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A little iPad magic

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on May 31st 2010 at 4:00PM

Tags: dove, iPad, iphone, magic, magician, memorial-day, street magic, StreetMagic, tricks, tweet-this

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The iPad Really is a “Magical” Device (Video)

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99 year-old loves her first computer — an iPad

by Michael Grothaus (RSS feed) on Apr 22nd 2010 at 12:00PM

Virginia Campbell, a 99-year-old woman from Lake Oswego, has finally bought her first computer — an Apple iPad. “It’s changed her life,” one of her daughters told OregonLive.com. Virginia has been an avid reader most of her life, but she suffers from glaucoma, making reading increasingly difficult.Because of the iPad’s ability to adjust the brightness of the page and to increase the font by simply tapping, Virginia has been able to take up her beloved past-time again. not only is she reading again, she’s writing again too. So far she has composed twelve limericks on her iPad, including this little ditty:
Here’s to you and your technological wonder, Virginia! We hope to read many more of your limericks well into the future.

Thanks to Ian for sending this in.

Tags: iPad, odds and ends, OddsAndEnds, Virginia Campbell, VirginiaCampbell

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99 year-old loves her first computer — an iPad (with Video)

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I have gone through at least 20 different programs over the course of 4 hours and have only one converted video (I don’t know how the hell it worked, because when I tried to do it again it failed).

What is a good free program that will convert videos into iPad format without watermark OR limitations?

The videos are some of my dvds that I own.

Free and Working iPad video converter?

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Publisher’s Description of Wondershare iPad Video Converter for Mac 1.9.7

iPad is a good companion for watching video, however, there are only certain kinds of video files can be playback on iPad. Wondershare Mac Video to iPad Converter enables you to convert a myriad of popular videos formats (WMV, FLV, MKV, AVI, etc.) and HD videos (MTS, M2TS, TRP, HD WMV, HD MPG, HD MKV, etc.) for iPad on Mac OS X.

Key Features:
1. with Mac Video to iPad Converter, you can play popular video formats such as WMV, FLV, MKV, AVI, MPG on iPad.
2. You can also convert HD video files such as HD AVI, MTS/M2TS/TS/TRP, HD MPG, HD MKV to iPad on Mac OS X.
3. Moreover, you can also enjoy YouTube, and other downloaded FLV video on iPad with this FLV to iPad Converter for Mac.
4. If some video clips are unwanted, just trim those you want by clicking “Trim” and setting the video start time and end time.
5. “Crop” can help you cut off black edges or annoying commercial marks on videos.
6. You can also join several DVD clips in to one file by ticking “Merge into one file”.
7. There are six special video effects provided: Gray, Emboss, Negative, Black white, White black and old film.
8. If you are not satisfied with the original movie effect, you can adjust video brightness, contrast and saturation to get the best effect you want.
9. For superior users, they can set output video and audio parameters by controlling video volume, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc, to get the best output video quality.

Wondershare iPad Video Converter for Mac 1.9.7 – Free Download

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I am NOT looking for someone to Google “ipad video converter”. please do not respond if you don’t have an iPad.

Which converter do you use? I’m okay to pay if it’s worth it.

Thanks

Which iPad video converter do YOU use?

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As in I am publishing a book I wrote on the iBookstore, if I embed a video in my book can people read it on iPad or iPhone?

Can ebooks for ipad have video in them?

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YouTube.com is a great resource. YouTube allows users to freely upload, view, and even share video clips on your blog or web site. now the new iPad is a much better device to videos on than any previous version of the iPod and iPhone, there are many people curious about how to get their YouTube video files into a format that the iPad can play. Thankfully, there are a slew of sites and software packages that will allow you to convert just about any video format to the H.264 mp4 format that iPad requires.

Here are the best solutions for converting YouTube video to iPad online as well as off. some will convert video you have on your local Mac computer while others will only convert videos that you find online. In any case, you will wind up with a video file in the correct format for your iPad or other mobile device.

Online sites to easily download and convert YouTube for iPad

CatchYouTube is a free service that converts online videos to several formats including the MP4 format that you need for Apple devices. Simply paste the video URL from sites like YouTube, Google video, MetaCafe, etc. and select the .mp4 output format.

While the service is extremely simple to use, it must be mentioned that it can take an eternity sometimes for this service to convert even the smallest video. sometimes it just times out or fails without any explanations. still, most of the time it will do the trick if you want to do a quick conversion or two. for more than a handful, you’ll be better off with another solution that handles batch processing.

VideoDownloader is similar to CacthYouTube except it doesn’t provide you with any output options. What you see is what you get when you download the video from the services they support: YouTube, Google, BlipTV, DailyMotion and a few others. so, if you can’t download the video .mp4 format, you’ll have to convert it with another separate utility which isn’t a big deal or expense.

Movavi Online Convert is another online video converter that provides the unique ability to download and convert up to five different online videos as one video. you can add all of the URLs and the service will send you an email with a link to download when it’s done. it could take a long time, so it’s not good if you’re in a hurry.

