The ABC Player app works on the iPad and lets you watch ABC TV shows for free with sponsored ads. You can also find past episodes and a schedule of upcoming shows. The watching feature works great and even better with iPad mirroring on your TV. There is no way to send just the audio to AirPlay speakers. The app also has the ability to remember where you left off so you can come back and finish a show where you left off. You can use it either over WiFi or 3G. Viewing shows in portrait view lets you browse other episodes under the video, or you can rotate the iPad to landscape view and the video will zoom to fill the entire screen. There are a few tabs to get started in the Featured section with slideshows including Most Popular, Latest Episodes, and Comedies. The schedule tab is broken down Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 | Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they’re fair game. To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break! I’ve often felt that the native iOS calendar (particularly on the iPhone) isn’t really very good, and I’ve longed for a good update to it with every new release of iOS. As such, I’ve tried many calendar replacement apps over the years, and while some are fantastic, I always find myself gravitating back to the simple look of the native calendar. Lately I’ve been using a new app though, and I’m feeling pretty good about Read More

A friend just picked up a shiny new iPad and asked me for my app recommendations.   Obviously, we get similar questions often, so I drew up a list of the apps that I use often that most any iPad user might consider. Wundermap: Appshopper: Find new, free, and price-reduced apps.    Pulse:  Innovative news/RSS reader.     Flipboard:  An alternative to Pulse.       Wikibot:  Wikipedia reader with read-ahead, etc.        Noteability:  Take notes with optional linked audio recording.       Simplenote:  Simple text note-taker with sync to other devices and the Web.       Goodreader:  Sync and view documents and other media.       eFax:  Send/receive faxes.       neu.Annotate:  Annotate/sign PDFs.           ABC Player:  Watch full episodes of ABC shows.       IMDB:  Access the Internet Movie Database.      iMyAddress:  Use GPS to find the nearest street address.   Got any other suggestions?  Leave them in the comments below. Read More

By Kevin Stout on May 25th, 2011 This week my favorite four lists my favorite apps for watching free videos. Most come to 148apps to learn which apps to spend their hard earned dollars on. Today I’ll mix it up, because my favorite four are apps with free video content. Crackle Crackle, a division of Sony, adds 20 new movies and TV episodes to its app monthly. It’s 100% free and a must-have app for anyone. It’s always there for me to just whip out and watch whenever I don’t really have a preference. Some of my current favorites available are 21, The Nines, The Karate Kid I and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. FREE! + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Released: 2011-04-18 :: Category: Entertainment SnagFilms is an app dedicated to nothing but documentaries. While documentaries aren’t for all movie-lovers, those of us who like them will Read More

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Looking for the best apps for your iPad 2? There are plenty of great applications available, but sifting through everything to find those good ones can be tough. We’ve put together a list of applications that will help any new iPad user get started. There are some games, news apps, movie apps, reading apps…to put it simply, there’s something for everyone. The list below isn’t the end all-be all list of essential applications, but it is a list that will show you some of the best ones to start with. Now that you have your iPad 2, it’s time to check them out. Hit the jump to see the apps (along with their App Store descriptions): Get Netflix on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix. Download the ABC Player app to watch your favorite Read More

(image source: Apple, Inc) With the release of the iPad 2, there has been a lot of commentary on the overall usefulness of the iPad. Even amongst the iSource staff, there is some debate as to whether or not the iPad is a truly useful device, or merely an expensive toy. Here’s my take. When the iPad was announced a year ago, I had no plans at all to buy it. Like many others, I concluded that it was little more than a large iPod Touch; and I simply didn’t see a need for one, especially considering that I had a perfectly usable iPhone. When my friend Mike got one, I played around with it a bit; but ultimately, I came to the same conclusion – a big iPod. Much later, when I started traveling for work again, I finally realized how useful the iPad could be and decided to take Read More

The iPad makes a great entertainment device. Not only does it play games, it allows you to watch movies and TV shows. Apps like Netflix and the ABC Player are two favorites for that reason alone. It really is a great way to watch movies. What's more, Apps like Netflix work on an iPod Touch and an iPhone as well. Yes, it's a small screen, but it still looks great, and it's a nice way to watch a movie without disturbing others. Then there are Apps that stream music, Apps like Pandora radio. Entertainment-type Apps are some of our favorites. Let's take a look at the ones we love the most:   This is the ultimate entertainment App on iOS. If you have a Netflix account and an iOS device, you need Netflix. If you have an iOS device, but no Netflix account…you need to consider jumping on board. If anything, Read More

