During Apple’s media event yesterday, Steve Jobs announced that the iPad will be getting all of the current iOS 4 features plus 2 new ones.

• Wireless Printing from the iPad to a wireless printer.
• AirPlay (formerly AirTines) in addition to audio will also allow the streaming of video and photos.

“Jailbreakme v2.0 was a great success, and it’s provided a nice leveling point for all jailbreakers and unlockers on all devices at firmware versions less than 4.0.2/3.2.2.  We hope that everybody ever interested in jailbreaks or unlocks was able to join in on the jailbreakme bonanza. Those of you who had Cydia capture your SHSH blobs, or those of you who captured them locally, will always be able to benefit from the jailbreakme.com v2.0 release. Congratulations!

Now it’s a few weeks later, and Apple has closed the jailbreakme.com hole.  They’re shipping devices with FW 4.0.2/3.2.2, impervious to this particular jailbreak.  So now, people will begin to ask: will there be a jailbreak for devices that shipped with 4.0.2/3.2.2, out of the box?

No, there won’t be.  FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole.  With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the “cat & mouse” with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes.  To quote WOPR, “the only winning move is not to play”

If the cat & mouse game escalates too quickly, especially during beta FW periods, nobody but Apple benefits.  For this reason, there won’t be a 4.0.2/3.2.2 jailbreak specifically during the period where 4.0.2/3.2.2 is the latest public release.  At best, some future 4.1x FW jailbreak *may* be compatible with 4.0.2/3.2.2 (but don’t count on that).

If any of this is confusing, please ask below in our comments section!

P.S.: For those of you with iPhone3G or iPod Touch 2G(not MC version), it’s true you can always use redsn0w to jailbreak your 4.x devices.   Don’t let that dilute the above message, though ”

One hundred and seventy days after Apple took its first iPad pre order, production has caught up with demand.  Apple’s initial iPad supply was depleted over the April 3rd launch weekend.  The 3G and international launches ended up being postponed.  At one point the Apple online store had shipping delays of  up to 3 weeks.

Apple brought the shipping time down to within 2 weeks from the middle of May to the middles of August, after that the delay gradually shortened to the current 24 hour time frame.

At present Sena Cases offers 7 different choices for the iPad, each is available in either smooth or patterned leather and a variety of colors.   All of the cases are handcrafted by leather artisans in Turkey and range in price from $59.99 to $150.00.

The latest for the iPad is the sequel to their very successful iPod Touch and iPhone game Mortal Combat.  At present, little is know about about the upcoming Mortal Combat 2 except that it will be released this fall.

To stay up to date with all of Gameloft’s new offerings you can subscribe to their YouTube Channel.

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator and was originally developed for the PC platform in 1999.  The project’s stated purpose is to save the arcade classics for future generations.  The games themselves are downloaded from the original arcade machine roms and are readily available on the Internet.

iMAME4all which requires a jailbroken iPad, is available through the BigBoss repository.

The program’s goal is to improve upon the overall student learning experience.  The use of the iPad will enable greater flexibility in accessing all relative in class and laboratory learning materials.

To gauge the program’s success, the university will be giving regular surveys to all participants.  It should be noted that in the past similar trials in the academic environment with devices such as the Kindle haven’t been successful.

This novelty app allows you to pretend that you are pouring or drinking beer, playing with condensation, or even shaking the keg to produce virtual foam.  And if beer isn’t your thing, you can fill your iPad with wine, champagne, water, cola, coffee, or milk.

iBeer Keg is available from the App Store for $2.99.

The handcrafted cabinet features a classic style joystick, four play buttons, and a pair of start and select buttons as well.  The Bluetooth interface, which connects the iPad to the game controls requires 2 double AA batteries.

In order to use the iPad Arcade cabinet with your iPad you will to jailbreak it and install a game console emulator.

The iPad Arcade can be bid on at ebay until August 28th.