With the upcoming iPad 3 event on March 7th, rumors abound on some critical issues that may emerge with the new model.
Shlashgear reports that the Home button may disappear from iPad 3 in favor of some new gestures.
The Home button, one of the very few iPad annoyances, is a long-time doomed feature that may has come to an end.
Apple has long been rumored to be deleting the physical home key, and replacing it with either a combination of gestures or a touch sensitive bezel. The image Apple used for its …

{EAV:475f0ad9367c78fa}Avid has launched a new video editing iPad app, which it hopes will give Apple’s iMovie a run for its money, and is Avid’s first prosumer video editing app for the iPad.
Avid Studio for the iPad enables you to quickly arrange your clips in the Storyboard, make precision edits using the Timeline, and add high-quality transitions, effects, and soundtracks to your movie footage.
The Avid Studio app combines a storyboard and timeline interface, where users can arrange clips in the storyboard, then use the timeline for precise cuts. It also offers …

Sting’s app: celebrating 25 years of solo career, Steve Jobs and… a “message in an iPad”?

This time may be the right time: the iPad (specifically the iPad 2) is getting an iPad-specific version of the beloved Skype app – with working cameras!
That’s cool for most users that still haven’t moved to the Facetime side of modern communication!
ZDNet has been able to preview the iPad-specific version of the Skype app and published several new pics along some pretty info.
Performance issues and worries?
Although Skype for iPad will work on both iPad versions, you’ll only be able to broadcast video from the iPad 2, since it has a …

VLC Media Player lands on the iPad and a horde of media format becomes available on the run – er, almost.
It plays virtually any video file you throw at it (including DivX and Xvid).
File management is handled via iTunes and the most magical thing is: VLC Media Player is entirely free.

It’s the best way to overcome the built-in video playback limitations of the iPad: H264, .mov and .mp4 files; so, grab your DiVX files, pop corn and welcome to the movies!
Adding video files to VLC’s playlist is pretty straightforward: hook …