After just over a week with my IPAD I had the opportunity to download and test many applications refined to keep my favorites. In this article I want to recommend such, some free, others cost, but all excellent and I hope this serves as a guide for someone who will buy the IPAD in the coming weeks.
Reeder
This application is a RSS reader and is without doubt the best there is in general. It is synchronized with our own Google Reader and can mark as read or starred items very easily taking advantage of the capabilities of the touch interface, that allows such actions just by seeing the preview of the article without having to go to read. The interface is very minimalist and beautiful addition to the application is very fast.
Daily Notes
This is a note taking application that is organized based on the calendar, you can create different tabs for different topics or projects and notes are organized as the days go. You can search by tag or tab to see the notes and can be exported to PDF to be emailed or downloaded via iTunes. The interface is beautiful simulating a leather book with leaves color for each tab.
Twitterlator
Definitely the best Twitter client for IPAD, perhaps one of the best taking into account all the different platforms that have such applications. This application makes very clever use of the interface of IPAD and unlike other than just try to fill pixels with extraordinary design. It is a delight to use and hope to find more applications of this type.
XL Wordbook
This is a dictionary (English – English), with useful features such as remembering favorite words to hear pronunciations and it shows everyday words of the day we can be discovered. The attractive compared with other uses of this type is that you do not need to be connected to the Internet to use.
Articles for IPAD
This application lets you view and save articles from Wikipedia with a very beautiful and elegant interface. I’ve found very useful for storing items that I want to be read later offline or save bookmarks for relevant information. It’s a shame that is not a universal application because you have to buy separately the iPhone version.
Bento
IPAD version of this excellent application for managing databases is quite functional and ideal for managing personal databases or a small business. You can synchronize with the Mac version and this in turn with the iPhone version so it has a comprehensive information system. In addition to the functionality the interface is very nice because the themes for each form available to the application.
iBrainstorm
I just wrote an article about this application which I think is very appropriate term for a device like the IPAD. The application allows you to record brainstorming notes on a blackboard board pretending to be possible to add sticky notes and which can be drawn. Will soon have a companion that will allow iPhone notes are sent between a device and another. It’s free and highly recommended.
Projector
This application is golden for someone like me that one of my companies I am working in project management. The IPAD is a partner version of the application of the same name for Mac and lets you manage projects by managing activities and resources through Gantt charts. Although compared with other applications (for Mac) has plenty Projector the versatility to use in the IPAD has caused you start using this application that has a very useful.
Roambi
This free universal application displays information in the form of interactive graphics just rise spreadsheet files to your web site to configure the type of chart or table that we want to create and then take our IPAD or iPhone.
Things
IPAD version of this application task lists based on the GTD system is very good. The interface is almost as complete and comfortable as that of the Mac version and a lot more than the iPhone version. There has been an appropriate and not excessive use of the touch interface as well as the operating system’s own gestures. It is highly recommended especially if taken as a complete platform with versions for Mac and iPhone.
Taste
Another application for web developers is extraordinary that permits access to the code of our projects for consultation and / or edit. It is more or less like a baby Coda, with certain limitations clear this, but it is very useful and it helped me because when visiting clients rather than bring my Mac took me and asked me IPAD minor modifications, for example some text that I can do at the moment thanks to this application.
iStudiezPro
Will remember this application because when he left to interview iPhone developers. iStudiezPro is a universal application, that is, if you already have the iPhone version can use it in the IPAD with a special interface for that device without the need to buy again. This excellent application with a great interface allows students to manage their class schedules, teachers, homework and school projects.
MindNode
This is another universal application for IPAD and iPhone that, like the Mac version allows you to create mental maps of a very simple and clean. The application is very useful and so simple that does not require much to begin using it to perfection.
iDraft
This free application lets you draw in a notebook, aimed more to the development of draft design or drawing diagrams. You can have multiple notebooks and within each book several pages with pictures and then save them or share them.
CourseNotes
This application is ideal for students because it allows you to take and organize class notes and add remaining materials and tasks to each class. The interface is very casual and casual and very useful application in general especially for college students or master race. Another attractive feature is that you can share notes with other devices that have installed the application so you can share notes with classmates who also used.
iMockups
This application is great because in my other businesses as some of you know we are dedicated to developing applications and websites. iMockups is a useful tool with pre-designed elements to create drafts of the interfaces for web sites and applications for iPhone and IPAD. The idea is very good and the application is very functional and simple, can sit with a client to submit ideas for the interface or develop them and share them.
Evernote
This universal application that works with the popular web service is very useful to create and keep notes of all kinds which are stored in notebooks and thanks to the Mac version and web version can have a comprehensive information system with our notes to the hand wherever we are.
Calcbot
This universal application is very useful because it is a calculator that will record our operations and in the case of IPAD has no calculator application is good to have the tool, especially if it has been designed by TapBots.
Dropbox
This is another useful application linked universal service via Internet file transfer of the same name. With this application you can send documents to the IPAD and / or iPhone to review very comfortable.
1Password Pro
Another universal application that works in conjunction with the Mac version that allows to securely store all of our key accounts and other web services. The interface is very nice and intuitive and the application is quite useful.
Air Display
This is wonderful and universal application that lets you convert our IPAD or iPhone into a second monitor for our Mac IPAD In the case of the performance is very good and has served me well, I can have some programs open on the display while I work on IPAD that of the Mac
Typefaces
This free and universal application allows you to see detail and compare different fonts of our device and for fonts lovers like me will be a delight.
Connect Memeo
This particular application of graphical interface allows you to see documents as Google Apps and developers tell me their soon also be edited. It is very useful for those who use the Google platform and the application works quite well.
NPR
For those who enjoy listening to the programs of National Public Radio U.S. this application is a gem that can be heard on demand all programs and stations in addition to articles written for news, culture, music and more.
Printed Millennium
It is fortunate that the group most prestigious newspaper publisher in Mexico to have its own news application that every day, for free, it offers news, articles and reviews more relevant. The news may also be shared via email or Facebook. It is the first application that I see in the morning.
Mirror’s Edge
A very entertaining game and an excellent soundtrack which should run without stopping fighting various obstacles, fighting enemies and jumping between buildings precipitously to the beat of electronic music.
Spider HD
This game lets us down to the world of bugs turned into a spider to be an efficient use of its web to catch other animals and survive while touring a mansion whose history can be deciphered through various subtle clues throughout the game. The artwork and music make this a very pleasant experience.
Canabalt
This universal application is one of the most popular games that started as a Flash game to migrate to the iPhone and now the IPAD. It’s another game where you run All you have to do is survive the alien invasion and not fall from the roofs of the buildings as we escape the pace of new electronic music.
We Rule
This free game which had previously talked allows us to create our own medieval citadel and business transactions with the citadels of our friends in a very entertaining and with substantial experience in the IPAD is impeccable.
Angry Birds HD
This game is the most fun and to IPAD version is very comfortable to play. There is no way to explain it, they are just pigs killing birds with many levels. It’s fun.
