It’s Here, But Is It Ready To Change The World?

The iPad looks almost exactly like an iPod or iPhone, but there’s one obvious change, the border is much, much thicker. Honestly, my first opinion was “wow… this looks nothing like anything Apple would make.” With as many fake iPads and mockups as we’ve seen on the net, well, I’ve kind of become accustomed to nicer eyecandy. And when I say eyecandy, I mean no borders (or at least it wasn’t as substantial).

What about price? My boss forked over $699 for my iPhone 3G back when it first came out, so this iPad “thing” must carry a pretty hefty price tag, no? Not really. Here’s what The Steve had to say at today’s event.

* $499.00 – 16GB iPad
* $599.00 – 32GB iPad
* $699.00 – 64GB iPad
* $629.00 – 16GB iPad w/ 3G
* $729.00 – 32GB iPad w/ 3G
* $829.00 – 64GB iPad w/ 3G

Really, that’s not that bad.

With all the great new features, iPad does fall short in some. Here’s my quick rundown:

1. No multi-tasking (a HUGE letdown).
2. No camera (front-facing or not).
3. You must connect to your PC or Mac to sync your music, photos, etc. Really, Apple?
4. The massive black border is uber ugly.
5. QWERTY keyboard. Numerous sites have been covering this and all agreed that Apple needed to rethink the QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately, they didn’t…
6. The name iPad. Seriously.
7. No Flash in the web browser.

I think we can all agree that multi-tasking is a huge deal in not only the mobile space, but regular computers as well. Hell, it’s why we love computers in the first place. I don’t understand why Apple keeps beating around the bush on this issue.

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An App for Your Gay Agenda!

We all get buys these days and most of us know the importance of staying organized. Whether or not we do may be another issue, but let’s face it, with today’s world it pays to stay on “top” of your to do’s, unless you prefer to be underneath.

So to help you keep up with your gay agenda (no not your plans to destroy marriage, recruit children and do lots of cardio) is a new app for you from Cerebral Itch called “My Gay Agenda” The app is a first-class personal calendar application and hilarious take on what the well-organized “Velvet Mafia” operative would carry.

My Gay Agenda is a powerful personal calendar app complete with ubiquitous event features for all-day events and events that span multiple days. MGA also has a stylish and robust Notes feature and “Today In Gay” – a daily historical synopsis of key “historical events”.

You also may occasionally come across handwritten notes unveiling nefarious plans to take over the world (or make it a bit more fabulous).

A portion of the proceeds from My Gay Agenda will go to Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that provides daily meals for people homebound or disabled by HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses.

Click here to find out more!

Double-Standard for Gay iPhone Apps

From Pink News:

Apple is maintaining a double-standard when it comes to gay-themed iPhone apps, a developer claims. Attempting to draw publicity, Terry Ray claims that his iGaydar title was rejected from the App Store on the same day as Bruno — an app based on the Sacha Baron Cohen movie — was approved. iGaydar was rejected for “objectionable content,” despite being considerably less graphic than the Bruno app, according to Ray.

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Have an iPhone? Get a Date!

The iPhone has the capability to do a great many things, and many which I have no idea what they do, but a new app which serves as a location-based social network is geared towards the single gay community. The people who are the brain of the iPhone now brings you Grindr.

Before you start hooking up via your phone however, you may want to consider the privacy issue, which is an issue for all location based social networks. Without proper security measures, bigots and haters could easily download such applications and use them to pinpoint targets for hate crimes. But the people over who came up with Grindr deals with this issue by obscuring a user’s absolute location by default. Rather than plotting each user on the map. Grindr displays how far away they are (distances can range from a few feet to miles away).

The application presents users with a list of nearby strangers, arranged in a grid of photos (you can click on a photo to see their personal profile). From there, you can strike up a real-time chat. If you decide you like your new “friend”, you can choose to reveal your exact location to the other party.

Just think, no more hours at a computer looking for Mr. Right, or Mr. Right Now!

Apple Icon Justin Long: A Very Funny Gay Porn Star

From cnet.com:

In the Apple TV spots, actor Justin Long plays a comfortable and lucrative role. He is cool, slightly superior, but ultimately just clever enough.

In the new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Long plays a role many actors might have turned down. Moreover, many clients, on hearing the character their main spokesperson had chosen to play, would have attempted to prevent him from appearing in the movie at all. They might even have threatened to cancel his contract.

After all, here we have the most recognizable film personification of one of the world’s most recognizable brands, Apple. And he’s playing a gay porn star.

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