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Lain's Yoshitoshi ABe Demos iPad Finger-Painting App (Updated)
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Apple iPad device.
ABe said that he actually received two Wi-Fi-enabled iPads — a 64-gigabyte version for himself, and a 32-gigabyte version for fellow artist Yukaly Sasaki — on April 9 after waiting impatiently for customs to process them. However, he is considering buying the Wi-Fi/3G version for the GPS location-pinpointing feature. While he praised the intuitiveness and multiple uses of the iPad, he acknowledged that not everyone needs to have one just yet, compared to more essential items such as a television, a refrigerator, and a mobile phone.
ABe had Pochiyama at the Pharmacy in 2008 for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in 20 countries, including the United States and Canada. He has since released an iPad version of his 2007 easy drawings dōjinshi.
[Via Japanator]
Image © Yoshitoshi ABe
Update 2: The Gigazine website notes that the character in the sketch is Ein, the heroine from ABe's new Animage magazine.
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