iPad By Davis: “Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event” plus 6 more

Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event
iMore Editors' Choice for October 21, 2012
Video Review — Zombie Games for iPad
iMore show. Tonight. 9pm ET/6pm PT. Be here.
Editor's desk: New podcast schedule
Weekend iPad Wallpapers: More Retina Images from our Flickr Group
Ego App for iPad / iOS Removed from the App Store

Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event Apple has started to prepare the California Theatre in San Jose ahead of its special event tomorrow. Apple sent out invites last week for what is widely thought to be the official announcement of the iPad mini. The guys from Techie Buzz managed to capture a few pictures of the graphics which are being used for the event.

Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event

The media event is scheduled to start on Tuesday October 23 at 10:00 am PT. The only clue on the invitation are the words, "We've got a little more to show you". It is widely expected that the event will reveal the rumored iPad mini as well as an updated iPad 3 with Lightning cable and international LTE, a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro as well as new iMacs and Mac minis. We may also see the final version of iTunes 11 although it is unclear if it will be released at the same time.

What do you make of the posters used in the decoration of the theatre?

Source: Techie Buzz

iMore Editors' Choice for October 21, 2012

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Every week, the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a zombie game, some awesome music, a simple, distraction free writing app, and an app for creating graphs and charts.

Zombie Toss - Simon Sage

I guess I just didn't get enough undead from The Walking Dead. Zombie Toss is a Fruit Ninja-style slicing game with a perverse twist. A demented chef is collecting zombie meat for his own culinary experimentations, and you're the one harvesting. Throughout gameplay, you earn keys to unlock new levels, cash to upgrade your butchering implements, and gold teeth to purchase premium new items. You have to be careful to not let too many airborne zombies hit the ground, or they'll gnaw through your armor and infect you.

While the gameplay itself lacks some of the smoothness of Fruit Ninja, the art style and premise are both enough to keep me interested, especially with Hallowe'en right around the corner.

$0.99 - Download now

Epilogue - Rene Ritchie

Man goes to conference halfway across the world. Man meets girl. Man falls in love. Man has to leave. Man has a very bad day. It's the kind of story and the kind of pain only music can truly express, and it's exactly what's expressed in Epilogue, the debut single/demo from Airplane Mode. Full disclosure, Airplane Mode is Dave Wiskus. I know Dave Wiskus. He's been on Iterate a few times and I've been on Unprofessional. Dave's a crackerjack -- now freelance -- designer. I like Dave.

I had no idea he could flipping perform, much less like this. I hope he won't mind me saying I'm proud of him, and more than a little inspired by his putting his music out there. And I hope he keeps doing it. We could all stand to put ourselves out there a little more, and risk doing things just a little farther beyond ourselves.

Epilogue is free. Read the story first.

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Byword - Joseph Keller

Byword provides a simple, clean interface in which to write, and is my go-to writing app. Both the Mac and iOS versions of the app support syncing through both iCloud and Dropbox, and take advantage of iCloud folders. Both versions of Byword include support for both plain text and rich text, as well as fantastic Markdown support, including intelligent syntax highlighting and a Markdown preview. The iOS version keeps a toolbar above the keyboard that can display the word count of the current document, various punctuation shortcuts, or navigation and Markdown tools, such as inserting a link or image. There are limited options in Byword, with support for four fonts on the iOS version, but these limitations allow for distraction-free writing environment and get rid of anything that does not aid in just committing ideas to a document. The iOS version of the app is universal, has been updated for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, and is currently on sale.

$2.99 - Download Now

OmniGraphSketcher - Leanna Lofte

One of my duties as a math instructor is to write exams. For many classes, that involves charts and graphs that I insist must look great. The best solution I've found for non-equation graphs is OmniGraphSketcher by The Omni Group. OmniGraphSketcher makes creating graphs and charts super easy to create whether you have specific data or just trying to explain a concept. You can create lines and data points, draw curves, and shade in important areas as easily as though you were using a basic drawing program. When you're done, you can share it as a PDF or PNG to then use as you please.

