iPad List your top 3 apps!

scottjl · 04-12-2010, 10:54 PM

For those with iPads, what are your top 3 apps? Mine are:

NewsRack: An excellent RSS newsfeed reader
GoodReader: Great viewer for PDF files
iBooks: It has its flaws, but still a decent ebook reader app

Houndx · 04-12-2010, 11:01 PM

iBooks but it needs to have it's brightness independent from the system brightness, plus a few other things.
Comic Reader Mobi - great app and great dev
Epicurious - made French bread w/olives and gruyere fondue with carmelized shallots for dinner today, it was awesome

volwrath · 04-12-2010, 11:03 PM

Newsrack, weather channel Max, goodreader, ipeng

I bought news rack today. I like it a lot

dmaul1114 · 04-12-2010, 11:06 PM

From playing around with my girlfriend a bit.

Goodreader--great PDF reader for 99 cents.
NY Times Editor's Choice. Format is great, nice selection of articles for a free app
Epicurious--great cookbook with a great interface. Amazed it's a free app.

Honorable Mentions

The Marvel and Comixology apps are great too if you're into comings. They look great, great interface etc.

iBooks, love the page turns and getting 2 pages in landscape orientation

Kindle App, nothing fancy but gets the job done (and I'm a Kindle owner)

Weather Channel--great free weather app

Yahoo Entertainment--ok for entertainment news, but best part are the TV listings and the Sunday Paper comic strips

scottjl · 04-12-2010, 11:19 PM

For weather, check out Weather HD. It's a buck but it's damn beautiful.

sachinwalia · 04-12-2010, 11:32 PM

goodreader, iBooks, comixology

rfog · 04-13-2010, 03:51 AM

iBooks (ePub), BookShelf (mobi and pdb), Comic Reader Mobi and ComicZeal4 when it will finish to crash on each comic, iAnnotatePDF and GoodReader.

BookShelf and iBooks need some improvements (columns and margins adj for the first, more fonts for the second). ComicZeal4 will be a very good product when not crash in each page turning.

Reader Mobi, iAnnotatePFD and GoodReader are perfect products.

However all have the same quality font rendering problem (iAnnotatePDF tries to solve it smoothing a little bit more), as all Apple products.

dpierron · 04-13-2010, 06:09 AM

AirVideo, NetNewsWire, ComicZeal

Drybonz · 04-13-2010, 10:54 AM

Comic Reader Mobi, iBooks, Netflix

nevsf · 04-13-2010, 11:17 AM

GoodReader, NYT Editors Choice, and iBooks.

Brief rant - Getting content on and off the iPad is clumsy, file management is worse. Apple should try it some time, then come up with a more elegant scheme. iTunes works sometimes, and it's nice they added the ability to add files to apps through iTunes, but it gets ugly fast with a lot of files. Plus, each app has to manage it's own files. Very messy.

volwrath · 04-13-2010, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nevsf

GoodReader, NYT Editors Choice, and iBooks.

Brief rant - Getting content on and off the iPad is clumsy, file management is worse. Apple should try it some time, then come up with a more elegant scheme. iTunes works sometimes, and it's nice they added the ability to add files to apps through iTunes, but it gets ugly fast with a lot of files. Plus, each app has to manage it's own files. Very messy.

Yes, It seems like Apple is treating the iPad like a big iPhone as opposed to a true computing device. Hoping OS4 opens it up a little more.

dmaul1114 · 04-13-2010, 01:29 PM

Yeah, the file management and content loading is probably my biggest gripe with the iPad currently.

iTunes just isn't designed for managing different types of content. It's great (IMO) for music and podcasts--ok for Video from the iTunes store as well.

But it needs a major redesign to work with books, PDFs, word documents and all the other file types apps on the iPad can handle. And the iPad needs a central location for this content so all apps can find a file (say a PDF) vs. having to drag it into each apps file sharing location separately etc.

volwrath · 04-13-2010, 06:34 PM

I think I have a new fav app and that is Atomic Web Browser. It supports multiple tabs, full screen, and each tab stays active, ie you can listen to a podcast in one tab while browsing in another... Pretty sweet. Full screen mode shines on the iPad as well

DixieGal · 04-13-2010, 06:49 PM

GAMES
1. Solitaire
2. Blocks
3. Midnight Mahjong
4. Labyrinth
5. Magic Marble

BOOKS
1. IBooks
2. IPdf
3. MobileRead

SERIOUS
1. Pages
2. USA Today
3. Solve

bxrLvr · 04-13-2010, 07:41 PM

iBooks
Mirrors Edge
Netflix

04-12-2010, 10:54 PM	#1
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	List your top 3 apps! For those with iPads, what are your top 3 apps? Mine are: NewsRack: An excellent RSS newsfeed reader GoodReader: Great viewer for PDF files iBooks: It has its flaws, but still a decent ebook reader app

04-12-2010, 11:03 PM	#3
volwrath Guru Posts: 713 Karma: 1001739 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Device: SGS3/PW2/Nexus72	Newsrack, weather channel Max, goodreader, ipeng I bought news rack today. I like it a lot Last edited by volwrath; 04-12-2010 at 11:05 PM.

