Cool iPad Apps: Best 104 iPad Apps: Page 3

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iPAD APPS: NEWS AND INFORMATION

19) Wikipanion for iPad

Use Wikipedia faster and easier with Wikipanion for iPad. Font resizing, save images to your photo library, bookmarks, dual language searching – a useful app, no doubt about it. Don’t go anywhere without Wikipedia! (But remember, it’s often wrong….) Cost: Free.

20) NYTimes

The complete New York Times, optimized for the iPad. All the news, features, finance, sports, commentary and more – pretty much the entire world, at your fingertips, updated constantly. A remarkable resource. Cost: Free.

21) USA TODAY

The news: simple, succinct, and clear. Okay, maybe you lose a nuance or two, but news updates have never been this quick and clutter-free. Money, sports, tech, life, travel. And yes, this iPad app has all those wonderful, brightly colored bar-graphs and charts that USA Today is known for. Cost: Free.

The Wikipanion iPad app

22) Reuters News Pro for iPad

A top news iPad app, the Reuters app offers smart news and information for professionals on the go. From sports to markets to politics. Photos, videos, audio – all in one succinct package. Plus: an offline service that lets you read without a Net connection. Cost: Free.

23) The Wall Street Journal - Mobile

Known for its financial coverage but also chronicling the gamut from politics to entertainment, the Journal remains a leading news source. This app provides real time quotes and allows you to customize the newspaper’s offering based on what’s important to you. Plus: WSJ video and radio podcasts. Cost: Free, but some material may require a subscription.

24) The Weather Channel

Not just the weather, but full-screen, customizable radar maps. Yes, you can be a weather geek. Uses Google maps and integrates with Facebook. Will it be sunny tomorrow? Cost: Free.

25) Yellow Pages

Search 60 million listings in the iPad app for the Yellow Pages. Add businesses to your contacts, share options through Facebook and Twitter. Plus: local movie showtime listings includes trailers and driving directions. Cost: Free.

26) Free Dictionary and Thesaurus

Look up that word, find the right word from several, heck, even correct your spelling. Plus: the Thesaurus allows you to take your word choice to a much higher level. More than 1 million words and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms – that’s enough to get you started! Cost: Free.

27) Kindle by Amazon.com

Download and read books in the popular Kindle format – without needing to buy a Kindle. Plenty of sample chapters; read for free to see if you like it. Plus: customize your font size and background for the optimal reading experience. Cost: Free.

The Weather Channel app

28) iBooks by Apple

Download and read your favorite books, from the newest bestseller to those Victorian classics. Includes a built-in search function to find a given phrase. Plus: read text on white or – maybe easier on the eyes – sepia-colored background. Cost: Free.

29) NPR for iPad

All the news, commentary and feature stories from NPR, optimized in an attractive setting for the iPad. Browse stories while listening to clips. Save your favorite stories for future listening, zoom in full-screen by tapping, share via Facebook, Twitter or email. Cost: Free.

30) Google Books

Enables you to read a whopping two million books on your iPad (or iPhone or iPod Touch). Nice touch: it includes a night reading mode and an offline reading mode. Cost: Free .

iPad app categories:

ENTERTAINMENT // LIFESTYLE, SHOPPING // NEWS AND INFORMATION // JUST FUN // GAMES // EDUCATIONAL // PRODUCTIVITY // COMMUNICATION // UTILITIES AND TOOLS // BUSINESS, MONEY, JOBS