iPad

[matt]

Same here

[RiK]

Apps so far:

Time for an iPad app recommendations thread Matt!

[GeeZa]

For a v1, free, and little MMO, Pocket Legends is fab. The potential here is flabbergasting. Spent too much time on it already.

[Cloudane]

Goddam. That looks great fun.

HURRY UP APPLE!!! At least give us a hint

[defsdoor]

Apparently the iPad fairs poorly compared to kindle - it you are trying to use it in sunlight.
All you can see is screen smudges and after a while it overheats.

[Misfit]

For a v1, free, and little MMO, Pocket Legends is fab. The potential here is flabbergasting. Spent too much time on it already.

Saw it, thought it looked good. Had to stay away, for the last reason you mention...

[benedictw]

Goddam. That looks great fun.

Its available on the iphone/ipod touch as well.

[Cloudane]

Goddam. That looks great fun.

Its available on the iphone/ipod touch as well.

Cool. Worth knowing.

I'd still like to play this in full size I think, rather than squint-o-vision, so I reiterate: hurry it up, Apple

[Misfit]

3D gaming...

WHY WAIT FOR 3D. IT'S HERE TODAY

Low Grav Racer 2 HD, now available in full on 3D.

Cobra Mobile today announced the release of a new update for Low Grav Racer 2 HD on iPad which brings a whole new 3D mode to the game which literally transforms the way you can play racing games.

Whilst other handheld's and consoles are talking about 3D coming over the next year in games, Low Grav Racer 2 HD shows what 3D can do today in a super fast paced arcade action racing game.

Note: to play Low Grav Racer 2 HD in 3D you will need a pair of 3D glasses (of the red/blue paper variety which are available very cheaply on various online stores, like eBay).

[Yak]

Oh, eurgh. I hope to fuck people get over this ghastly "3D" thing, both in games and in films.

So when are Apple going to tell us the UK cost of this thing? I thought yesterday they might but instead it was all iPhone multitasking and a load of crap about ads. The last thing I want to hear about is bloody ads. Pull your finger out Apple.

[Misfit]

Oh, eurgh. I hope to fuck people get over this ghastly "3D" thing, both in games and in films.

Despite posting that (which I did because it's interesting rather than good) I really hope you are right, particularly in films (but I'm positive it's more to do with stopping films being copied whilst at the cinema rather than artistic merit).

[Cloudane]

Not the first time 3D has been done that way in a game - ISTR some of the '95ish era games dabbled with it, like Descent and one of the Microsoft ones.

I'd agree that beyond the initial 'wow' factor (about 5 minutes) it's pretty overrated.

And yes, Jobsie was far too excited by that iAd thing (he was bouncing in the QA apparently). Gee, new and more efficient ways of pissing off the user. Yawn.
Don't see why they're so adamant about keeping the International details a secret.

[Misfit]

And yes, Jobsie was far too excited by that iAd thing (he was bouncing in the QA apparently). Gee, new and more efficient ways of pissing off the user. Yawn.
Don't see why they're so adamant about keeping the International details a secret.

I suppose the conference was for developers, who want to make money, so iAd would have been more interesting to them.

[pogo]

Just popped on my 3D glasses and the screenshot looks pretty good: or at least it is well rendered 3D, helped by a sensible colour scheme. But 3D's been available for a long time using technically superior shutter glasses, so doing it this way is a bit of a step backwards. I wonder though if shutter glasses could be made for the iPad, Bluetooth so wireless obviously.

[matt]

So when are Apple going to tell us the UK cost of this thing?

They reiterated end of April release in the Q&A yesterday. No prices though.