Posts Tagged ‘ uk ’

Scrabble for the ipad

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Scrabble for Ipad

I know a lot of people have been giving this game a hard time because this is a £15 boardgame in Argos but, i really like playing it on the ipad, everything is quicker and there isn’t any arguments over words in the dictionary.

My partner and i enjoy playing ‘Party Play’ with both of us using our iphones , as the tiles rack, you have to turn off wifi and turn bluetooth on for this mode, also make sure you download the Scrabble Tile rack app which is free in the app store for both iphone and ipad.

Playing Scrabble with the ipad and iphone is slick and best of all it’s fun and it got us back into playing Scrabble regularly, which is always a good thing.

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Two great free ipad Apps for UK owners

Monday, June 7th, 2010

The Guardian Eyewitness

Fantastic free app if your into photography, a single photo a day, which looks amazing on the ipad, you also get a pro tip, from the photographer that took the picture.

London Traffic HD
If your based in London or travelling in and around London, this app is useful, sitting in traffic is the worst
The app can locate the nearest jamcam to the iPad’s current location.

ipad is here in the UK

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

The ipad has arrived a day early in the UK, some buyers are reporting of deliveries this morning. They must be the lucky ones the rest of us will have to just wait until tomorrow

Ipad UK Price Announcement

Saturday, May 8th, 2010



Apple have announced the prices for the iPad in UK, the 16GB version with Wi-Fi only is £429, the 32GB version is £499 and 64GB is £599

The US prices of the iPad are
$499 16gb, $599 32gb and $699 64gb

Once again the UK buyers are paying a much higher price, with a dollar conversion, the UK price for the 16gb should be £335

This makes me want to import one, it will cost about £30 to post with insurance from the US.

o2, Orange and Vodafone will be unveiling pricing policies for the IPad with 3G

Apple anounce UK Pre Order Date

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Apple has announced the UK release date of the iPad, has been pushed back by roughly a month, so the ipad won’t be available until end of May, They will start taking pre-orders from 10th May

3 Features that will make you want the IPad at UK launch

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Three Features that will make you want the IPad when it’s launched in the UK

Unless you have been locked away on the moon, you may have noticed that Apple is releasing a new computer into the world. We say computer, but that might be too limited of a term to use for it. This device may be the one that makes computers easier to use for everyone. If you have seen it demoed on television or the internet, then you know that this machine has an interface that has never been seen before on a computer. If you wanted to know what the future of computing will be like, then take a look at the IPad. You may have already seen it. But there are still a few people that are not convinced that the IPad will be able to change how they use computers. They do not see what all of the hype is about. It will take a lot to make these people true believers but the IPad is the machine to do it. We will go over three features that would make anyone want an IPad for their home.

The first feature that we think will make you want an IPad is something that we went over before earlier in the article. We spoke about the way the interface of the machine looks and moves. We have seen touch screen computers before. You may have even used one when you went to the mall or the movies. If you needed to purchase movie tickets without standing in line, that was most likely a touch screen computer that you were using. But none of the machines that you have used previously is like this. You are able to control multiple features with just the flick of your finger. And the smoothness of how it moves is remarkable. We have already seen a preview of how the IPad operates whenever we use the IPhone. The IPad is pretty similar. But to have that same smooth functionality on a machine that size is a marvel of engineering and design.

The second feature that will make you want the IPad is all of the applications that are already available for it. Whenever a new device is released to the public, the one thing that you always have problems with is the lack of software for it. With the IPad, you do not have to worry about this problem. It is already able to use all of the applications that are available for the IPhone. This means that you already have a huge library available to you as soon as you purchase the device.

The last feature that will make you want the IPad is how easy it is to transport. Even though the recent Netbook phenomenon has made transporting a computer even easier than before, it still can be a real pain to deal with. With the IPad you do not have to worry about this problem. With its flat design and only weighing in at a pound, it will be easy for the average person to carry with them. The IPad was made so that carrying it around with you would not be a problem. The flatness of the device delivers on this promise.

These are the three features that should tempt you into buying an IPad.  If you own an IPhone then the interoperability of the two devices may be a fourth reason.