OK, so I've got an iPad…

What do I do with it?

Got one as part of a mobile bundle, hopefully using it for basic internet usage at home as I don’t have broadband coverage (it’s 3G). But what else shall I do with it?

Any must-have apps, freebies, e-books etc?

And what case is recommended? It’s the latest one…

Ta!

What do I do with it?

Give it to a more worthy and understanding cause, aka me.

Take it back and have words with yourself for supporting ‘The Man’

OK, so slightly flippant question, I got it because it was no more expensive and I wanted something for mobile browsing at home…

Tis a thing of great beauty… 😀

You get on a train/bus/go to public place and sit where as many people can see you as possible and ostentatiously swipe at it in the hope of being noticed.

Find other Ipad owners and talk about your ipads…

#based purely on my limited observations on buses, trains and in coffee shops#

Download pictures of enormous boobs and share them with fellow commuters.

Accessorize – buy a fancy case for it and charging dock.

Take it to the Champions League final and video the players coming up for their medals… seriously, at what point does taking an Ipad to a football game seem like a good idea?

dunno about cases but these[/url] are not cheap, but very good.
Reminds me, I must get some kind of anti-scratch wrap for the rear (m8 suggested a brand but I’ve forgotten it..)

Apps:
iBooks
ebay
faceache
Nat Geo today
Draw free
Angry birds (lots of free versions)
All the TV (sky/bbc/itv/4OD) stuff is great, but may not be so useful to you if you only have 3G
Bejewelled blitz is kinda adictive
Aceplayer if you have a NAS/server setup
Soduko Joy
are a couple to get you going, though lots of website (autotrader,amazon,etc) have apps, which are good if you use them a lot anyway

though it maybe easier to pop round to a friends house with WifI to download the app’s inthe 1st place…

oh and take a moment to learn all the swipe actions, I no longer need to use the button 99% of the time

Cheers Zippy, I have Wi-Fi in my office, so no problem downloading stuff. Are there any free ebook websites like there are for Kindle users?

What do I do with it?

(Assuming it is a “new iPad” aka iPad 3) then:

Get a Premier sub so you can read all the back issues of Singletrack on it.

Add “The Metro” to your newsstand so you have a free news paper to read each morning (consider adding The Times/Guardian/Independent/Big Jugs Monthly depending on your reading habits and budget).

If you like games then try Infinity Blade II, if only to see what it is capable of.

The kindle app is a joke – it seemed to purely be there for if you already had something downloaded, there was no option to obtain anything through it – I deleted it.

I mainly just use mine for the browser, could have been any old tablet really but the screen on the latest ipad sold it for me.

The facebook app is laggy and not 100% reliable, but not as bad as the aggregator Mypad which was just useless.

To be honest I’ve yet to be that impressed by any apps really.

The kindle app is a joke – it seemed to purely be there for if you already had something downloaded, there was no option to obtain anything through it – I deleted it

Bit of a funny one the kindle app. To get new books on it you have to buy them via Amazon via safari browser and not the Amazon App. You then choose for it to be downloaded to your ipad and away you go.

I guess Apple didn’t want Kindle to challenge its own ibooks so sought to make the process a bit more of a faf..

Flipboard 8) Must have app

Tell us what you enjoy and we’ll recommend apps

Obviously tube8 should be your first port of call

Radio soulwax app….. free electro

Are there any free ebook websites like there are for Kindle users?

I dunno TBH, new stuff is so easily available I haven’t looked (and am on an audiobook binge), but I believe the classic’s are freely available

Couple of threads from on here, that are worth a quick glance at:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ipad-office-software-which-is-bestest

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-do-you-do-with-an-ipad

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ipad-apps-recommendations

smudge – Member
Flipboard Must have app

+1

It’s a great app!

Also recommend a camera/SD kit, I got one of Amazon for £6 rather than Apples £25 job…. it’s excellent for syncing photos, and you can plug a USB keyobard in to for any extended typing sessions!

All very helpful!

Plumber, I like reading anything from fiction to news, the newspaper app will be one of the first on my list.

And obviously Tube8 ;o)

I’ll have a look through those links Z1ppy posted…

Flipboard definitely. You can get the Guardian on trial for a month or so – not worth paying for IMO. TVCatchup, Sky Go (get your mate to register you on their account if you don’t have Sky 😉 ), Downcast for podcasts, StreamToMe, Red Bull magazine is amazing for free

FIFA is surprisingly good for the 69p it cost me.

boring reply…

‘animoog’ will blow your funky mind, and theres also ‘garage band’ and the korg apps.

last time i looked, ‘viewranger’ could be had for a tenner.

the ‘gumdrop’ case is the one to buy if you’re as clumsy as i am.

‘real racing2’ is also worth a punt.

animoog’ will blow your funky mind, and theres also ‘garage band’ and the korg apps.

Absolutely. Amimoog is worth an iPad on its own to me. It is 😯 😀 amazing

Get an hdmi connector lead to watch stuff you’ve downloaded on the telly, works great on iplayer and for watching you tube an stuff..

The Kindle app works just fine, just a bit of a workaround to get books on it. There are loads that you can’t get through iBooks, and if you register with http://www.ereaderiq.co.uk/, you get regular updates on free books available for the Kindle. Flipboard is essential, however, once you start really adding stuff to it, it becomes a massive time sink, even worse than STW!
Dropbox
Evernote
WeatherPro HD
Viewranger
UK Map
Outside
Instagram
Filterstorm

Unless iPad’s hide some secret that other tablets don’t share, I suspect it’s pretty much useless other than as a game playing machine or easy-browser.

I have had one (a different tablet) for about five months now, and have used it for nothing other than Angry Birds… until I finished all the levels.

Now it just sits.

Unless iPad’s hide some secret that other tablets don’t share, I suspect it’s pretty much useless other than as a game playing machine or easy-browser.

I have had one (a different tablet) for about five months now, and have used it for nothing other than Angry Birds… until I finished all the levels.

Now it just sits.

User shows paucity of imagination shocker!
Perhaps having a look at David Hockney’s recent exhibition might give you a clue, the 52 paintings on one wall done on an iPad, for example.
Or how about all the music apps, like the Moog synth, or the sequencer apps, identical in sound and function to the original instruments that cost thousands, Orbital, I believe now have six iPads as part of their stage set up, and a work collegeue spent seven solid hours with his iPad hooked up with a MIDI link after I told him about the Moog app, in his bedroom studio.

dunno if you like sketching but there’s an autodesk sketch app which is great. and a great map one, the complete national cycle network with downloadable os maps. tops it is.
iplayer and 4OD also work really well on it. i didn’t want one then was bought on for my 40th and really really really like it. also it is a reconditioned ipad 1 which means my environmental side has been appeased, a little.

1: download StarWalk
2: go outside
3: be amazed

Red Bulletin .. Good for keeping upto date on mad shit