There are a variety of Twitter-centric apps available at the App Store for the iPad, but let’s face it, there’s just something about the original that people find appealing.

As such as is the case, we’re proud to let you guys know that the official Twitter app for the iPad is now finally available. So, what you can expect from Twitter for iPad? For starters, thanks to the iPad’s large display, you can now play embedded videos inline. It also allows you to browse through the timeline while the video is loading so you that you can spend your time more productively than just wait. Tapping on a tweet, for its part, opens up a new pane for you to play around with. Simply swipe to the left or right to switch between open panes. Pinching on a tweet, meanwhile, allows you to quickly view details about the author and/or retweet or reply to what he/she just posted. Using two fingers and pulling down on a tweet will allow you to view all the replies to the tweet.

Twitter’s got a pretty nifty little iPad app here that I’m sure you twitterholics out there will enjoy. Twitter for iPad is available at the App Store and won’t cost you a thing to download.

[twitter blog via redmondpie]

Apart from the 4G iPod Touch, Apple also launched the 6th gen iPod Nano, a touchscreen-equipped pint-sized PMP. Its design is reminiscent of the 2G iPod Shuffle which was the first device to come with an integrated clip. Here’s a hands-on video of it below to give you a better idea of what we’re talking about:

The touchscreen makes it easier to navigate and helps turn this device into the world’s smallest digital album. Video playback, unfortunately, isn’t supported. Another bit of a downer is Apple’s decision to dump the bundled camera which they introduced with the 5G iPod Nano. Its the trade-off for the touchscreen display which, in my opinion, will either make or break this particular iPod Nano. The 6G iPod Nano comes with 8GB of memory complemented by a battery that’s rated to last up to 24 hours on audio playback. It’s available in a variety of colors and retailing for $149.

So, will a touchscreen equal success for the 6G iPod Nano? Initial sales will probably be good, but only time will tell if this will be as big of a hit as its predecessors.

[via engadget]

Apple has just unveiled the 4G iPod Touch, and true enough, it comes equipped with 2 cameras for FaceTime video calling complete with 720p HD video recording capabilites. In addition to that, it now also features a Retina Display and runs on an A4 processor making it almost like an identical twin of the iPhone 4 albeit coming in a sleeker form factor. The 3G-enabled 4G iPod Touch rumor turned out to be completely false, just as we suspected, but that still doesn’t take anything away from the Apple’s newest iPod Touch.

For those who like what the iPhone 4 has to offer but can do without the mobile phone functionality, then the 4G iPod Touch is definitely for you. It’s available in 8GB, 32GB and 64GB variants retailing for $229, $299, and $399 respectively.

[via apple]
Head on past the break for a hands-on video of 4G iPod Touch courtesy of Engadget. (more…)

The familiar form factor brings this Eken M005 Android tablet a little farther from iPad clones of late, and a camera! Will it make a difference in the bloated tablet market? That’s for you to decide.(Meanwhile, check out the possibility of the 4G iPod Touch having dual cameras.)

The features include a 7-inch touchscreen, WiFi, Android 1.7 and a 1.3 MP camera. The $175 USD price tag is tempting butwe’re not sure about using an external 3G radio on this gadget. And what about that 2GB built-in memory? This oneis underpowered as well with only a 533MHz CPU.

Check out the link below for further specs.

[via chinagrabber]

We’ll be honest, we had our doubts about this rumor, but after thinking about it more thoroughly, we’re now starting to think it may actually be possible. After releasing a 3G-enabled Apple iPad, why not an iPod Touch with 3G connectivity?

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If you either have a new iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0.2 pre-installed by default or upgraded to the new firmware without saving your SHSH blobs first, here’s a trick that might allow you to downgrade to iOS 4.0.1 thus allowing you to jailbreak your iPhone via the JailbreakMe website. Emphasis on the word might as this hasn’t been confirmed to work as promised.

In a nutshell, you just have to slightly modify the official iOS 4.0.1 ipsw file, and then transfer all the contents to the iOS 4.0.2 ipsw file. This will allow you to fool your iPhone 4 and iTunes into believing that it’s installing iOS 4.0.2 while the truth is its iOS 4.0.1. Theoretically, it sounds plausible, but as we all know, plausible is not a guarantee that it’ll work. For the full instructions on how to go about it, you can find it by clicking the link below to Redmondpie’s site.

[via redmondpie]

China Unicom apparently isn’t just content with selling iPhone and iPad units as evidenced by this poster which was spotted outside a number of their stores. Translated, the encircled part of the signage reads “Supported Service: Free SIM-trimming, jailbreak, installation of more than 10 hot apps.” Given that China Unicom is the exclusive and authorized distributor of the iPhone in China, this is quite an interesting move on their part to go beyond merely selling Apple products and provide iPhone jailbreak services which Apple is clearly against. Will this have any negative effect on their partnership with Steve Jobs and company? We can only surmise at this point in time, but we’re pretty sure Apple isn’t happy with this. (more…)

We don’t know how widespread the problem is, but there reports coming in that users are having problems accessing the iPhone 4 jailbreak site jailbreakme.com. If you’re one of those folks having issues with the site, here are some of the thing you can do to jailbreak your brand new iPhone 4. Instead of just typing in www.jailbreakme.com, try going to jailbreakme.com/index.html. If that still doesn’t work, you can try the Canadian mirror of the web-based jailbreak site at jailbbreakme.ca. Just to remind you guys, while jailbreakme is compatible with all iDevices (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad), it only works with iOS 4.0.1/iOS 3.2.1 and older firmware. This can’t jailbreak iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2 since this new iPhone/iPad firmware plugs the exploit used by this particular iPhone jailbreak. This also isn’t compatible with beta versions of iOS 4.1. (more…)

After 2 years since it opening its doors to the public, the Apple App Store now proudly boasts of over 250,000 apps, and this figure still doesn’t even include those that are exclusively available overseas. That’s a quarter of a million apps ready for download!

Compared to the same period a year ago, they more than doubled their offerings from a low of just 51,821 apps according to 148apps’ metrics which just goes to show how enticing the iPhone app biz is nowadays. Surprisingly, book apps are now the majority in the App Store accounting for 17% with games coming in at a close second at 14%. No doubt, the rise in book apps is the direct result of the arrival of the more sizable Apple iPad.

With the continued exponential growth of the Apple App Store year-on-year, there’s no question that Apple will remain as the top dog in the mobile app store wars for many years to come.

[148apps via fortune tech]

Here’s the latest on the upcoming 4G iPod Touch which we’re expecting will be launched on September 1. A source reveals that the new look for Apple’s latest iPod Touch will take inspiration from the Macbook Pro. Unlike the iPhone 4 which has a glass-covered flat rear surface, the back of the 4G iPod Touch will reportedly sport a design similar to the “top of a Macbook Pro, only smaller, which is to say flat rather than curved at the center-closer to the look of the first-generation iPod Touch’s back, only with modifications.” We can’t say we’re completely digging the picture he’s painting here, but we’ll see. After all, words can only do so much. He also adds that there will definitely be a rear camera though it’s still not clear whether it will be complemented by a flash just like the iPhone 4 or a microphone a la iPod Nano 5G.

Anyway, with only a few days left before Apple’s event in San Fancisco, it won’t be long now before we eventually find out what the 4G iPod Touch actually looks like and what new treats it has to offer provided, of course, that these 4G iPod Touch rumors is more fact rather than fiction.

[ilounge via redmondpie]