 18 drums and 36 arms are controlled via wireless connection by an iPad!

Planet of the Apps
Amazon Mobile
Andrea's first app this week is Amazon Mobile. She likes it.

eBay
Jacob tries the eBay app. According to the CEO, the iPad is the best buying experience he's ever seen. According to Jacob the organization and elegance of this app make him agree.

ShopShop
Next, Andrea reviews ShopShop an app designed to help you organize your shopping list. Most people have a problem with going to a store for one item and walking out with 10. This app helps you stay on track.

Flash Sales Apps
Jacob reviews two flash sales apps, LivingSocial and Gilt. Jacob thinks that the Gilt app, although pretty doesn't really add anything to the experience as compared to the website. The iPhone app has push notification so it's good for catching Gilt sales on the go but unless you have a data connection, the iPad won't. LivingSocial also focuses on flash sales but with a focus on local deals. Overall, they aren't that much different than the web versions, but they're free so why not try them.
The best: Andrea and Jacob both agree that the eBay app is a great experience and showcases the iPad very well.
[Sidenote]This weeks shopping app theme was suggested by Mike Smith, a viewer. Thanks Mike! And if you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free to email either Andrea or Jacob[/Sidenote]

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See you next week!