Matthew Modine Releases Full Metal Jacket Diary for the iPad
Actor Matthew Modine has released an iPad app to mark the 25th anniversary of Full Metal Jacket. The app is a digital version of Modine’s Full Metal Jacket Diary which was released in 2005. Warner Home Video also released the film in a 25th anniversary blu-ray edition with a new featurette entitled “Full Metal Jacket: [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Takes a Stab at Tablet Multitasking
For tablets that want to compete with Apple’s iPad, proving superior at productivity is seen as a holy grail, and true multitasking is the key. If users can jump between apps with ease, the logic goes, the tablet might attract users who think the iPad is only good for consumption. That’s why I’m suddenly interested [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (Quad-core Processor 1.4GHz; 10.1-inch display)
When we first saw the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, it resembled the company’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 slate, but with a stylus. It felt like a concept device where engineers were told to slap something together using existing parts and make it work–there wasn’t even a slot to keep [...]
Get your Manga Fix with 10,000 Titles on the iPad via Manga Rock 2
Manga and Apple? The two normally did not go hand and hand but Manga fiends can throw up a collective cheer with the new app Manga Rock 2! It is a great portable app that has close to 10,000 scanned titles from MangaReader, MangaFox, and MangaEden. Digital Titles can be accessed via the free app, [...]
Skobbler brings maps to Nook Tablet, Color with ForeverMap 2
skobbler Debuts First-Ever Map Solution for Barnes Noble’s NOOK Tablet NOOK Color skobbler, a leading provider of mobile map-based solutions, today announced the launch of ForeverMap 2™, a brand-new digital map app for the critically acclaimed NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color by Barnes Noble, Inc. With a robust set of features, including intuitive route guidance, [...]
Instapaper Downloads Jump 600% From Nexus 7 Tablet
Instapaper’s a great app for viewing content on one’s tablet device, correct? Not much of an argument there. It’s therefore to be expected that the launch of a new, popular tablet will probably summon forth a new wave of Instapaper downloads especially given that the company just recently released the Android version of its [...]
2B Solutions develops app for tablet market – The Birmingham News
2B Solutions Inc., an Innovation Depot-based company that develops customer management and mobile application programs for a number of industries, is moving into the tablet app market for businesses. The company specializes in mobile apps used by companies in the U.S. and Europe to track inventory or attendance. Last year, filmmakers and film distributors at [...]
30 Days with Google's Nexus 7 Tablet
I’d be lying if I said my decision to attend Google’s I/O conference last month had nothing to do with the tablet rumors. I’ve been waiting for a good, affordable 7-inch tablet ever since Samsung pioneered the concept with its original Galaxy Tab in 2010, but every small tablet since then has suffered from some [...]
Hands On Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet
My Google Nexus 7 (Fig. 1) showed up this week and I have been giving it quite a workout. At times it has been fun, educational and frustrating. Some of the latter is due to Android in general versus something specific to the Nexus 7 but there are some caveats. Figure 1. Google’s Nexus 7 [...]
London Olympics 2012 Apps Review – Team USA Road to London and More (Video)
In just hours the great London 2012 Olympics will begin and you’ve got to be prepared with some special apps. One of them is the 2012 Team USA Road to London application, a free piece of software that we analyzed in the video review below. We tested the app on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 [...]
AOL Play Music Player to hit the Kindle Fire Tomorrow
Not to be confused with Google Play Music, AOL has retooled their music service for the Amazon Kindle Fire. PLAY is an application that lets you share musical moments with friends and discover great new music. PLAY not only let’s you listen to your own music on your device, it also let’s you stream over [...]
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 app lands on Nook Tablet, turns eBook fans’ gazes skyward
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Lands on Barnes Noble’s Award-Winning NOOK Tablet™ New AR.FreeFlight 2.0 App Enables NOOK Tablet Owners to Control Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Flying Quadricopter with Their NOOK® Top features on the app include video and photo recording and sharing in HD, incredible flip capabilities and much more… NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Barnes Noble, Inc. (NYSE: [...]
