iPad app recommendations
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I picked up an iPad 2 yesterday - I never owned an iphone or any other kind of smart phone so the world of apps has passed me by until now, got any recommendations?
so far I've picked up my 2 must haves of "Sword & Sworcery" and "Infinity Blade".
so far I've picked up my 2 must haves of "Sword & Sworcery" and "Infinity Blade".
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World of Goo
Infinity Blade.
Sword and Sorcery
Chaos Rings
I Think Gamespot and IGN do good reviews.
Sort by score:
http://www.gamespot.com/reviews.html?platform=1049&mode=all&sort=score&dlx_type=all&sortdir=asc&official=all
http://wireless.ign.com/index/reviews.html
BTW, the best reason to own an iPad (the only reason I'm thinking of getting one) is it's AWESOME to read comics on.
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http://itunes.apple.com/app/facemakr-avatar-creator-hd/id375533902?mt=8
Sorry, shameless plug for my own iPad app
iA writer for typing
Brushes for art
Opera mini- another browser, super fast.
Zite- Amazing news app. You tell it your interests it finds news stories. You can like stories and it shows similar stories in the future. Awesome way to read the news.
FlipBoard- Another news app, you add twitter feeds and rss feeds and it makes a magazine for you.
Just a few I can think of right now
Bought! I didn't know there was an ipad version
Auditorium
Both by CipherPrime. I know the first is on ipad, the second might just be iphone...
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitubeipad/features/
Autodesk SketchBook
Garage Band
Pandora
Netflix
DropBox
Find My iPhone/iPad
Comics by Comixology
Cut the Rope
Reeder - if you use Google Reader
Kindle - if you like books. I like it better than iBooks
Notes Plus - if you take notes.
Also a Wacom Stylus or Griffin BoxWave stylus.
Ah thanks dude!
I can also recommend iA Writer. Built by a buddy here in Tokyo.
Obviously it would be 10 times better if one could just drop the zip file and read from there like on any tablet PC but this is impossible on the ipad...
Open all JPEGs in Preview and highlight them all in the sidebar, File>Print Selected, make sure your page range covers all your pages and click 'Save PDF'.
I'm using Snow Leopard and not sure if it works in earlier versions. I'm sure there was an Automator macro to do something similar though.
Then add it to your 'Books' on iTunes. Then sync your iPad et voila, PDF ebook which you can read in iBooks. No more using iPhoto for your books!
So here's another cool app recommendation from me, FL Studio Mobile is out and is currently at the introductory price of $19.99 - I like it better than garage band because I'm more familiar with the FL Studio layout. It's a little limited - like no VSTs, only one fx automation track and no ability to record your own samples but I still enjoy it. I'll try and upload a song soon.
There's no step sequencer like FL which sucks a bit, or native iPad support yet (although if you're Jailbroken you can run the 2x res plugin thing which will emulate native res) but it seems the perfect combo of ease of use and overall power.
EDIT: It has a sampler too.
i use Zenbe lists all the time with my wife, share an account and we update shopping lists as we need to, and it syncs between all i- devices (when using the same login to the website). She updates on her phone, i check phone or ipad and get stuff @ store on way home from office
for note taking, i use Note Taker HD. Its the best one i found, has a zoom-writing section which allows for more accurate lettering & writing.
also, get one of these:
http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
or
http://wacom.com/en/Products/BambooStylus.aspx
Kard Combat
Sword & Sworcery EP -is pretty.
Zen Brush -I found fun for quick sketches.
And Kindle is a must if you read.
Art:
Procreate
Sketch Club
Music:
Hokusai (audio editor)
NanoStudio (sequencer)
synths:
sunrizer
animoog
addictive synth
ims 20
grainbender
beats:
beatmaker 2
iElectribe
bleep!box
samplelab
writing:
soundprism
ProChords
time management:
2do (this is pretty cool, I use it for all my task management now)
games: don't play many, too busy messing with the music apps
cut the rope
fruit ninja
iBlast Moki
http://adonit.net/product/jot-pro/
-just a stylus where you can actually see where you are drawing. Really nice product if a bit of a weird solution. It has a nice weight and feels like a pen. Works well in sketchbook as long as I don't draw too quickly. That's more sketchbook on the first gen ipad though.
$40, apparently it was someones Kickstarter project.
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