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iDoodle: All iPad wants for Christmas...

By Jason Harrison, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 5:09 pm

iPad's making a list, numbering it twice;
Wants a jailbreak to be naughty, and Siri would be nice.
Santa Cook, please bring it on down!

Daily Apps: QuickShot with Dropbox, Blast Aliens!, Bongiorno, IM+ Pro, SampleTank

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 12:58 pm

QuickShot with Dropbox: Simplifies the process of uploading photos and videos to Dropbox. Everything you capture in the app is immediately uploaded without the need for any additional actions.

$1.99 for iPhone and iPad- App Store link

Blast Aliens!: Battle friends and become a legend in the Outworld Colonies in this action packed, real-time multi-player dueling game in vivid 3D!

Monday Brief: December 19, 2011

By Ashley Esqueda, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 9:29 am

TiPb celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings: Jessica Alba, Will Smith, Gwen Stefani, Selena Gomez, and more!

By Michelle Haag, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 9:29 am

Hello everyone and welcome to TiPb’s weekly celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings roundup! Time to take a little break from your daily routine and relax with some gossip from the world of the rich and famous. What do all of these celebrities have in common? They all were spotted with an iPhone or iPad, of course. Check out a ton of pictures after the break, and if you spot a celebrity rocking an iPhone or iPad, drop us a note at news@tipb.com so we can include them in the next roundup, next week!

Please note: Some pictures may from time-to-time be NSFW (Not Safe For Work) so use discretion when viewing.

Contest Winners: Element Case, Om Nom Plushie, Batman: Arkham City, iPad 2 Display Dock

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 1:28 am

If there's one thing TiPb loves even more than iPhones and iPads, it's giving cool iPhone and iPad accessories and apps to our awesome readers. This week we have...

Week in iPad:

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 4:34 pm

Missed a compelling piece of iPad news, a great app review, or a killer how-to? We're not collecting absolutely everything in iPad here -- you can hit up TiPb.com/iPad for that! -- but we're carefully picking what we think is the best of the last 7 days and presenting it here. For you.

And hey! -- these double as show notes for our iPad Live! podcast tonight at 9pm Eastern. So join us and follow along!

Vote now for iPad case of the year [TiPb Awards]

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 4:17 pm

Apple kicked off the iPad 2 case wars with their magnetically attached SmartCovers. ZAGG added a full-on Bluetooth keyboard to the ZAGGfolio.

DODOCase redid their classic for iPad 2. Pad & Quill took things up a notch with their Contega.

Otterbox added the Reflex to their armored offerings. BodyGuardz added the thin and strong Carbon Fiber.

Incipio kept thing sleek with the Feather Ultra-Light. Case-Mate went with a kick-stand for the Pop!

Yup, that's a lot of different kinds of cases, but to keep the number of categories sane, we had to it. They all have two things in common, however -- they're all great and you have to pick your favorite. Vote up top and tell us why you voted they way you did in the comments! These are your awards, so get to it!

2011 Holiday Guides: iPhone and iPad gifts for last minute shoppers

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 2:49 pm

It's the last minute and you forgot a gift for that special iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad lover in your life. Here are your choices: a) crash through the upstairs window, drive roll through the flowerbed, hotfoot it to the car, screech out the driveway, hit up the QuickyMart of air fresheners and chocoblocks; or b) check out the list below, tap a few links, type a few words, sit back and wait for the smiles.

Santa uses Siri to help make his Christmas rounds

By Andrew Wray, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 2:28 pm

Apple has released a new iPhone 4S commercial outlining how Santa uses Siri on the new iPhone 4S to help make his rounds on Christmas.

While Siri is still in beta, and still has plenty of rough edges, Apple continues to make it the staple feature in its advertising campaigns. Whether that troubles anyone or not, the ad itself is very well done. My favorite part is near the end when Santa asks Siri how how the rest of his day looks, to which Siri responds with... Well, watch it and find out!

Facebook for iPhone gets Timeline support, more

By Andrew Wray, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 12:57 pm

Facebook has updated their iPhone app to version 4.1, bringing Timeline to the mobile app as well as access to friends lists and subscriptions. Here's the full update log: