Cold Open

This week, hosts Jacob Burch and Andrea Rene talk about the latest iPad news, plus they review Angry Birds Halloween Edition and do a Planet of the Apps with a Halloween focus! Plus Jacob offers a free iTunes card if you can guess his costume!

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iPad Game of the Week!
This week Andrea reviews a Halloween version of an iPad classic, Angry Birds. There's 45 new levels and a new bird you can unlock.


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News

New Tablets

HP Slate 500, is back from the dead. After HP purchased Palm, there was speculation that all tablets from the computer maker would run webOS but this tablet runs Windows 7. For now, anyway. The HP Slate 500 will sell for $799

ViewSonic 7 and 10
Another option is the ViewSonic. The neat feature of this tablet is you can dual boot, meaning it will run either Windows7 or Android 2.1.

Walgreens tablet
Walgreens is offering a $99 tablet from GPS maker Maylong. Jacob thinks it might be a case of "you get what you pay for" but is nonetheless very curious to see what this tablet offers in terms of user experience.

[Hint]Jacob is not Van Gogh and is not Tom Sawyer. The has he's wearing isn't supposed to be straw.[/Hint]

Nook
Barnes and Noble's Nook launched originally as an e-ink reader. It's now sporting a full color display, and will soon have a fully curated app store. At $250, it's more expensive than a Kindle, but the full color screen should make for a great user experience. That said, Jacob has said that he's seen a video of people using it and it seems a bit slow.

HTML5 usage doubles
According to TUAW, the usage of HTML5 for web content has doubled in the last 5 months. A big reason why is that iOS devices, like the iPad don't support Flash so website creators have been forced to re-encode much of their content to make it viewable on these devices.

[Sidenote] Andrea is now using an iPad case from ZooGue Thanks to ZooGue for their support. [/Sidenote]

AppStation for Pilots
The AppStation allows pilots and ship captains to access information on their iPad while at the controls, the case features straps to secure the iPad without the need to balance on your leg. It's neat, but Andrea can't figure out why a pilot needs an iPad in flight.

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iPad Video of the Week
This week's iPad video of the week comes from minimatefactory. He used an iPad to create a neat costume for Halloween. Enjoy.



Planet of the Apps

Halloween Apps!

Glowing Pumpkins
First up, Andrea reviews Glowing Pumpkins a free app that turns your iPad into a Jack-o-lantern. It's cute and more importantly, it's free. So why not try it?

Carve it!
Jacob's first app is Carve it! a do it yourself Jack-o-lantern app.

WHAC-A-MOLE
Next, Andrea reviews WHAC-A-MOLE a Halloween mash up of the classic carnival game.

Zombie Wonderland
Next up, Jacob reviews Zombie Wonderland. The controls are iPad specific and the game is fairly simple. Kill as many zombies as possible. And it's only $0.99.

Scene it? Horror
Andrea's final app this week is Scene it? Horror. The scene it franchise takes on horror movies. Plus the app offers the "scream machine." If you're ever in need of a violent scream.

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See you next week!

This Week in iPad episode 29

Cold Open
Today on this week in iPad, we've got the flygirls from DayFly.com, plus Planet of the Apps with a sports focus, and Andrea will show you how to wear your iPad. All that and more, on This Week in iPad.

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Game Of The Week!
This week, Andrea reviews Samurai II: Vengeance The sequel to Samurai: Way of the Warrior This game has taken everything that made the original great and expanded on it. Also the game now features a new control scheme.

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Also, thank them on twitter @hover.

News

7 inches isn't enough
According to Steve Jobs, Apple will never offer a 7 in tablet. According to Steve "While one could increase the resolution of the display to make up some of the difference, it is meaningless unless your tablet also includes sandpaper, so that the user can sand down their fingers to around one-quarter of their present size."

Galaxy Tab price revealed
Engadget is reporting that the long awaited Samsung Galaxy Tablet will be available starting on November 11 with a price point of $599.

Apple sales figures released
This week, Apple released sales figures for the most recent quarter. Some impressive figures included 14 million iPhones and 4 million iPads.

