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If you have a burning desire to make phone calls or send SMS messages on your iPad 3G, you’ll be happy to know that a group by the name of iPhoneIslam has demonstrated a jailbreak application that enables calls, SMS and FaceTime via phone number on an iPad 3G.

The hack will be called PhoneItiPad and should be available in the Cydia app store before WWDC. The hack requires no additional hardware but you obviously need a jailbroken iPad 3G. This means no iPad 2 support until there is a jailbreak released for that.

Once installed you get an iPhone dialler screen which unfortunately is just the iPhone version blown up 2x. It does look a little ropey; they are working on a full resolution version for this. SMS messages do work perfectly in full screen mode on the iPad. The demo video shows how it all works and it does look like a handy feature to have.

Take a look at the demo video after the break. Then pop back here and let us know if you would welcome the ability to use your iPad 3G as a phone?

[iClarified]

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Alaska Airlines has decided to ditch paper and will begin using the iPad for flight manuals, further propelling its popularity in the aviation space.

Alaska Airlines has become the first major US airline to hop on board the paperless bandwagon [...] the airline has announced that it will be replacing its traditional flight manuals with iPads.

Earlier this year the FAA approved the iPad for flight charts used among pilots for Executive Jet Management, and this is another big step for airlines and pilots to get into the paperless game.

So don’t be surprised if a year (or less) from now you see most pilots strolling about with their iPad before taking off!

[Engadget]

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iPad headlines

• Samsung demands to see iPhone 5, iPad 3
• Apple tapping Samsung for AMOLED iPad 3 display?
• Apple's iCloud service will mirror your iTunes library and improve its quality too? [rumor]
• Apple secretly working on a MacBook Air with an iPad A5 chipset?
• HP: TouchPad will be number one-er!

iPad at work

• Alaska Airlines now using iPad for flight manuals
• iPad doing to PC sales what Vista and the recession couldn't?

iPad Jailbreak

• Chronic Dev Team share some news on iPad 2 jailbreak and iOS 4.3.x support
• iPad 3G can make calls and send SMS messages with soon to be released jailbreak app [video]
• So how long until Amazon buys Cydia?

iPad Tips

• App for That: How to teach kids to write
• How to apply BodyGuardz Armor Carbon Fiber for iPad 2 [sponsored]

iPad Apps

• Top 5 Facebook Apps for iPad
• Opera Mini Web browser receives significant update

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