IPad Today 9

iPad Today Episode 9

iPad Today 9: Travel Apps, 3D fun, Uranus

Leo and Sarah's travel picks, fun with 3D augmentation, iPad Confessions, weekly whines, Sumo wrestlers, NASA's free iPad app, and more!

Hosts

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte)
  • leoville.com
• Sarah Lane (@sarahlane)
  • sarahlane.com

Topics

• Travel Apps
  • KAYAK Explore + Flight Search
    • Elegantly access KAYAK.com's travel search engine on the iPad. iTunes link
  • 1000 Ultimate Experiences
    • Lonely Planet's travel guidebook comes to the iPad. iTunes link
  • TravelTracker Pro - Live Flight Status & TripIt
    • Keep track of your TripIt flights on your iPad. It displays flight information, a map of your travel, and even information about the plane that you'll fly on. iTunes link

• News
  • Apple's September 1st Event
    • iOS 4.2 is slated to arrive on the iPad in November.
  • iWeird: Sumo Wrestlers get iPads
    • The Japan Sumo Association is distributing iPads to its wrestlers to accommodate their large fingers, which often prove problematic on smaller touch devices. They associations hopes that this may help to clean up sumo's possible ties to the Japanese mafia.
    • Dash Four

• Sarah's Duh Tip
  • Restrictions Use restrictions as a replacement for user accounts when you want to share your iPad with someone, but don't want them to run up your credit card bill.

• Viewer emails
  • Use the iPad for GE's augmented reality, without printing the page out on paper. Sarah gives it a try.

• App Cap Awards
  • Sarah: Twitter
    • The official Twitter app gets an iPad version. iTunes link
  • Leo: NASA App HD + Bonus app Epic Citadel iTunes link
    • See thousands of NASA's images, watch NASA TV, and get updates on NASA missions. [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app-hd/id387310098?mt=8 iTunes link}

Sponsors

Audible

• Audiblepodcast.com/ipadtoday
• ad times: 3:50 - 4:00 and 13:45 - 16:40

Picks

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (ABRIDGED) Narrated by Bill Bryson

GoToMeeting

• GoToMeeting.com/ipadshow
• G2M #7
• ad times: 3:38 - 3:50 and 34:30 - 36:37

Production Information

• Edited by: Jeff, Sarah, Erik
• Notes:

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