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Okay, but just being a free iPad app isn’t enough. (In fact there are hundreds of free iPad apps.) It’s the cool apps — the very coolest iPad apps — that we want on our wonderful shiny tablet.
So here you go. All free iPad apps. Only the coolest. Peruse the full list of apps, or jump to the iPad app category of your choice:
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Quickly access Wikipedia from your iPad: look up anything on the site’s vast (if not always correct) online encyclopedia. Recipes, Elvis’s birthday, the winner of the last World Series? All on your iPad with free Wikipanion app.
2. The Weather Channel Max for iPad
The classic Weather Channel: Hour by hour local weather in your neighborhood, customizable weather maps, storm footage, in-motion radar. One of the most popular iPad apps, free or not – with good reason.
Weatherbug iPad app
Sure, you could look out the window, but this free iPad app gives you soooooo much more. One word: Webcams. Yes, it has webcams from around the globe, showing the weather in real time. Plus, the temperature in various airports, forecasts, satellite views, and much more. Awesome app. This app alone makes me want to whip out an iPad while waiting for a plane and watch the other passengers get jealous.
4. Photos: The Guardian Eyewitness for iPad
The most eye-catching , relevant and visually distinct photos, fresh everyday, from the Guardian, one of the UK’s leading news sources. Constant access to the latest top 100 photos from across the globe. Plus: save your favorite and share via Facebook. I’d call this a leading use of the iPad.
What news source could be better suited to the iPad than USA Today, with its never ending outpouring of pie charts and easy-to-digest graphics? A marriage made in heaven. Plus: USA Today keeps it short and snappy, without all the troublesome nuance and depth offered by the Times and the Journal.
Guardian iPad app displays photos from around the world, updated daily.
Can a free news app make you smarter. That’s the Newsy claim. It’s a video site that churns out it’s own daily videos, purporting to give you the nuance and backstory to global news. Break out of your box – the Newsy approach claims to offer news from more than viewpoint. You might even hear something you disagree with.
The New York Times on your iPad is essentially the entire world in the palm of your hand. Recipes to politics, movies to the breaking news, podcasts, trailers, video clips.
8. NPR for iPad
Probably the most thoughtful news outlet in America. Who else does episodes about African Fire ants back to back with that day’s political news? Plus: allows you to read stories while listening to live stations or on demand audio.
Wikipanion iPad app
The source is the august Random House Unabridged Dictionary. That’s enough for you, ain’t it? A vast, sprawling resource, laid out beautifully for the iPad. Oh, and there’s more. This iPad Dictionary app comes with a Thesaurus – including spoken pronounciations. A seriously cool app. Every student and every literate adult should have this free app.
10. Wall Street Journal iPad App
One of America’s leading news sources, laid out in multimedia glory on your iPad. Financial news, stock and bonds, and the famously conservative Op-Ed page. Totally free, but of course there is a pay wall protecting some of the Journal’s content. No, there’s no such thing as a free lunch….
This magazine reader displays pages for your iPad, and includes free versions of SportingNews, Cosmopolitan, National Geographic, Elle, Esquire and a rack of other titles. (Zinio also enables you to pay for downloads for thousands of additional titles.)
Bloomberg financial tracking iPad app
Financial markets, stocks and bonds, real time information – few sites lay out the world of money like Bloomberg. Check your portfolio and click to trade (careful!). Plus: news about technology, sports, politics, and more.
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
The planet’s biggest collection of information about movies, TV – trailers, photos, plot summaries, what’s hot. Avatar to Gone with the Wind: If it happens on a screen, IMDb probably covers it.
14. Pandora Radio
Free, streaming music, based on the playlist of your choice. Create a “radio station” based on any song or artist, Lady Gaga to Linkin Park, and let it play on continuously.
15. Netflix iPad App
Sure, you can access your Netflix cue with this free iPad app, but here’s the really groovy part. Since Netflix allows subscribers to stream some movies in real time, this app turns your iPad into a movie screen. Click and watch? Is that not the ultimate distraction.
Netflix iPad app
Watch TV (okay, just ABC shows) on your iPad. As a pioneering streaming app built specifically for the iPad, this reveals the future of TV on handhelds. Nice bonus: it stores up to 12 videos in your viewing history, which you resume where you left off.
17. Shazam for iPad
A fun music app. Get recommendations based on music you like, manage your lists, share your favorites with friends, check out the Shazam hit charts. A big part of it: Tag your lists (unlimited tags, even in the free version), then display your tagged list on a single large iPad screen.
Bang! Pow! Smash! The color world of Marvel Comics, home of Spiderman, Hulk, and the X-Man. This reader is specially designed to bring the comics to life. While there are free comics, many classic titles cost $1.99.
