The week in iPad, August 7, 2011

Missed a compelling piece of iPad news, a great 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 your review.

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

Meta

• Mobile Nations 4: From boardroom to bedroom
• Superfunctional 5: Fitness vs. Function

iOS 5 beta 5

• Apple releases iOS 5 beta 5 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, Xcode 4.2 DP 5, iTunes 10.5 beta 5
• Typical iOS release cycle (or, how many betas?)
• Screenshot of speech-to-text activation key found in iOS 5 beta 5 hidden keyboard

News

• The difference between Apple iPad 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet commercials
• Google said “no” to joining Microsoft, Apple, in Novell bid? [Updated]
• Patent wars merely leveling the playing field against Google Android “dumping”?
• Amazon’s Appstore makes Apple’s App Store seem all warm and cuddly
• Turbine powered Batmobile uses iPad for in dash GPS and audio system [video]

Tips

• Daily Tip: How to transfer your MobileMe account to iCloud [Developers]

Apps

• Skype for iPad hits the App Store [Updated]