2012 summer holiday is on the way
right now. I start my holiday journey with my iPad. In the
following I will list some apps which add fun to all along my way.
● Flipboard:
Flipboard launched on the iPad and is a fantastic way to view news and social
networking updates. It gives Internet feeds a magazine look and feel and after
testing it out a while ago I now use it every day to enjoy content.
● MLB
At Bat: When you travel outside your local area you end up
having to watch whatever sports are on in the hotel for that particular
destination. With MLB At Bat you can view and/or listen to your favorite home
team on the go. I love the pitch tracking feature and all the real time stats
too and as you may know serious baseball fans love their stats.
● Angry
Birds Seasons: Rovio just released an update to Angry
Birds Seasons for the iPad that includes a new water feature. That's right, you
sling your bird through the air and then figure out how to get through the
water in the scene to knock out the pigs. I love that they keep updating the
game with new levels and functions.
● Evernote:
I use Evernote to capture lots of things and with the solid camera on the new
iPad it is handy for receipts, lists of movies to watch, attractions you want
to visit, and much more. Evernote takes advantage of the large display on the
iPad to give you an excellent experience that I even prefer over the version on
my Macbook Pro.
● ABC
Player: We no longer have cable TV in my house so I catch up
on all the shows I missed on ABC through the ABC Player app. I can't stop
laughing through episodes of Modern Family and enjoy the intrigue in Castle.
The ABC Player app is free and is great for viewing TV content. I even use the
app with the adapter to play shows on my HD TV at home so the whole family can
enjoy TV without paying for cable.
● Facebook:
My family and friends share most of their photos and activities on Facebook and
during the summer it is fun to see where people have been, invite people over
for barbeques, and share memories with Facebook on the iPad. Every once in a
while I will login too and use Facebook to chat live with family and friends.
● Newstand
(Mac Life): I am moving away from paper magazine
subscriptions and have a couple magazines I subscribed to through Newstand. The
iPad is perfect for modeling the magazine experience and it is much easier to
carry an iPad loaded with five magazines rather than five physical magazines.
There is quite a good selection of titles and you can buy single issues or
subscribe at a much lower monthly rate.
● Kayak:
I use both TripIt Pro and Kayak for travel, but have to say the Kayak iPad app
is much better than TripIt. I love the way it uses the full screen to present
your itinerary and since my iPad is always with me when I travel it is great to
have along, especially since it is free. You can also use Kayak to plan trips
on the go with its powerful search features.
● IA
Writer: I was using the default Apple Notes application to
write in the past, but when I sent this content to copy and use in my posts the
margins were all goofed up. I recently discovered IA Writer for the iPad, after
hearing others talk about it for quite some time, and already wrote a couple
ZDNet posts and extensive Facebook posts using this app. IA Writer gives you a
full screen, basic experience for writing and is already proving that 99 cents
is cheap for such a powerful document creation tool.
● Skydrive:
There are a number of cloud storage solutions out there now and I have accounts
with several of them. I was signed up early for Skydrive so I have a free 25GB
account and use this on all my devices to keep documents backed up for easy
access from my devices.
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