Mobile Computing

5 NewsRack

NewsRack has proven it’s worth as a RSS feeder. By connecting to my Google Reader account, all of my RSS feeds are available. The app caches the articles for an offline read. What’s great about the app is that you can enter a category and click the unread link at the top. This
pulls out all the unread articles across all blogs in that category. There is also a read all button after you’ve been through the category.

Price: $4.99

4 Kindle

iBooks does not have all the books I’ve been looking for so I’ve resorted to buying books from Amazon for the Kindle app. The Kindle app allows you to create notes and highlight text whereas iBooks allows you to copy, search, bookmark and check the dictionary for words being selected. I’d love to use iBooks more, but they simply do not carry what I’m reading.

Price:Free

3 Zinio

I’ve used Zinio for digital magazines for quite some time and when I bought the iPad I knew the device would be perfect for viewing digital magazines. When I first “purchased” the Zinio app, I had to read magazine while connected to the Internet or I the app did not work for me. The developers have apparently fixed that since the first version. The digital magazines can be read in portrait or landscape mode and allow you to zoom in.

Price:Free

2 IM+

I purchased IM+ which seemed to be the only instant messenger client in the app store when I was looking for a client. The product exceeded my expectations and connected to all my IM accounts including Facebook not to mention Twitter and Skype connectors. The client includes a built-in browser, custom status and geo-location. For an extra couple of bucks, you can purchase speech recognition for the app.

Price $9.99

1 Mail

Yes, I’m talking about the Mail app that comes with the iPad. The iPad has completely changed the way I access my iPad.
I have mail connected to Gmail (not using Exchange but the Gmail connector) and checking for new mail is quick while navigation between the folders is easy. The message content takes of roughly 70% of the screen on the right. The interface is so much better than what can be done with an iPhone. As a side note, I check my personal and Gizmos for Geeks email on the iPad almost all the time.

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What are your favorite iPad apps?

Doug Felteau

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