Software to batch download and convert YouTube for iPad

There are a few software that focus on downloading and converting YouTube videos on Mac. for example, there’s the iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac that downloads YouTube videos and converts them to the appropriate iPad MPeg-4 H.264 format for you. the program also features a handy batch mode which allows you to download several YouTube videos at one time, making this process more efficient. Here are the easy steps for Mac users how to use the product.

Step 1. Launch and add YouTube URL to iFunia YouTube Downloader for Mac

Download iFunia YouTube Downloader for Mac and open the tool. Click “Add URL” button to add YouTube URL. There are the field for a Video URL, the field for an output path. Simply copy-n-paste a YouTube or Google URL to the Video URL field. the URL looks like: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=uTJAsZP2iLk. and then specify a directory on your computer to save the output FLV files. Note that you can only add one video URL at one time. but you’re able to add multiple videos for download by repeating this step.

Step 2. Download YouTube videos

After the URLs have been added, click “Download” button and start your magic YouTube downloading now. the download timing depends on your internet boardband.

Step 3. Convert YouTube to iPad-ready format

After the download are complete, you can now convert them to the formats compatible with iPad. choose the output format for your iPad from the “Profile” drop-down menu list and click “Convert” button. There are also vavious output settings like bitrate, channel, framerate, resolution, etc. Personally, I prefer to stick with the default profile because the good video and audio quality given by the program. you just have to pick and choose which profile you want to keep on your iPad. Play around and see which results you like best.

How to Copy YouTube Videos to iPad via iTunes

After converting all your YouTube FLV videos to the appropriate video format for your iPad, you’ll need to store them on your computer in the right place so that iTunes can do its job and copy the videos to your device. the best thing to do is create a new folder on your system called, for example, iPad Videos, and copy the newly converted videos to that folder. you can also get into the habit of converting new videos straight to that folder to save steps and time later on.

Once you have your videos in one place, simply launch iTunes, click on the Movies icon and click the File menu. Select Add Folder to Library, then select the new iPad Videos folder that you created. iTunes will then suck in all of the videos that it finds in that folder.

Click on your iPad under DEVICES and select the Video Tab. then Enable the Sync Movies option, and select all of the videos that you want to copy to your iPad. you can pick and choose which ones you want at any time.

The next time you sync, all of the videos you selected will be copied to your iPad. you can view them by launching the iPod app on your iPad and selecting the video option.

Conclusion

This was just a sampling of the many cool tools out there that can help you download and convert YouTube FLV videos into a format that you can use on your iPad. In most cases, you can do so for free. However, some of the premium packages and services appear to be well worth their nominal fees when you consider everything they provide. In any case, you can enjoy any of your favorite YouTube videos on the new iPad.

Download & Convert Youtube To Ipad On Mac | i Pad platinum

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iPad jailbreaking video posted

www.techdaring.com – That did not take long. the first video showing a jailbroken iPad being manipulated from the command line has been posted by Musclenerd via his twitter updates. this is the “Spirit” jailbreak by @comex.

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iPad jailbreaking video posted | jellofart's blog

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One of the world’s foremost concert pianists has taken theiPad to a place it has surely never been. yes, away from the thighs, where the device so often rests.

A few days ago, wandering onto the stage to perform his first encore at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, China’s Lang Lang, one of the world’s most dazzling piano players, proved the product’s astounding versatility. The audience was clearly surprised he emerged clutching an iPad. They could be sure he wasn’t going to use it to take a shot of the audience. But perhaps he needed to send an e-mail. Concert pianists are busy people.

Yet, no. For Lang Lang is a man who keeps time while being ahead of it. No sooner had the audience paused for a last cough than he broke into Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” with the help of the Magic Piano iPad app from Smule.

He held his iPad aloft. he placed it on the piano, while his left hand stroked his Steinway (yes, he’s a Steinway man) and his right tickled his iPad. he even let a bemused conductor, who cursorily resembled a relative of Ben Kingsley and Dr. Evil, share in the experience.

As you can see from the video, Lang Lang’s thighs were only used to sway a little to the music.

Concert Pianist Plays iPad Onstage (video)

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A lot of attention lately has been put on the video capabilities of HTML5 browsers, since the iPad doesn’t support Flash. It turns out not to really matter that much because most online video platforms are now drinking the HTML5 Kool-Aid. But what about other things that Flash does well, like games? Well, HTML5 might be a more powerful game engine than most peopel think.

To show off what is possible with HTML5 in the browser, some of the engineers on the Google Web Toolkit team created an HTML5 port of the classic first-person shooter game Quake II. Check it out in the video above. It is based on an open-sourced Java port of Quake called Jake2. a post on the Google Code blog explains how they did it:

We started with the existing Jake2 Java port of the Quake II engine, then used the Google Web Toolkit (along with WebGL, WebSockets, and a lot of refactoring) to cross-compile it into Javascript. You can see the results in the video above — we were honestly a bit surprised when we saw it pushing over 30 frames per second on our laptops (your mileage may vary)!

It works only on “modern browsers such as Safari and Chrome” and you can find the code here. I haven’t had a chance to try it out. If you can get it to work, tell us what you think in comments. I really hope this isn’t April Fool’s joke.

Google Shows How HTML5 Can Run Quake II In The Browser

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