If you're an iPad owner, then you might have wondered if there is a way to use your iPad as your main computer. With the more powerful hardware of the new iPad 2, it is possible, though you'll have to make a couple of concessions. We'll go over the pros and cons of switching to using an iPad as your main machine in this episode.

The

Hipstamatic app for iPhone

is meant to provide aspiring iPhone photographers with a way to

simulate analog photography

, complete with a variety of camera accessories like lenses, flashes and simulated films. Pick your gear and get to shooting, but shoot wisely as there is no way to go back and change the effects of your gear once a picture is taken. Like a photo enough and you can order a print right through the app.

In this episode, we'll show you how to

browse the web on your HP TouchPad

and how to use the unique

Touch-to-Share feature

. Web browsing works in much the same way as it does on other tablets, including gestures like pinching and scrolling to

navigate pages

, but Touch-to-Share lets you share websites with

HP webOS smartphones

.

Besides simply improving the quality of your

audio and video recording equipment

, there are several other things that you can do to

enhance the quality of your videos

. Often, you can

change settings on your video recorder

to

adjust the white balance

,

increase the brightness of your videos

or

switch to manual zoom

. You can also

improve video stability by using a tripod

.

If you've ever wanted to turn your

iPhone into a heart rate monitor

(who hasn't?) then we've got an app for you. The

Pulse Phone iPhone application

allows your iPhone to

check your heart rate

simply by

using the iPhone's camera

. You can save your results in the history section and go back to review them whenever you want.

In this episode we show you

how to use the iPhone 4 flash

as well as the

iPhone 4's high dynamic range

feature. While you probably know what a flash is you may not know

what high dynamic range is

. This is a feature that rapidly takes two photos and combines them so that your pictures will show both lighter and darker areas.

In this episode we'll tell you

how to take photos with your iPhone 4

. We'll show you

how to use the Camera application

to take pictures using both the

front and back cameras on the iPhone

and how to

focus on subjects

,

zoom in and out

and

switch between videos and stills

. We'll be focusing on still photography in this episode and save video for a future series.

In this series we show you

how to use the iPhone 4 camera

. While there are

two cameras on the iPhone 4

, the rear one is the primary camera and allows you to shoot

5-megapixel photos

with a flash or

high density range

turned on. We'll show you how to do all that and more, and at the end we'll even suggest some

photography apps for the iPhone

for you to try out.

If you've rooted your Motorola Droid, the Froyoz ROM will get you up to Android 2.2, AKA Froyo, without having to wait for the official update. If you haven't rooted your Droid yet, check out our

video tutorial series on rooting Motorola Droid

Last week, we showed you how to flash a new ROM to your rooted Android phone. This week, we continue our look at the

best Android ROMs for rooted phones

with an install of Bugless Beast for Droid.

With a rooted Android phone, you can install custom ROMs that in some cases, completely change the user interface. Some ROMs are available only for one brand of phone, and others have been done for multiple phones. You can use ROM Manager and it will show you only the ROMs designed for your phone. Installation is quick and easy.

Andy and Sean get their hands on IE9, the new beta web browser from Microsoft. Is it any good? What's new in it? And can the Lab Rats get through a whole demo without the beta software crashing? Tune in to find out!

In this last episode, we give you a

summary of the rooting process

. We'll talk about the steps you took to

root your Motorola Droid

and outline the importance of good research whenever

rooting a handset

. We'll also point you in the direction of more

information on rooting

and custom ROMs.

In this episode, we show you

how to use ROM Manager

for Droid. ROM Manager has a free version available which allows you to

back up your Droid

easily,

install custom ROMs

and more. Most importantly, it gives your

Droid more boot options

so that you don't have to go through the same processes we outlined over the past few episodes.

Now that you've finished

rooting your Motorola Droid

, you should know that it is easy to

find custom ROMs

that you can use. Just use your search engine of choice and search for

Motorola Droid ROMs

and you should see plenty of results. Research ROMs that look promising and try them out if you like.

In order to continue the root process. you're going to need to

perform a factory reset

. We show you how to use your

Droid's recovery reboot menu

so you can continue

rooting your Motorola Droid

. Specifically, we'll show you how to install the rooted ROM and

upgrade to OS 2.2 Froyo

.

