Tom Bihn Ristretto for iPad

Striking a good, accommodating balance between the iPad's compact size and traditional dead-tree media, Tom Bihn's Ristretto is a quality vertical messenger bag with room to bring just about everything you need.

STM Extra Small iPad Shoulder Bag

If you need only the bare essentials when taking your iPad on-the-go, the STM Micro Extra Small iPad Shoulder Bag is a good option.

STM Scout Extra Small Laptop Shoulder Bag

STM's Scout Extra Small Laptop Shoulder Bag is well-built, but since it was originally designed for comparatively thicker netbooks, its main compartment is too deep for an iPad. It also suffers from some odd design choices.

Skooba Design Netbook/iPad Messenger bag

The Skooba Design Netbook/iPad Messenger is a surprisingly well-proportioned bag with impressive construction for a product at this price.

Review: Star Wars Cantina for iPhone, iPad

The Mos Eisley cantina in Star Wars certainly had a motley bunch of alien patrons, so what would it be like to have to wait on them? In Star Wars Cantina, by THQ, you’ll have to think quickly to have a chance at keeping your demanding customers happy.

Apple Posts Step-by-Step Guide to Activating 3G Service on iPad Wi-Fi + 3G

With pre-orders for Apple's new iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models being delivered today and Apple retail stores gearing up for a 5:00 PM start to in-store sales, Apple has posted a new support document offering a step-by-step guide to setting up 3G service for ...

iPhone apps make up 21% of Gameloft sales in 1Q

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Gameloft's emphasis on iThings seems to be paying off. The French developer, one of the world's biggest publishers of games for mobiles, says iPhone apps accounted for 21% of its sales in the first quarter of 2010. That's a decent percentage considering that, for all of 2009, iPhone games only represented 14% of the company's sales.

While Gameloft still makes noise about other phones and platforms, including those from Palm, Samsung, Nokia and Google's Android, the company's focus seems to be on Apple devices. Late last year, Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort said his company had cut back on developing for Android because buying apps for Androids was "not as neatly done as on the iPhone," and that companies weren't making significant revenue on Google phones.

[via iPodNN]

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Apple iPad no longer available to Brits through BundleBox

Brits are no longer able to get their hands on an iPad via US purchasing and redirect service BundleBox.

Apple Becomes Largest U.S.-Based Mobile Phone Manufacturer

In an article on Motorola's earnings report earlier this week, Forbes notes that Apple has passed Motorola to become the largest mobile phone manufacturer based in the United States.

Motor...

Apple Launches iTunes Store Movie Downloads in France and Ireland

Apple today announced the launch of movie downloads for its iTunes Stores in France and Ireland. The offerings include both purchases and rentals and come from major studios such as 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Disney, ...

Analysis: History shows HP’s Palm buy can work

Analysts say that given HP's track record with large acquisitions, it has a good chance of successfully digesting Palm.

Just get an iPad Wi-Fi + 3G? Here’s what you need next!

Today the day Apple’s iPad Wi-Fi + 3G finally goes on sale which means a bunch of you are waiting by the door for the delivery truck or getting ready to head out to the Apple Store and pick one up. While you’re waiting, or once you get it and come back, you might be wondering what’s next? Don’t worry, TiPb’s got your back:

• Get apps and games. There are thousands of iPad specific apps already (seriously, we’ve stopped counting!). You can find them — all of them — on iTunes, either on your Windows or Mac, or right on the iPad App Store. We’ve covered a ton of iPad apps here already, and we’ll be reviewing more each week, so keep your eyes peeled!

• Get accessories. The TiPb Store has just started offering iPad accessories and more and more are in stock every day. If you want to protect that big, beautiful screen or wrap a case over that pristine aluminum shell, be sure to check them out!

• Get talking. If you just want to talk about your new iPad and all those apps and accessories, or if you need help getting started (or to trouble-shoot bugs), or advice and recommendations, we have two new discussion groups just for you: iPad Device and Help Forum and iPad Apps and Games Forum.

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Quick Review: GoodReader document manager, viewer for iPad

GoodReader for iPad [on sale for $0.99 - iTunes store] is a gem of an app for anyone who wants to access and manage their documents on the go, especially large PDF files. It is upscaled from the iPhone version, but while the interface isn’t radically different this is one case where bigger translates effectively into more and better.

The large iPad screen means you get to see your documents on the left and your panels — Preview, Find Files, Manage Files, Web Downloads, Downloads in Progress, Recent Downloads, Connect to Servers — on the right.

Tap on a document on the left, including those super-large PDF’s and GoodReader brings it up full screen and in our experience, fast. Now navigating a PDF is a bit of a chore at this point due to the iPhone up/down paradigm being retained, but the developers are working on a better, more iPad-like page turning paradigm and we should see that in an update.

