That... could be awesome.

It took me a few seconds to realise what the photo was showing me.

It's hanging from a fridge. Screw the fridge, the magnets in that sucker are the new velcro. Got a metal surface? Add a new, sexier, lighter, iPad 2 to it. 

Smart Covers are literally the only thing I am sad is missing from my 1st gen iPad.
via Engadget

Not again

Damn that new iPad 2 sure does look svelte. But who put it next to a cheap white digital photo frame like my Nan got us all last Christmas.

White iPad 2 you say? Oh jesus, well don't hang around! Go get a Smart Cover on that thing and quick. (In orange preferably.) 

Canny marketing Apple, very canny.

Man Up.

I was reading my Twitter feed. (As one does these days.) As I did so something posted by the folks over at Picturecool caught my eye, seemed poignant. Someone, who I would love to credit but Picturecool rarely link to the source, had created this image. It was pretty cool but the slogan was a bit harsh for my liking. Hardness, does not necessarily equal goodness, or manliness, in my eyes. 

So I tracked down the original photo (Taken by Robert F. Sargent, I found a copy here.) And I created my own simpler, more straightforward version for my iPad, inspired by the original wallpaper. An iPad wallpaper to remind us all. (Not just the men.) That hey, just get on with whatever you are doing, it's really not that terrible. You could be asked to do much, much more.

(Click for larger size)

Hah! Suck it Adobe. Silverlight's FTW anyway

(Click here for the original from Foxtrot)

Video Calling Hooks found in iPhone 3.2 SDK. Phone sex addicts rejoice, rest of world. Meh.

So 9to5mac continue to tear through the new iPhone SDK that will be found in the new iPad, and they've found icons and software strings that point to video chat functionality. Obviously the whole iPhone world is now ablaze.

The iPad could certainly do with some extra features to pad out it's roster, (no pun intended.) The rumours abound of a front facing camera visible in the unit his Jobness demoed on stage, and a camera, hopefully one forwards and backwards facing, would make it stand out as more than just a large iPod Touch.

But any fanboy who is raving and ranting that this will revitalise interest into video calling, needs to stop, pull his head outta Apples ass, and accept the reality. Not a chance in hell. Sure its better than it used to be, o2 in the UK now charge the same for video calls as they do for voice calls, but at 20p per minute, and separate from the included minutes... Nothing more than a novelty.

Sure phone sex would be mildly more interesting but at 20p a minute... Actually, 90 seconds worth wouldn't add up to too much per month, Bring it on!