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Typing on the iPad is like anything else, a little practice can go a long way to improving the skill. That’s where TapTyping from Flairify [iTunes]comes in handy.
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Cheap iPad Stands: For all the magic that Apple promised an iPad box would contain, they definitely left out one thing: a stand. Whether you've got five bucks or some ingenuity and free time, here are seven cheap or free iPad stands.
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iPad User Case: Pro Blogger:
As a professional blogger, there are 5 things I need to do my job:
A comfortable, reliable keyboard
A text editor
RSS feeds
Web access
A reference tool for compiling research
The iPad lets me get nearly all of that accomplished. Let's start with what works.
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Over at Mashable, a poll of readers put the iPad up against the Kindle, by asking which device would "...win over the hearts and minds" of Mashable readers.
The results were 48% for Apple, 36% for Kindle, and 11% preferred their books in analog format. Mashable is not a Mac fan site, so the results are, at least, interesting.