As you know, I am really enjoying my iPad and it’s becoming really useful for a number of things, thanks to the increasingly great number of brilliant apps that are available in the app store. Five apps that I’ve been finding useful are…
TV Guide for iPad - Free!
Released by tvguide.co.uk, this app is great for checking whats on the box, and the iPhone app by the same people even lets you use Sky Remote Record and also links to shows on iPlayer. I’m hoping that the iPad version will get these updates at some point… at the moment you can view the schedule, manage your channels and view show information.
Soulver – £3.49
I really love the mac app Soulver, and I have both the iPhone and iPad apps as well – it’s a calculator app with a whole different approach to the problem. Instead of resembling a physical calculator like most calculator apps, Soulver looks more like a notes app. You type in your problems on the left side and the results are shown on the right.
Terminology - £1.19
A beautiful dictionary and thesaurus app, Terminology has some really useful features; for each word there are links to several popular web sources including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wolfram|Alpha and Google, allows you to star your favourite words & keeps a history of your searches.
Movies (Flixster) - Free!
I love this app – James and I really enjoy going to the cinema and this app lets us check up on what’s coming out (both at the cinema and on DVD), watch trailers, check the showtimes and see cinema details. It also shows ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster users and film critics.
iTeleport - £14.99
This app is great for managing our hackintosh server from my iPad (and our iPhones – it’s universal). iTeleport is pricey for an iPad app but it is really worth the cost, as it’s so speedy! I’ve never used a VNC client that is so responsive, with the exception of the Screen Sharing that’s built into OS X. The app has a great ‘function key’ keyboard which is very useful, so you can use keyboard shortcuts, etc. It’s also good for people with limited technical know-how, because you can just install their PC/Mac client and, using your google account, your iPhone/iPad will be able to automatically connect with no technical setup.
