Playing, playing with this tablet I proposed to stop using the laptop at the beginning of next year. My uncertainty whether it will really be possible led me to search the basic tools that will replace what I do – and don’t do – in my routine.
It is just interesting Apple’s operating model with these tablets, because the applications are downloaded or bought, and can easily be known if there are updates. Synchronization is clean, the system detects if there are applications that have not passed the tablet and before updating new changes makes a backup just in case.
The purchase is practical, you must register at AppleStore, you just have to search by keyword or subject and you just have to download and accept debit cards. Once purchased, wanting to download them from another computer, it recognizes that it had already been paid and does not charge credit card again.
Here I leave the best I’ve found:
| 6 | For Security, access and administration. Surely in the next Ipad’s generation, these things will come into the operating system. | |
| Search my Ipad.
Allows seeing on Google Maps, where is your Ipad, in case you forget it or get stolen. You can reset it from there, follow or send a message. |
Free for three months | |
| DropBox
To store information in the cloud. Works as hard-disk on line, a little better than storing mail in Gmail. |
Free | |
| Team Viewer The best that I have checked and work in Ipad but it has the disadvantage that usually occupies another opened panel for giving instructions to Skype … momentary disadvantages of the current version nearly (‘quasi’) multitasking. |
Free | |
| LastPass Tab Browser Very good to manage page’s passwords that are used frequently. Useful because Ipad do not support user sessions. |
Free | |
| USB Disk for Ipad This allows you to manage stored files like a USB memory. |
Free | |
| HD Battery
This shows you a chart about the battery state, how much time remains in different options, using Wireless, 3G and audio. |
Free | |
| 7 | For ordinary work of Office, CAD and basic GIS. | |
| Pages Is an equivalent to Microsoft Word. In many things is more practical, nothing more than using nails. Supports .docx files, with some limitations when using unusual fonts. |
$9.99 | |
| Numbers Something like Excel. It reads .xlsx files although ungroup merged cells. Have a visual potential that I have not yet exploited. |
$9.99 | |
| 2Do Great to keep track of things to do |
Free | |
| AutoCAD WS I had already reviewed it a couple of days ago; great for working dwg / dxf files but has not kept pace with the web version. |
Free | |
| GISRoam The very best that has come to work with GIS layers. Supports shape files, elevations, raster editing, themed, consultation and more. |
$19.99 | |
| ArcGIS It is a GIS data viewer, able to stick to Web services that are raised with ArcGIS Server. I hope to review this in the coming days to see if it supports any standard OGC. |
Free | |
| Calculator HD Basics for normal calculator functions. There is other more complex, with graphics, but not to replace the dinosaur brought by Windows, this is sufficient. |
Free | |
| 4 | For entertainment and leisure or take inspiration |
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| TuneIn Radio Robust, to listen to radio stations. Identifies the area where you live, because of the location’s function bring with Ipad |
Free | |
| FarmVille
Since the Ipad doesn’t support Flash in the current version, this application lets you do basic farm. |
Free | |
| Ibooks To download and read books with ease. Very good, supports any kind of book, with drawings and colors, tasks that Kinddle can not do. |
Free | |
| World Atlas HD Very good atlas of National Geographics, to learn more, locate, find locations. Ideal for those who travel a lot or are handcuffed to the maps. Includes basic information about countries. |
$1.99 | |
| 4 | For writing, or at least not lose the habit. | |
| BlogPress
A great application for blogging. Supports the most common content management: Among these are Blogger and WordPress, or TypePad, LiveJournal, Movable Type, SquarespaceLive Spaces, Tumblr and Joomla. Unfortunately is difficult for it to recognize the XMLRPC. |
$4.99 | |
| RAE Dictionary of the Royal Academy, an indispensable tool for those who deal constantly in writing. Includes dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, verbs conjugation and prehispanic doubts dictionary. |
Free | |
| Evernote To navigate there, scoring or remember. |
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| Chapters This is very good at writing that story with which you spend hours of leisure during travel. It facilitates the work be creating chapters and sections as opposed to other notebooks. |
$3.99 | |
| 3 | To stay connected | |
| IM+ Pro For instant messaging is very good. It can be manage from the same panel to Yahoo, Facebook, Google Talk, Twitter, MSN, MySpace, Skype. Anyway, all and may even have new mail alerts.Voice recognition costs, to dictate instead of writing $ 0.99 per month, but only recognizes English. |
Free | |
| Skype It is not the great thing, in fact is the implementation of the iPhone in banana plug size. But as it is necessary, there is. |
Free | |
| Flipboard The best I’ve seen to be aware. In a panel can be tracked both contents, via Google Reader and Facebook. The most interesting thing is that you can see quick read, complete, even go to the page without losing the back button on the board. |
Free | |
| 3 | What my children like | |
| Mega Man II Loved by my son, in vertical has a resemblance of Arcade’s manual control machines. In horizontal panel is at side. |
$2.99 | |
| JamPad Nice piano for the kids to practice with headphones on in a boring trip. |
Free | |
| SketchBook Pro It is not really an application for children. It is a great tool for drawing. But it’s my daughter who is a pleasure with this toy. |
$7.99 |
In total 27, only 8 of them are paid, totaling just over $ 60. Although the discomfort of working with a keyboard that does not fit with your fingers seems to be more complex and probably end up making me spend more on hardware rather than software.
… I forgot … Happy Christmas!