You should get the iPad app you see here: [link]

Okay, Ipad stuff:

Games:

I concur with Jessica that Angry Birds is awesome. I don't have it on the ipad, but the iphone version is great. It is pricey on the ipad.

Plants v Zombies is also great.

I like Slice it quite a bit ($.99) and it is a really interesting cognitively challenging game.

I also like We Rule (free), but I like the farming/beautification kind of game. If you play werule, I'll give you my werule name and help you out.

Splode is free is awesome, pretty, and relaxing.

Pocket Frogs is my current favorite game. It is just awesome and pretty. Content does not sync across devices, FYI.

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Time & Timers:

Night Stand HD is awesome ($2)

Chronolite (timers)

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Reading:

Instapaper (I love it, there are free and pro versions, the pro version is cheap and worth it)

River of News ($3 I think and an RSS reader that is awesome)

Kindle, Stanza (ebooks), Ibooks (also will display pdf)

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Productivity:

1password (I use this to manage passwords in IOS and Mac

Textexpander (I sync common abbreviations between mac and IOS devices) and it is great when I need to write a lot.

Goodreader: ESSENTIAL and cheap ($.99) and you can download all kinds of files and view them across the web, dropbox, etc. I have literally used this to download large media files

Dropbox: awesome syncing across computers and mobile devices

Pastebot: to transfer copied and pasted text, images, etc. between a computer (mac only?) and the ios device. You can also save snippets that you may use to email frequently.

Logmein Ignition: ($20). Pricey, but very effective at letting me access my desktop computer on the road.

IAnnotate PDF ($10). I just used this today for the first time and I love it. It allows me to annotate pdfs (highlight, comment) and then email them (upload to dropbox) and my annotations show up on the desktop. Literally the best experience reading pdfs I have had in a long time.

Penultimate ($3) - a notebook app where you can write with a finger or stylus (I use a stylus). I LOVE this.

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Entertainment

Netflix. 'nuff said. The.bomb.

VLC (it will let you watch .avi files (and other weird formats) on the ipad without needing to do conversions first. Also. the.bomb.

Air Video ($5?) that allows you to stream video from your computer (pc and mac I think) to Ios. Converts on the fly. I like it.

Zumocast (free) can stream video, music, files from computer to ios.

Pandora. 'nuff said.

ABC Player. yes. good stuff.

Oh and Evernote! I love Evernote!

iPad apps:

I don't remember the prices of anything, I have sometimes been estravagant but I don't know on what, so I'll just list the things I like and you'll have to beware of possible high prices

I get a ton of used out of StillTasty: from the website that tells you if your food is spoiled - with the pap you can inventory your kitchen. Enormously helpful in getting through my produce in a timely fashion AND knowing what I've got,

Auditorium: game, lights and music, I really like it

Sleep Cycle: does a gradual wake up alarm thing and tracks your sleeping pattern, but you have to leave the ipad (or iphone that it was really designed for) tucked into your sheets while you sleep, so it's a question of whether you're willing to do that. Doss help me get a good nights' rest when I commit to using it several nights in a row.

Farmer's Market Finder and Locavore I haven't used that much just because where I usually am doesn't have that much to keep track of, but they've both found useful stuff for me. I would think in a more urban area they could both be more valuable.

Comics (from Comixology, I'm not sure if I have the app name right) is a pretty sweet comic reader. I think the app is free and you pay for comics, and some of those are free.

Netflix. Watch Instantly.

Osmos is a pretty good physics-based game. It's all orbital mechanics type stuff, but with soothing images and music so it's kind of nice for waiting around trying not to stress about what you're waiting for. And physics, yay.

PeakFinder I love, but I am a freak about not knowing what mountains I am looking at and having the magical device tell me is awesome. Probably mire useful on an iPhone, but I don't have an iPhone; it's good on the iPad, I know.

EW Must List. I read EW religiously, so I like having this - the same list as the print edition but with links to downloads or videos or what have you embedded.

Evernote

Marking le nubian's post for things I might need...

What le nubian said about Instapaper.

Here are podcasts re: ipad apps for anyone interested:

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Thank you!

I love GoodReader on my iPad. Love, love, love it.

I don't know if it's still free, but a fun stargazing app with some nice functionality is GoSkyWatch Planetarium.

Didn't know there was a VLC app!! *runs to store*

anybody have any recs for a cooling pad for my laptop? i'm tired of the damn thing overheating when it's sitting in my lap.

I just had to come in here to be annoyed at Rhapsody support chat.