I downloaded and explored some free apps: Epicurous, NYT, Google, TED, The Weather Channel, iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Dragon, Tesla, a periodic table END PTE, and neu.Notes.
Here are some thoughts on some of these:
Epicurous: If you are not familiar with their website, it is an interactive cookbook and search engine. I really like the interface and it will make you a shopping list for each recipe. I am sure that I want to take my ipad shopping with me, but at least I can check off the items I do not need to buy off of the list. I can definitely take my iPad to the kitchen as Flaurie had done. I also like the way she transfered her recipes from her computer to her iPad.
Good recipes as well.
Kindle App.
I have not tested reading my Kindle books on the iPad in the sun yet, but in room light, it is a nice experience. I don't know yet if I will try to sell or give away my kindle. Traveling with both might be redundant.
Neu.Notes is a fun but limited (and free) doodling/notetaking app. I think that playing with this app made me realize that I do not agree with Steve Jobs that we were meant to write with our fingers and I will be exploring the purchase of a stylus. I read lots of reviews on these and I think I settled on one but need more input. Any advise?
I also downloaded Pages and tried it out. I am so far impressed, but will post more specific thoughts in another post
2 comments:
I'd be very interested in your research about the stylus, Doris. I agree that in some situations the stylus would be preferable--which apps can use the stylus? Thanks!
One of the apps that I mention in my post is Neu.Notes (free) will work much better with a stylus. I have also read very good reviews about another app called Penultimate which also works better with a stylus. Jolee was also interested in researching styluses (sp?) as well and you might want to get her input as well.
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