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RIM’s ā€˜iPad-Killing’ PlayBook Suffers Fresh Slate of Battery Woes

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Oh, Research In Motion! Can you for one moment stop making your would-be iPad killer suck even harder than it already does?

Panned critically at debut, RIM recently had to recall over a thousand half-baked units. Now reports indicate that a recent patch has made PlayBook performance even worse than it was before.

Playboy Reveals All on iPad as Promised

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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for since the iPad first launched in April 2010. It’s the reason we all stood in line for a day to get our hands on one. And it’s the reason why the iPad has been such an overwhelming success all over the world. Yes, I’m talking about Playboy magazine… which is now available on your tablet.

Touch Top Italian Art on Your iPad [Cult of Mac Giveaway]

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A new iPad app lets you put your hands all over some of Italy’s most stunning art works.

Company Centrica puts hi-res images ofĀ  Florence museum the Uffizi, including Botticelli’s ā€œThe Birth of Venusā€ and Michelangelo’s Tondo Doni, into an app called UffiziTouch.

Spiderpodium Tablet for iPad Brings More Pain Than Pleasure [Review]

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When it was first revealed at CES earlier this year, we were all amazed with the Spiderpodium Tablet by Breffo ($35). Somewhere in between a toy, and a multipurpose iPad stand, the Spiderpodium has an extremely unique design that is adaptable for almost any tablet device. I got the chance to play around with the unique stand over the last few weeks, and while I think that it’s incredibly clever, there are definitely some drawbacks.

How New Coating Will Boost iPad Battery Life And Readability [Exclusive]

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3M's new coating might make outdoor readability problems a thing of the past. Photo by Louis Rodriguez - http://j.mp/iTDJxa
3M's new coating might make outdoor readability problems a thing of the past. Photo by Louis Rodriguez - http://j.mp/iTDJxa

The iPad 2 already has phenomenal, 10-hour battery life, largely thanks to a combination of Apple’s custom-built, power-sipping A5 chip and the fact that inside, the iPad 2 is mostly battery.

Thanks to a new, cutting-edge tablet coating, though, your next iPad could run for twenty hours or more on a single charge, while providing Kindle-like outdoor readability.

New HDHomeRun Streams Live TV to Your iPad

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Ignore the Sony in the background; this tiny gadget is all Apple.

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It may not be as pretty as an Apple product (but seriously — what is), and at $180, it’s almost double the price of the ATV. But Elgato’s HDHomeRun comes in swinging for the fences with a trick Apple’s little black coaster doesn’t have: the ability to stream live TV, in HD, to your Mac or iPad — even over a 3G connection.