I have found use for OmniGraphSketcher as a math instructor, but other people will also find it useful, particularly business people who need to present information in a graphical, easy to interpret way.

$14.99 - Download Now

Guest pick: True Patriot - Guy English

Many years ago I used to work at Infinity Comics and Second Edition with a guy called J Torres. Awesome guy. Got me into all sorts of good comic stuff. I recently found him again on Twitter and he's gotten together a bunch of comic book writers and artists and an Indiegogo project called True Patriots. It's a comic purely about Canadian superheroes because, of course, patriotism is about being Canadian. He's an awesome guy. It's going to be an awesome book. If you like what I have to say, you're going to love this. It's the trifecta.

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Now that we've chosen our favorites for the week, we want to hear yours! Did you pick up a killer app, accessory, or game this week? Let us know in the comments below!

Video Review — Zombie Games for iPad

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Here's my special Halloween-themed review … dressed (rather poorly) as a Star Trek vulcan! Here I take a look at two zombie games — one a traditional shoot-em-up and the other a modern take on a classic PC game — to see how they measure up. This review features special guest Bill Hanstock, SB Nation contributor and co-founder of Raise Zombie Awareness.

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Editor's desk: New podcast schedule

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:51 PM PDT

October madness is open us, with Apple's iPad and Mac event coming on Tuesday, along with several Microsoft, Google, T-Mobile, and probably other events later in the month. That's then. This is now. And I'd like to take this brief breather to go over some exciting changes we're making to our podcast schedule.

Now, unfortunately I can't spill all the details yet, but here's the setup in bullet points:

Wednesday's iMore show is going on hiatus for a while. We might still do occasional special episodes as news and events warrant, but nothing regular. For those of you used to joining us on Wednesday nights, I apologize and I'll miss it, badly, too. But you'll be getting even more podcast goodness to keep your mid-week fuller than ever. We'll tell you all about it soon. Promise. Stay tuned.
Sunday's iMore show will become the main iMore show for now, but it will continue with it's Special Edition format. We had Jim Dalrymple on last week and tonight Guy English will be joining me to talk Çingleton, Apple, and pantsing quarterbacks. Be there.
ZENandTECH will benefit by getting Georgia's full attention. Her schedule is killer lately, so she's going to concentrate on this show, with occasional guest appearances on the Sunday iMore show. This is the most important show we or any other network is doing, and if you haven't listened to it before, go subscribe now.
Iterate gets the same benefit on Seth's side. He's a brand new dad so his time's at a premium and we're going to focus it on Iterate. He'll also show up on the iMore show occasionally, but for right now we'll be doing a few back-to-back episodes of Iterate to take immediate advantage. The legendary Brent Simmons guests tomorrow. Yeah, it's on.
Mobile Nations returns tomorrow at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT. It's been a long time since all of us have been able to record together, and given we have Apple, Microsoft, Google, and more events in the immediate future, a long with some fairly awesome announcements to make, it should be a great show. Don't miss it.

So basically, we're all going to be concentrating on our own shows for a while, Georgia on ZENandTECH, Seth on Iterate, and me on iMore, and I'll have some more news about what we'll be doing mid-week soon.

In the meantime, let me know what you think about the new focus on the other shows, and if you have any questions, shout them out. Personally I think they're going to be fantastic, but we do them for you, so yours is the only opinion that matters.

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Weekend iPad Wallpapers: More Retina Images from our Flickr Group

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:58 AM PDT

This weekend's iPad wallpapers are four more retina sized images for the new iPad (though they're also available at a range of other sizes) that were posted in our iPad Insight Flickr group.

The first one, shown above, is called Hello. It was posted by Lisa Solonynko, and it's one my daughter will absolutely adore. She's fascinated by animals of all kinds, and I don't think she's ever met a kitten or puppy that she didn't find adorable.

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