Here, we begin the actual root process by

wiping your Motorola Droid

and

install a new rooted ROM

. We'll show you how to install the new rooted ROM, but we also recommend that you

back up your Droid's data

first so that you can restore it later. Once you've done that, you're ready to

root your Motorola Droid

.

In this episode, we'll show you

how to flash the SBF file

to your Droid

using RSD Lite

. This won't

root your device

but it is one of the last steps on the way to

rooting your Motorola Droid

. This is one of the lengthier episodes, so be sure to follow each step carefully.

With RSD Lite installed, we can now flash the SBF file to your phone. This does not "root" it, but it paves the way.

The next step in

rooting your Motorola Droid

is to

install RSD Lite

4.6. This is the software that we will use to

flash the Droid

. This part is tricky as an improperly flashed ROM can potentially brick the device, but if you've been following along and follow this guide step by step, there should be no problems.

Andy and Sean take a look at the

new HTML5 specification

, explain what it means and explore some of the new features. The future of Adobe Flash is also discussed. Is

HTML5 a mortal threat to the rule of Flash on the web

?

Travel Stix are a simple concept; a wallet-sized portable USB vault for all of your travel related documents. Pre-installed on the sticks are various travel forms; medical and travel insurance, pet information, a travelling child's information and more.

If you're looking for a simple way to share your photos with friends and family and a new way to display your photos, look no further than Flash Slideshow Creator. Drop your photos into the program and you can output fantastic slideshows as a Flash file which means just about anyone that you send it to can view it without having to download anything. You can also post it to your own site easily.

Our video tour and

how to use the iPhone 4

series continues with a look at the major improvements in the camera on the

Apple iPhone 4

. In addition to a megapixel boost and an LED flash for the rear camera, Apple has added a second front-facing camera that allows for

video chat with FaceTime

.

You can download software and create your Website right on your PC. When you're ready you can upload it to your host. Or, you can use a service that is online and gives you the tools to create your page right on the Web. We'll look at both methods in this part of our Web Site 101 video tutorial series.

Jay Goldman demonstrates

how to use the browser on the Palm Pre

in this, the last installment of our

video tutorial series on the Palm Pre

. A solid web browser is make or break for a smartphone, and the

Palm Pre

doesn't disappoint with its

WebKit-based mobile browser

that's capable of rendering full HTML pages.

If you have a mobile phone and a Flickr account, it's easy to post to your photostream from anywhere, no computer required. Simply snap a pic of what you see and if it turned out as you'd hoped, send it over the cellular network to your Flickr photostream and share what you saw. You can also send pics via email and get an embed code to show your favorite photos on your website.

Swiss Army knives have long held a reputation for jamming many useful functions into a small pocket-sized penknife. Whether you're looking to cut, clip, snip, saw, measure, see, sew, tweeze or pick your teeth, the Swiss Army knife of old delivered. Now, the classic knife is getting a digital update with the PresentationPro. They've added a laser pointer, encrypted USB key and even a Bluetooth presentation controller.

Solid state drives or SSDs are gaining ground in laptops and tiny consumer electronics devices of all sorts. SanDisk, an industry leader in flash memory, shows off some of its latest. As opposed to traditional spinning hard drives, SSD drives are much more durable, faster, silent and use less power.

Andy and Sean show how flash memory works using Brussel sprouts.

Over these four episodes we'll be showing you a couple of ways that you can shoot better video. There are a number of ways that you can improve the quality of your video, and some of those include choosing the right video equipment, improving your audio quality and using the right video shooting techniques. We'll go over each of those topics over the following tutorials.

In this series we show you how to use the iPhone 4 camera. While there are two cameras on the iPhone 4, the rear one is the primary camera and allows you to shoot 5-megapixel photos with a flash or high density range turned on. We'll show you how to do all that and more, and at the end we'll even suggest some photography apps for the iPhone for you to try out.

In this series we show you

how to root your Motorola Droid

.

Rooting your Droid handset

can

unlock features

and give you

access to applications and ROMs

that you would otherwise be unable to use. While there are risks involved, if you follow this guide you should be able to

root your Droid safely

.