Parrothead Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 My Christmas present this year was an iPad. I'm not sure what to do with it. Does anyone have recommendations for good apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Notability -- I love it! I also have the Gmail app and the Chrome app, which are useful, as well as the Dropbox app. But Notability is making the iPad really, really useful to me -- PDFs, grocery list, scribble pad for the kids, knitting patterns. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Notability -- I love it! I also have the Gmail app and the Chrome app, which are useful, as well as the Dropbox app. But Notability is making the iPad really, really useful to me -- PDFs, grocery list, scribble pad for the kids, knitting patterns. . . Cool. I'll download it right away. Do you have a... whatchacallit do-hicky pen thing that "writes" on the touch screen? I was debating about getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Cool. I'll download it right away. Do you have a... whatchacallit do-hicky pen thing that "writes" on the touch screen? I was debating about getting one. I don't have a stylus yet, but I ordered one from amazon. I can write with my fingertip (and that's how I did my grocery list yesterday), but I think a stylus will make it much more useful. The fingertip was kind of chicken-scratchy. DD tried doing a math test that way and found it frustrating; hopefully she'll have better luck with the stylus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 I don't have a stylus yet, but I ordered one from amazon. I can write with my fingertip (and that's how I did my grocery list yesterday), but I think a stylus will make it much more useful. The fingertip was kind of chicken-scratchy. DD tried doing a math test that way and found it frustrating; hopefully she'll have better luck with the stylus. Thank for saying it multiple times. I had a total brain freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Netflix Temple Run Angry Birds Kindle Pinterest Pandora Amazon video if you have prime or download videos from Amazon Dropbox for PDF files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks Maranda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 These are some of my favorites for 'productivity' Dropbox Notability Evernote Notes Plus Dragon Dictation Paper by 53 Dictionary.com File App Pro Wordflex App Advisor -- tells you when apps go on sale or are free iStudiez Weather+ Calculator HD Wikipanion iBooks Google Earth iPhoto, PS Express, Snapseed, PhotoForge (photography apps, if you want pix on your iPad) Pandora, Downcast, Kindle etc (if you are listening to radio, podcasts, reading books, etc) Netflix, Amazon Instant Video (many TV stations also have their own apps) For news Flipboard Instapaper Slate Huffington Post NPR Salon Life (pix archive from the magazine) Education BrainPOP Quizlet Wolfram Alpha Algebra Touch Quick Graph The Elements Sky Safari Solar Walk Star Walk Move the Turtle (programming) Music & Art Sketchbook Express Sumo Paint Magic Piano Apps on individual artists -- I like the ones by Mokoo The Orchestra I have over 200 apps -- how did that happen???? Our iPad is a family iPad, so there are lots of games too. At first, I vowed to have no games, but they are just so much fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm currently addicted to Word Welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Flipboard Instapaper Evernote Google Drive CalenMob Google Earth Face Time Pages Kindle Audible AP Paperless Trip-It Flight+ These are a few of my favorite things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I returned to this thread to copy the lists of apps so I can look them up later, but I also wanted to say that while Gutenberg has lots of free books, iTunes made it even easier to add a bunch of free books to my iPad, so if you're like me and new to exploring all the joys of the iPad, spend some time browsing free stuff on iTunes. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Book Creator. You can use your photos and write stuff and make iBooks (yes, you want iBook, too) and even add hot spots where you add sound (I made books about our trip to D'Land for my son with autism and used the hot spots to record myself reading each page to him). I love Book Creator! Drop Box is useful, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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