So I bought Uno because it is a game that my kids and I appreciate and I hoped that we could actually all play it together on the new device.

The game has a very familiar look since it uses the same look as the original card game so we are in familiar territory. It offers a couple of game modes which I will detail below.

Single player modes

The single … Read More

One of the first applications I purchased was Apple’s Pages for editing text documents. I wanted to be able to read and edit documents on the iPad and figured that this editor would probably do why I was looking for.

Pages is not a full editor

I am currently reviewing and editing a book that should be published by end of this year and I was hoping to be able to … Read More

So I broke down and bought an iPad. Actually I didn’t really break down, I’ve been planning the purchase ever since the iPad came out and just took my time to act on it. Less than a year before I had purchased a netbook and wanted to “get rid” of that computer before I proceeded with the iPad purchase. The netbook was not used nearly as much as I expected … Read More

This morning, PC magazine published an article listing 5 free applications that can help you turn your iPad into an iPhone.

The 5 applications are:

fring
Skype 2.0
textNOW
textPlus
TruePhone

Not all the applications should be required since some of those apps overlap in their functionnalities so I chose to try Skype and textPlus (it had the better rating from PC Mag) and it works! It is interesting to be able to send text messages directly … Read More