Sunday, January 20, 2013

CBs 10 Must Have Apps for iPad 3 or newer


1. WeatherBug for iPad -
    Live Doppler and weather cams for multiple areas

2. News -
    USA Today         
    Wall St Journal     
    Flipboard (your custom news)
    Zite (Your Custom News)
          
3. Local Services
    AroundMe   Food, Movies, Gas, Hospitals, Banks, etc

4. Communication 
    FaceTime                          
    Skype                                       
    MagicJack
                                            
5. Games
    Carmageddon                   
    Highway Rider                      
    SmashCops                    
    Real Sol Free
    Monopoly HD                    
    Hangman

6. Education    
    TED                                       
     Wimp                                  
    YouTube
                    
7. Text-publication 
    iBooks                               
    GoodReader                         
    Evernote
                           
8. Audio 
    Recorder HD   
    Tascams PCM Recorder   
    Rockmate (4 player music creation)  
    BeBot (fun music creation)
                
9. Photo Editing    
         PhotoForge                                 
    Iris                            
    Paper Camera               
    Transfer (move images to computer)
         
10. Video  
    Videolisious (Quick movie assembly)     
    iLapse (Time lapse)        
    Action Movie (Special Effects)
                                                   
11. Utilities    
    MultiConvert (number conversions)     
    Digits Lite (Calculator)          
    Speed Test (Check Net)  
                                                                        

Selection of best apps 


The question for all new owners of an idevice is what to put on the device. The following is a list of possible choices that one can consider.  

Business
Facebook Manager - fan page or business site
QR Reader – scan & create
PDF Expert- fillin forms, store, sync-
Dropbox-
Evernote –
Google Drive
Scanner Pro by Readdle
 iPhone 5-flattens, deskews, save to pdf, share to Dropbox/Cloud
Softsign – digitally sign doc/pdf fast & easy tap insert signature-sign-save
Square Register –used to accept credit cards
Google Maps - voice direction & turns
Skype – free c-c phone calls  

Education
iTunes U
YouTube  

Entertainment
iBooks – books to read
Kindle app- books to read
Netflix or Redbox
Open Table – reserve a table at a restaurant
Pinterest – fun browsing along with education
Xfinity Connect &
Xfinity TV Remote -

Finance
Passbook
Bank app
PayPal
Cardstar

Games
Angry Birds
Bejeweled
Crosswords
Solitaire  

Music
 iTunes
Spotify
Shazam – identify songs that you are hearing

News
6abc app- current happenings in our area
Flipboard –looks good, relaxed exposure to many magazines & newspapers
Newstand- Got magazines digitally to avoid clutter and killing trees
     Consumer Reports (paper copy gets free digital) Pocket – save later to read
USA Today Newspaper
 Zite – pulls articles based on your keywords

Photo/Video 645 Pro
Photo Collage Pro (1.99) can save a TIFF file for lossless pictures
Adobe Ideas – fun drawing app
Cycloramic – iPhone5 only vibrates a 360˚ panorama
DMD Panorama- fast and easy to use
Dynamic Light – gives HDR look to photos
FlickStackr - basic yet complete Flicker app
 iWatermark – put logo on photos going on social media sites
Photoshop Express
Photoshop Touch – basic app like desktop CS6, photos can be move right into desktop, layers,effects
Photo Sync – get photo/video from desktop to idevice or reverse
Photo Transfer – transfer files easily through the web/wifi
PicStitch – 32 layout collage, shares to
Dropbox,
Evernote,
Instagram, ++
Shuttersnitch – wireless tethering to iPad using
Eye-Fi SD card
Snapseed - (NIK > Google) edit landscapes for tones
Iris – good all around
You Tube Catcher – best app to shoot and upload

 Productivity
1 Password – secure information synced thru
Dropbox to all macs & idevices = web (PC/Mac)
Analytics – no fuss access to google analytics for my websites
Best Prompter Pro – use this to make tutorials and videos
Box Net- cloud storage
Dropbox –cloud based storage
Evernote;Skitch(graphics)&;Everclip – organization +++ sync across multiple idevices & macs
Google Drive - google cloud storage
iBooks – store all manuals and ho todo docs
Notability – organization tool, store business info Quick voice – quick dictation to a text email
Sky drive _ Microsoft cloud storage
SoundNote – records all meeting & allows taking notes
Sugar Sync – Cloud storage
Web to pdf – generate pdf from a url
Tiny scan- great scanner to digitize receipts  

Reference
Google Earth – reference for many things
Google Search – also included in
Safari
Wolfram Alpha  

Relaxation Shazam - find out what song playing  

Social Media
Facebook – social interaction & a way to see friends
Flipboard – see News, twitter, facebook, and local newspapers
Google + - communities
HootSuite - allows managing multiple twitter accounts
Linked In- professional connections in business
Tweetbot – easy to use & popular app to view
Twitter  

Travel/Navigation
Around Me – find out what is available to to you in a certain distance
Flight Track Pro – organize all travel planes with updates and storage
Gas Buddy – find best prices
Google Maps
Motion X GPS – meets all of my travel needs
Tripit – travel organizer, keeps track of itinery
Airport maps
AAA TripTic