This week in iPad episode 24

Cold Open:

Today on This Week in iPad, we'll be talking with Brett and Eileen Rounsaville of Rounsa iPad Cases, Lon will review the hot new game Rocketeer-HD and what do you get when you cross light painting, stop motion animation, and the iPad? Besides an awesome concept for a new Tim Burton movie? We'll find out today, on This Week in iPad.

Intro:

This week in iPad is looking for a new blogger. The former blogger Matthew Paulson can no longer do it due to time constraints, but we thank him for his efforts. If you would like to blog for This Week in iPad, email the show with a link to your blog.

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Rocketeer-HD Review

Rocketeer HD is a physics based game akin to Osmos. In the game you launch Rocketeers to a warp using various planets gravity to assist you.
Pros:
Easy to play, you get the hang of the game quickly.
No penalty for loss. You won't start the whole game over if you don't succeed.
Lots of gameplay. 80 levels to beat.
Cons:
Repetitive. After 8-10 levels they all seem the same.

Jacob reviews Worms HD the classic turn based game where you kill the opponent.
Pros:
Classic gameplay including elements from the old game including the Ninja Rope.
Cons:
A bit hard to play with the iPad interface. Also the UI needs to be cleaned up a bit.

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Interview
Lon and Jacob find out the story behind Rounsa.

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News

Amazon has a new Kindle Ad. An unusually self satisfied young lady is asked how she can read outdoors given the glare. Video below.



Awesome collection of iPad cases. Following the theme of iPad cases Lon found a blog post detailing several unique cases from around the internet.

Light Painting A film company in London used several iPad's and long exposure film to create a stop motion animated video. The results are amazing.



Apple is finally ready for newspaper subscriptions
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Apple may finally be ready to embrace newspaper subscriptions. According to the story, has agreed to provide an opt-in function for subscribers to allow Apple to share with publishers their information, which includes vital data that news organizations use to attract advertisers.

Twitter reveals their latest site redesign and it looks just like Twitter for iPad.

Twitter revealed a brand new site design that looks surprisingly like Twitter for iPad.

Next week
Tune in to see Cyril Moutran creator of the Friendly FaceBook app as well as a new Planet of the Apps where they'll review task management and productivity apps. Also we need your feedback, email us if you'd like to host a this week in iPad meetup in your town. We did one early on and we're curious if you'd like us to do another. Thank you for your time and join us next week for this week in iPad.