Apple : GarageBand arrives on iPhone and iPod touch

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• GarageBand arrives on iPhone and iPod touch
• Buying Guide: 10 best gifts for iPad owners
• Apple a digital vampire, says The Who star

GarageBand arrives on iPhone and iPod touch Posted: Apple has added support for the iPhone and iPod touch to the GarageBand app, which arrived on the iPad earlier this year. The massively successful home music creation tool costs just £2.99, but if you've already downloaded it for the iPad it's free to bring the app over to your other iOS devices. The app's universal nature means all of the features that made the iPad iteration one of the most popular of 2011. Smart instruments With virtual guitars, basses, pianos, keyboards and drum kits and more, it's easy to record your own multi-track tunes and you can also plug your instrument into the device's headphone jack. If you've never played an instrument before, Apple has you covered thanks to the "smart instruments", which will allow you to play chords and create beats with the minimum of fuss. Once you've created your musical masterpiece, it's easy to share it online or send it to iTunes. Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing said: "GarageBand on iPad has been a big hit and we think customers will love using it on their iPhone or iPod touch. "The innovative Multi-Touch interface combined with Smart Instruments makes it easy to create great sounding music, even if you've never studied music or played an instrument before." Via: PC Mag

Buying Guide: 10 best gifts for iPad owners Posted: 10 best gifts for iPad owners Looking for iPad gift ideas? You've come to the right place. We've got 10 cool iPad add-ons, gadgets and accessories to suit a range of price points and purposes. From stocking fillers to more serious investments, we've got you covered. Whether you're buying for friends, family or treating yourself, here's our pick of the best gifts for iPad owners. 1. Case - Apple Smart Cover - £35/£59 Another piece of incredible engineering from Apple: a cover that switches the iPad 2's screen on and off, a stand for typing and a stand for watching video or making FaceTime calls. The Apple Smart Cover is expensive, and plenty of imitation products have sprung up attempting to do the same thing, but none do it with such panache as the Smart Cover. If you're concerned about the back getting scratched, get yourself a Smart Back Cover, from iLuv. 2. Speaker dock - Philips DS9010 - £349 Trust us, the Philips DS9010 is worth the price. Really. Why? Because it gives much costlier speakers a real run for their money. Pop any kind of music through it and it'll pick out parts that other, cheaper systems simply don't. It balances the spectrum perfectly, too: the bass is gutsy and beautifully defined, complementing, rather than overpowering the mids and trebles. And did we mention that it looks lovely and is solidly built? Granted, £349 (available from John Lewis) is a lot of money – nearly as much as an iPad, after all. So if you don't want to shell out this much, why not take a look at the Altec Lansing Octiv 450? For under £100, you get a very good stand and speaker system for your iPad or iPad 2. 3. Desk dock - eKit iPad Desk Dock - £10 As a place to keep your iPad when you're at your desk, the eKit iPad Desk Dock (£10 at Play.com) is absolutely perfect. It'll connect to your computer to sync and charge your iPad, and also has an audio line out to hook up to external speakers or your stereo. At this price, what's not to like? 4. Stand - Griffin A-Frame - £22 There are loads of iPad stands out there but few are as solid and stylish as the Griffin A-Frame. It'll hold your iPad in portrait or landscape orientation, its rubber feet prevent it from sliding around when you tap the screen, and it'll fold flat for easy transportation. 5. Headphones - etymotic hf3 - £99 Go on, treat your ears to a truly fantastic audio experience with the etymotic hf3 headphones. Discover parts to your music that you probably didn't know existed, thanks to a wonderfully broad range of sound. The in-wire clicker lets you control your iPad, and you get three different sizes of earpieces with them. And if you're after the full audio experience, why not get a set of custom earpieces made? For £90, you can have moulds taken of your ear canals, which are used to create perfect-fitting earpieces to slip onto the hf3 earphones. They're not only very comfortable, but isolate near-enough all ambient noise. See etymotic's page for more. 6. Keyboard - Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad - £48 Whatever kind of typing you're going to be doing on your iPad, you'll inevitably be faster with a discrete keyboard. Logitech's Tablet Keyboard for iPad is the perfect companion to your Apple tablet. It's full-size, so you won't feel cramped typing on it, and it comes with a carry case that doubles as a stand for your iPad as well. 7. Stylus - Just Mobile AluPen - £13 Using a stylus with your iPad lets you write, sketch, paint and more. Made from aluminium, the Just Mobile AluPen matches your iPad, and is solidly built, so will stand up to the rigours of day-to-day use. And it's an absolute bargain at just £13. 8. Car mount - Griffin CinemaSeat - £13 If you're going to be taking the kids on long journies, the CinemaSeat is the perfect way to help keep them entertained: pop your iPad in it and strap it to the back of the driver's or passenger's seat, and bingo! An in-car TV! Moreover, when you get to your destination, it doubles as a protective case for your iPad when you take it out of the car. 9. Battery - Proporta USB TurboCharger 5000 - £43 The iPad's battery will last a long time, but if you're going to be out and about doing power-intensive things, such as playing games, get yourself one of these external battery packs. The great thing about the Proporta USB Turbocharger 5000 is that it can power a range of different devices, not just your iPad. 10. Tap! App - £2.99 For more awesome accessories, and as a great gift for iPad owners, be sure to check out Tap! The iPhone and iPad magazine from the same publishers as TechRadar. Out every month, it's packed full of app, game and kit reviews, tutorials and more. As well as print and Zinio editions, you can also get the exciting new app edition, built from the group up exclusively for iPad, and packed with fun stuff to do. Check out the Tap! app below. brightcove : 1173092766001

Apple a digital vampire, says The Who star Posted: The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has launched a bitter attack on Apple, claiming that the iTunes Music Store is a 'digital vampire.' The ageing mod-rocker likened Apple's download platform to the failed Northern Rock building society and says the store is 'bleeding dry' and failing to support up-and-coming musicians. Speaking at a radio industry lecture on Monday evening, Townshend hit out at iTunes for only benefittng artists whose music it already sells. Wild west internet land He says the company should take on the same role as record labels and employ A&R people to help find and support new talent. He said: "Is there really any good reason why, just because iTunes exists in the wild west internet land of Facebook and Twitter, it can't provide some aspect of these services to the artists whose work it bleeds like a digital vampire Northern Rock for its enormous commission?" The Guardian reports that this isn't the first time the bearded My Generation star has criticised Apple. He once said in an interview that he wanted to "cut Steve Jobs's balls off." 'Come and steal my son's bike too' Townshend also hit out at illegal downloaders and said the theft of music online was a reflection of society's moral disintegration. "If someone pretends that something I have created should be available to them free," he added. "I wonder what has gone wrong with human morality and social justice. "I once suggested that people who download my music without paying for it may as well come and steal my son's bike while they're at it."

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