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!