Popular third party browser for Android that came to iPhone and iPod touch a few days ago now fully supports Apple iPad. A special version of the browser has been released for iPad that is named Dolphin HD and it brings a fully optimized Chrome browser like tabbed browsing for the larger screen of iPad. Dolphin also brings customizable gestures that it is known for to iPad’s web browsing.

In Dolphin web browser you can navigate the web and perform certain tasks by performing on screen gestures. The app features a gesture button in its bottom menu bar, this will enable gestures for you. In gesture mode you can draw a sign or add a new gesture for certain tasks within the browser.

Other features of Dolphin HD browser for iPad include

Webzine
Bring out the beauty of the web and with Dolphin Webzine users can experience the web like never before.

Tabbed browsing
Real tabbed browsing. Feel like you are on a desktop. Add tabs within Dolphin just like you would on a desktop.

Sidebar
We implemented two side bars for you to access Bookmark and Tool Bar without going through complicated clicks; you can access Tool Bar simply by swiping from the right edge of iPhone screen to left. You can access Bookmark simply by swiping from the left edge of iPhone screen to right.

Speed Dial
Put favorite sites on Speed Dial. Stop looking around in your bookmarks. Forget about typing out long URL. Just put your favorite sites on Speed Dial.

Smart Address Bar
Smart and effortless browsing by auto-completing URL and context menus When you type the first few characters of a URL, Dolphin auto-complete the URL by displaying all results from both bookmarked items and your browsing history.

Bookmark Folder
We implemented Folder in Bookmark. Now you can organize your bookmarks into different folders, as you currently are doing with your desktop web browsers!

Desktop Mode
Switch between desktop view and mobile view according to your needs Need to view the full site of facebook sometimes on mobile? Dolphin helps you do that.

You can download Dolphin HD browser for your iPad for free here

iOS can be termed as the simplest and easiest mobile operating system when it comes to daily usage. You don’t have to be an expert for doing so called difficult jobs on your iOS device, however it can be a little tricky when you are not doing it right. Finding the IP address is one of those tasks that can confuse a newbie. IP address can be useful for a number of ways and knowing it enables you to perform a variety of tasks related to networking.

Thanks to this simple how to guide by OSXDaily, you can find out the IP address of your device by following the three simple steps below.

• Tap on the “Settings” icon and navigate and tap on “Wi-Fi Networks”
• Find the network name of the router you are currently connected to, and tap on the blue arrow button next to the active networks name
• Assuming you are usually a DHCP address, scroll down and find the IP Address in the format of x.x.x.x, for example 192.168.1.2

[Image Source and hat tip: OSXDaily]

This post is a part of our ‘iOS Starters’ series’ in which we try to guide new iOS users by writing simple how to posts on how things are done on their new Apple devices.

Verizon Wireless has aired a new ad to promote its 3G network and the ad features Apple iPad 2 in it. Like usual Verizon ads this one too focuses on how reliable Verizon’s 3G network is on the iPad by using which users can download iBooks and use Twitter even when they are miles away from the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot. This is so far the first ad for iPad 2 that has been made by someone other than Apple itself, and i think they have done a pretty decent job with this one.

If you have accepted Google+ as your primary social network and want to take all your photos to your new Google Plus profile from other popular social networking sites and photo sharing services, then don’t worry because there’s an app for that. Google Plus Photo importer for iOS devices that is created by a third party developer allows you to easily transfer photos to your Google Plus account without any trouble. Although it is not an official Google app, it does the job pretty neatly.

Google Plus Photo Importer for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch allows users to import their photos from popular sites like Facebook, PhotoBucket, Instagram, Flickr and more with just a few taps.

Google Plus Photo Importer app is built on cloud to cloud technology that allows fast image transfers from your other social accounts to your Google Plus account. It transfers 100 photos in less than a minute according to app’s App Store description.

