Jacob Burch and Lon Harris will host episode 15 of This Week in iPad on Thursday, July 15th^th, at 5:00 PM PT on the ThisWeekIn Network. The guest on this week’s show will a member of the team which produces Osmos, currently the number one paid application on the App Store.

About Osmos

Osmos combines the concept of osmosis and Newton’s third law of thermodynamics into a highly-addictive game for the iPad. In the game, you control a “mote” with the objective of absorbing smaller motes in order to meet certain objectives, such as becoming the largest mote in the realm. The game uses a zero-gravity environment and you propel your mote by ejecting part of yourself to create thrust. The title is difficult to describe, but is incredibly fun. Osmos is available for $4.99 in the AppStore.

Sponsors

“Print Magic” Wellala is the first sponsor of This Week in iPad. The application allows users to print to any Wi-Fi connected printer directly from an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Users can copy and paste text into the application for printing and users can also print images from the iOS photo library directly. Print Magic and Print Magic HD are available from the App Store. Host Lon Harris said on This Week in iPad that the app is “incredibly fast” and “works like a dream.”

Gazelle is a service which will purchase your old or gadgets, video games, cell phones, laptops, digital cameras, PDAs, gaming consoles and cell phones. Simply visit Gazelle’s website, tell Gazelle what you have and the company will offer you a price and ship you a box to send in your gadgets and Gazelle will send you cash.

The News

The DigiTimes reported that Apple may be planning to launch a smaller second generation iPad which will feature a 5.6-7” OLED screen by the end of the year.

The iTunes App Store has been gamed again this week by a developer which made use of compromised accounts to boost the rank of his apps.

Apple is reportedly working on a new Apple TV product which could result in some dividends for the iPad, including $0.99 TV rentals.

Invitations for “Hulu Plus” are slowly rolling out and users are finally getting a taste of Hulu on the iPad.

Pad Gadget reported that the iPad may suffer from overheating issues, but thus far, the issue is not wide spread.

The Onion is also “reporting” that Apple will soon launch a “friend bar” to provide lonely Apple fanatics some companionship.

Planet of the Apps

The hosts have not announced what types of apps will be reviewed on this week’s edition of This Week in iPad.

This article was written by Matthew Paulson of iPad Week.ly.