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04-12-2010, 11:01 PM	#2
Houndx Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: A81 MID, Dell Streak	iBooks but it needs to have it's brightness independent from the system brightness, plus a few other things. Comic Reader Mobi - great app and great dev Epicurious - made French bread w/olives and gruyere fondue with carmelized shallots for dinner today, it was awesome

04-12-2010, 11:06 PM	#4
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	From playing around with my girlfriend a bit. Goodreader--great PDF reader for 99 cents. NY Times Editor's Choice. Format is great, nice selection of articles for a free app Epicurious--great cookbook with a great interface. Amazed it's a free app. Honorable Mentions The Marvel and Comixology apps are great too if you're into comings. They look great, great interface etc. iBooks, love the page turns and getting 2 pages in landscape orientation Kindle App, nothing fancy but gets the job done (and I'm a Kindle owner) Weather Channel--great free weather app Yahoo Entertainment--ok for entertainment news, but best part are the TV listings and the Sunday Paper comic strips

04-12-2010, 11:19 PM	#5
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	For weather, check out Weather HD. It's a buck but it's damn beautiful.

04-12-2010, 11:32 PM	#6
sachinwalia Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 26 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Device: iPhone 4, iPad, Kindle Fire, Kindle SO	goodreader, iBooks, comixology

04-13-2010, 03:51 AM	#7
rfog Guru Posts: 694 Karma: 2383012 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands) Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff	iBooks (ePub), BookShelf (mobi and pdb), Comic Reader Mobi and ComicZeal4 when it will finish to crash on each comic, iAnnotatePDF and GoodReader. BookShelf and iBooks need some improvements (columns and margins adj for the first, more fonts for the second). ComicZeal4 will be a very good product when not crash in each page turning. Reader Mobi, iAnnotatePFD and GoodReader are perfect products. However all have the same quality font rendering problem (iAnnotatePDF tries to solve it smoothing a little bit more), as all Apple products.

04-13-2010, 06:09 AM	#8
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	AirVideo, NetNewsWire, ComicZeal

04-13-2010, 10:54 AM	#9
Drybonz Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: iPad	Comic Reader Mobi, iBooks, Netflix

04-13-2010, 11:17 AM	#10
nevsf Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony eReader	GoodReader, NYT Editors Choice, and iBooks. Brief rant - Getting content on and off the iPad is clumsy, file management is worse. Apple should try it some time, then come up with a more elegant scheme. iTunes works sometimes, and it's nice they added the ability to add files to apps through iTunes, but it gets ugly fast with a lot of files. Plus, each app has to manage it's own files. Very messy.

04-13-2010, 01:29 PM	#12
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Yeah, the file management and content loading is probably my biggest gripe with the iPad currently. iTunes just isn't designed for managing different types of content. It's great (IMO) for music and podcasts--ok for Video from the iTunes store as well. But it needs a major redesign to work with books, PDFs, word documents and all the other file types apps on the iPad can handle. And the iPad needs a central location for this content so all apps can find a file (say a PDF) vs. having to drag it into each apps file sharing location separately etc.

04-13-2010, 06:34 PM	#13
volwrath Guru Posts: 713 Karma: 1001739 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Device: SGS3/PW2/Nexus72	I think I have a new fav app and that is Atomic Web Browser. It supports multiple tabs, full screen, and each tab stays active, ie you can listen to a podcast in one tab while browsing in another... Pretty sweet. Full screen mode shines on the iPad as well

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04-13-2010, 06:49 PM	#14
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	GAMES 1. Solitaire 2. Blocks 3. Midnight Mahjong 4. Labyrinth 5. Magic Marble BOOKS 1. IBooks 2. IPdf 3. MobileRead SERIOUS 1. Pages 2. USA Today 3. Solve

04-13-2010, 07:41 PM	#15
bxrLvr Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 102 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California Device: Kindle 3, iPad	iBooks Mirrors Edge Netflix