Features of Google Plus Photo Importer app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad include:

• Access your Facebook, Flickr, Instagram and Photobucket photo albums.
• Copy 100 photos in less than a minute.
• Built on Cloud to Cloud technology: Easily import dozens of photos in seconds.
• Does not affect bandwidth or data usage “Cloud based transfers”.
• Select multiple or all photos in your albums – transfer with a single tap.
• Imports your photo’s Metadata – Titles, Descriptions.
• Save a lot of time and hassle.

You can download Google Plus Photo Importer app for your iOS Device from the App Store for $0.99 here

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Discovered by MacRumors in the change log of Atari’s Greatest Hits app, this joystick by Atari is something every iPad gamer should own. This new joystick that is officially named “Atari Arcade – Duo Powered” is an add-on for iPad that will allow users to play classic Atari games that are available in the App Store using the classic-style controls.

The application has already been made compatible by Atari for this accessory so we anticipate that it will be released in the market soon, however its official DiscoveryBayGames page says that it will be made available soon without any mention of date or pricing details.

Simply connect your iPad to Atari Arcade, download Atari’s Greatest Hits app for Duo, and you are ready to share the fun with family and friends anywhere!

The list of games you will be able to play with this awesome Joystick by Atari is given below

EPARATE GAME PACKS INCLUDE:

Asteroids PK
1.Asteroids
2.Asteroids Deluxe
3.Asteroids 2600
4.Canyon Bomber – MP

Battlezone PK
1.Battlezone
2.Red Baron
3.Air-Sea Battle – MP
4.Submarine Commander

Centipede PK
1.Centipede
2.Millipede
3.Centipede 2600
4.Millipede 2600

Black Widow PK
1.Black Widow
2.Space Duel – MP
3.Desert Falcon
4.Space War

Crystal Castles PK
1.Crystal Castles
2.Crystal Castles 2600
3.Surround – MP
4.Maze Craze

Gravitar PK
1.Gravitar
2.Gravitar 2600
3.Radar Lock
4.Demons to Diamonds – MP

Star Raiders PK
1.Star Raiders
2.Liberator
3.Star Ship – MP
4.Human Cannonball

Pong PK
2.Pong -MP
3.Missile Command 2600
4.Fun with Numbers
5.Flag Capture MP

Lunar Lander PK
1.Lunar Lander
2.Sky diver MP
3.Video Pinball
4.Code Breaker

Super Breakout PK
1.Super Breakout
2.Breakout MP
3.Off – the – Wall
4.Circus Atari MP

Tempest PK
1.Tempest
2.Tempest 2600
3.Outlaw
4.Atari Video Cube

Major Havoc PK
1.Major Havoc
2.Secret Quest
3.Sentinel
4.Yars Revenge

Warlords PK
1.Warlords MP
2.Warlords 2600
3.Combat MP
4.Combat 2 MP

Adventure PK
1.Adventure
2.Haunted House
3.Return to Haunted House
4.Save Mary

3D Tic-Tac-Toe PK
1.3d Tic-Tac-Toe
2.A Game of Concentration
3.Backgammon
4.Brain Games

Fatal Run PK
1.Fatal Run
2.Dodge ‘Em
3.Night Driver
4.Street Racer – MP

Quadrun PK
1.Quadrun
2.Slot Racers – MP
3.Stellar Track
4.Math Gran Prix

Casino PK
1.Casino MP
2.Slot Machine
3.Video Checkers
4.Video Chess

Swordquest PK
1.Swordquest Earthworld
2.Swordquest Fireworld
3.Swordquest Waterworld
4.Sprintmaster

Championship Soccer PK
1.Championship Soccer MP
2.Golf
3.Double Dunk
4.Basketball

Football PK
1.Football MP
2.Home Run
3.Miniature Golf
4.Bowling

Realsports Basketball PK
1.Realsports Basketball mp
2.Realsports Boxing mp
3.Realsports Tennis mp
4.Realsports Baseball mp