GoodReader can show pretty much any file type supported by iPhone OS, including images (JPG, PDF, GIF), Microsoft Office docs, Apple iWork docs, HTML, TXT, and all the sound and video you’d expect. It will even reflow PDFs for you if that’s your thing. There’s a search and a preview on the right side so it’s easy to find the local file you’re looking for.

Document management is powerful, even if the UI is… awkward. There’s a strange assortment of little buttons, but they do wonderful things like protect/un-protect, star/un-star, mark as read/unread, zip/unzip (yes, ZIP!), copy, cut, emial, and more.

To get the files into GoodReader you can browse the web or enter a URL, connect to an online repository like iDisk, DropBox, Box.net, Google Docs, or any WebDAV, IMAP, or POP3 server. You can also connect to a local server and transfer files right over from your computer. GoodReader also supports Apple’s USB file transfer via iTunes, and the latest version includes Document Sharing so you can open compatible docs in GoodReader from other apps (i.e. if you receive a PDF in iPad Mail, you can open it directly in GoodReader).

While the UI inarguably needs some refinement, there’s no arguing about the power of GoodReader for the iPad. If you have big doc needs, check it out. And do it soon, since it’s on sale for $0.99!)

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LAST CHANCE: Five 1-year subscriptions to AT&T or Rogers Navigator powered by TeleNav

Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate the great driving weather than teaming up with TeleNav to give away five (5) 1-year subscriptions to AT&T Navigator (for those of you in the US) or Rogers Navigator (for those of you in Canada).

Want? Great, all you have to do is head on over to Facebook and:

• Become a fan of TeleNav
• Become a fan of TiPb

(You must become a fan of both to qualify. We’ll check!)

Give away starts now and ends Friday, April 30 at 12pm PT so get to it!

Legal stuff after the break…

The Promotion shall be open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada who have reached the age of majority in their state or province of residence at the time of entry.

• List of TeleNav supported devices

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Review: Kindle for iPhone and iPad

Amazon has updated its e-reader app to work on the iPad as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. The new hybrid version makes great use of the larger screen real estate, making this a fine choice for a mobile e-reader.

Microsoft kills Courier, HP kills Windows 7 Slate, Fusion Garage lets JooJoo suffer

Two would-be Microsoft-based competitors pre-emptively bit the dust yesterday — both Microsoft’s own Courier and HP’s Windows 7 Slate are no more, and it’s fairly safe to say a third, Fusion Garage’s JooJoo, is being kept alive on life support for now. all this follows 500,000+ opening week iPad Wi-Fi sales for Apple, and comes on the eve of the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G release.

Courier was never made manifest beyond some animated concept movies showing off a dual-screen, notebook-like device with innovative UI and finger and pen-based input. The video was promising enough to wow the tech world but at the same time set expectations incredibly high for software that didn’t exist. That could have been a factor in the cancelation, along with the realities of trying to sell a device whose price-point would literally be double the iPad’s. Gizmodo, who broke word of the Courier’s existing, also tolled its end:

At any given time, we’re looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, incubating them. It’s in our DNA to develop new form factors and natural user interfaces to foster productivity and creativity. The Courier project is an example of this type of effort. It will be evaluated for use in future offerings, but we have no plans to build such a device at this time.

The HP Slate was less vapor, more ware, and was even given the Ballmer-bump during the CES 2010 keynote in an effort to show up Apple. The idea of an extra chunky Intel tablet running a desktop OS like Windows 7 probably appealed to power users, and to HP until about a minute after they bought Palm. TechCrunch has heard through sources that the Slate is no more. We’re betting the timing is no coincidence and HP re-announces a much more mobile-friendly, webOS based Slate in the future.

Oh, and Engadget says the JooJoo is being updated.

[Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget]

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Apple Acquired Lala Music Service to Shut Down May 31st

Lala.com has announced that they will be shutting down their service as of May 31, 2010. Lala is a streaming music service that was acquired by Apple in December, 2009.

Lala was a four year old startup company that offered customers...

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Now Shipping, Free Trials Available

Adobe today announced that it has begun shipping Creative Suite 5, introduced earlier this month.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of the Adobe Creative Suite 5 product family, the high...

US Apple Retail Stores closing 4-5pm today in advance of iPad Wi-Fi + 3G launch

Apple is launching the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G in the US today, and if you’re planning to pick one up at your local Apple Retail Store, it’s been confirmed they’re closing from 4pm to 5pm local time to get ready for you.

No doubt they’ll be stocking up and getting the demos ready, but will there be crowds again?

Let us know if you’re planning to check it out, or if you’re sitting at home waiting for the delivery truck to come to you.

[9to5Mac]

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U.S. Apple Retail Stores to Close From 4-5 PM Tomorrow in Advance of iPad 3G Launch

As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, Apple will be closing each of its over 220 retail stores in the United States from 4:00-5:00 PM local time tomorrow to prepare for the launch of the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. Even Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhatt...