This Week in iPad ep 51

Cold Open
Today on This Week in iPad, we have an all app show, featuring NBA Jam, and Moviefone.

New host!
We have a new host. Her name is Michelle Hummel. Please take a moment and follow her on Twitter. She'll love you forever.

Planet of the Apps

Moviefone
Michelle's first app this week is Moviefone. It shows what's playing, gives showtimes, and plays trailers for the movies as well.

Showyou
Jacob's first app this week is called Showyou. Jacob thinks it's kind of like Flip Board for videos. You get it, enter your social media info, and it aggregates videos you might be interested in, based on what your friends share. Best of all, it's free!

Cool Hunting
Michelle's next app is called Cool Hunting. The app syndicates the content from the website, coolhunting.com.

NFL '11
Next up, Jacob looks at the NFL '11 app. Unfortunately with no season to cover, and none planned so far, the app is a bit low on content.

iheartradio
Michelle's final app this week is iheartradio. It's a great app that streams over 750 radio stations from all over the country. It's also free as well.

NBA Jam
Jacob's final app is NBA Jam. This app is the classic SNES and SEGA Genesis experience on your iPad. If you grew up playing this game, it's a great investment if only for the nostalgia aspect.

As always you can follow the show on Twitter at @TWiiPad, and you can email the show at iPad@ThisWeekIn. com. See you next week!

This Week in iPad 50th show extravaganza

Cold Open
Coming up on This Week in iPad, we celebrate our 50th episode!

Matt from Atomix Magazine
Today's show starts with Matt Chandronait from Atomix Magazine, a video game magazine created specifically for the iPad.

News

Adobe to launch new apps for content creation
Adobe INC has announced plans for 3 new apps to support it's Photoshop platform. Color Lava, Nav, and Easel are set to be released in early May.

Next VW van will be iPad friendly
According to TUAW, the concept car, to be called the "Bulli" will be a bit smaller than it's former model, and will feature an iPad dock in the front.

Cisco Kills the Flip
A little more than 2 years after buying the company for more than $500M, Cisco will be discontinuing the Flip Camera. RIP Flip. We hardly knew thee. 5-1-2006 4-11-11.

Top 5 Must-Have iPad Games

#5
Infinity Blade

#4
Yahtzee HD

#3
Battleheart

#2
Angry Birds

#1
Plants Vs Zombies



Best of Planet of the Apps!

Zite
Michelle's first app is called Zite. It's a personal news reader like flip board that uses your interests to customize your feed. And it's free!

Instapaper
Jacob's first app this week is one he recommends any chance he gets. Instapaper allows users to save news articles and other online content to read later.

Netflix
Andrea's first app is Netflix. The app lets you adjust your DVD queue, and more importantly, streams any content available online from Netflix as long as you're a subscriber.

Urbanspoon
Next, Michelle looked at Urbanspoon. While she's not a "foodie" this app can recommend great restaurants in your area. And it's free as well.

Kindle
The Kindle app from Amazon is one Jacob thinks everyone who has an iPad should own. The Kindle bookstore is much better stocked than the iBookstore.

eBay
Andrea's next app is eBay for iPad. Andrea really likes the fact that the app is very easy to use. And it's free!

Kayak
Michelle's final app this week is Kayak. This app helps you select airfare and hotels and the interface is great.

Reeder
Jacob's last app this week is called Reeder. It's an amazingly well designed RSS reader. Very well worth the $4.99.

Discovr
Andrea's final app of the week is one she reviewed a few weeks back and is still in love with. It's called Discovr and it helps users find new music artists based on their current preferences.

Thanks for watching and here's to the next 50 episodes. See you next week!

This Week in iPad first anniversary

Cold Open
Today on This Week in iPad, we're celebrating iPad's first birthday, we're talking sports apps, and we've got another game review. all coming up on This Week in iPad.

Twitter
As always, you can follow Andrea on Twitter @AndreaRene, Jacob @JacobBurch and you can follow Michelle @MichelleHummel.

Game of the Week
This week's game of the week is called Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder. It's a fun game, and it's only $1.99.

News

iPad's birthday!
On sunday the 3rd, the iPad celebrated it's one year anniversary.

The Princeton Review Lauches iPad app
The Princeton Review, the company behind the SAT admission test recently released an iPad app called SAT Score Quest that helps students practice for the exam.

An iPad for the afterlife
This week, people bought paper iPads for the Qingming Festival. During the festival, people burn paper effigies of items important to them in order to give the items to their loved ones in the afterlife.

Man makes iPad case from 1945
This case was made for around $20 and looks awesome. For how to make your own, click here.

Planet of the Apps

Sports Apps

Yahoo Sportacular
Andrea's first app this week is Yahoo! Sportacular. Until now, Andrea had always used the Scorecenter app from ESPN and after trying this app, she'll be staying on with it instead.

MLB at bat 2011
Jacob's first app is MLB at Bat 2011. While it's a bit pricey, and the app does have blackout restrictions based on your location, it's a great value.

NBA Game Time Courtside
Andrea's next app is NBA Game Time Courtside. The app features updated team standings, play by play on live games, and it's FREE! Highly recommended if you're basketball fan.

Pennant for iPad
Jacob's last app this week is Pennant. The app shows a huge amount of information, for only $4.99.

Thank you for watching, and see you next week for our 50th episode!

This Week in iPad With Michelle Hummel

Cold Open
Today on This Week in iPad, we are showing free apps in Planet of the Apps, we're joined by guest host Michelle Hummel, and we're giving away a $50 iTunes gift card.

New Time
This Week in iPad is now streaming live every Wednesday at 2:30pm PST(5:30pm EST).

News

$8Million for an iPad case? Really???
According to AdFreak, the case is made of 24 karat gold alloy, diamonds, and a T-Rex thigh bone(no, really).

Man proposes using an iPad
Mashable reported on a story this week about a man who proposed to his girlfriend using the engraving on the back on an iPad 2. She said yes.

Obama has an iPad 2
According to a post on The White House Blog, president Barak Obama has an iPad now, although the exact specs aren't known. Jacob theorized that since any device he would use needs to be totally secure, he probably doesn't have a 3G model.

Dell thinks the iPad will fail
A story in Mashable reports that Dell computer is predicting that the iPad will fail because it's too expensive for enterprise users. Unfortunately, Apple couldn't be reached for comment because they were too busy "swimming in pools of money from our 15 million iPad sales."

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Planet of the Apps
Free apps

Angry Birds Rio
Andrea's first app this week is Angry Birds Rio HD Free. It's a re-imagining of the Angry Birds universe set in the upcoming movie "Rio" out April 8. It's fun and it's free.

Flick Football
Jacob's first app this week is Flick Football. It's the same game as Paper Toss, but with soccer instead of wadded up paper. It's a nice time waster for when you're in line somewhere, and the price can't be beat.

Omaha Steaks
Andrea's next app this week is Omaha Steaks Steak Time HD. It's a handy cooking guide and timer that helps you make better steak.

All Recipes
Jacob's final app this week is All Recipes. It's basically a cookbook on the iPad, and it's very good at doing that. That said while the app is free, the app does have additional features you can purchase in app if you want to.

Winner
Both Andrea and Jacob agree that Omaha Steaks wins this week.

Next week's Planet of the Apps will focus on Sports apps, and specifically Baseball so if you have any suggestions, please email the show at iPad@thisweekin.com.

See you next Wednesday!