I’ve been playing Fieldrunners for only 2 days now, but it has become my absolute favorite app for the iPad (rivaling Plants vs. Zombies). The graphics are stunning. It’s easy to learn basic strategies, but not too easy. I’ve been asking people to suggest games to me for weeks now, but I found this little gem without anyone’s help and I love it! Check it out: iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fieldrunners/id292421271?mt=8 iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fieldrunners-for-ipad/id364204209?mt=8

I’ve been playing Fieldrunners for only 2 days now, but it has become my absolute favorite app for the iPad (rivaling Plants vs. Zombies). The graphics are stunning. It’s easy to learn basic strategies, but not too easy.

I’ve been asking people to suggest games to me for weeks now, but I found this little gem without anyone’s help and I love it!

Check it out:

It's the thought that counts

  • 3 Girls: We're buying this iPad for our manager.
  • Me: Oh awesome! You guys sound like great employees.
  • 3 Girls: Yeah, well she worked there for 27 years and now it's closing down; she's going to lose her job and so are we.
  • Me: Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. It's still very nice of you guys. Where do you work?
  • 3 Girls: Ever heard of Honey's Strip Club in Everett, WA?
  • Me: Ooooooh...
I may or may not have gotten addicted to this RealRacingHD game for the iPad…

I may or may not have gotten addicted to this RealRacingHD game for the iPad…

Just played an epic game of RealRacingHD multiplayer on the iPad with some co-workers. I’m sold.

Just played an epic game of RealRacingHD multiplayer on the iPad with some co-workers. I’m sold.

iPad launch at Apple today has totally made me want to get one! I think I’ll hold off for the second generation to come out eventually, but the device definitely won me over with how cool it is. 

Did any of you get one today? What do you think?

After nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple’s finally unveiled the iPad. It’s a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple “A4” chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It’ll come in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes, and it’s got the expected connectivity: very little. There’s a 30-pin Dock connector, a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, and 802.11n WiFi, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. As expected, it can run iPhone apps — either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen — but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK, which is available today. Apple says there’s room for a third device between the smartphone and the laptop, and that it has to be better at tasks like browsing, email, photos, e-books, and videos than both — netbooks, says Steve, “aren’t better at anything.” It looks just like the leak we saw, with a large touchscreen keyboard that Steve says is “a dream to type on,” and an interface that’s very reminiscent of the iPhone, although it’s significantly expanded and altered. The built-in apps are much more Mac-like than iPhone-like, with versions of iPhoto and iTunes that look like touch-oriented versions of their desktop counterparts. There’s also some built-in location services that lets the Map app auto-locate, and the iTunes store is built-in for previewing and buying media.

After nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple’s finally unveiled the iPad. It’s a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple “A4” chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It’ll come in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes, and it’s got the expected connectivity: very little. There’s a 30-pin Dock connector, a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, and 802.11n WiFi, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. As expected, it can run iPhone apps — either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen — but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK, which is available today.

Apple says there’s room for a third device between the smartphone and the laptop, and that it has to be better at tasks like browsing, email, photos, e-books, and videos than both — netbooks, says Steve, “aren’t better at anything.” It looks just like the leak we saw, with a large touchscreen keyboard that Steve says is “a dream to type on,” and an interface that’s very reminiscent of the iPhone, although it’s significantly expanded and altered. The built-in apps are much more Mac-like than iPhone-like, with versions of iPhoto and iTunes that look like touch-oriented versions of their desktop counterparts. There’s also some built-in location services that lets the Map app auto-locate, and the iTunes store is built-in for previewing and buying media.