Well, weren’t you a good boy and/or girl this year! That iPad’s going to be your favourite new toy no matter what, but here’s how to squeeze the most out of it from day one.
We ran into Epic Games vice president Mark Rein at Apple’s iPad demo event today, happily tapping and gesturing to his heart’s content with one of the sleek new tablets. Will Epic bring its Unreal Engine to the iPad?
Firemint, maker of Flight Control for the iPhone and iPod Touch (reviewed by Gawker boss Nick Denton in December), has announced it will bring an “optimised and re-imagined version” of that game to the iPad, announced today.
After burning through most of the games Apple deemed playable on its new iPad tablet computer, I ventured into the off-topic portions of the device. As an iPhone and MacBook owner, would I find the need for something in between?
The Apple iPad may be great for web-browsing. It may be the best slate on which to list half of the 10 Commandments since solid rock. But, for gamers, well, thou shalt have some legitimate doubts about this thing.
First! The virtual keyboard on the iPad probably won’t work for liveblogging, but it’s a helluva lot better than the iPhone. The games? Well, I’ll write about that in a minute.
Ringing it at $US500 to $US830, the newly announced 1.5-pound (0.68kg) iPad doesn’t seem to bring much new to the table, despite Apple calling it magical.