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So, I got an iPad for my Christmas
Posted by Susie Baby on 26 December 2010 - 1:15pm.
Which is all very wonderful, but I'm as bamboozled as I was when I was first faced with a computer, many years ago.
I know all you clever guys and gals of the massive will help. I need it mostly for my Uni course, to take notes at lectures etc, though I will also use it for procrastinating when I'm supposed to be studying. What are the best apps to get? And is there an Apple office-type suite I can get - preferably free?
And do you have any other tips for a not very tech-savvy girl to make the most of this beauty?
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You could call Damon...
... he's just recorded the new Gorillaz album on his iPad - using just 18 apps!!! Unfortunately, I have no idea what this means.
Apple office suite is iWork
Numbers, Keynote and Pages - all available from App store.
Get Korg iMS20 and Angry Birds as well
Aaargh!!!!
I've already wasted most of today on Angry Birds...
me too
- shoulda gone x-directory.
*Sid James laugh*
Tune in radio
As recommended to me by Stimpy is excellent
Useful stuff
Write Pad to take notes - good handwriting recognition.
Printopia to print from iPad to a printer attached to your computer. (Does what Apple's Air print should have done).
Dropbox for free cloud storage up to 2 Gb - easy way to transfer documents from iPad to desktop computer.
Remote from Apple to control your iTunes library.
All in App store ranging from free to quite cheap.
Remote
Had an iPad for six months and didn't know about this! What a find! This is my Christmas sorted now - a new toy and free as well bloomin fantastic.
Doh!
How could I forget VLC for video playback and it's free
Soundnote
Great little note-taking app that also records audio. Plus, when you tap the notes you've made, the audio jumps to the relevant part of the recording. Magic!
I'd endorse everything said so far. I don't rate Numbers (the iPad version of excel) and Pages isn't that exciting, but Keynote is GREAT for presentations. Dropbox is essential.
You also need the Kindle app. It's free, but obviously the Ebooks themselves aren't. But it's pretty essential.
For what it's worth I use Apple's own iBooks app.
It reads anything in ePub format - including free books off that Interweb.
So do I.
But Amazon have a much larger stock. IMO you need both. I marginally prefer the iBooks reading experience.
My wife has spent
the afternoon firing up her new iphone 4. Very exciting and if she can, you can ;o)
Colin
My brother in law Colin got one from work and I had an hour playing with it last night. First impressions - I will never be able to play flight simulators, even when I am a Spitfire pilot chasing a Dornier. The pool game was fun. The fishes thing is delightful. He wouldn't spring for the Korg synth so I couldn't try it, grrrr. Web browsing is weird when half the websites don't work properly due to the Flash thing. A few blogs were fine but I found busy screens (like this one) awkward as I couldn't hit the right link without continually resizing the screen. Maybe your aim gets better? Nice screen. Oh, and I spent 30 quid on eBay buying bits for my new motorbike! Overall, come the killer app, I will get one but the killer app ain't here yet for me. mind you, who knows, there are so many out there maybe I should buy one and they will come?
Practical question - what drives memory size requirements? ie why 64 gig as opposed to 16? What do you store on it?
What do you store on it?
Apps take up space, as does music, video, books, documents etc. I don't use mine as an iPod so there's little music on there. I've had a 32gb model for months and it's about 20% full.
Killer app? Korg iMS20? :-)
Thanks all...
I will check out your recommendations when I've done the (Christmas Day) dishes. I'm not usually this clatty, honestly, I just seem a bit distracted...