iTunes offers up NBA Finals

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Will the Miami Heat prove that you can win it all in one year as long as you get the best player in the league to take his talents to South Beach or will the determined Dallas Mavericks prove that hard work, experience and sweet-shooting 7-footers can make the difference? Whatever the outcome of this year's NBA Finals, one thing is certain, iTunes is making the games accessible as a$6.99 all-inclusive season pass or you can download each game for $1.99.  Episodes come in HD and are good to go on iPhones, iPads or iPod Touches as well as desktops and notebooks. Best of all, no annoying Sprite commercials with people exploding into liquid. As for the finals, we're for the underdogs, Dallas in 6.

Apple announces iOS 4.3 with personal hotspot feature for iPhone 4

Announced along the flurry of iPad 2 revelations yesterday was more information about iOS 4.3, the latest and greatest mobile operating system from Apple set to be available on March 11. New features in iOS 4.3 include faster Safari mobile browsing performance with the Nitro JavaScript engine; iTunes Home Sharing; enhancements to AirPlay; the choice of using the iPad side switch to either lock the screen rotation or mute the audio; and the Personal Hotspot feature for sharing an iPhone 4 cellular data connection over Wi-Fi. 

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Beatles for Sale on iTunes

It has been a long time coming and a rumour that's hung around Apple and iTunes for years. The Beatles have allowed their entire discography is available on iTunes today. From individual albums to a monster box set costing $149.00 that features every studio album, every a-side and b-side plus the Past Masters collection and video material from iTunes plus. Hit jump for Apple Canada's official word on the release.

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Review: 5 Outstanding iPad Apps: Early Edition

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Apple iPad has been out for barely more than a week and already we have seen a number of compelling iPad apps that really define its functionality. The iPad has been heralded as a media consumption device and for the most part that is true.

We wanted to explore how it might be more of a content creation device and possibly a substitute for a notebook computer. Since we re using a US iPad in Canada, we were dismayed to find out that we had limited access to the iPad App Store and were unable to buy the iWorks suite of apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote).

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