Watching iPad Live, iPhone Live, or any of the other Mobile Nations Podcasts on your iPhone or iPad is kinda cool, but what’s really cool is watching them on your big screen TV. Luckily, with just an Apple TV, an app, and a few taps, it’s easy to do. Here’s how:

1. Grab the Ustream app for your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
2. Wait for one of our shows to begin and search for MobileNations in the Ustream app
3. Hit the AirPlay button and beam it straight to your AppleTV

That’s it! Crack open a spicy drink, grab a tasty snack, and enjoy! We’ll see you on the big shows!

Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you'd like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to dailytips@tipb.com.

How about that: iPad Live, treasure of the internet podcast space, deploys again tonight with special guest Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac. Be there most ricky tick!

Time: 9pm ET, 6pm PT, 2am GMT.

Place: http://www.tipb.com/live

If you have any questions or topics you’d like us to discuss, just leave them in the comments then come be part of the show!

(And yes, you can watch from iPhone via Ustream Viewer app (here’s how) — just search for “mobilenations” and iPad (we recommend Duet Browser.)

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!

Meta

• Win the iOS device of your dreams in the TiPb holiday giveaway! [Week 3]
• Vote now for iPad case of the year [TiPb Awards]
• Vote now for the casual gaming app of the year [TiPb Awards]
• 2011 Holiday Guides: iPhone and iPad gifts for last minute shoppers

iOS 5.1

• Apple seeds iOS 5.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV to developers
• New iPad wallpapers coming with the release of iOS 5.1
• Apple takes steps to obfuscate future iOS device references from nosy bloggers

iPad 3

• iPad 3 on schedule for March/April 2012 release
• Rumor: Supposed iPad 3 component suggests redesign
• Rumor: Apple prepping 7.85-inch iPad for second-half of 2012 to compete with Kindle Fire

iTunes in the Cloud

• Apple launches iTunes Match music locker service internationally
• iTunes TV Shows in the Cloud now available internationally

News

• Apple A5 chip production happening in the great state of Texas
• Apple looking to open an R&D facility in Israel

Apps

• Top 5 best first-person shooter (FPS) games for iPhone and iPad
• Grand Theft Auto III for iPhone, iPad hits App Store
• Netflix update brings new UI for iPad
• App Giveaway: Kinectimals for iPhone and iPad
• Microsoft OneNote now available for iPad

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!

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.

Netflix, Hulu Plus, Slacker and other subscription

The real gift that keeps on giving, whether it’s audio or video, a subscription can keep your special someone entertained throughout the year.

• Netflix
• Hulu Plus
• Slacker Personal Radio

iTunes, App Store, iBooks gifts and gift certificates

If they’ve got all the iOS devices they need, and it’s too late to look into accessories, worry not — content is king of the last minute gifts. Your special someone can never have too many apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, or books to enjoy.

You can either gift them yourself (here are a ton of gift recommendations and best app picks), or better still — get them a gift certificate so they can pick their own treats.

• iTunes gift certificates

Amazon gift certificates

Amazon has a ton of digital content all there own, but they also have old school media — paper books, plastic CDs and Blu-Rays, games that come on cartridges… Gift certificates let them pick just exactly the goods — real or virtual — they want, and Amazon will deliver it straight to their door or their device.

• Amazon gift certificates

Your last minute gift ideas?

Did we miss any amazing last minute gift ideas? Not that you’ve ever forgotten that special occasion, of course, but if… a friend of yours, let’s say, has had any strokes of gifting genius, please share in the comments!

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 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:

• Access to Mobile Timeline on iPhone (if you already have Timeline). iPad support coming soon.
• Access to friend lists, subscribers and subscriptions.
• Faster, better performance.
• Photos are easier to view, upload and comment on.

We’re hoping these performance updates actually do what they suggest. I’ve run into so much frustration lately when using the Facebook for iPhone app that’s it’s essentially become unusable in some scenarios. Instead, I’ve opted to just use the mobile version in Safari.

You can grab the update now from the App Store or via iTunes app updates.