Realsports Football PK
1.Realsports Football mp
2.Realsports Soccer mp
3.Realsports Vollyball mp
4.Video Olympics MP

Super Breakout 2600
1.Super Breakout 2600
2.Battlezone 2600
3.Super Baseball
4.Super Football

Hangman PK
1.Hangman
2.Black Jack
3.Steeplechase

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Fruit Roll by Chillingo brings classic arcade gaming experience to iOS devices. Fruit Roll features simple one-touch controls in which you have to roll your fruit ahead to steamroll or avoid obstacles and enemies on your way. You have to avoid hitting caterpillars, monkeys, and frogs and have to jump over them to finish each level.

A special feature of the gameplay is that you can squish the opposing creatures by rolling onto them, provided they are of the same color as your fruit. You have to collect as much stars as you can on your way and squish as much creatures as you can to gain higher points and bonuses.

To unlock special powers, you need to capture three of the same fruits in a row. These powers include expansion in size, barrels at breakneck speed gobbling coin and fruits, and the ability to run over anything that comes in your path.

Fruit Roll features polished graphics and takes full advantage of your iDevice’s processing capabilities and the background music played during the game would not be disliked by many.

This highly addictive game for iOS has an HD version too i.e especially designed for the larger screen of iPad.

Fruit Roll for iPhone and iPod touch can be downloaded for $0.99 here, whereas the Fruit Roll HD can be downloaded for $1.99 here.

Embedded below is the gameplay video of the game

I would rate this game 8.5/10 in terms of gameplay, controls, graphics, and sound.

Joypad app for iOS, that recently became available in the App Store allows you to stream your iPad games to your Apple TV and use your iPhone as a game controller. You can simply do this if you have all three mentioned Apple devices. How this works is very simple, you download the app on your iPhone and connect it with your iPad via Bluetooth. Then once the connection is established with your iPad, you can then push the game installed on your iPad to your Apple TV using the Airplay service.

Once the game starts running on your Apple TV you can easily controls it using your iPhone. A small number of games are supported at the time but don’t worry as Joypad has also released their SDK so that more and more developers could make their  games compatible with Joypad.

So if you want to enjoy the pleasure of console gaming through your iDevices, now you can thanks to the developers of the Joypad app.

You can download Joypad app for iPhone from the App Store for free here

The game brings a number of different themes, multiplayer mode via GameCenter, leaderboards, new iPad-only features, much more.

Doodle Jump for iPad is available in the App Store for $2.99 here

Embedded below is the gameplay video of Doodle Jump for iPad by a Youtube user.

Apple has posted a new commercial on its Youtube channel. This new iPad ad showcases iPad’s unique abilities that make it standout in the field of education. The ad features popular iPad applications such as TED talks, iBooks, GarageBand, and many more.

The transcript of this ad reads:

Are you curious about new ideas, do you want to learn a new language, or just a new word? Maybe you want to know more about anatomy, or astronomy. You could master something new, or uncover a hidden talent. There’s never been a better time to learn.

Adobe today has released its CreatePDF app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad in the App Store. CreatePDF brings the ability of creating high-quality PDF files to iOS devices. Adobe claims that this application creates PDF files that look exactly like the original PDF files created on a PC because this app uses the same technology as Adobe Acrobat.

With CreatePDF app for iOS you can convert email attachments or files stored in the cloud or files from any third party application and open it so into CreatePDF so that you can edit and share it.

You can share your PDF files from CreatePDF in the following formats.

• MS Word (docx, doc), Excel(xlsx, xls), PowerPoint (pptx, ppt)
• Adobe Illustrator (ai), Photoshop (psd) and InDesign (indd)
• Images – JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
• RTF, Text and WordPerfect
• OpenOffice and StarOffice documents

This app uses Adobe’s online services to ensure there is no compromise on quality or performance. Adobe notes that they don’t keep a copy of original PDF document on their servers.

You can download Adobe’s CreatePDF app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad from the App Store for $9.99 here