You got a new iPad Mini for your religious holiday of choice! Congratulations! Take it out of the box, give it a good sniff and then power it on: We’ve got some apps to download.
Below, we’ve got 13 of our absolute favorite apps for iPad and iPad Mini: The essentials, the best of the best. These aren’t the only apps you need for your new Apple tablet, but they are certainly a good start. Let’s get downloading.
Paper (FREE)
Apple’s iPad App of the Year is a content-creation machine, allowing you to draw, take notes, sketch and color in between (or outside of) the lines. Worth a try for any creative types out there, or anyone who wants to use a new iPad or iPad Mini to replace a laptop. DOWNLOAD HERE
Apple’s iPad App of the Year is a content-creation machine, allowing you to draw, take notes, sketch and color in between (or outside of) the lines. Worth a try for any creative types out there, or anyone who wants to use a new iPad or iPad Mini to replace a laptop. DOWNLOAD HERE
Pocket (FREE)
You’re going to want to do a lot of reading on your iPad or iPad Mini — and not just book-reading, either! Pocket is a handy utility for saving articles from webpages for clean viewing on your tablet later. You can save an article from anywhere — your laptop, your iPhone, or your iPad itself — and it saves the text of that article to your Pocket account for you to access later from your iPad. A great way to collect and read interesting writing from the web (perhaps from the Huffington Post!) on your new tablet. DOWNLOAD HERE
You’re going to want to do a lot of reading on your iPad or iPad Mini — and not just book-reading, either! Pocket is a handy utility for saving articles from webpages for clean viewing on your tablet later. You can save an article from anywhere — your laptop, your iPhone, or your iPad itself — and it saves the text of that article to your Pocket account for you to access later from your iPad. A great way to collect and read interesting writing from the web (perhaps from the Huffington Post!) on your new tablet. DOWNLOAD HERE
Twitter (FREE)
Twitter’s iPad app features one of the best and most simple interfaces of all the major website apps — an easy, attractive way to sort, read and send out your tweets, write direct messages, sort your lists, and do everything else you would expect to be able to do on Twitter.com. DOWNLOAD HERE andfollow @theNETng
Twitter’s iPad app features one of the best and most simple interfaces of all the major website apps — an easy, attractive way to sort, read and send out your tweets, write direct messages, sort your lists, and do everything else you would expect to be able to do on Twitter.com. DOWNLOAD HERE andfollow @theNETng
Facebook (Free)
Facebook, too, has an iPad app, and it’s probably the best way to access the world’s largest social network on your iPad. And hey, if you liked the look of Twitter’s interface, you’ll…equally like that the look of Facebook’s interface, as they are remarkably similar. DOWNLOAD HERE and Like our theNETng’s page here
Facebook, too, has an iPad app, and it’s probably the best way to access the world’s largest social network on your iPad. And hey, if you liked the look of Twitter’s interface, you’ll…equally like that the look of Facebook’s interface, as they are remarkably similar. DOWNLOAD HERE and Like our theNETng’s page here
Nightstand Central (Free)
Surprise! There’s no alarm clock on the iPad. If you were hoping to use your new tablet as an alarm (and you live in a neighborhood without whistle tips), you’ll need to snag one from the app store. We like Nightstand Central, a well-designed, free app with a split-flap clock that gives you the time and the weather in glorious full-screen mode. DOWNLOAD HERE
Surprise! There’s no alarm clock on the iPad. If you were hoping to use your new tablet as an alarm (and you live in a neighborhood without whistle tips), you’ll need to snag one from the app store. We like Nightstand Central, a well-designed, free app with a split-flap clock that gives you the time and the weather in glorious full-screen mode. DOWNLOAD HERE
Zite (FREE)
Apple’s #1 news app from 2011 is Zite, which is kind of like a Pandora for news reading. You begin by inputting your Google Reader, Twitter, or Pocket profiles and then Zite creates your magazine for you in a simple and elegant single screen. You can give a thumbs up or thumbs down to any article you read, and Zite’s article recommendations for you grow smarter and more personalized over time.DOWNLOAD HERE