Do you need to catch up with Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm? Do you want to re-watch that interview from Real Sports? Soon, you'll be able to do just that on your iPad. HBO Co-President Eric Kessler said that the premium cable channel is planning on releasing an iPad app (dubbed HBO Go) that will enable viewers to view a library of up to 800 hours per month of the channel's movies and TV shows. Best of all, if you're already a paying HBO subscriber, you can access content on the iPad app for free. The content streaming app ecosystem on the iPad includes ABC Player, Netflix and Hulu Plus, and HBO Go is set to join this space. HBO plans to release HBO Go for the iPad in six months, which means that the app will likely be on the App Store sometime during the early part of 2011. Read More

If you’re a movie and/or television buff, then the iPad may be your new best friend. We’ve got a round up of six different apps to help you consume your favorite televisions shows and movies. Enjoy! Netflix has made a name for itself with its excellent service, and many were surprised when it announced it would be coming to the iPad before the iPhone (on launch day, too). The Netflix app is basically a one-window browser that loads a tailored version of the site, allowing you to watch any movie in its instant-watch collection. You can also manage your movie queue, adding or deleting movies as you please. The app isn’t very polished, but it works. I’ve watched the entire three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender on it without incident. The app is free; the subscription, however, isn’t, and it’ll run you $9 a month. There’s a free 30-day trial, Read More

アメリカ限定みたいですが、これはいいですね。LOSTがipadで見れるなんて。。うらやましい。。　http://itunes.apple. Read More

Oh, my. Yeah, we know...another "celebrity x enjoys his/her iPad post" is hardly riveting reading, but this story is worth a mention. Any long-time Stern fan knows that 1.) He dislikes Apple and 2.) He's adverse to new tech gadgets. Unless he's pimping Sirius/XM hardware, you won't hear much fanboy gadget-gushing from Howard (he famously clings to Lotus Notes for much of his tech-based communication). This week on the show, he talked about the 64GB 3G iPad he received as a gift from Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. Calling it "pretty cool," Howard mentioned reading the New York Times with it and taking screenshots of his wife, Beth O, appearing on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live via the ABC Player app. This story is less about the celebrity and more about the iPad winning over yet another unlikely customer. Good job, Apple! Read More

Watching TV on an iPad is a joy. Prop it up, plug in some speakers, turn it on its side and sit back. You can carry it with you as you move about and the epic battery life permits episode after episode. The only drawback right now is the lack of content (I'm looking at you, Hulu). Fortunately, networks like CBS are keen to get on board. This week, CBS VP Anthony Soohoo described his company's plans to create an iPad-compatible portal in an interview with NewTeeVee (video after the break). For now, Soohoo explains, full episodes of Survivor and clips from selected shows are available in HTML5. The network are taking what they learn in getting those shows out to bring their other titles to the HTML5 standard, and expect to achieve full content parity in time for the fall premieres. While ABC is using an app to distribute shows Read More

Just as we expected, ABC has released an update of its Player application that will stream videos over wireless data networks. The app gives you access to a variety of ABC’s shows on demand with some ads. The program is quite polished and it has a slick user interface. On the down sides, not all of the shows’ back catalogs are available and there’s some inconsistent orderings of shows. We’re still testing it out and will let you know how the video quality is over 3G but the WiFi version had some high-quality videos with cool features like high-speed scrubbing. While we work on a video of the 3G version, check out the demo below for a walk through of the app on a WiFi-only iPad. – Download ABC Player app for iPad (free) [iTunes Link] Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and Read More

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A short heads up to notify you all that, as reported yesterday, ABC has indeed upgraded its iPad app to support streaming over 3G and it’s now available on the iPad App Store. Due to Apple’s restrictions, expect however the quality to strongly differ from the WiFi stream. Furthermore, be careful if you went with the 250mb data package as video streaming tends to be quite heavy. Read More

ABC’s iPad app will support 3G video streaming in a new update to the app, according to a person familiar with the matter. The app has already been submitted to Apple, and pending approval — which ABC should get — it will be available for download. We’re looking forward to it. Read More