ABC TV iPad app
19. Yahoo Entertainment for iPad
An free interactive movie and TV guide for your iPad. Search shows by content, like action, family or reality. Plus, news, video, weather, finance, fashion, comics – it just keeps going. You know, Yahoo, the Web portal that’s been around since we all used dial-up. Much of what exists on the Web is linked to, indexed or categorized by Yahoo.
20. Twilight, The Graphic Novel for iPad
A ginormously popular book series, a smash hit movie, and still you want more. So here it is: the free graphic novel version laid out in the iPad’s visually attractive platform. And yes, Edward speaks French! Somewhere, a fan is swooning….
21. Alice in Wonderland for iPad
Wild, wonderful and remarkably creative. The iPad turns the classic Alice in Wonderland into an interactive fantasy universe. Tilt your iPad to make young Alice grow or shrink. Check out the White Rabbit’s pocket watch. Enjoy a pocket of sweet candies that – wow – bump in to mystical talking Dodo. A mind-opening iPad app, free.
Marvel Comics iPad app
22. NBA Game Time Courtside for iPad
For NBA fans, this is it. This free iPad app shows you pre-game, halftime, and postgame video highlights – watch all those great lay-ups whenever you want. Display team stats during the game, updated in real time. See who’s on the court at any moment and see any substitutions made. Even if you’ve got the TV on, this app adds a lot to your viewing experience.
Fully 3D, and fully fun for the Baseball fan in you. Three modes of play replicates three stadiums around the world. Play the Rapid Fire mode – each players tries to get the most distance out of 10 rapid pitches. Or Pass-N-Play – play against each of your friends in turn. Oh, the joy of baseball…you can almost smell the fresh cut grass.
24. Granimator
Okay, this one’s kind of weird. It’s called a “creative sound-based wallpaper creator.” Dude, that’s artistic. Provides styles, shapes and backgrounds, you mix and match them. Click, poke, tap and create something like a soundscape as express yourself on the multimedia canvas. (Some complain that it crashes, but hey, it’s free.)
25. GoSkyWatch Planetarium iPad app
Ewwww….ahhhhh…the beauty of the wide sky and the deep heavens. This free app gives you a celestial sphere along with a crosshairs, which allows you to zoom into any planet, stars, nebulae, and galaxy you desire. With the visuals of the iPad, this is a mind-blowing app.
Alice in Wonderland iPad app
26. JamPad iPad App
A full band at your fingertips. This free iPad app gives you piano, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, and drum kit, with dozens and dozens of different drum beats. Make your own songs, mix ‘em, put our your own album, develop a following a millions of fans, be world famous. Why not?
27. Dailymotion
Video, video, and more video. This free iPad app turns your tablet into a TV -– but one in which you totally control the scheduling. Videos are categorized by music, sport, lifestyle and other interesting areas. What’s on Dailymotion today?
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: Games
A straight forward version of the classic, timeless game of Solitaire. Click and drag your cards, double-click lets you pile your matched cards. Ready for a quick 10-minute game whenever you are.
Called terribly addictive, this free game lets you play god with an imaginary earth, as you decide weather, good (or bad) fortune, and the day by day activities of your minions. Can you handle the responsibilities?
A creative story narrative combined with a puzzle narrative; he’s walking through the woods, with only a vague notion of what’s happening in his life. Help with the scary creatures!
Godfinger iPad app
This free iPad game starts easy, yet quickly gets harder from there. Your iPad comes up with longer and longer patterns for you to repeat. Is your brain in shape? And, more intriguingly, can you improve your brain by working it out like this, much as you can build muscles.
This free iPad game’s objective is to clear the balls from the field. It’s more than a time-waster, it’s a logic game that pits your mental acuity against the challenges of the crowded field. Adjust the level of play (and win!). Winners get a bonus at the end. Did you earn a trophy?
Poker designed for the iPad. It’s you versus your robot friend, no limits. Or, better yet, play against a friend (probably easier to bluff a friend – I hear the robot can’t be psyched out). Touts its “realistic animation.” Really? Realistic animation in poker?
Karate Kid iPad app
Don’t let those bullies get tough with you. Play the free
Karate Kid game – with its five martial arts training exercises – and you’ll score experience points. Start out at the lowly white belt level, then sweat and work to attain the deeply honored black belt. Then you’ll be tough! (At least on your iPad…)
35. We Rule for iPad
Your kingdom is at your command. Tell your subjects what farm their land and harvest their crops. Decide what goes where: stables, towns, and of course your castle. Immerse yourself in the visuals of your world. Careful, because you know what the say: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
36. New York 3D Rollercoaster Rush HD for iPad
Up, down and all around! Experience the rush of New York City – on a roller coaster! Sky high peaks, awesome drop offs and tummy-wrenching suprises! (Please do not drink espresso at the same time.) Are you stuck in a boring cubicle? This could add some pizzazz to your mundane day.
