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JOYSTICK-IT: A Hardware Joystick For Your iPad

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

We love the iPad as a gaming device as much as the next person, but we just can't help but feel hampered by the lack of buttons. Granted that the large, 9.7" touch-enabled display does have its advantages when it comes to changing the way we think about games, but there are some times when a pair of good ol' fashioned joysticks would come in handy.

Apparently we aren't alone in thinking such thoughts, with the JOYSTICK-IT proving that sometimes prodding things with your finger isn't always the best way to go.

With iPad gaming, at least...

Now – The New iPad TV Ad

Sébastien Page ∙ June 18, 2011

A new iPad ad is currently hitting your TV set, showing how the iPad is changing the way we do just about everything, from watching a newspaper, to touching the stars.

As usual, you can't watch this commercial without thinking "I want one of those damn iPads." I know, because I own 2 iPads and every time I see one of these commercials, I feel the rush to drive to the nearby Apple Store and spend $500...

New in iOS 5: Split Keyboard

IDB Staff ∙ June 17, 2011

If you own an iPad, you know how hard it can be to type on the keyboard with your thumbs like you do on the iPhone. iOS 5 is about to change that with the introduction of a split keyboard option.

To activate this, simply tap the keyboard icon at the bottom right of the keyboard and it will give you 2 options: undock, which lets you use the keyboard higher or lower on the screen, and split, which let's you undock and split the keyboard just like it is in the image above...

Official Facebook iPad App Coming Soon to the App Store

Alex Heath ∙ June 17, 2011

After almost two years, it looks as though Facebook will be releasing an official app for the iPad in the next "coming weeks." According to The New York Times, Facebook is putting the finishing touches on its iPad app, and the social network juggernaut has been working with Apple to get the app ready for the App Store.

This news is particularly interesting in light of the recent uncovering of "Project Spartan" - a secret Facebook product that is aimed at taking on Apple's App Store and other mobile platforms.

If this Facebook for iPad news is true, then Apple and Facebook are in a much better relationship than we all thought, despite the fact that Apple went with Twitter integration in iOS 5...

Your iPad as a Hat? Yeah, Sure

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

If you ask a parent, they might call it intuitive. If you ask a musician, they might call it inspiring. To a doctor, it’s groundbreaking. To a CEO, it’s powerful. To a teacher, it’s the future. If you ask a child, she might call it magic. And if you asked a British Lady, she’d say it’s just a hat.

This woman wearing an iPad as a hat was spottted at the annual Royal Ascot, a five-day racing event that has highlighted both British fashion and horseracing since it was first created in the 1700th...

3 People Sent to Jail Over Chinese iPad 2 Leak

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 15, 2011

If you think back to just before the iPad 2 was officially announced, you'll probably also remember the unusual way in which the new hardware was being leaked left and right; specifically, leaks that came out of Chinese supply sites.

Recently, the Chinese police became involved and as a result, three people have been arrested in relation to the leaking of iPad 2 information after a three month investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal....

EA Sports Demo Hints at Future of iOS Gaming

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 18, 2018

First with the iPhone, and then with the iPod touch and iPad, Apple has delivered hit after hit in the handheld gaming market. But can iDevices continue their domination in the face of new competition, like the Sony Vita?

While no new Apple hardware was unveiled last week, iOS software announcements garnered massive media attention. (And I'm not just talking about WWDC.) iOS software was quite a hit at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) as well...

iCloud Going to Get Its Own Web Apps After All?

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

Since Apple announced iCloud, the much-needed replacement for its ailing MobileMe service, at WWDC last week, there has been much debate as to whether the latter's impressive web-apps would make the transition to the new platform. Apple's Steve Jobs made no mention of the web interface for iCloud, with MobileMe sporting HTML versions of OS X's Mail, Calendar and Address Book apps. Were they being dumped?

Former Engadget front-man and all-round tech celebrity, Joshua Topolsky, reported that the web interface was indeed being scrapped, citing Apple's PR as the source of the information....

3D Screen Crammed Into an iPad?

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 14, 2011

3D is one of those technologies that really seems to polarise people. Some people swear by the latest technology and point to the huge success seen at the box office with Avatar and say that it's finally come of age. Others will say that 3D is just another gimmick thought up by hardware manufacturers to sell TVs now that everyone has bought a HD set.

3D is proving to be the big new thing in mobile devices whether we want it to or not, with various Android tablets and smartphone devices sporting 3D capability. Even Nintendo is in on the action with its 3DS handheld gaming device, but as yet Apple isn't in the 3D market.

Of course, that hasn't stopped anyone else from taking Apple's hardware and shoehorning 3D technology into it...

50% of iPhones Don’t Currently Get Backed Up – iOS 5 to the Rescue

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Sometimes it's easy to forget that we in the geek world aren't like normal people. We spend our lives connected, and backing up our data is just one of those things we do as a matter of course. Until iOS 5 arrives in the coming months, the only way to back up an iOS iDevice is to plug it into iTunes and let it sync. But does anyone actually do it?

According to a little birdie, only 50% of the customers who take iDevices into Apple Stores for repair have their apps, settings, contacts and the like, backed up.

That's right - around half of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches don't find themselves plugged into iTunes after that initial set up - a set up that won't even need to be done after iOS 5 lands...

PhoneItiPad Turns Your 3G-Equipped iPad into a Smartphone

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 12, 2011

There's always been an argument that the 3G-equipped iPads are just 9.7" iPhones without a calling plan. While VoIP apps, such as Skype, can indeed turn iPads into a phone of sorts, there's never been a way to make proper cellular calls using Apple's tablets. Until now.

Enter a new jailbreak app courtesy of iPhoneIslam, the same guys who brought us FaceIt3GS - an app that allows iPhone 3GS users to get in on the FaceTime bandwagon.

Called PhoneItiPad, this jailbreak tweak allows owners of the iPad 3G to make telephone calls using their cellular connection just like an iPhone, making the iPad the world's largest phone...