great new ipad apps

Touchgrind BMX
Price: £2.99
This is a great example of a game
that could only work on a touchscreen
device. This ingenious
creation sees you pulling off
impressive BMX stunts by
manipulating your bike in real time
using the multi-touch display. It’s
an ambitious concept but work
beautifully in practise, off ering
some of the purest fun of any App
Store game. Your inner show-off
will appreciate the option to record
your most outrageous BMX tricks
for posterity and share them with
friends.

iMovie
Price: £2.99
The camera on the iPad mini is
impressive, shooting 1080p HD
video that you can then edit in
iMovie. Thanks to its built-in image
stabilisation you can capture rocksolid
footage from which iMovie can
cherrypick the best parts and stitch
it into a cohesive narrative. As well
as a range of snipping and editing
tools, there’s cross-support for the
GarageBand music app which allows
audio tracks to be imported. It even
makes movie trailers for you.

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ipad accessories must have

iLuv Folio CEO case Business executives will appreciate the attention to detail
of the iLuv CEO Folio case: it has slipcover pockets for
business cards and bank cards as well as a clip for a pen or
digital stylus. The iPad mini is protected within the zip-up case,
which also functions as a stand for viewing video clips or
showing presentations.Company: iLuv
URL: www.iluv.co.uk
Price: £4

Beats by Dre Solo HD With a full 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, the iPad
ipad mini can serve up plenty of music, games and video for
your delectation. Some decent headphones will help you
enjoy it all to the fullest. Fashionistas have a choice of
Beats by Dre headphones to choose from. These Solo HD
On-Ear cans come in a choice of vibrant colours, while
the £269 wireless version comes in more understated
maroon or black.Company: Beats Audio
URL: www.beatsaudio.com
Price: £169

JBL OnBeat VenueThe introduction of the Lightning connector meant audio
specialists needed to come up with a new set of docking
stations. The JBL OnBeat Venue contains a pair of full-range
speakers and has its own digital-to-audio connector. A
wireless speaker, it uses Bluetooth to connect to other
devices and can work with up to eight at a time, making for
a potentially mind-boggling number of iTunes tracks from
which to choose. A free MusicFlow app creates customised
playlists, adjust EQ settings and more.Company: JBL
URL: uk.jbl.com
Price: £199

JBL OnBeat Venue The introduction of the Lightning connector meant audio
specialists needed to come up with a new set of docking
stations. The JBL OnBeat Venue contains a pair of full-range
speakers and has its own digital-to-audio connector. A
wireless speaker, it uses Bluetooth to connect to other
devices and can work with up to eight at a time, making for
a potentially mind-boggling number of iTunes tracks from
which to choose. A free MusicFlow app creates customised
playlists, adjust EQ settings and more.Company: JBL
URL: uk.jbl.com
Price: £199

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What you should know about ipad 4

Despite unveiling the third-generation iPad just seven months previously, Apple has launched its fourth-generation tablet. The
new device uses the company’s own A6X chip, a new processor that further improves upon the speed performance of the A6.
Apple claims that it’s twice as fast as the A5X, with double the graphics performance. It gets the same 10 hours battery life as the third-generation iPad. New to the fourth-generation iPad is a FaceTime HD front-facing camera and a Lightning port that replaces the 30-pin connector of old. And, according to Apple, the Wi-Fi is twice as fast as in the previous generation. The new tablet replaces the iPad 3 completely, and sits in the impressive new iPad line-up, alongside the iPad 2 and mini. It follows the same pricing as the third iPad did,starting at £399.

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What you should know about ipod nano

In the case of the iPod nano, bigger is definitely better, but this is
by no means a big nano. Compared to its predecessors, this really is
a feat of engineering. It’s the thinnest iPod model yet, a massive 50
per cent leaner than the previous generation at 5.4mm, and while it’s
longer than its square predecessor, it’s shorter than all bar the squat
third-generation version, and is narrower than the previous model, too.
It really is a tiny device that packs a lot of functionality into the palm
of your hand. The nano also has a built-in pedometer for fitness fans,
though the lack of a clip could prove a problem to joggers.
The multi-touch display is 2.5in thin, and is sufficient for the
slimmed down operating system that the iPod nano runs.
We can see the new colours appealing to the younger market,
though it’s a bit pricey at £129.

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What you should know about iPad mini

Apple’s iPad mini is a 7.9in tablet that’s just 7.2mm thick, making it 23 per cent thinner than the full-size iPad. It weighs half as much
as Apple’s third-generation tablet, and has the same 1,024 x 768 resolution as the iPad 2, so existing iPad-optimised apps will work
on this new model. The device is available in white with silver or black with slate, much like the iPhone 5. The iPad mini uses Apple’s dual-core A5 chip. It has a FaceTime HD front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel iSight camera on the back. It also has LTE 4G capabilities.
Of course, it uses the new Lightning connector. Apple says that, like other iPads in its line-up, it
still offers 10 hours of battery life;the company boasts that the iPad mini uses the largest and thinnest battery its ever made.Apple offers a range of new Smart Covers with its tiny tablet too, which are available in a range of colours.

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