TechBytes: 2 Million iPads Sold

Asus unveils tablet, Red Dead Redemption review, fat makeover app

ByABC News
June 1, 2010, 10:52 AM

June 1, 2010— -- Apple has hit another milestone for its iPad. The company says it has now sold more than 2 million iPads in less than two months. Demand for the device was so strong, Apple pushed back the start date of its international sales. It finally arrived in Europe and Asia over the weekend.

Asus has unveiled a new touchscreen tablet computer. The Eee Pad comes in 10 and 12 inch sizes and runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. It also has a web camera, something the iPad does not have. The tablets go on sale in the first quarter of next year.

The maker of the controversial Grand Theft Auto video games is out with a new title. Red Dead Redemption is a trip back in time to the Wild West. Jake Ward of Popular Science says you can get lost in it. "It's unbelievable how much one can do in this world. You can do everything one would expect from a Wild West, you can break horses, you can draw on bad guys, you can play poker, the rest of it. I mean it's really unbelievable how distracting this world ends up being," Ward said. "It's not kid-appropriate, there's a lot of violence, there's a lot of rough language, there's a lot of blood. But for an older audience, this is really one of the great game purchases you can make this year." Red Dead Redemption is available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

A new iPhone app may make you think twice about what you eat. Fat Boothgives you an instant fat makeover. It takes your picture and shows you what you'd look like if you packed on the pounds, giving you a flabby double chin and plump cheeks. The app is one of the most popular since it went on sale a couple of weeks ago.