The first apps you should put on your new Apple iPad:
ACCU WEATHER Free for iPad
Beat the Traffic HD
Dictionary.com
Dragon Dictation
Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List
Feeddler RSS Reader for iPad and iPhone
Flipboard
Google Earth
Kindle
Netflix
Newsy for iPad
NPR for iPad
NYT Editors’ Choice
Pandora Radio
Pinball HD
Reuters News Pro for iPad
Apollo News
Simplenote
Solitaire City Classic
Shazam for iPad
Speedtest X HD
TweetDeck for iPad
Twitterrific for Twitter
Urbanspoon for iPad
USA TODAY for iPad
Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD
The Weather Channel Max for iPad
WeatherBug Elite for iPad
WeatherStation
Wikihood for iPad
Zillow Real Estate Search
Full article with descriptions about and iTunes App Store links for each app here.
MacDailyNews Take: That’s quite the weather-heavy list. The type of lists are impossible to appeal to everyone; one size doesn’t fit all. There are other issues with Silverman’s list, too: Most readers will want Apple’s iBooks app before they’ll want Kindle (it’s fine to have both; make it three and get Nook, too). Also, don’t forget MLB.com At Bat for iPad ($14.99) if you’re a fan of baseball – or even just a fan of excellent apps. NBA Game Time Courtside (free) is also a feature-packed sports app. Certainly, there are plenty more – and not just sports app, either. What are some of your must-have iPad (or iPhone/iPod touch) apps?
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Osmos is a cool game.
Skype works nicely on Wifi and 3D Chess. Both are free downloads.
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Woof! To each his own, I suppose. If I were to suggest this list to my wife, she’d just throw the thing away!
NYT and NPR? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sure, if you want to read CRAP.
Skywalk for astronomy buffs. Freakin awesome. Best used outside of course.
GoodReader is what made the iPad an essential tool for me – pdfs, saved webpages, movies, books, journals, etc all sorted into a nice folder hierarchy. It’s like having the finder on the iPad
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Computer poor here, 2 iBooks, dual CPU QuickSilver, 2009 iMac, 2.26 GHz MacMini, and I don’t have NYT or NPR on any of them. iPad? No thanks don’t want or need one, would be a waste of money for me.
I think Skype is essential as well even if its not an ipad app it still needs to be there. And, I also agree that GoodReader has got to be there. Air Video, Dropbox should definitely be included and a clock perhaps for an alarm.
+1 on GoodReader. Most-used app on the iPod touch, for me.
I prefer the free Weather Bug. Don’t need the elete version.
Cinq is very cool for accessing your photos remotely and it caches them so you don’t have to sync with iTunes.
If you want a really really good game add Lux Dlx 2 for the iPad. It’s the best Risk-type game out there on any system. It has ~100 varied maps (free) and awesomely addicting gameplay.
Plants Vs. Zombies is an excellent game, that works and looks great on the iPad.
AirVideo is my favorite, streams all your movies on Mac hard drive to your iPad via wifi no matter where you are in the world, $3.99 I think is the price..AtBat 2010 rocks..just like the New York Yankees*!
*awaits MDN deletion of “New York Yankees”
Just leave NPR, NYT and all that other liberal clap-trap off your iPad. That is, unless you like it perpetually tilting to the left.
The MLB App is a very, very good reason to get an iPad.
@ron
Live life in blinders. But relieve the tedium of your suspected reading agenda with a liitle enlightenment: The Manchester Guardian, Harpers, Commentary, TLS, et al.
Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies…..both are way cool.
Apple reader is great…what would Kindle have that the Apple reader does not have?
For soccer coaches and players, you’ve got to check out Nike Team. It’s awesome and free.
@ buster:
more books.
Zineo
Nuff said
Reeder, the RSS reader
@ron…
Leaning right simply screws you into the ground and you’re hopelessly stuck.
Evernote is quite good. Mac, iPod touch and iPad!
Digits Calculator
Dictionary.com for iPad
WeatherBug Elite, because it’s all weather, no ads. There’s a map of the area and it’s international.
The Guardian Eyewitness: current news photos with tips from the photographers.
Emerald Observatory – Rise and set of all the planets. Beautiful graphics!
Atomic Web Browser – TABS!
1Password Pro – iPhone & iPad
Pulse News Reader – nice interface
Yeah, I mentioned in the description of one of the items that I’m a weather geek. And here in Houston – deep in the heart of hurricane country – weather is a BIG deal.
I didn’t include iBooks because you’re prompted to get it by Apple – I figured most users would end up with it anyway.
And I actually have MLB on my iPad, but at $15, it’s a little pricey. So, I generally don’t recommend it for newbies (unless they’re baseball fanatics, of course).