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Comprised of an accessory and free app, the L5 Remote transforms the iPhone and iPod touch, and now even the iPad, into a personal universal remote that controls televisions, DVD players, DVRs, cable boxes, audio equipment, and most other products that come with an infrared remote. Setting up the device to mimic your other remotes is pretty seamless and you can actually manage which “buttons” show up via a simple drag-and-drop technique.

Many of us have dreamt of turning Apple’s greatest creation into a powerful touchscreen entertainment management system, and this may prove to be the first step in the right direction.

Buy It: $50 at L5

Phaidon’s famous three-volume Design Classics set contains the history of products that were designed from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution up until today. Now, the collection’s making its way over to the iPad, bringing along sketches, archival photos and a whole lot more.

The application offers, at the touch of a finger, access to an encyclopedic, illustrated history of 1,000 timeless design classics by not only renowned designers, such as Marcel Breuer, Achille Castiglioni, Le Corbusier, Jasper Morrison, Dieter Rams, Eero Saarinen, and Philippe Starck but also anonymously designed pieces, such as the clothes peg, the corkscrew, and the chopstick, that have stood the test of time.

Buy It: $19.95 at iTunes

Since Incase is known for having a firm grip over the accessories market for all Apple products, it would only be right that they drop a fury of accessories for Apple’s latest gem — the iPad. “They’ve taken some of their most popular case styles and custom fit them for iPad as well as designed a number of new products specifically for iPad. Amongst these is a new Grip Protective Cover, Protective Cover, Neoprene Sleeve, Neoprene Slip Sleeve, Convertible Book Jacket, Nylon Travel Kit, and Combo Charger and Car Charger. All are now available directly through Incase.”

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Two gifted artists in Minnesota are currently hand-making these cases for your future iPad. The casing is a bit more modern than Twelve South’s Bookbook for the MacBook, but BOOK is the only case of its kind for the iPad, and it’s definitely a job well done. Much detail has been put into the crafting of this sleeve case, with extra attention given to all aspects of the fine accessory. On the inside, a tailored 100% wool felt sleeve provides a snug fit for your device when BOOK is closed with the integrated velcro edge. The natural German felt is a sustainable and renewable material that has an innate durability and timelessness.

BOOK is also available for the Kindle, Kindle DX, as well as the 13″ assortments of the MacBook and MacBook Air.

Buy It: $89 at BOOK

Not only did Steve Jobs make an appearance at tonight’s Oscars, but Apple’s iPad also got some screentime. The ad is everything you’d expect from the boys in Cupertino and then some. It avoids showing the video playback in motion, which we’re not too surprised about but what was shown looked flawless. The Apple iPad is due to hit stores on April 3rd, with pre-ordering to begin in the coming days.

Watch the video after the jump courtesy of Engadget.  (more…)

The boys in Cupertino have finally officially taken the covers off their newest device. It’ll be called the iPad, a name that’s been floating around for quite sometime. It looks great. The body’s slim, looks pretty comfy in Jobs’ hands. The OS is like an exploded version of the iPhone’s with a few cool features like ability to view YouTube in HD and an email interface with some enhanced aesthetics. Landscape and portrait view are enabled in the majority of uses. You’ve got maps, calendars, built-in iTunes Store, and iPhoto integration with events, places and faces. Movies, TV shows, music videos, audiobooks, just about everything you can watch on your iPhone, you can access through this beauty.

Hardware specs – 1.5 lbs., 0.5 inch thick with a 9.7 inch display, full capacitive multitouch, all powered by the 1GHz Apple A4 chip. Storage can be from 16GB to 64GB of flash memory. The usual suspects are all here – bluetooth 2.1 EDR, accelerometer, compass, WiFi 802.11n, microphone, and speaker. The iPad has a 10-hour battery life with a month of standby time. Wow. (more…)