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CREATE MUSIC ON YOUR IPAD WITH SAMPLETANK
This iPad/iPhone app literally blew us away! With 400+ instruments and Over 900 melodic and rhythmic patterns there isn’t much you can’t do with this app! Check out this audio-visual review to see for yourself!
It is the ULTIMATE Christmas gift for any iOS using musician!
(via Create Music with Your iPad with SampleTank | Apps for iPads)
Demand for the device is so astounding that market experts have predicted that by year end 2011, the iPad will have taken 83 percent of the tablet market share in the United States.
All well and good, but if you’re one of those entrepreneur types, the more important question would be, how can one cash in on the success of the iPad? While going out and inventing a competing gadget is a viable proposition, an easier way on how to hitch a ride on the iPad boat is to become an iPad app developer.
THAT being said I work with iPad developers every day and truth be told it takes a LOT more than just developing an app. Unless you are hiring a PR team to help you, you must promote, advertise, and wear all the hats required to get the market to recognize your app. Otherwise it will be drowned out in the din that is the App Store.
To Narrate or Not to Narrate
Much has been written about how iPad apps are, or should be used, with children.
The question of narration always seems to come up in this conversation. At this point in time, I have to confer with Carisa at Digital Storytime, if an app does not include narration they probably will not make it. Most narration can be turned off if the user, or parent prefers, but all storytime apps, at this time and forward, should have narration as a feature. It’s up to the parent as to how it it used.
Join Carisa on her website for her full article, which brings a great prospective to the debate.
(via Trends – 100 Reviews – To Narrate or Not to Narrate | The Digital Media Diet)
Analysis determines why Angry Birds is so popular
Never content to just take things at face value, in this case that people just like Angry Birds because it’s fun, another over-paid think tank is at it again, spending our money to tell us something we already know!
(via Analysis determines why Angry Birds is so popular | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Yahoo iPad App Attack on the Media Stack
Yahoo introduces TV to social media, and stands up against Unami. Both apps have technology that enables them to sense what you are watching on your TV and suggests further content.
(via Yahoo iPad App Attack on the Media Stack | eHomeUpgrade)
Instagram CEO hints at video sharing
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in Beijing last week, and hinted that video sharing would be coming soon to the popular mostly iOS-driven photo sharing service. “We really want to go after something bigger than filtered photos,” he said, explaining that the service really wanted to let users share their entire lives, not just photos.
(via Instagram CEO hints at video sharing | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Umami for iPad Knows What’s on Your TV
Unami seems at first glance to be very much like Yahoo’s IntoNow app for iPads. So which is your choice and why?
How to Use Reading List in Safari iPad App
Are you using your mobile Safari app to its best advantage?
Here’s a concise look at how to use the new Reading List they added with the iOS 5 update.
(via How to Use Reading List in Safari iPad App | Apps for iPads)
Smartphone App Downloads Nearly Doubled in 2 Years
What are the stats and how do you fit into them? Do you use your smartphone to its best advantage?
I personally use a lot more apps on my iPad than I do my iPhone; how about you?
(via Smartphone App Downloads Nearly Doubled in 2 Years | Apps | TechNewsDaily.com)
