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Appetizer Mobile

Mobile applications developed by Appetizer Mobile have been featured in two of Apple’s nationwide TV commercials: “Intro to Math” was featured in the "We Believe" iPad 2 commercial, and “Intro to Letters” was featured in the Apple iPad commercial, "iPad is Electric."

Apple A4

On June 7, 2010, Steve Jobs publicly confirmed that the iPhone 4 would contain the A4 processor, although it was not yet known at the time if it would have the same frequency, bus width, or caches as the A4 found in the earlier produced iPad.

ArtRage

For example, backdated upgrades to Studio Pro included bug fixes, DRM removal for Steam users, and a fix to allow it to work properly on OS X Mavericks, and the iPad version was updated to include Retina support.

Blokus

Currently, the officially licensed Blokus app is developed by Magmic, and is available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Blue Microphones

However, unlike the latter, the Spark Digital offers a USB interface and could also connect directly to an Apple iPad via Apple’s 30-pin connector.

Daryl Cagle

Cagle publishes iPhone, Android and iPad apps, including one with cartoons about Tiger Woods which made news when it was rejected by Apple Inc., because of Apple's policy of not allowing apps that ridicule public figures.

Disney Mobile

Working with Spin Master, DMobile launched in October 2011 the first Disney Appmates game with Cars 2 toys that interact with an iPad screen.

Fabasoft Folio

The mobile usage on smartphones (e.g. Android, iPhone) and media tablets (e.g. iPad) is supported by open standards such as HTTPS, WebDAV, CalDAV and CMIS as well as apps for the Android and iOS operating systems.

Goom Radio

A Goom Radio application can be downloaded for free on the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Nokia, and Android.

Hirose Financial UK Ltd.

Hirose's trading platform, LION, is based on the Act Forex (ActTrader) system, which can facilitate trades over single or multiple client terminals (PC based, web based, Android phones, iPhone, and iPad).

IBooks

The day before the iPad event, Terry McGraw, the CEO of McGraw-Hill, appeared to divulge information to Erin Burnett on CNBC about the upcoming iPad release.

Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Several implementations of SpicyNodes have been developed by IDEA, including a web-based version built on Adobe Flash which is available as a Software as a service web site with both free and paid versions; and as multitouch version for the iPad released in Spring 2011 as part of the "WikiNodes" app.

IOS

The closed and proprietary nature of iOS has garnered criticism, particularly by digital rights advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, computer engineer and activist Brewster Kahle, Internet-law specialist Jonathan Zittrain, and the Free Software Foundation who protested the iPad's introductory event and have targeted the iPad with their "Defective by Design" campaign.

IPad Air

Writing for AnandTech, Anand Lal Shimpi writes that the iPad Air "feels like a true successor to the iPad 2," praising it for its reduced weight and size.

Isotope 244

Isotope 244's game Land Air Sea Warfare garnered many positive reviews and was even selected by Apple Inc. as the first iPad Game of the Week.

Jeremy Lewis

Peter Jeremy Lewis (born March 22, 1969) was the president and CEO of Big Fish Games, a developer, producer and distributor of casual games on a number of platforms, including PC, Mac, Facebook, iPhone, iPad and Nintendo DS.

Jezper Söderlund

On March 5, 2010, it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs directly, asking if iPhone to iPad tethering was possible.

Laurent Touil-Tartour

On October 19, 2012, Apple releases an exclusive and innovative mobile app edition of Urban Wolf available on its 172 iTunes App Stores worldwide for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Leafly

Leafly has mobile applications for iOS devices as well as a B2B iPad application for dispensaries.

MacUser

Recent features have covered new developments by Quark and Adobe in creating iPad magazines, benchmark tests of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops, and group tests of personal color laser printers.

MadeInGermany

MadeInGermany was also a test vehicle for semi-autonomous control, being remote controlled with an iPad app or a Brain–computer interface.

Mobiola

Mobiola Video Studio is a video converter of movies, DVDs, YouTube, Metacafe, Google Videos to the video format appropriate for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Java MIDP 2.0, Palm, Android, and Sony PSP devices.

Moobile.js

The simulator supports frames for iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPad, and Samsung Galaxy.

Peter W. Kaplan

On November 6, 2009, Kaplan appeared on The Charlie Rose Show, where he discussed the future of newspapers with regards to the Internet and mobile devices such as the Amazon Kindle, and Apple's iPad.

PSTech

The company's main areas of expertise are development of object-oriented software, database design and software for mobile phones (Android, iPad).

Publishing

As of early 2011 Amazon's Kindle reading device is a significant force in the market, along with the Apple iPad and the Nook from Barnes & Noble.

QR code

QR codes can be used in Google's Android, BlackBerry OS, Nokia Symbian Belle and Apple iOS devices (iPhone/iPod/iPad), as well as Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, Google Goggles, 3rd party barcode scanners, and the Nintendo 3DS.

SignNow

On July 11, 2012, NBA superstar Deron Williams signed his $98 million 5-year contract with the Brooklyn Nets using the SignNow iPad application and tweeted a picture of him doing so.

Smartbook

By the end of 2010, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs admitted that tablet computers such as the iPad already occupied the niche of the smartbook, so the name was dropped.

Somethin' Else Sound Directions Ltd.

Other notable work has included the iPad app for Richard Dawkins' book The Magic of Reality and successful projects for Channel 4 education, SuperMe and Nightmare High which won a children's interactive BAFTA.

Texterity

In July 2010, Texterity launched their first iPad app for Entrepreneur Magazine.

The Incredible, Edible Egg

It will also be promoted via a contest where Facebook users can upload their own version of the new jingle for the chance to win prizes, including an iPad, an iPod Touch 5G with a speaker system and $400 in iTunes Gift Cards, an iPhone 5, an Xbox 360 console with Kinect and a 12 month supply of eggs.

The Secret Guide to Computers

It includes updated and "new info on modern computer dealers, Windows 7, modern Web browsers (Internet Explorer 8&9, Firefox 4&5, and Chrome 12), best Websites, modern e-mail systems (Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail), the iPad, Microsoft Office 2010, modern programming (in Java 6, QB64, Visual Basic 2010, Visual C++ 2010, and Visual C# 2010), axiomatic math, Spanish pronunciation, Bible translations, and fun stuff."

Touch Press

Touch Press was founded by Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie and Stephen Wolfram shortly after the announcement of the launch of the iPad.

Transpara

Transpara's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed to make real-time operations data available on BlackBerry smartphones and it quickly grew to include Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, Apple's iPhone and iPad, Google's Android phones and tablets, Palm OS devices, SharePoint and more.

TruConnect Mobile

TruConnect Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that sells 3G mobile data service for laptops and tablets such as the Apple iPad and the Kindle Fire via the Sprint wireless network.

University of Chicago Press

In 2013, Chicago Journals will be offering e-book editions of each new issue of each journal, for use on e-reader devices such as smartphones, iPad, and Amazon Kindle.

Voiceserve

The smart phone dialer softphones have versions compatible with iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows.

WikiNodes

WikiNodes is an app for the Apple iPad built by IDEA.org.


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