Die ersten iPads mit UMTS-Chipsatz stehen seit Freitag im US-Verkauf. Rein äußerlich betrachtet unterscheiden sich die neuen Geräte durch eine schwarze Plastikabdeckung an der Oberseite des Gehäuses. Diese dient dem besseren Mobilfunk-Empfang. Der MicroSIM-Karteneinschub sitzt an der linken Seite der Aluminiumrahmung. Das benötigte ‘Werkzeug’ zum Einsetzen der Simkarte liegt wie beim iPhone der Verpackung bei. Im Inneren werkelt neben der neuen Funk-Architektur für UMTS ein GPS-Stein zur exakteren Positionsbestimmung. Einen Kompass navigiert in beiden iPad-Typen. Gegenüber dem WiFi-Modell mit 0.68 kg bringt die UMTS-Version 0.73 kg auf die Waage. Die Verpackung der unterschiedlichen Apparate fällt exakt identisch aus. Lediglich auf der Rückseite wird über einen kleinen Aufkleber kommuniziert, dass es sich um die “3G”-Variante handelt. Neben unzähligen Unboxing-Galerien konnten bereits einige Praxiserfahrungen in den vergangenen 48 Stunden erhascht werden. Das Tech-Weblog iLounge automatisiert das Aufrufen von datenhungrigen Webseiten über UMTS, die sich alle 60 Sekunden neu laden, und erzielte dabei eine Read More

Wie Welt wächst zusammen, einigen Medienkonzerne halten weiter am Konzept des eingezäunten Nationalstaats fest. Nehmen wir alleine das App Store-Dilemma, das pro Land einen eigenen iTunes-Account erfordert. Für den Endanwender ist das schwer nachvollziehbar, wenn seit Wochen ein wirklich gelungenes Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 ($9.99; US-Link) im US-Store steht, hier aber nicht freigeschaltet wird. Ohne konkret nachgeforscht zu haben, wäre es mehr als ärgerlich, wenn die Veröffentlichung für diesen Titel hierzulande an irgendwelchen abstrusen Musiklizenzen scheitert. Natürlich darf die unterschiedliche Gesetzeslage nicht vergessen werden, die in Deutschland einen id-Softwareklassiker aus dem Jahr 1993 verbietet, der in Nordamerika ohne Probleme auf das iPhone wandert. Trotzdem lässt sich ein US-Account mittlerweile recht leicht beschaffen. Man wählt dazu über iTunes als Land die USA aus; erstellt sich über den Link einer kostenfreien App eine neue Apple ID, bei der als Zahlungsart None gewählt wird – so wie Apple es selbst erklärt. Einkaufsguthaben lässt Read More

ABC has released some stats on the ABC Player app for the iPad, and at the same time they have noted that they are pleased with the initial results. “Disney-ABC television President Anne Sweeney says the network is pleased with the initial results.” According to the details in the WSJ article, in the first 10 days since the release of the app it was downloaded 205,000 times. But more importantly, those that downloaded the app have since been responsible for watching at least part of 650,000 television episodes. Which in the end means that those users have generated “several million” ad impressions for ABC. Now I am sure you can understand them being pleased. I think this should entice other networks to release a similar app. Read More

While the various news outlets of the web may have gotten readers a bit too ecstatic when hyping out the iPhone 5, truth is, there was no iPhone 5 come Apple’s annual press conference. One source says that next year’s iPhone, unofficially and presumably dubbed iPhone 5, will be a It seems that Apple decided to go ahead and give the go to iOS 5.0.1 earlier than we had initially thought. Releasing today, the update brings along multiple new minor features, the most significant, however, being the highly anticipated iPhone 4S battery patch. You’ll first dive into Junk Jack without a clue of what you’re supposed to be doing – running around, tapping on random blocks. Then when night falls, the monsters devour you, and by this time you’re frustrated. Even with the gorgeous pixel aesthetic, innovative controls that no other developer has I think that this product is truly great, Read More

Editor-in-Chief, iLounge Published: Friday, April 9, 2010 Category: iPod, iPhone, and iPad Gems: Apps, Games + More Welcome to our first non-gaming edition of iPad Gems! As with our earlier game-focused version, we’re looking at a huge collection of different iPad apps today—20, actually—giving each a relatively brief overview. Unlike the prior column, we’re looking here at apps that either didn’t exist on the iPhone and iPod touch, or never previously received attention in one of our Gems pieces before. They’re unrated for the time being, but our descriptions make clear whether they’re worthy of your time and attention. ABC Player Apart from the app’s unfortunately vertical-only browser design, ABC Player (Free) from ABC Digital is an exciting piece of software—arguably the single biggest step forward in media consumption on an Apple device in a long time. ABC Player is a full-fledged browser and streaming video player for the ABC television Read More

