I just picked up an iPad 3G the other day and I have been using it in place of my MBP for browsing and making post to my blog. It has been pretty serendipitous that some of the coolest apps for the iPad have either been released or the iPhone versions have been updated with universal binaries.

Textexpander is one those that have been updated as of today. It is a great app for snippets and writing rich html on the WordPress blog app. Also, the new hulu app was released today with limited functionality until the user gets an invitation from hulu for full content at $10/mo.

The iPad is a great device for content creation and casual use such as reading rss feeds, catching up on twitter or checking mail. As with any Apple product it will only get better with time. The hardware as well as software. The interface is great and a pleasure to use.

Welcome to the Future

Using this device feels like the future, it seems to be such a different way of “computing” so to speak. I find myself getting pleasure from using it. I am big fan of Star Trek especially the Next Generation series and it reminds me of Captain Picard setting in his ready room reading a book or checking on the ships status with a similar device.

The future is now and it is so much fun

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Just picked up a new iPad 3G today. It truly is a magical device. I have set up word press on it and so far so good. I still need to find some apps that I like but the ones I have so far are very written.

Reeder, rss reader

This an rss reader for the iPhone and the iPad. For the iPad it uses the pinch gestures that the photos app uses on the iPad. It is my default reader for both the iPhone and the iPad.

I am really enjoying the iPad. I have not tried out the 3G data usage on the iPad yet. I plan on trying out if we travel soon.

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Pastebot is a great new app from Tapbots. They make some very cool iPhone/iPod Touch apps that are very well designed and are easy to use. I own two of them, Convertbot and now Pastebot. Pastbot is the new release and the more I use it the more I wonder why this was never done before.

Clipboard on Steroids

With the companion Mac app, Pastebot Sync, you can now transfer photos from the iPhone directly to iPhoto or any other place that you would like on your Mac. Or you can copy a photo from iPhoto onto your iPhone. Think about this for a minute. Say I want to just put one photo onto my iPhone and I do not have the time to plug in the iPhone, allow it to do its backup and then sync everything. Now, just select the picture you want and copy it to your clipboard and there it is on your iPhone. Wow, that makes things so much more convenient and handy. It is one of my favorite new apps.

A new Bird on the Block, meet Kiwi!

Kiwi is a new Twitter App for the Mac from YourHead Software, the RapidWeaver plugin devs. YourHead is venturing outside of the RapidWeaver area and branching out to a standalone Mac app.

What makes Kiwi unique is the ability to apply a different theme or style to the app for a more personal touch. It is now my primary Twitter app on my Mac and I know that it will only improve over time.

Try this out and see for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

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Here is a test of the TextExpander Touch features.

This post was written with the app and it performs the same as the mac app. The only difference is that the iPhone does not allow it to run in the background. Smile on My Mac does have a SDK for iPhone devs to use within their apps. Tweetie 2, for instance, uses it within the app. It works very well.

Wish List

I hope that the folks that develope the WordPress for iPhone App would integrate it within the app. It would then be close to perfection As a mobile blogging app.

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