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The other day we showed you a photo of poker pro Andy Bloch with his iPad at the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Little did we know that Andy was going to find and read the post. According to photographer BJ Nemeth, Bloch called him over to say it would be a bit surreal to have a photo taken reading the TUAW post about his iPad on his iPad.

BJ mentioned that Andy is playing a lot of Scrabble against other professional poker players, some of whom are at the same tournament although never at the same table. Players can have both iPads and smartphones at the table, but can't use them during a hand. Once they fold their cards, players are free to use their devices.

Andy's still alive at the tournament with 21 players remaining, and action resumes today at 3 PM PT to play down to the final table. Final table action takes place tomorrow and is taped by ESPN, which does not allow the use of electronics at the table.

We're not sure if posting this photo will cause a singularity to develop, threatening the existence of the multiverse, but we're going to give it a try anyway.

Thanks to BJ for the photos and to both BJ and Andy for being TUAW fans.

TUAWAndy Bloch at the World Series of Poker with TUAW and his iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 31 May 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: iPad

Here's a little iPad magic for your Memorial Day afternoon -- turns out the iPad really is a "magical" device. I'm not sure what app is being used here, but I think it's a proprietary one, and probably not something you could use yourself (unless you know how to do some of the great slight-of-hand stuff that this guys is doing).

But the iPhone can definitely be used for magic, as we've seen before, even if you're not a highly trained magician. But even though this guy is a little late some times (his brain unfortunately falls out of his head, since he misses the timing just a little bit), he pulls off this series of tricks quite well.

[via TDW]

TUAWA little iPad magic originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 31 May 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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People were rather agitated about Skype deciding to charge for what had been free calls, but were pleased that the updated app finally supported calls over the 3G network.

Now the prospect of payment has at least been delayed, possibly because of the outcry from users -- comments on the changes haven't been pretty. The Skype folks haven't explained the change, or the reason for the charges to begin with. We'll stay tuned, and keep our ears open for why Skype might have delayed the planned charges.

TUAWSkype quietly delays charges for iPhone app calling originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 31 May 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Guardian

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