http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76EZWp58cIs

Zev and I are talking about the PhotoNinja iOS app. This is simply a family friendly – party friendly app. It’s costs only a few bucks you should check it out.

Price:

• $.99

ESRB/iTunes Rating:

• +4
• iTunes: No additional information from
• ESRB: EC (Early Childhood)
• …have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older…

Description:

• What would you or your friends look like as a pirate? A ninja? Using this app, take a group photo and instantly make everyone into pirates, ninjas, or both!

Stats:

• One-touch, automatic pirate-ification or ninja-fication of your photos.
• Works with multiple faces, groups, and tilted heads
• No manual editing or positioning of faces, thanks to face-recognition technology
• Works with photos taken with your device, or photos from your camera roll
• Works on baby photos, group photos, etc.

Pros:

• Makes dull photos entertaining
• The touch interface makes editing easy (pinch-zoom)
• Send completed photos to other services (Facebook, Email, Tumblr)

Cons:

• Needs more flair
• occasionally crashes
• No share community like Photofunia

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Post Image Credit: GadgetSin.com

For those that feel the need for a keyboard/case/stand for their iPad, the Clamcase is a pretty cool option. For a limited time, they are offering a gift card that saves $20 of the price ($119 – $20).

Check it out and let us know what you think!

With products like the Powermat and Energizer’s IC Pad, there are plenty of uses for Inductive Charging with mobile devices.  In my mind, one unexplored location for this technology is the Kitchen centerpiece, the refrigerator.

Most of the time, the refrigerator is the location where notes, pictures, bills, and coupons are put on display. This results in an unending battle for space superiority. Wouldn’t this be a great location for a screen where you can wirelessly display all of your small items?

We’ve all seen the overly expensive refrigerators with small lcd panels built-in, from manufacturers like LG. They have failed to gain traction because watching tv on your refrigerator is, for the lack of a better word, stupid. But the need for displaying other types of data is a very good use if a display. And most of us probably have purchased a digital picture frame at some point, but have struggled to find the perfect place to utilize the news, weather, stocks, and Facebook (Social Media) possibilities of this kind of platform.

The answer is, integrate both uses in the refrigerator.  If appliance manufacturers would place an Inductive Charging location on the front door, manufacturers of electronic equipment (like photo frames) could start making devices to place on the front of their refrigerator.  That way, they could wirelessly write notes, place reminders, update their social media status, show pictures, and get news.  And what’s great about it is, they can switch between devices on-the-fly, as they desire.  And as the technology improves, they can replace the less expensive external devices more frequently, since the appliance is a less often upgraded purchase.

I’m looking forward to see what’s in store at CES in Las Vegas.

I had the great pleasure of being asked to come on Path Television. Ruben Quinones – host — contacted me the other day and wanted me to com e on the show to discuss the iPad. He was also eager to show off the new setup.

Let’s take a look at what we are talking about:

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I love the “I am a Mac“ commercials and who doesn’t have a favorite or two. The chemistry between Justin Long — Mac and John Hodgman — PC is fantastic. Take180.com has done a wonderful parody of the “I am a Mac” commercials. Instead of Long and Hodgman it’s the iPad and Jersey Shore’s “The Situation.”

Take180.com posts 180 second (or less) web shows made by the community.

It’s a community where people come together to make awesome web shows. You power the episodes, by submitting stories, ideas, videos, photos and artwork — and/or commenting and voting on other people’s submissions. And hey — prizes happen. Episodes are never longer than 180 seconds and there are new ones all the time — just like TV.

Unfortunately, the Apple iPad will not be available for a few more months and I don’t think we will ever see an “I am an  iPad” commercial. Thanks to the folks at Take180.com we can at least get a good laugh.

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Steve Jobs did not disappoint with today’s unveiling of the latest Apple product – the iPad.

The specs:

• Models: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB (flash storage)
• Price: $499, $599 and $699, respectively (add-on another $130 if you want both Wi-Fi and 3G)
• 1GHz Apple A4 chip
• Wireless: 802.11n, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1
• 10 hours of battery life
• 1.5 pounds
• .5 inches thick
• 9.7 inch IPS display
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• You can get full specs here

Unfortunately, for us the iPad will not be available for 60 or 90 days. Your wait is dependent on what model you wish to purchase. From today’s announcement, it seems that the 3G iPad’s will be shipping in April and the WiFi models will be shipping in late March. The good news is that a data plan is available for the 3G iPad’s – for 250MB per month the cost will be $14.99 a month. If you are a data hog, you can go for the unlimited plan that will run you $29.99 a month. The bad news is that AT&T will be servicing the data plan. The silver lining is that there will be no contract.

The iPad is service and feature rich we will be looking at an iBook Store, Maps, iPod, Notes, Contacts, Calendar, Spotlight Search, Safari, Mail, iWork, SDK for developers, YouTube (HD), Photos, iTunes and access to over 140, 000 apps from the App Store. As far as an input device – you can either use your index finger or the big beautiful on-screen keyboard.  In Apple fashion they already have the official iPad site up and running.

Below is the eight-minute video with Apple’s design and development team.

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