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Top 40 best free iPod Touch / IPhone / iPad Apps

Top Productivity Apps for the iPad

Top Productivity Apps for the iPad

1. Tap Tap Revenge, free – Tap and shake to the beats of the most popular game on the App Store. ’nuff said.
— See also: Free Tap Tap Revenge 3 review

2. Facebook, free – The most popular app on the iPhone and iPod touch. ’nuff said
— See also: Facebook for iPhone 2.1 review

3. NPR News, free – Live radio (Hi-Fi), programs, text news and more. If you are a news hound, this is a must-have application

4. ABC News, free – Video news, business, entertainment, political, etc. updates all day. Another worthy newshound app with push notifications
— Don’t miss the ABC World News podcast

5. AP Mobile, free – It’s not comprehensive as they claims, but a must have news hound app with push notifications

6. The Weather Channel, free – Going to the beach? Maybe yes and maybe not, but you can find out for sure

7. Lightsaber Unleashed, free – You are not my father!!!

8. Google Earth, free – Way, way better than Maps and you can see your home’s roof, too.

9. CrimeReports, free – There are crime apps and there are sex offender apps. Get both in a single download.

10. Flashlight, free – You’re standing at the door, fumbling with your keys. You really could use a…

11. Virtual Zippo Lighter, free – The classics never die; still a Top 20 app!

12. WordPress, free – If you own and/or post to a WordPress blog, this is a must-have app
— See also: WordPress launches iPhone app 2.0 with new features

13. Bouncedown, free – An insanely addictive arcade style game (12 step program sold separately)

14. Scion AV Radio, free – 17 stations, CD samples, remixes projects and artist interviews

15. Pandora Radio, free – Free, personalized Internet radio that helps you discover new music (rocks)
— See also: Pandora now includes access to Gracenote’s massive lyric database

16. AOL Radio, free – 200+ free radio stations covering 25 genres.

17. SHOUTcast Radio, free – Over 32,000 professional and not-so-professional stations. Shake to shuffle, baby!

18. Now Playing, free – The line at the movies starts and ends in your pocket, kinky.

19. Fandango Movies, free — Billed as the ultimate movie-ticketing app for the iPod touch

20. IMDb, free – Q. Who was the “ugly” guy in the Eastwood classic “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”? A. The Internet movie database.

21. BubbleWrap, free – The best part of Christmas isn’t the presents, not even close. Get your fill of that satisfying snapping sound.

22. Action Bowling, free – Screw the Wii! Here’s ultimate body language bowling game.

23. Virtuoso Piano, free – You’ll need to buy another touch to get two octaves!

24. Drum Player 3, free – I don’t wanna work. I just wanna bang on the drums all day…

25. iJam, free – Simulates a six-string acoustic guitar

26. UNO, free – You against your touch or go multiplayer. The kids will never know what hit ‘em.

27. TicTacFree, free – Play against your touch or another primate (primate not included).

28. Bing, free – Microsoft sucks; Bing doesn’t (go figure)

29. Word Unlimited, free – A simple word search game, just point and drag.

30. Chess, free – Play against your touch or another primate (primate not included, may require some assembly).

31. Skype, free – Remember, the iPod touch has 90 percent of what makes the iPhone great without AT&T. Here’s the other 10 percent.

32. AIM, free – SMS? We don’t need no stinking SMS!

33. textPlus, free – OK, you do need SMS? Then, for goodness sake don’t friction’ pay for it!

34. redbox, free – Blockbuster? NetFlix? Pfft, as if. The future of movie rentals is as close as your touch (and the lobby of Walmart).

35. PAC-MAN, free – Addictive, retro arcade fun, say no more.

36. Bump, free – Makes swapping contact easy (like it should be)

37. Paper Toss, free – Throw crinkled up pieces of paper into a trash can (no clean up required).

38. EverNote, free – The best productivity app for the iPod touch, period.

39. Stanza, free – Some say the best ebook reader for the touch (I say eReader, but we won’t split hairs).

40. iDragPaper, free

Top 10 Productivity Apps for the iPad

by Barbara Holbrook

ipad-productivity-appsAt it’s release many heralded the iPhone as the productivity gadget that would change the world for working professionals everywhere. And yet, it only hinted at what the iPad now offers. It’s hard to over estimate the difference that a larger screen and faster processor can have on one’s out-of-office productivity ability.

For those that haven’t tested the device, the iPad is still misunderstood. Gamers think it’s is an oversized iPod touch. Artists think it’s a sketchpad. But for writers and cube-dwellers, the iPad is a laptop without a hinge. With the right apps, iPad is a way to be productive and get some work done away from the confines of water coolers and morning meetings.

