For a few years now, tv shows and movies have been available on handheld products, mostly pioneered by Apple’s iPhone and iTouch. Then, about a year ago, Kindle started to standardize a new digital frontier for printed books and comics to appear on mobile devices. A few days ago, Apple officially unveiled their latest creation, the iPad, which promises to bring all sorts of happiness to digital fans everywhere. With the device’s portable nature, high quality screens, and internet streaming capabilities, could this truly be the future of how we watch our cartoons? A number of companies have utilized the iPhone for showcasing their films and animated projects, like Disney and Pixar’s UP, or some Nickelodeon series. Now that the device have become large enough for a group of fans to sit around and watch, we could be seeing many more toons hit the iPad, daily. What’s your take? (more… )

Animax Entertainment has signed up with Little Pim, producer of the animated DVD series Fun With Languages, to create an interactive foreign language game for Apple’s iPhone. The hope is to have the game launched and ready for downloads from the iTunes store this August, starting with a series of learning activities in French and Spanish using vocabulary and animation from the Little Pim DVDs. Later installments of the app will feature additional languages, such as Mandarin, Japanese, and Hebrew.

SpongeBob SquarePants is getting the royal treatment this year, as Nickelodeon continues to celebrate his 10th anniversary. Beginning July 13th, SpongeBob’s voice, Tom Kenny, will be creating his own “celebrity playlist” on iTunes, featuring his top 25 favorite episodes of the series under the sea. You can purchase the entire list to view on any video-playing iPhone or iPod device for less than $30.00. Great deal!

The SpongeBob Tickler, an application made available to iPhone and iTouch owners by Nickelodeon, has already cracked the top 10 best-selling applications! Even though it only launched on Jan. 20, the iTunes-accessible app gets purchased more than 3,000 downloads per day. That’s almost 3 applications every minute!