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Apple’s iPad case, keyboard dock and power adapter will all have to wait until after April 3 to arrive, leaving early-adopting iPad users out in the cold.

Good news for iPad peripheral peddlers: High demand for some Apple -designed accessories for the device appears to have exhausted early supplies. Originally offered with a ship date of April 3, official iPad cases purchased today, …

Filed under: Hardware , Odds and ends Here’s a clever solution to an aggravating problem. Apple’s Magic Mouse ships with all new iMacs and features the first multi-touch surface on a mouse. As you would expect, it’s got a sleek, tidy design that looks great on your desk. But doesn’t necessarily feel great in your hand. It’s no hockey puck , but for some users the ergonomics aren’t what they should be . Will, an Apple fan and part owner of hybridracing.com , decided to do something about it. After some testing, he came up with a small chunk of silicone that sits atop the Magic Mouse with the help of a suction cup. Hence, the Magic Mouse, Fixed was born. This US$10 accessory sits between your palm and the mouse, and can be positioned just so. Watch the video after the break to get an idea of what it feels like

It’s come to the attention of the nerd collective that two of Apple’s iPad accessories will be delayed until May. That’s right, the iPad keyboard and 10W USB power adapter are being pushed back until sometime in May.

# apple We’re not certain why , but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [ Apple Insider via CNN ] More »

Filed under: App Review Never before in human history have there been so many ways to part with your hard-earned cash. The spotlight might be on credit card acceptance tools from Square & Verisign , or the beta Venmo service’s SMS-based trust network — still, don’t forget about the cagey veteran. Paypal is 12 years old now (and in Internet years, that’s… uh… “wicked old”) but the eBay-owned payment site is innovating as fast as ever; case in point, the 2.0 version of the free Paypal iPhone app. The new app features a revamped interface and history display, along with options for payment reminders, funds withdrawals and a new “Request Money” tool. You can create and send a fund request within the app at the moment you need it (just spotted your pal $20 for the movies? Bingo!), which makes it that much more likely that you’ll get reimbursed. In like fashion, you can collect money for a shared gift or charitable donation, or split a restaurant check and send off requests for everyone’s share of the bill.

Filed under: iPhone If you’ve been lusting after the Navigon apps for your iPhone, the company has just released lower-priced regional versions that divide the country into three sections and let you add other parts of the U.S. with an in-app purchase. You can now buy Western states, Central U.S. or Eastern states as standalone regions. The single region version is US$24.99 until April 12, when the price goes up to $29.99. If you buy one region, you can add another region for $12.99 each. These new versions contain all the features of the Navigon U.S. and Canada version . All versions include the new MyRoutes feature. Navigon MyRoutes learns from the user’s driving style to provide customized and better route recommendations

FingersTune is a virtual musical instrument. It is designed as an Ocarina . It has four buttons. When you click on different buttons in different combinations, You get different tones. Plus it can sound not only as Ocarina voice, but as any instrument from a large voices library. As Piano, Saxophone, Accordion, Violin, Piccolo, Guitar, or even as a Woman Scream . Also FingersTune has an embedded Editor . You can use it to compose a melody. And use the composed melody to learn learn it in Traning Mode. The Lite Saxophone version do not have Editor, and is able to voice only as a Saxophone.

Apple’s iPad will ship on April 3, but some of the accessories made for the device won’t.