OS X event
Also, Apple hosted a special event they called "Back To the Mac" where they debuted OS 10.7 titled Lion. Highlights included iLife 11, FaceTime for your computer, and a new Mac App store. Mac Rumors live blog of the event can be found here.

iPad syte shirt
People who have been forced to choose between fashion and technology no longer need to do so thanks to the iPad syte shirt something that allows users to wear their iPads at all time.

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iPad Video of the Week!
This week's video is Tweet it from Pantsless Knights. Enjoy.


Interview
Jacob and Andrea interview Erin Rafferty and Beate Antares from DayFly.

Planet of the Apps

MLB At Bat 2010
Andrea reviews MLB At Bat 2010. The app gives users all the baseball news and stats they need.

SI
Jacob reviews the Sports Illustrated app. According to Jacob, the app is basically a port of the magazine, so if you're looking to go green, this can be a good way to do it but it's not mindblowing the way the MLB app is.

Football Rules
Andrea reviews Football Rules. You can look at NCAA and NFL rules and you can see what the referee's hand signals mean. Jacob doesn't see why people can't google this information, but it's free so why not?

SportsTap and Scorecenter XL
Next, Jacob reviews two similar apps, SportsTap and Scorecenter XL. These apps provide sports scores and info.

Verdict:
Everyone agrees the MLB app is the best of the apps reviewed.

Thank you to:
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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]

Thank you to:
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This Week in iPad Episode 27

Cold Open
This week, hosts Jacob Burch and new host Andrea Rene interview creator of Instapaper Marco Arment. Plus the latest iPad news including a video of a ChromeOS hack, sales forecasts, and Andrea reviews the iPad game of the week Fiona’s Flowers. In the Planet of the Apps this week the co-hosts talk about Health and Fitness apps!


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Game of the week!
For this weeks game of the week, Andrea reviews Fiona’s Flowers. It's a time management game similar to Farmville but much more in depth. The features include filling customer orders for custom flowers, the ability to earn badges for accomplishment, and nearly infinite game expansion. Jacobs take: It's a little "girly" though that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Tricaster!!!
The wonderful programming you watch every week on the This Week In network wouldn't be possible without a wonderful device known as the Tricaster so to show our appreciation for this wonderful little studio in a box, we made the following little video. Enjoy.



Newsbreak
The plan was to interview Marco at this point but we lost him on Skype so rather than having awkward silence, let's go to the news for a moment.

Everybody is suing everybody!
Recently Motorola sued Apple for patent infringement but it turns out, they're not the only ones. According to IntoMobile there are 17 mobile devices companies all suing one another at the same time.

Interview
Jacob and Andrea interview Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper

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Chrome running on iPad



A well known Chrome developer called Hexxeh has successfully ported Google Chrome to an iPad.

Apple could sell 11 million iPads this year
According to Fox, analysts are predicting that Apple will sell 11 million iPads this year on strong holiday season demand.

7 Inch iPad will have 128GB of memory?
Reports from suppliers indicate that the next generation of the iPad will have a 7 inch retina display, 128GB of storage, and will feature USB compatibility. Jacob's take: Show me.

Planet of the Apps
Today, Jacob and Andrea review Health and wellness apps.

Fitness Yoga HD
Jacob's first app this week is continuing the tradition that Lon started of finding an app that is very popular with a bad rating. Fitness Yoga HD is a perfect example of this. The app is supposed to show how to do various positions in yoga, but they didn't seem to check that the positions they show are the same as those they name. Huge waste of time, and possibly dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

Diet and Fitness Tracker
Andrea reviews the Diet and Fitness Tracker app from SparkPeople. It allows you to track your calories and the number burned while you exercise. Also it's free.

Is That Gluten Free?
Jacob's last app this week allows users to track if their foods contain gluten or other processed foods. Is That Gluten Free also is a great app for people with Celiac Disease to help them avoid gluten. Jacob's take: If you have an allergy, or if you need a lot of info, this can be a good resource but if you're just out and about, Google is probably decent enough for you.

WebMD
Andrea reviews the WebMD app for iPad. It's a great touch interface for the website and it offers great info. Also, it's free. Unfortunately the search functionality didn't seem to work. Strangely missing from the app: The "Does this look infected?" picure reader. Oh well. Maybe when iPad 2 comes out next year.

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See you next week!

