We are at war! At war with simplexity — this is where modern day devices are experiencing an identity crisis over their function and form. Gadgets these days are all over the spectrum as far as complexity and simplicity are concerned, and we can’t figure it out, the people that make them can’t figure it, and even the gadgets themselves can’t figure it out. It’s a confusing situation. But let’s start at the beginning. Tools, as we all know, started off as simple machines. Imagine a hammer or a wheel — they served, in majority of cases, a single use: to bash things in or to roll things on. These tools…

In an attempt to reach new heights in the field of stating the obvious, an analyst today announced that Apple is selling every iPad it can manufacture, and that previous estimates for demand might have underestimated the iPad’s appeal. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, frequent speaker on Apple’s products and financial standing,  believes Apple will sell between 200,000 and 300,000 iPads in it’s debut weekend and, similarly to the iPhone and iPod, should sell out at a large percentage of retail outlets. Shipping dates for pre-orders have been pushed back to April 12th, and current demand doesn’t…

The iPad has been declared as the greatest gaming machine ever — thanks to the iCade. It’s an impressive set of hardware and software for the iPad that will enable you to play your favorite old-school arcade games. When you purchase the iCade — courtesy of the folks over at ThinkGeek — you’ll receive a hardware iPad arcade cabinet that allows you to slide your iPad in to turn your iPad into an arcade-like screen, and the iPad slides into a 30-pin connector that allows the hardware to control the iPad with the classic  joystick and big red buttons. Following that, you’ll then launch the iCade…

You’re one of the millions who is intrigued by the iPad, right? Well, we wanted to help you out, so here is a roundup of some of the most reputable reviews of the iPad. PCMag gave the iPad a 4.5 out 5 and is — overall — impressed: I’m curious to see who actually buys the iPad, apart from Apple enthusiasts. But I can tell you that when my laptop eventually dies, I’ll be getting one. USAToday (Edward Baig) acknowledges that it isn’t perfect, but it is worth it: Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there’s certainly room for improvement. Nearly three years after making a splash…

Everyone is excited about the iPad, and that is to be expected. I’m excited too. I want the iPad to be great and to foster in a new class of device that hasn’t performed in the past. That said, I’m not buying one, even if this thing is declared the greatest device ever invented. Is it because I despise Apple products? Absolutely not. For the record, I own an iPod and a Macbook, and I also enjoy the thought and design that goes into Apple products. I have no qualms with Apple, beyond their sometimes restrictive policies towards application developers. Furthermore, I believe the iPad has great potential…

As we sit back and watch Apple slowly try and take over the world, it doesn’t help that application developers are quickly assisting their efforts. I’ll make a prediction that in ten years time, somehow the iPhone will be able to drive your car. This way you can sit at home, drive your new Apple electric car to the Apple grocery store, have an Apple grocery store employee fill your car with food, and drive it back home. All while watching Apple TV through your MacBook. Does it seem far fetched? Who knows, but five years ago, I didn’t think I would be able to control my household electronics with my cell phone….

People looking to pick up their iPads in a couple days just got some good news. Apple has made its camera connection kit available for pre-order. Coming in at a staggering $29, the connection kit consists of two plastic devices which insert into your iPad’s dock port. One device has a SD card reader on the end and the other has a USB capture device for people wanting to plug their cameras in directly. The connection kit supports all standard photo formats including RAW. I’ve been looking forward to this day for a while so I won’t have to carry my laptop around with me to small client shoots. Next week, I’ll…

Those who were bold enough to place pre-orders for the iPad should rest assured — their hardcore love for Apple products will be rewarded soon enough. For the rest of us, however, the question of availability becomes the talk of the Web. Recently leaked inventory numbers from Best Buy paints the picture, and we would not be surprised to see inventory quickly flying off the shelf. In plain English: each Best Buy store that will have iPad devices will have five 16GB models, five 32GB, and five 64GB models — that means there will be a total of 15 iPads available at participating store locations. If…

With the anticipated release of Apple’s iPad, development companies have been in quite the rush to release apps for it. Well, put your worries of no Twitter app to rest. Twitepad, an app released from InfoXenter has been approved by Apple and is one of the first Twitter clients scheduled to be released on Saturday April 3rd. This app allows for multiple twitter accounts to be used at the same time as well as they intergrated a web browser in Twitepad. What does an intergrated web browser mean? We integrated a webbrowser into Twitepad, so you can look at the articles your friends tweet. But we didn’t…

One of the newest and SIMPLEST gadgets out there for your Smartphone, is the MoviePeg iPhone dock. Coming in an vast array of colors, it will allow your iPhone to situate almost any way you can imagine. Just like My Applecore, this is one of those inventions that we shake our head at thinking, “Someone is getting super rich of something as simple as that. Why didn’t I think of it?”. For those of us who use our iPhone as our alarm clock, now we can actually prop it up on our nightstand instead of it getting lost in our bed. Thanks to the MoviePeg, you can take away that contraption you built using duct tape and…