IPad Today 31

iPad Today Episode 31

iPad Today 31: Messaging Apps, The Daily Goes Daily, Honeycomb Looms, Trickle, SimCity!

Sarah and guest host MG Siegler of Techcrunch on the best messaging apps, the Daily launch, the imminent Honeycomb effect, SimCity, True Grit, Trickle for Twitter, and more!

Hosts

• Sarah Lane (@sarahlane)
  • sarahlane.com
• MG Seigler
  • techcrunch.com

Today's Theme: Messaging Apps!

• Beluga Messenger
• imo instant messenger
• TextPlus

So, That Happened

• The Daily is here
  • great design, intuitive
  • hard to tell what it updates throughout day
  • fights with Pandora on audio pages
  • no hyperlinks.. so much unreferenced material

• Reuters eyewitness sees iPad 2, eyes roll

• Apple trying to control in-app purchases... what happens next?

• Honeycomb event, should Apple be worried?

Show And Tell

• MG says Verizon's Hotspot feature works well...good for non-3G iPad owners?

App Store Noobs

• Trickle for iPad... looks nice, but realistically who just props up their iPad to display Helvetica tweets?

iPad Stars of The Week

• Freddie the Wonder Pug from Atlanta, GA

• Gidget the Jack Russell Terrier

App Cap Award

Sarah's App

• True Grit

MG's App

• Sim City

Sponsors

Slingbox

• ad times: :50 - 1:03 and 39:42 - 41:53

Gazelle

• ad times: 1:03 - 1:15 and 58:40 - 1:02:30

Production Information

• Edited by: Jeff and Sarah
• Notes:

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