Today is Saturday

For the last 4 months I've been unemployed. The cause of this is a mix of cause and circumstance. First and foremost, the economy in Nevada is facing an unemployment rate exceeding 14%. So even for those people who desperately want a job, there simply aren't that many to go around. Secondly, I've been waiting for the job I really want. I really want to work at the Apple store. Not because it's a great paying job, but because it's the kind of job I could believe in. Selling coaching paid the bills, but I was never passionate about it. I am very, VERY passionate about Apple technology. Finally, I want to be my own boss. The problems with that idea are twofold. First, I'm not the only one. In this economy there's scores of people more qualified than I am trying to get the same work. I am stuck in the classic catch-22. Without experience no one will hire me but the only way I'll get experience is if someone hires me. The hiring process at Apple has been insane. Thus far, I've had 3 different interviews. The first was in the store, I think I nailed that one because I got the second, group interview. I did two things the rest of my group didn't. First, during the role-play I offered up sells, and second I knew the products well enough to pitch them without looking at the noted they'd given us to use. So I made it to the third interview. A panel style where I didn't overly stand out, but I did well enough IMHO. Then came the background check. For those who have not been following my story, earlier in the year I decided that the corporate polices of Capitol One were abusive enough such that I chose not to pay them. This has thus far knocked off over 100 points to my FICO score, and affected my credit to the point I literally can't finance a toaster at Best Buy. I'm worried that all my effort the past several months will have been for naught. I'd imagine a position handling money requires decent if not good credit on the part of the applicant. This snafu never crossed my mind until they asked for my info. According to the nice young lady at the panel, we'd hear from them one way of the other by Friday but no later than Monday. I haven't heard anything yet, so I'm now operating under the assumption that my effort to get the job was in vain. So what's next? I've been living off my parent's for the last 4 months and frankly, I'm sick of it. Starting Monday, I'm taking any job I can get. Including sales. But wait you say, didn't you say you'd never again be in sales for the rest of your life, consequences be damned? Indeed I did. And that remains my stance. I hate, hate, HATE sales. But I must accept reality. And the reality is that the sales game is unique. I've literally seen people hired less than a week out of prison, people with warrants, probation, and all sorts of marks against them make good, and even great money. That's all I care about right now. If I could, I'd be running my own company, setting my own hours and producing a great product people would embrace. But the fact is, I'm broke. I'm mooching off my parents, and I'm sick and tired of waiting. I will make more in a good week in sales than I will in a month waiting tables, or flipping burgers. So here's the plan. I'm going to wait for Apple until Wednesday. If I haven't heard from them by then, I'll assume they've rejected me. I'm going to start looking to every sales floor(probably telemarketing but you never know) in town for opportunities. Therein lies another unique trait of sales floors. The cost to them to hire someone is so minor, that they'll take a chance on almost anyone. That's my "in." I'm a proven salesman and all I need is a chance. Once I'm hired, I'll be working on 3 different fronts. First, I'll be going in every day when the doors open. And staying until they close. I'm not hungry. I'm STARVING!!! Secondly, my iPhone will be redirecting calls to my prepaid phone. My prepaid phone has no features at all besides calling and texting. And both are inordinately expensive. That's exactly what I want. That'll help me keep focused. Finally I will have my living expenses slashed. No lunch, very small breakfast, and small dinner. I estimate that I have almost 300 days of calories stored on my person if I cut my daily intake 1000 calories. It'll suck but the number 1 thing I'm wasting money on day in and day out is food. I have one goal for the next 6 months. Pay off ALL my debts, and save money. The number to remember is $1,200. That's the cost of a new(I want the warrantee) MacBook and the fees to register for the iOS developer program. In the interim I'm going to use my laptop to learn website programming languages. Especially php, java, perl, and ruby on rails. This will come in to play when I begin to freelancing to break the chain I'll have to my job. Also, the more I know about programming before I dive into iOS the better. By summer next year I want to have freed myself from the burden of working for someone else forever. I'm going to miss my birthday deadline but so be it. Life starts when you decide to start it. I was rejected by my old job. I was rejected by my dream job. The next time I leave the employment of a company, it'll be because my business has begun. So it was written, so it shall be done. Because one way or another, I'm goin' up! :) $$

G'nite.

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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