iPad – Application Reviews

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One of the things that is great about the iPad is that it has such a large screen. Although the operating system of the iPad is very much the same as the iPhone operating system, the larger screen really makes doing things that were done on the iPhone a whole lot better. You might remember that on the iPhone, there was a variety of apps released that would enable you to turn your iPhone into a control for your computer or Mac. One of the iPad apps that was released for the iPhone was the Mobile Mouse application and this allowed you to turn your iPhone into a mouse for your computer. Of course, this didn’t work so well on the iPhone as the functionality of the app was limited but now it has been released for the iPad.

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One of the big things that is around at the moment is the ability to store files on a remote server and then access them wherever you are. Of course, there are many ways to do this on a computer and there are many services that allow you to access your files out there such as MobileMe and such, however, when it comes to mobile devices accessing the files can be much harder. Since the release of the iPad a few months ago, there have been a number of apps released that will allow you to access your files remotely and then edit and work on them on the iPad and now, there is a new app out there. This new app, named Elements - Dropbox Powered Text Editor, allows you to access the files that are stored on your Dropbox account from your iPad and then open and edit them. As far as iPad apps go when it comes to accessing remote files, this is a great idea, but how well does it work?

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One of the things that is huge these days is the use of social networking websites. Social networking websites have been big for a few years now and more and more of them are popping up each day. These days, it is things like Twitter and Facebook that are the big players and with many people looking to use the websites as often as they like and wherever they currently are, there have been a lot of apps released for many of the mobile devices that will allow you to use them wherever you are. If you were looking to use Facebook on the iPhone, there was a Facebook app that was made especially for the device, however, with the iPad, there has been no such app made up until now. As far as iPad Apps go, Friendly – Facebook Browser for the iPad is one of the best ways to use Facebook on the ipad and it has some pretty cool features.

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The iPad, as we know, is great for a variety of uses and one of these uses includes being a great way to play games. Since the release of this iPad app, there have been a lot of games released for the device, some of which has come straight from the iPhone versions and some of which are new. One of the newest and in our opinion, the best games for the iPad that has made it to the device is a game entitled Little Things.

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These days, we live in a world where people expect packages and parcels delivered to their door almost every day and sometimes they will contain valuable items. The great thing about parcel delivery these days is that you can actually track your parcel with most companies and you can actually find out where exactly in the world it is as well as being able to find out when it is expected to be delivered. Of course, this feature has been available by phone for a while and even online on various shipping companies’ websites, however, up until now, it has not really be available for a mobile device. The Delivery Status touch, a package tracker iPad App is where this all changes as it actually allows you to track your packages and parcels in a neat app for the iPad.

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As you will probably know, the iPad and the iPhone have a unique way of organising the applications that are on the devices. The apps are organised on a variety of screens and each of the apps has a particular thumbnail that will represent the application. The name of the app is usually written next to the thumb and then when you click on the thumb in order to launch that particular app. Now, there has been an app released that uses this same sort of thumbnail based browsing system in order to allow you to browse your favourite websites and web pages. This iPad app is called Thumbs for iPad.

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As far as iPad Apps go, this is a fantastic app that has been made for iPad users that just simply cannot manage without their sticky notes. It is extremely hard to remember everything that you have got to do these days, which is why sticky notes were invented in the first place but sticky notes can easily get lost or get damaged. With the Stick It - Sticky Notes with Bump app for the iPad, you will now be able to keep all of your sticky notes in one place so that you can keep up to date with exactly what you are going to have to do.

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If you are familiar with the iPad then you will know that there are a huge amount of different apps and things that you can do with the device. If you know this then you will know that there are a huge amount of apps out there that are designed to make your life a whole lot easier. One of these apps is something called Dragon Dictation by a company called Nuance. If you have heard of this company before, or even Dragon Speech then you will know that they are one of the best companies around at the moment that are currently making speech to text programs. Their software is currently one of the world leaders when it comes to voice to text speech recognition and now, their software has been developed for the iPad in the Dragon Dictation app.

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One of the things that you might notice about the iPad is that whilst the screen is extremely large and makes reading things extremely easy, you still might not be able to be bothered to read a lot of things. The iPad has a lot going for it, it has many things that app developers can use to their advantage and one of the iPad apps that takes a couple of these things is the Speak It! Text to Speech app for the iPad. The idea of this application is that it will read things aloud to you on your iPad so you don’t have to.

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If you have an iPad then you will know that since its release from Apple around 2 months ago, there have been a whole lot of third party apps being developed, all of which aim to make your life easier or more fun. One of the things that you will probably have noticed there are a lot of if you have browsed the iPad app store recently is notes applications. Now, this might seem a bit strange as you will probably know that the iPad actually comes with a notes application already installed, much like on the iPhone. However, there are a lot of iPad Apps out there that claim to offer a lot more features than the already installed notes app offers and one of these applications is called Evernote.

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The iPad, which has only been released for a couple of months, already has a variety of uses. In the app store there are a whole load of apps for the iPad that will enable you to do pretty much anything you want and some of them are really revolutionising the way we work and the way we do business. Of course we all know the iPad is going to be great for business and now there is an app that will make business meetings even more fun. WebEx for iPad, which has been released by Cisco, will actually allow you to attend meetings on your iPad, much like you would online on your computer using video conferencing. As far as iPad apps go, this is really something special.

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If you have an iPad, or even if you have just heard about them, you will know that they are an exceptional piece of technology. Like the iPhone and iPod Touch the iPad can be used for a variety of different things such as playing games and having many other useful things on it. One of the things that the iPad is exceptionally great for though is actually business. There have been a variety of iPad apps released since the device came out that have really focused on making life easier for business users. One of these apps is something called Office2 HD. The idea of this application is that it is will allow you to open Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents on your iPad and edit them.

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Much like with the iPhone, there are new apps added to the app store for the iPad each day and these apps have a variety of jobs. Also, if you have an iPad, you will know that it actually comes with a calendar application installed, much like the iPhone, however, a lot of third party developers have believed that they can actually make a better job of the calendar app than Apple and have begun creating new calendar applications for the device. When it comes to iPad apps in this area, you will be spoilt for choice and you might end up just sticking with the calendar app that comes with the device, however, one great choice is Pocket Informant HD for the iPad.

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One of the things that you will probably want to use your iPad for, is to arrange and schedule things. Of course, your iPad comes with a built in calendar app that Apple have kindly installed, much like on the iPhone, however, sometimes this just isn’t enough. Luckily, there are a variety of different third party iPad Apps in the app store that are made specifically to offer a better alternative to the apple calendar app that comes with your iPad and one of the is called Shifty. As far as third party calendar apps for the iPad go, we really believe that this has a lot to offer.

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