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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Did anyone notice they through in a bunch of Apple apps for free with the new hardware?
Dale
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Saw that. No big deal; I don't use those types of apps. To impress me, they'd have to give away premium versions of their audio/music apps.
Besides, I don't think I qualify; I don't have iOS 7.
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It's a big deal for me because I already do use many of those apps, and the many of the ones I don't use aren't used in many cases because my current first generation doesn't support them. I'm glad that GarageBand is still free. That's a very powerful app. And I'm glad they added Pages to the free lineup. It's no Microsoft Office such as you'd get on the new Surface Pro, but it does allow you a bit more flexibility with creating and reading documents than you'll find on other tablets. I paid $9.99 for the version I have on my iPad 1.
And Calendar, which has always been free, is a great way to keep track of important dates. For example, I'm using it now to count down the days until I retire. (Have I mentioned that as of today, October 23, 2013, there are only 73 days remaining before it's Take This Job and Shove It time?)
Here's a link describing all the iPad Air's built-in apps:
http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/built-in-apps/.