Apple’s #1 news app from 2011 is Zite, which is kind of like a Pandora for news reading. You begin by inputting your Google Reader, Twitter, or Pocket profiles and then Zite creates your magazine for you in a simple and elegant single screen. You can give a thumbs up or thumbs down to any article you read, and Zite’s article recommendations for you grow smarter and more personalized over time.DOWNLOAD HERE
Kindle (FREE)
Amazon’s Kindle app is our favorite book reader, beating out Apple’s iBooks and Barnes and Noble’s Nook app. It’s especially useful if you already own a Kindle and you’ve just upgraded to an iPad or iPad Mini, as the books you’ve already bought on the Kindle can be redownloaded to your iPad (or iPad Mini) free of charge. Note that you can only actually download books on Amazon.com or on your Kindle, not directly on the Kindle iPad app; you can only do that on iBooks. DOWNLOAD HERE
The Weather Channel (FREE)
The iPad does not come with a native weather app; The Weather Channel’s iPad app looks great, loads fast and gives you the weather. What more could you want from a weather app, really? DOWNLOAD HERE
YouTube (FREE)
Apple recently booted YouTube from the list of apps that come pre-loaded on its devices — too bad, since YouTube and its video collections are natural companions for the large displays of the iPad and iPad Mini. DOWNLOAD HERE.
Apple recently booted YouTube from the list of apps that come pre-loaded on its devices — too bad, since YouTube and its video collections are natural companions for the large displays of the iPad and iPad Mini. DOWNLOAD HERE.
Showyou (FREE)
For a more visually-pleasing way to view and find new web videos than YouTube, check out the excellent Showyou app. It aggregates all the videos in your social media streams (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) into one swipe-able screen. A great user experience made just for the iPad and a perennial HuffPost favorite and Apple award winner. DOWNLOAD HERE
For a more visually-pleasing way to view and find new web videos than YouTube, check out the excellent Showyou app. It aggregates all the videos in your social media streams (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) into one swipe-able screen. A great user experience made just for the iPad and a perennial HuffPost favorite and Apple award winner. DOWNLOAD HERE
Netflix (FREE)
The app is free, well-designed, but you’ll need an $8/month streaming subscription to enjoy Netflix’s library of movies and TV shows on your iPad. If you’re one of over 20 million who already have that subscription, however — well, stream away. DOWNLOAD HERE
The app is free, well-designed, but you’ll need an $8/month streaming subscription to enjoy Netflix’s library of movies and TV shows on your iPad. If you’re one of over 20 million who already have that subscription, however — well, stream away. DOWNLOAD HERE
Find My iPhone (FREE)
If (God forbid) you were to lose your iPad or have it stolen, you’re going to want to have Find My iPhone running. It’s a free app from Apple that runs through the iCloud service and can pinpoint your device’s location on a map, which you can see any time at iCloud.com. This is an app that takes a couple minutes to install and it could save you several hundred dollars (or hours digging around your home searching for your dang tablet). DOWNLOAD HERE
If (God forbid) you were to lose your iPad or have it stolen, you’re going to want to have Find My iPhone running. It’s a free app from Apple that runs through the iCloud service and can pinpoint your device’s location on a map, which you can see any time at iCloud.com. This is an app that takes a couple minutes to install and it could save you several hundred dollars (or hours digging around your home searching for your dang tablet). DOWNLOAD HERE
Google Earth (FREE)
The incredible suite of mapping and geographic visualization software from Google comes to the iPad in an awesome, immersive app. Travel around the world from your armchair. DOWNLOAD HERE
The incredible suite of mapping and geographic visualization software from Google comes to the iPad in an awesome, immersive app. Travel around the world from your armchair. DOWNLOAD HERE
Culled from huffingtonpost
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