For those looking for Canadian-based book titles, or specifically titles about British Columbia, the iBookstore has a new spotlight this week with “The Best Of British Columbia”.

Aside from showcasing the regular set of Canadian titles under “Canadian Stories”, an additional focus is put in British Columbia

“Books from and about Canada’s west coast take centre stage as Canadian Stories features the best of British Columbia in the iBookstore.”

The iBookstore is accessible … Read More

Earlier this week we profiled a luxurious iPad 2 case, the UltraSlim pouch, from Sena. Today we take a look at another type of iPad 2 Sena case which has some additional features and functionality.

The Folio case from Sena is a leather portfolio book design, handcrafted from premium full-grain Napa leather. This book design also means that the entire iPad is covered from top to bottom and on all sides … Read More

According to the LG display CEO, the next-generation iPad, or iPad 3, will feature a Retina Display.

A Korea Times report revealed, after LG Display’s second-quarter earnings report, that the CEO indicated the Retina Display is on its way.

He said more smartphone manufacturers will release new models employing LG’s “Retina Display’’ that has been used in iPhones and iPads.

At this time, LG Display manufactures the current Retina Display found on the … Read More

This week, 2K Games released Sid Meier’s Pirates! on the iPad. Sid Meier is best know for the Civilization series.

Originally released in 1987, Pirates! has debuted on multiple platforms such as PC, Mac, Xbox and PSP.

Once again, Pirates! is now available on a new platform, the iPad, where players live the life of a pirate by sailing the sea to explore, trade, fight and even learn how to ballroom … Read More

According to a report from AllThingsD, Good Technology reveals data that shows that iPad usage is growing in the enterprise world.

According to Good Technology, 27 percent of the mobile devices activated by enterprise customers during Q2 2011 were tablets. Of the tablets activated, 95 percent were iPads!

During the same quarter, Android tablets declined 3.1 percent, despite new devices from Samsung and Motorola. However this is not surprising considering the … Read More

Looks like the love between Samsung and Apple is not dead yet!

Today iFixIt reports that Apple has removed the LG display drivers from the iPad 2 and replaced them with Samsung drivers.

LG Pre-March 2011 iPad/iPad 2 Display Driver

What this means is that LG display drivers, a driver that dates back to the iPad 1, were used in the iPad 2 devices manufactured up to March 2011. … Read More

When it comes to iPad cases, there are hundreds of companies and brands selling thousands of case varieties.

However there are only a handful of what can be considered “luxury” case brands who sell very beautiful and high quality cases well above the average iPad case price.

One of those luxury brands is Sena Cases, who among making cases for many digital devices, features a line of beautiful leather iPad cases and … Read More

LockInfo is another one of those jailbroken iPad tweaks that, because it is extremely clever, will be adopted by Apple and be available as a standard feature in iOS 5. In other words, LockInfo delivers a very similar function to that of the Notification Center found in iOS 5.

However, because iOS 5 is still a few months away, we jailbreak our iPad and use Cydia to get these great tweaks … Read More

If you’re looking for a case to protect and transport your iPad with, you’ve definitely come to the right place. Today, we are giving away a new iPad leather sleeve generously provided by the folks over at iThrough.com.

The Giveaway!

I have one black leather iPad sleeve to giveaway to iPadinCanada.ca readers!

The leather sleeve is very professional and provides very good overall protection for an iPad. The case further … Read More

Last week, Canadian iPad 2 shipping times dropped from numerous weeks to 3-5 business days. This week, Apple has again dropped the shipping times.

Any new purchases of the iPad 2 through the Apple online store now ship within 1-3 business days.

When the iPad 2 launched in Canada on March 25, the online store opened with a 2-3 week shipping time, which then slipped to 3-4 weeks within 24 hours.

Since then, … Read More