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Posted 04/08/2010 at 1:52pm | by J.R. Bookwalter A recent survey of new iPad owners sounding off on Twitter revealed that a whopping 26 percent were unhappy about the fact that the device couldn’t replace their iPhone. That got us thinking: What would it be like to spend a day with only the iPad? With that challenge in mind, we (mostly) stuck our trusty iPhone 3GS away for a full day and “made do” with only the Wi-Fi model of iPad. As it turns out, it’s not as difficult as you might expect. We have yet to find any iPhone apps that don’t also run on the iPad -- even seemingly more complex ones such as SlingPlayer Mobile or Skype work just fine -- so most of the iPhone functionality can already be duplicated just by installing the same apps you already use. It’s Not a Phone, Silly The biggest trick Read More

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So, you got your shiny new iPad on Saturday and you’ve done all the basic stuff on it: web browsing, email, video. But now that the awesomeness of that has worn off, it’s time to get some new apps. Here are the ones you should buy first. Imagine holding the entire Netflix instant watch database in your hands. This is it. The app is free, but you’ll need a Netflix subscription if you don’t already have one. IMDb is an iPad-friendly version of the Internet Movie Database. So, while you’re watching movies with Netflix, you can settle arguments about them with this. Free. A perfectly optimized version of ABC’s website, so you can watch the iPad on Modern Family with an actual iPad. (Ironically, ABC currently has a Flash banner on its website advertising this app.) The popular browser-based content discovery extension has its first foray into the mobile app market. Free. Read More

After a surprisingly short wait in line at our local Apple Store, where about 100 people lined up for their reserved iPads - and another 100 who didn't have a reservations - we finally took possession of our very own Apple tablet. We will take a closer look at all the apps, hardware and iPad-optimized web sites over the course of the next few days, but here are our first impressions after spending some quality time with the iPad. Without a doubt, the first thing you will notice is the sheer speed of the iPad. Web pages render very fast, switching from landscape to portrait mode only takes a second - even in image and video-heavy apps like the Popular Science app or the ABC Player - and apps open extremely fast. The device itself is light for its size, feels very solid, but still feels a bit heavy when holding Read More

So you just got your new iPad, now what?  It would be a great disservice to the entire Apple-loving tech world if you didn’t load that shiny new device up with at least some apps today.  Well, don’t fret.  The list of 10 iPad apps below was created just for you.  It’s a list of apps that we feel should be downloaded by every iPad user, but we know everyone just isn’t the same, so you can use our recommendations however you wish.  It’s your iPad after all.  Are you ready? Pages ($9.99) – Apple’s Pages is a well-crafted word processing app that is loaded with features that will help you be more productive on your new iPad.  It features pre-designed templates, powerful tools and charts, and the ability to open and export files in a variety of formats.  Files can also be shared via email or iWork.com, or simply transferred Read More

In preparation for the launch of the iPad tomorrow, iPad Apps are live in iTunes and we’re sorting through the best ones as fast as we can. But with more than 2,000 iPad apps in the App Store, the choices are already daunting. To help you find the best apps at launch, we’ve put together the definitive list below. It includes all the iPad apps reviewed on TechCrunch, as well as other promising ones we have not gotten to yet. If you have a favorite you think should go on this list, tell us why in comments. Here is our list, which we will keep updating through the launch of the iPad: Apple’s answer to the Amazon Kindle, iBooks turns the iPad into an electronic book reader with 60,000 books at launch to choose from (the app is free, the e-books are not). Although the Kindle has many more titles (450,000), Read More

April 02, 2010   Douglas   App Store, iPad   I’ve found even more great apps custom designed for the iPad. These are apps I plan on installing or would recommend for your new iPad. This time I’ve added links directly to the App Store so if you’re on your iPad, you can just click to bring you right to the app. unfortunately I haven’t found a nice button for the iPad App Store yet so you’ll have to use the iPhone one for now This is the task management app I use on my iPhone and my Mac. Now, having it for my iPad I will be able to stop carrying around a clipboard. I mostly just use the iPhone app for adding tasks when I’m mobile because there’s just not enough screen size to see the full task name. A recent update to the iPhone app did allow for Read More

If you're anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new iPad, you might want to head over to the app store, where a couple thousand iPad apps are already available for purchase. You can shop now, and sync with the iPad when it arrives. However, the question is what to buy? The current top sellers are Apple's iWork apps: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, so you'll get no help from that list. Instead, check out this crop of must-have apps that are already in the store and ready to be installed on day one. My picks ended up being equal parts free and paid apps, proving that you don't need to spend a fortune to equip the shiny new device you've already spent a fortune on. I wrote about the possibility of a Netflix streaming video app earlier this week, and now it's actually available in the store. It's definitely a must-have for Read More