• Free – App Store Link

According to a report by Ynetnews, Apple is looking to open a research and development center in Israel. A delegation of Apple representatives headed by VP Ed Frank is currently in the country meeting with high tech companies such as Intel. The new R&D operation will apparently be lead by Aharon Aharon, the former head of Zoran Corporation's R&D center.

Calcalist has also learned that a delegation headed by Apple VP Ed Frank is currently visiting Israel to meet with several high-tech companies. Frank took a tour of Haifa and visited Intel's headquarters in the city's Scientific Industries Center (MATAM). He is examining the north park of the center as a possible location for Apple's center, Calcalist learned.

Apple is interested in this particular area as it is very close to the Technion. The Technion is Israel's Institute of Technology and is proving to be a highly popular site for major tech companies. Already the area is home to Intel, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Qualcomm. The R&D facility is thought to be aimed at developing flash storage technologies for iOS devices and maybe further development of the A5 CPU.

Source: Ynetnews via Jeff

 

Breaking down the best, most must-have first-person shooter (FPS) games to blast and brawl your way through on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

First person shooters, affectionally initialized as FPS, are some of the most popular games on any platform and iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are no exception. While control was, and remains and issue — glass multitouch doesn’t provide the same options as a PC keyboard or dedicated gamepad — the graphics, animation, ambiance, music, and intimacy of iOS makes for an incredibly exhilarating experience. From World Wars to space hulks, soldiers to monsters to the walking dead, hand-to-knife combat to blasters, ballistics, and beam weapons there are a plethora of choices available to the hardcore FPS gamer. Here are some of our favorites.

Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation

The latest in a series of games so good you can scarcely believe they’re on your phone, Modern Combat 3 has 13 missions, excellent gameplay, and a truly immersive experience. While an iPhone can never replace a full-on PC, Xbox 360, or Playstation 3 console shooter with all the bells, buttons, and whistles, the gap is definitely closing. And this one you can carry around in your pocket. Universal app – works on both iPhone and iPad.

• $6.99 – App Store link

Dead Space

If you couldn’t guess from the title it’s a space survival/horror shooter with absolutely gorgeous graphics and even better sound and atmosphere. The mood is just perfect and transitions from casual, almost monotonous getting-to-know-the-controls early missions to OMFG-what’s-eating-my-face action with heart-stopping abruptness. Dead Space isn’t on rails; you walk where you want to walk, blast what you want to blast. You do have a guidance mechanism to show you the way, however, which minimizes the frustration of truly open environments.

• $6.99 – iPhone App Store link
• $9.99 – iPad App Store link

N.O.V.A. 2

N.O.V.A was the closest thing to getting HALO on the iPhone and iPad, and N.O.V.A 2 takes all that was great about the original and shoots it into orbit and ads even better graphics, creatures, vehicles, maps, and game play. The visual are simply stunning, the controls about as good as you can expect from multitouch, and the action frenetic. Career mode, multiplayer, leader boards — hawt.

• $6.99 – iPhone App Store link
• $6.99 – iPad App Store

RAGE HD

From the mind of the legendary John Carmack and the labs of ID Software, RAGE HD is a post-apolocalyptic world-scorcher of an FPS. On the down side, it’s on rails so you can’t move about freely. On the plus side, it’s got gruesomely gorgeous graphics, Game Center support, crazy extras like Mirror Mode, and is a great way to raise some hell and work out some aggression on your iPhone or iPad. Universal app — works on both iPhone and iPad

• $1.99 – App Store link

Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies

It’s CoD, it’s zombies, what more really needs be said? Following up on the original Call of Duty: Zombies, this all new, all better sequel pits you and up to three of your friends against the walking dead with an all new interface, in-game chat, and more achievements than you can toss a grenade at. Also includes a top-down arcade bonus. Universal app — works on both iPhone and iPad

• $6.99 App Store link

Your top FPS shooter?

So there you have them, our top 5 best FPS games for iPhone and iPad. Be sure to check out our other Top 5 picks, our Picks of the Week, and iPhone App and Games Forum for more recommendations, and if we missed any of your favorites leave them in the comments below!