Cut the cord with the iPad; sort of: It’s more like an extension

There are now apps that will let you watch most of the TV that is important to you while on the go. The TNT and TBS Apps are just a just the latest in a long line of media entertainment extenders. Over the weekend  NBC had released a new version of their iPad app that allows users to watch full episodes of their favorite shows on the iPad. Watch by ESPN has been out for a while and ABC was the first to do it when the iPad came out. Lost was still on the air.  The only catch is that you are still married to a cable company because you have to log in with your credentials to use these apps to their full capabilities. That is the part that needs to be addressed. Someone needs to do what Netflix has done for movies but for TV channels.  No, Hulu is not there yet.

Facebook for iPad: It’s real and this is how to enable it [Updated]

The rumors are true. There is a hidden native Facebook iPad app. It works great and looks even better. The article was first published by MG Siegler.  This is how you enable it on your iPad. Note: You must have a jailbroken iPad to do this.

[UPDATE] There is an easier way:  Enable Facebook for iPad in 3 steps

1. Install the Facebook app from the App Store on your iPad
2. Go to Cydia and install iFile
3. Start iPhone iFile go to settings change it to show app names
4.  Go to Apps, Facebook, Facebook.app.
5. Click  a file called info.plist, open it with Text Viewer
6. Click edit then go down to where you see UIDeviceFamily
7. change 1 into 2
8. 
9. Exit ifile
10. Start Facebook
11. If you get the error Login Failed, click sign up for Facebook, under that you will see “I already have Facebook” click that log in as normal

 

[UPDATE] There is an easier way:  Enable Facebook for iPad in 3 steps