It certainly appear to be based on ifixyouri.  Apparently the screen is lighter, thinner and of a better build than the current iPad screen.

No news on the actual screen resolution yet.

Exclusive: iPad 2 screen, fresh [...]]]> Is this the new iPad 2 screen?

It certainly appear to be based on ifixyouri.  Apparently the screen is lighter, thinner and of a better build than the current iPad screen.

No news on the actual screen resolution yet.

Exclusive: iPad 2 screen, fresh from China

This would be too easy.  When the original iPad came out last year it had a 27 on the calendar app.  Guess when it was presented to the world? January 27th.

The new iPad has a 9  on the calendar app… so it is an easy guess that it might be unveiled on Feb or March [...]]]>

This would be too easy.  When the original iPad came out last year it had a 27 on the calendar app.  Guess when it was presented to the world? January 27th.

The new iPad has a 9  on the calendar app… so it is an easy guess that it might be unveiled on Feb or March 9 2011!

This is quite plausible cause checking the Yerba Beuna’s calendar reveals that both dates are Wednesday, both are vacant and both have a two days of vacant time preceding them. via

I have it on good authority that Apple will be announcing the iPad 2 in the next “3-4 weeks”, possibly Tuesday February 1st. The iPad 2 will feature a retina display and front/back cameras.

If you’re thinking of buying an iPad, hold off for now.

Kevin

via Kevin Rose – blogg – Rumor: iPad 2 [...]]]> From: Kevin Rose (Foundation Newsletter)

I have it on good authority that Apple will be announcing the iPad 2 in the next “3-4 weeks”, possibly Tuesday February 1st. The iPad 2 will feature a retina display and front/back cameras.

If you’re thinking of buying an iPad, hold off for now.

Kevin

via Kevin Rose – blogg – Rumor: iPad 2 is coming soon!.

This morning, after working out AirPlay video streaming details with Steven Troughton Smith, I decided to give Matej Knopp a call. His name may not ring a bell, but hes the developer of the awesome Air Video application. Air Video, which sells on the App Store for just three dollars, allows you to watch [...]]]>

This morning, after working out AirPlay video streaming details with Steven Troughton Smith, I decided to give Matej Knopp a call. His name may not ring a bell, but hes the developer of the awesome Air Video application. Air Video, which sells on the App Store for just three dollars, allows you to watch nearly any video from your home computer.

read more via TUAW — The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

At that point you will be able to stream movies and TV episodes to [...]]]>

Netflix.ca is now open for business.  You can now subscribe to a 1 month trial membership account and enjoy streaming movies.  Be warned that you will need to provide a valid canadian credit card or Paypal account to complete the process.

At that point you will be able to stream movies and TV episodes to you iPad/iPhone, Wii or MAC/PC.  Is is expected that the new AppleTV2 will also support Netflix streaming in Canada when it ship at the end of the month of September.

Once your trial is ended you will be charged 7.99$/month for the membership.  This is less than 100$ per year to watch movies and TV shows… less than one month of my current cable bill!

Mind you, the selection is not the most recent.  You won’t find blockbusters movie when they are released.  You will have to wait a fair bit before you can stream them via Netflix.

There is also no french section of the web site.  This might limit the market penetration in Quebec where most of the population is french speaking.  This will seriously limit my familly’s ability to use the service as my kisd only speak french and will not benefit from the familly section for now.

Hopefully Netflix will add some french titles over time.

I will give the service a more thorough try tonight and will report on my experience with it.

Applidium reported that they have seen 125,000 downloads of their VLC application for the iPad.  This is a whole lot of download for one day when you consider that it is for iPad only.

Applidium now has to work hard and quick on improving the product to make it truely usefull.  I fear that in it’s current [...]]]>

Applidium reported that they have seen 125,000 downloads of their VLC application for the iPad.  This is a whole lot of download for one day when you consider that it is for iPad only.

Applidium now has to work hard and quick on improving the product to make it truely usefull.  I fear that in it’s current form those 125,000 will have a low retention rate.  I, for one, will not use the application until some major changes are made and new features added.

I already spoke about those in a previous post and won’t repeat them here.

The Good:

The Bad:

For instance, it’s already available in New-Zealand! Just follow this iTunes link that should become active as soon as the app reaches [...]]]> After 2 weeks of review, VLC for the iPad is now available on the AppStore! The release date is set to Tuesday, Sept. 21, so depending on your timezone, it should be available pretty soon.

For instance, it’s already available in New-Zealand! Just follow this iTunes link that should become active as soon as the app reaches your store.

For the technically-inclined of you, the sources are being uploaded to videolan.org, and should be made available before the end of the day.

Also, Applidium got many questions regarding an iPhone version. It’s in the works! Applidium started with the iPad, but an iPhone and iPod version is coming.

Wired just published a review of the application. Look very promising.

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This short youtube video show how the iPad VLC application can nativelly play XVID, DIVX, etc video format on the iPad.

The application look fast and responsive.  The UI is not up to my taste with the oversized video thumbnails but I am sure it will get better [...]]]> UPDATE:

Wired just published a review of the application. Look very promising.

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This short youtube video show how the iPad VLC application can nativelly play XVID, DIVX, etc video format on the iPad.

The application look fast and responsive.  The UI is not up to my taste with the oversized video thumbnails but I am sure it will get better over time (if it is ever approved in the App Store). Given the published guidelines yesterday I don’t see why it would not be the case.

VLC for the iPad will allow owners of the tablet to watch the non h264 compressed video on the platform.  This will be a welcomed change for people who might have built of library of movies compressed in the older video formats.

Merging VLC for the iPad and AirVideo would provide the dream streaming video application.  No more need to transcode non h.264 video to watch over WiFi.  Only transcoding when streaming over 3G would be necessary.