Two iPad firsts: One used for an Easter Sunday Mass reading and the first mugging.

[onehandle]

iPad on Easter Sunday



When I showed my mother-in-law the iPad, the first thing she asked was if she could perform her Easter bible reading with it. She's a church officer at Messiah Lutheran Church in Vancouver, WA, and she knew the pastors there would appreciate the moment.

We downloaded Bible HD from the app store—a free and incredibly thorough connected bible reader—but there was a catch: Out of 16 English language editions (and quite a few in other idioms), there was no New Revised Standard Version, the translation favored by the church. I did find NRSV on iBooks, but it cost $10—per Testament. So she emailed me her verses in a Word Doc, and once I had installed Pages, the Mail app directed me to open the attachment with that. A few font adjustments and voila, the bible verses were ready.

My mother-in-law may not care a fig for most of what Gizmodo covers, but she does see the iPad as a tool to help her in her work—and in her faith.

http://gizmodo.com/5509232/ipad-on-easter-sunday
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New Hampshire man is victim of first recorded iPad theft

Someone has to be first, I suppose. Straight from the police iBlotter in Manchester, NH, the Union Leader reports that a broad-daylight iPad theft was perpetrated in the parking lot of a Best Buy on South Willow Street.

Mohamed Aboutaleb of Dover had just bought his new iPad in the store (capacity and accessories not known) when he was the victim of a shove-and-grab theft. The teenage thief then fled with Aboutaleb's magical and revolutionary shopping bag via a getaway car driven by another teenager.

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/04/new-hampshire-man-is-victim-of-first-recorded-ipad-theft/

[Liberty Belle]

1. Signs of our times, certainly!