Velvet Rock Apps has just released LightsOut for iPad, a great trivia based game that can be played as a single player or 2 player game. We think it’s definitely worth a look and you can read our full review here or alternatively check out the Velvet Rock Apps website.
Sonos have finally released their iPad controller and it’s available on the App Store right now! The controller was due to launch at the end of August but Sonos delayed it as they wanted to iron out any bugs. You can get it now for free by clicking here.

Apple has issued version updates to their iPad productivity apps Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. The updates offer a number of bug fixes and improvements but also adds a number of new features. The new features are listed as:
Keynote
- Export presentations to Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT) format.
- Copy presentations between Keynote and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service.
- Support for audio in builds when importing Keynote ’09 presentations.
- Ability to group and ungroup objects.
- Add animated builds to grouped objects.
- Lens Flare, Spin and Wipe build animations.
- Revolving Door, Swoosh and Wipe slide transition animations.
Numbers
- Export spreadsheets to Microsoft Excel (.XLS) format.
- Copy spreadsheets between Numbers and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service.
- Ability to group and ungroup objects.
- Open CSV files from Mail and other apps.
Pages
- Copy documents between Pages and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service.
- Option to display the word count for your document.
- Support for opening .txt files from Mail.
- Ability to group and ungroup objects.
- Import and export existing footnotes, endnotes, sections and tables of contents.
- Import and export Pages ’09 tables with image background fills in cells.
Adobe has released Photoshop Express for iPad. The app allows you to crop, adjust colour, and apply effects as well as having a Sketch feature. The best thing about it….it’s free. Check it out or download it from the iTunes Store here.
Adobe’s description:
HAVE FUN ON THE RUN
With Photoshop Express, it’s easy to improve your photos. Choose from a variety of one-touch effects, or simply drag your finger across the screen to crop, rotate, or adjust color. Add artistic filters like Soft Focus or Sketch. And never fear: You can undo and redo changes until you get just the look you want—a copy of your original file is always saved.
Top editing features:
• Basics: Crop, Straighten, Rotate, and Flip
• Color: Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Black and White, and Contrast
• Filters: Sketch, Soft Focus, and Sharpen
• Effects: Vibrant, Pop, Border, Vignette Blur, Warm Vintage, Rainbow, White Glow, and Soft Black and White
• Borders: Rectangle, Rounded, Oval, Soft Edge, Vignette, Rough Edge, Halftone, and Film Emulsion

For those of you lucky enough to own a Sonos System (we are!) then you’ll probably be glad to hear that Sonos are bringing their iPhone Controller App to iPad. The biggest difference will of course be the screen size of iPad and it’s sure to make your music look great. The app is apparently due out at the end of August and the best bit is….it’s free. For those of you who are not sure what Sonos is all about you can check out their website here. If you’re looking to stream your music wirelessly around the house then Sonos is the way to go….it’s pricey but from experience we can assure you it’ worth it.
Here’s a video showing how the Sonos iPad Controller works.
If you’ve bought ‘Pages’ for iPad then you’ll be aware of the templates that come with it. Currently Apple provide 15 templates to choose from, but only 8 or 9 of them are what we would describe as proper templates rather than standard letter types.
If you like to have lots of templates at your disposal then you might be pleased to hear that Facilisi (a company that specializes in designing templates for iWorks) have created 70 templates designed especially for the ‘iPad Pages App’. All the templates are fully editable and you can choose from flyers, reports, letters and more in a variety of formats ranging from fun to professional.
All the templates are sold individually for $1 and can be downloaded directly from the Facilisi website using your iPad. To check out the templates click here.
For all you Brits out there, you might be pleased to know that you can now get your favourite ‘current bun’ (British slang!) right on your iPad. The Sun has launched its newspaper on iPad and it’s available for download each morning so you can take it with you to work and read all the latest news along with some ‘Page 3′ material! The app costs £4.99 (currently an introduction price) that gives you a 28 day subscription and you’ll get Monday to Saturdays editions along with the magazine that comes on a Saturday.
You can view the ‘App’ on iTunes by clicking here.
If you still haven’t entered our free ‘feedHopper‘ app giveaway then you might want to enter your details here as there are only 2 days left before we announce the winners on June 5th.







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