50 Best iPad Apps for Keeping in Touch

Here are the best iPad apps for communicating and networking. Let the app downloading begin.

E-mail iPad Apps

1) QuickVoice2Text Email ($2.99): Tired of typing into your iPad? Get this app and you can dictate your e-mails, instead.

2) FileMagnet ($4.99): This app makes it easy to copy files from your computer to your iPad. It works with the iPad’s Mail program to let you quickly save attachments.

3) NotePrinter ($4.99): Use NotePrinter to send your notes and e-mails to a Wi-Fi-enabled printer without additional software.

4) AltaMail ($4.99): Use this to collect e-mail from various accounts into a single inbox, then print them.

5) MarkdownMail ($3.99): With this app, you can compose and send HTML e-mails, using elements like bold text, italics, and bulleted lists.

6) DeepFish ($.99): DeepFish has one purpose: searching your IMAP-based e-mail account. It offers a simple interface and powerful features.

The QuickVoice Pro iPad app

7) Email Themes Backgrounds ($.99): Give a little flair to your messages. With the backgrounds included here, including a Halloween assortment, your messages will look like they were printed on stationery.

8) Smart Group ($1.99): Manage groups in your address book directly from your iPhone. Tap to e-mail or SMS all group members at once.

9) Artificial 3G ($.99): No Internet connection? No problem. With Artificial 3G, you can send e-mail with attachments using your iPhone’s 3G when your iPad doesn’t have an Internet connection.

10) Group Email ($3.99): Use this to send e-mail with attachments to single contacts, group, or a handpicked set of contacts.

11) Dragon Dictation (Free): The world’s best voice recognition software is free on the iPad. Speak your e-mails instead of typing them.

12) Multiple Email Signatures Pro ($.99): Create signatures for the different groups you need to contact. This app lets you make detailed sigs with pictures.

13) Alive Text ($1.99): With this time-saver you can store and share frequently used messages or even sentences.

14) Penultimate ($3.99): Typing on the iPad is no fun, so write as you normally would. This app lets you take and save handwritten notes, then share them over e-mail.

15) Email Editor with Emoticons ($.99): Give a little graphical pizzazz to your messages. This app includes 1,700 animated emoticons.

Chat iPad Apps

Rooms

16) Rooms ($1.99): Rooms provides you with access to every IRC network in the world. Enter a nickname and start chatting.