We all have bills to pay, but that doesn’t mean that we have to slave the day away. Work wirelessly and without walls by loading your iPad up with the best productivity apps. Here are our favorite iPad Apps for taking care of business.

word processor ipad appPages. Apple Inc. $9.99. Rating: 9/10. Apple’s full-featured word processor for the iPad gives you charts, tables, graphics, and of course, word processing, within an intuitive interface. The iPad-only app can share with the Mac version of Pages, with Microsoft Word, or via PDF. Pages is just a very well-done word processor and perfect for productivity on the go.

read pdfs on iPadPDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad. iTech Development Systems. $3.99. Rating: 10/10. Adobe PDFs are how documents are shared in the modern world, and iTech leads the pack in putting the “portable” into Portable Document Format. The app can share PDFs via USB file transfer through iTunes, over WiFi or email. As the ultimate PDF program for iPad (there’s also an iPhone version) the app supports searching, bookmarking, auto rotation and many more features for being productive with documents. If you’re telecommuting via iPad, you’ll need this app.

things-for-ipad-productivityThings for iPad. Cultured Code. $19.99. Rating: 8/10. How good does a to-do list – sorry, task organizer – have to be, to be worth $19.99? That’s the main argument against Things. On the other hand, it’s beautiful to look at and use, it’s deep and intuitive, and it’s much more than a bullet point list of tasks. You can sort them by various criteria, arrange lists into projects, and keep it all together with Things like with no other app. The iPad and iPhone apps (sold separately) can sync wirelessly with the desktop version of Things (also sold separately). Still, 20 bucks buys a lot of bits of string to tie around your finger.

evernote ipadd appEvernote. Free Rating: 7/10. After being beat up by our readers for choosing Things over Evernote, we decided to listen to the will of the people and add the much-loved productivity app to our list as well. (Although, to be fair, we have loved Evernote for a long time.) Evernote takes notes in whatever format is best for you — text, photos, audio — and syncs automatically with your Mac, PC and Web. No matter where you are your notes are accessible and if you pay for the upgrade ($45 per year) you can sync your files too. The current version of this app isn’t getting rave reviews in the App Store, but it’s free so you can test it yourself. It may turn out to be your must-have app.

desktop-connect-ipadDesktop Connect. Antecea Inc. $11.99. Rating: 9/10. “Only connect,” wrote EM Forster, and Antecea took it literally. That’s what Desktop Connect does. Period. Remote control your Mac or PC, Windows or Linux from your iPad. Browse the web — even Flash websites. Listen to music. Be productive. Access any computer on the wireless network — Desktop Connect will discover them automatically. Yes, it’s secure. Buy it.

papers-ipad-productivtyPapers. Mekentosj BV. $14.99. Rating: 10/10. Science guys: Papers lets you organize scientific papers in your library and retrieve any of them at any time from anywhere, with all the usual search and annotation functionality you would expect. Plus, it gives you access to eight widely used scholarly databases with millions of available articles. Now you can support your thesis statement without spending all night in the library or prove you’re right at the next Dean’s List Mixer. And, in the spirit of true academia, Papers can easily share articles with other iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users over WiFi or email articles to colleagues who are still waiting for their grant to come through before they can purchase an idevice.

ique-ipadiQue. Infomato, Inc. Free. Rating: 8/10. iQue is called FORGET on the iPhone, and it’s for forgetful people. Passwords, account numbers, personal info you don’t want to just jot down in a non-password-protected note? No problem. iQue uses associative memory, mimicking the way a normal brain remembers to help your gadget-addled version work properly. It’s basically a way of tagging the things that you NEED to remember so you can be more productive — even when you can’t remember what you were going to do next.

deskpad-productivityDeskpad Office. Bluegrass Digital Inc. $3.99. 8/10. Pretty much like Post-It notes on your iPad. Pedestrian? Maybe. But how many stickies do you have on your computer monitor? That’s what we thought. Plus, these stickies stay on the inside of the iPad screen, so they don’t fall off, don’t get stuck on the bottom of your shoe and don’t end up in Sally’s office down the hall.

office2pro-productivityOffice2 Pro. Byte Squared. $7.99. 8/10. Word and Excel. The big kahunas. Oh sure, you can get apps that do things better than Microsoft in any given instance. But these are the formats you want once you’re back in the office — the physical one. Open, edit, or create Word or Excel files on your iPad for $7.99. E-mail ‘em or stick ‘em out on the cloud. Still a little buggy, but if you’re going to be productive on the road then you will need to work with Word and Excel files. Bottom line, you need this app.

printcentral-ipad-appPrintCentral. EuroSmartz Ltd. $9.99. 8/10. The name says it all. Not everybody’s entirely paperless, so you can’t be either – Yet. Until that day, there’s this app. If you need to print, but don’t have the ten bucks, then check out more options for how to print with your iPad.

hr business apps for ipadHR at your Fingertips. HR Sentry. $1.99. 9/10. This is a pretty specialized app, so we’ll keep the description short: HIPAA. FMLA. FLSA. COBRA. Recognize these terms? Then get the App. They’re all in here. HR at Your Fingertips is an essential for any small business owner. With a glossary of terms, section on federal law and how-to guide for creating your own employee handbook, this app isn’t going to be “lite reading.” However, it offers the perfect excuse to spend an afternoon at the park. Grab an Italian soda, kick back on the park bench and tell the employees that you’re an HR seminar.

With these productivity apps, you’ll be surprised how much business you can do with just your iPad! If you do it right, the boss will never have to know that you’re playing hooky at the local Starbucks. Leave a comment and let us know what your favorite productivity apps for iPad are . Then, go and git ‘er done!
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