Apple’s iPad is without a doubt the most popular tablet currently on the market. Of course, considering it’s pretty much the only big name tablet on the market that shouldn’t exactly come as a surprise. Luckily, competition is being brought to the table from devies like the Samsung Galaxy Tab but until that hits, the iPad will reign supreme.

One of the biggest gripes that consumers have with the iPad, however, is the fact that there is a lack of connector ports. While Apple managed to throw in their iconic 30-pin connector, and have released a few dongles allowing for a USB port or similar, there isn’t much in terms of connectvity.

In fact, if you want to get video off of your iPad and onto your television the only way to do that (through a wire) is by buying Apple’s VGA adapter. Luckily, a new adapter has appeared today out of China that promises HDMI out connectivity.

This adapter will give consumers an HDMI out port allowing them to stream 720p HD video from the iPad to any HDMI enabled display.

Sounds pretty good to me. Now we’ll just have to wait until it gets released, if ever, and we’ll be all set.

via engadget

We have seen a lot from Scosche. For example, we have seen the in-vehicle iPad mount and the reVIVE II.

The Sneakpeek II is designed to turn any iDevice into some sort of switchable video output solution for iPad, iPhone, and iPad. All you need to do is plug in the 30-pin connector to one and, and then the composite or component cables to the television.

You should be able to get the Sneakpeek II for about $59.99.

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In case you’ve got some fundamental issue with Apple’s upcoming AirPlay, or just a fifth-gen iPod nano you’re unwilling to part with, here’s a handy little adapter for you. Produced by Cywee and likely to be sold for around $99 by PCD in the US, this RF streamer plugs straight into your iDevice’s dock connector and then beams video, pictures, games and the like over to its nearby base station, which in turn hooks up to your television by a set of RGB cables. Any app that utilizes Apple’s video output API is a candidate for having its visuals sent over, though resolution is unfortunately capped at 480p and you’ll need line of sight at a distance of no more than 15 feet for everything to work correctly. Just to make sure we’re all appropriately underwhelmed by its current product, Cywee promises an 802.11n WiFi variant that’ll handle 1080p and output via HDMI for next year. Great, we’ll just wait for that one, why don’t we?

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I have met the future of recipe apps, and it’s named after celebrity chef Mario Batali.

For those not familiar with the preeminent Iron Chef, Mario Batali is the culinary master of all Italian cuisines. His knowledge and expertise are expansive, and his unusual personal style marks him as an eccentric “artiste” even among cutting-edge chefs. So it’s no wonder that Mario’s app is well beyond what most have come to expect from a foodie app. Mario Batali Cooks! is comprehensive, well designed, entertaining, educational and, best of all, imminently useful.

I’ve watched Mario for years, even his instructional cooking show Molto Mario, yet I never felt I could attempt many, if any, of the dishes he presented. Sure, they were pretty and looked amazingly tasty, but they simply seemed way, way beyond my limited skill set. What an amazing thing to discover, then, that Mario Batali Cooks! features a large number of recipes that appeal to me as an amateur cook. Some push that envelope pretty heavily, but most are entirely approachable for anyone willing to learn a few new techniques.

Currently, the app features over 60 recipes, each with step-by-step text instructions and a custom video from Batali. There are a variety of ways to search through these recipes, but my absolute favorite is the map view, where you are treated to a map of the various regions of Italy. Tap a region and you then see that area broken into its component locations as well. From there, just choose one of these smaller regions to get an overview of the area from Batali and a list of all recipes available from that part of Italy. Most of the recipes, while slightly more advanced than the conventional Joy of Cooking type, are easily prepared in under an hour, and many make easy yet sophisticated weeknight dinner fare. Once you pick a recipe, a simple tap will load all of the ingredients into a custom shopping list which you can then export to email.

All of the elements of Mario Batali Cooks! – from the map navigation to the videos to the shopping lists – are carefully configured on a simple dial-based home screen. It’s this dial that truly pulls all of the disparate pieces of the app together and makes for a truly cohesive experience. Sure, I’ve seen recipe apps before that have multiple features, and that feature a slightly similar interface, but none present such a comprehensive overview of one chef’s point of view and expertise in such an elegant manner. It’s like carrying Batali in your pocket – and if you’ve ever seen him, that’s no easy feat.

I like other recipe apps out there. Honestly, I do. But nothing compares to Mario Batali Cooks! It is in a league of its own, which is only appropriate for such a singular chef. Every aspect – from videos to recipes, to shopping lists to interactive maps – is seamlessly stitched together, making it an app that rises above the sum of its parts. There are other recipe apps, certainly, but none that give you such a wealth of specific knowledge from a culinary genius. If you are interested in Italian cooking whatsoever, you owe it to yourself to give Mario Batali Cooks a spin. It’s that good.

So, why does this app deserve a perfect score? To me that comes down to what the app attempts and whether or not it is successful in that attempt. In this case, Mario Batali Cooks! doesn’t attempt to be an all-encompassing recipe app. Rather, it is designed to showcase the culinary skills of master chef Batali and teach you some basic skills in order to improve your Italian cooking. That it teaches some history of the various culinary regions of Italy is just the proverbial icing on the cake. That it does all of this using a clever, easily-manipulated design pushes it over the top of most other food apps. This one’s a clear winner, folks!

[ Mario Batali Cooks! Review is a post from 148Apps ]

Thanks to the emergence of the various mobile application stores such as the Android Marketplace and iOS App Store, companies far and wide have been able to get their products onto millions of handheld devices. Netflix, for one, has a much loved mobile application that is available for devices such as the iPad and iPhone. This app allows you to stream videos isntantly from Netflix’s extensive line up straight to your device no matter where you may be.

Today, however, Netflix has announced that their iPhone app is getting even better as they have just given it a video out ability. What does this mean, exactly? Well, if you purchase an A/V kit that allows you to hook your iPhone up to an external display such as a television or projector you will actually be able to stream video from the cloud, to your iPhone, to your television.

This addition basically makes it unnecessary for iPhone touting consumers to purchase something like an Internet connected set-top box because they will now need nothing more than their phone to watch videos on the big screen. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.

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