37. Mahjong Artifacts: Chapter 2 HD for iPad
The ancient game on a brand new platform (at a timeless price!). Great visual display of the tile matching game. And yes – there’s audio. Audio with a classic Mahjong game. Now that’s proof that we’re living a modern age.
New York Rollercoaster iPad app
Dude, it’s not Chess, it’s….War Chess. Animation and special effects visualize the battle of various chess pieces. Slash, whoosh! Knight slices head off pawn. Battle sequences. Plus: speed chess. And you thought Chess was boring. Off with your head!
39. Hit Tennis 2
Don’t sweat, don’t hustle, and don’t hurt your elbow. With this free app, play mini-tennis with just your finger. You and your opponent bat the ball back and forth, exhausting nothing but your index digit. Nice colors.
40. Labyrinth 2 HD Lite iPad App
This lite free version of Labyrinth’s got a lot going on: Cannons, Magnets, Bumpers, Multiple balls, Doors, Fans, Re-sizers, Duplicators, Lasers and, well, even more. It enables up to 4 players in mult-player mode.
Jirbo Break iPad app
41. Tap Tap Radiation iPad App
Three shapely blobs float on your screen. Your mission, should you accept it: tap each time a blog crosses the center of the sphere. Okay, it ain’t Einstein, but what do you want from a free iPad game?
42. Blackjack Free HD iPad app
Hmmm…should you hold or take a card? Tension’s building – and “insurance” pays two to one! Boldly tap “hit me,” or cautiously wave your hand to “stand.” (I hear there’s an advertisement in the display which you can turn off if the Internet is disabled. Hey, but somebody’s got to pay the bills.)
Okay, maybe this isn’t the most mentally challenging game to ever grace your iPad, but the (free) price is right. It’s a brick breaker game, in which you maneuver the ball. A total of 99 levels. Isn’t that enough?
44. What’s the Difference (WTD) iPad App
A free mind sharpening game: Find five minor differences before time runs out. Are you mentally perceptive enough to find them all, quickly? No, we didn’t think so. But good luck!
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
Find a restaurant, bar, shopping, spas, all with a few clicks on this free iPad app. pinch and zoom, tap and zoom and – voila – you’ve got a table at the newest hot eatery (well, if you call in advance). Peruse the Great Picks and Top lists to learn the experience of the pioneers who got bad service before you.
46. eBay iPad App
The free eBay iPad apps utilizes the full 9 inches of the screen, allowing you to better peruse those photos of used toasters and 1980s collections of VHS tapes. Better yet, to reduce typing the search bar features a “search suggest” option.
Cityseries iPad app
Use your iPad to save money: PriceGrabber’s comparison shopping tool shows you the various merchants’ offerings all at one time. Millions of products, from babies & kids to computers to clothing to electronics to health & beauty. But careful with that credit card….
More than just Craigslist for another platform: the free iPad version of Craigslist offers an iPad-only listing pane. Plus: improved formatting, bigger pictures, and of course account management features. (You must be 17 years old to download this app.)
eBay iPad app
49. Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List iPad App
This is a wildly popular free app. Step one: Find recipes and tons of scrumptious information about delicious dishes – dinner parties, nutritious lunches, tasty snacks. Step two: use the shopping list function to grab everything at the store. Epicurious takes the art of a food to a sinful new level.
Epicurious iPad app
Find bars and clubs, food and restaurants. Visually attractive, with a menu of thumbnail photos that’s clickable to reveal deeper information and more photos. Plus: concerts, shows and other events. Shareable in real time with your friends.
Craigslist iPad app
51. Kayak Flights for iPad
Search flights, check prices across various airlines, plan your plane trip, monitor arrival and departure times. Bring this with you the next time your stuck in an airport, and monitor how incredibly late your plane’s going to be. Beats airport food, doesn’t it?
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
52. iBooks for iPad
Read books on your iPad, a free app which includes the iBookstore where you can download the newest bestselling pageturner or a timeless classic novel. Organize your iPad book collection so it’s all a finger tap away.
53. Kindle iPad app
Yes, Apple now has its own book reader, but some still prefer to use this free Kindle reader on the iPad. One major advantage: some say it’s easier to browse in the Kindle store with this app instead of the tiny iPhone-only Kindle outlet. Grab a free book (some are still free) and this Kindle iPad app automatically relaunches.
Photopad image editing iPad app
54. PhotoPad Photo Editing for iPad
Crop and edit your photos with this simple free app. No, it’s not Photoshop, but then the learning curve’s much easier. Touch up your pictures (c’mon, you can make yourself look better than that, can’t you?)
