After unveiling it last week , Cult of the Mac has been actively digging out everything it can about Apple’s latest technology acquisition; Liquidmetal. This week, they claim that this crazy alloy that came from space to make your next iPhone bendable or god-knows-what (and might or might not help with the Antenna issue) has actually already been used by Apple. Indeed, US iPhones ever since the 3G version apparently ship with what we could call a little Liquidmetal sample, the SIM ejector pin. Surprising right?
There you go, Apple has officially launched the iPad in 9 new countries today. Well, the iPad actually didn’t wait on Apple to go around the world, and one in four iPads bought in the US has already flown the country by now. Also, an important amount of pre-orders has already been delivered early throughout the week , so the launch is not really that much of a massive event
Apple’s permissive USB connection kit for the iPad can almost be seen as a provocation for iPad hackers of all kinds. I mean, the prospects of such an interface,slightly underutilized by Apple, are huge for those dreaming of hacking it for other purposes. First in line, the possibility to mount external hard drives on the iPad via USB. It’s not easy, as it requires a split USB cable because of power requirements, but it’s still a nice first proof of concept.
Oprah Mobile ($1.99) by Hands-On Mobile allows you to stay in touch with the latest from The Oprah Winfrey Show wherever you go. Features include instant alerts when audience reservations are available and helpful advice on health, beauty, cooking, money, relationships and more, with all the content coming directly from from The Oprah Winfrey Show, O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah Radio and Oprah.com. If you love Oprah then this app is for you, it is a one stop shop for everything Oprah. The UI is straightforward and the styling of the app is great
GoodReader for iPad ($0.99) by Good.iWare Ltd. lets you read pdfs on your iPad in a full screen interface. That’s not all though as the app supports most file types you can think of including iwork, ms office, txt, jpeg, html, audio, and video.