Yeah, there’s this site called Facebook, have you heard of it? 🙂 But seriously, this free app enables you to surf and interact with Facebook as you travel across town, chatting in real time, posting, viewing photos. This version fixes some crashes and bugs in earlier iterations.
iBooks iPad app
56. AIM Instant Messaging for iPad
With over 10 years to gather users, AIM is one of the most popular IM clients. Some complain about the AIM iPad’s difficulty in typing, but c’mon, the iPad is a new keyboard for people. Give it time.
57. Air Video, Stream Videos from your Computer to your iPad
This free version of the Air Video iPad app enables you to watch your digital media whether or not they’re not they’re formatted for the iPad (or iPhone). Fast and simple to use.
Photobucket iPad app
A massive media repository. Search the billions of photos on Photobucket and instantly download any of them to your iPad for use as wallpapers, contact IDs, etc. Upload your photos, manage albums, zoom, post images to Facebook or your favorite social networking site.
59. Feeddler RSS Reader for iPad
This free Google reader app(there’s a paid version with far more features) caches your feeds so you can access them when you’re not around a hotspot. (Wait, are you sometimes away from the Internet? Is that a good idea?) This is a popular reader among the iPad crowd, and has even received the blessing of the almighty Gizmodo.
AIM Instant Message iPad app
The Twitter client that turns you into a Twitter virtuoso. Manage your Tweetstream, read and compose, retort and reply, submerge yourself into the succinct universe of the 140-character statement.
Share and find cool and interesting Web sites using Stumbleupon. Click to see what pages other people like, then share your own. This version touts a better login experience, improved performance and aesthetics. What do you like?
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
62. Roambi -Visualizer iPad app
A free glimpse (and then some) into the world of business intelligence. Plug in your spreadsheet data, and Roambi gives you a fascinating visual display of things like costs, trends, input-output. In essence it provides a snapshot of your business (or your life), with statistical data turned into shapes.
Talk to your iPad and it will transcribe your words into text. Once you’re done speaking, this free app’s cut and paste tools enable you to clean up the inaccuracies. Who needs to do that boring old “writing” anymore? Got a paper or presentation due? Speak it and all shall be done!
Roambi Visualizer iPad app
64. Box iPad app
This free app lets you connect to remote computer storage for your files – the storage itself is also free, up to 25GB. Share, comment and view your digital goodies, in any of a many file formats. And yes, you can pay more to store more. But can you afford that after spending your money on a shiny new iPad?
Save and read Web pages when you’re away from the Internet. This free app saves your pages exactly as they are, layout, photos and graphics in place. Plus: it gives you a handy menu of your saved pages for later use. Would be perfect for a plane trip.
Offline Pages iPad app
A virtual organizer – a big one – that lives for free in the cloud. Categorize, create, doodle, tag your files, all while staying in sync between your iPad and your other computers, whether PC or Mac. This free version of Evernote for the iPad has a 40GB monthly maximum. But geez, isn’t that enough? If you’ve got more than that, maybe you need to simplify your life.
67. PCalc Lite Calculator iPad App
A free version of the scientific calculator. Yes, it includes multiple undo and redo and the all-important optional RPN mode. The iPad makes you look cool, this calculator makes you look geeky. On balance this could be a valuable fashion accessory for the today’s style-aware knowledge worker.
iBanner iPad app
Send more than one text message at a time – to any phone – with the free textPlus iPad app. No, it’s not enough to send one at a time, what if you’re getting a group of friends together. Enables group chat.
A free tool for sketching out ideas on the iPad (yes, Flash isn’t on the iPad, but Adobe is very much present). Adobe Ideas gives you control over opacity and brush width, zoom, layers, and myriad other choices. It’s called easy to use, so there’s no Photoshop-style steep learning curve.
Sundry Notes iPad app
Yup, iBanner is a bit quirky. It’s basically a scrollable LED sign, so you can write a word and hold it up and let it scroll for the audience. Perhaps you could use it as part of a sales presentation to impress clients. Or at a family gathering? Three different font sizes, depending on how urgent your message is.
Highly popular free iPad app that enables whiteboarding, writing, drawing, importing PDFs from the Web, image grabbing and – here’s the cool part – record sound and voice. The fact this app is not only free but this functional may have certain software makers feeling kind of nervous.
Free iPad Apps: News and Information
Weather, Wikipedia, photos, magazines, online breaking news, sports, finance….
Free iPad Apps: Music and Entertainment
Netflix movies, Pandora music, video, basketball and baseball, TV, comics, graphic novels….
Solitaire, Soduku, poker, Karate Kid, brain teasers, tennis, animated War Chess, Labyrinth, Tap Tap….
Free iPad Apps: Shopping and Lifestyle
City guides, restaurants, online price comparisons, recipes and food….
Free iPad Apps: Useful Utilities and Social Networking
Photo editing, Facebook, wi-fi connectivity, IM, RSS, IBooks, Kindle….
Free iPad Apps: Office Productivity
Dictation, file storage, text editors, calculator, graphics….
