Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play PDF
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FIVE-STAR APPS The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play GLENN FLEISHMAN Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play Glenn Fleishman Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/524-2178 510/524-2221 (fax) Find us on the Web at www.peachpit.com. To report errors, please send a note to [email protected]. Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education. Copyright © 2011 by Glenn Fleishman Editor: Clifford Colby Production editor: Tracey Croom Copyeditor: Charles Fleishman Technical editor: Lex Friedman Cover design: Aren Straiger Interior design: Charlene Charles-Will Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected]. 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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-75143-0 ISBN-10: 0-321-75143-4 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America For Ben, Lynn, & Rex who make a house a home This page intentionally left blank FTAIVBEL-ES TOAFR C AOPNPTSE /N//TS /// vv /// FIVE-STAR APP//S/ Table of Contents 1 Reading ...................................................1 iBooks .............................................................2 Barnes & Noble Nook ...............................................4 Kindle .............................................................5 Reeder ............................................................6 Instapaper .........................................................7 Flipboard ..........................................................8 Times for iPad ......................................................9 GoodReader for iPad ...............................................10 Air Sharing Pro ....................................................12 Documents To Go Premium .........................................14 Comics ...........................................................16 DC Comics ........................................................17 Marvel Comics ....................................................17 Scott Pilgrim ......................................................17 ComicZeal ........................................................18 2 Social Networking .....................................21 Twitter ...........................................................22 Twitterific for Twitter ...............................................23 Birdhouse ........................................................24 Facebook .........................................................25 Tumblr ...........................................................26 WordPress ........................................................26 3 Audio & Music ..........................................27 Pandora ..........................................................28 ooTunes Radio .....................................................29 AOL Radio ........................................................29 QUp ..............................................................30 Airfoil Speakers Touch ..............................................31 Ocarina ...........................................................32 Glee ..............................................................33 Magic Piano .......................................................34 Soundrop .........................................................35 F /TI/AV/BEL-SET OAFR CAOPNPST E/N//TS/// vvviii /// TA////B//L FFEII VVOEEF-- SSCTTOAANRRT AAENPPPPTSSS 4 Photography ...........................................37 Hipstamatic .......................................................38 Panoramatic 360 ...................................................40 Pano .............................................................42 360 Panorama .....................................................42 You Gotta See This! .................................................43 IncrediBooth ......................................................44 Gorillacam ........................................................45 CameraBag .......................................................46 Best Camera ......................................................47 Plastic Bullet ......................................................48 Photogene ........................................................49 Flickpad Pro ......................................................50 Flickr Studio ......................................................51 iPad Camera Connection Kit .........................................52 5 Video Games ...........................................53 Trism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Bejeweled 2 + Blitz .................................................55 Peggle ...........................................................56 Sparkle HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 The Incident .......................................................58 Angry Birds HD ....................................................59 Ramp Champ ......................................................60 Fruit Ninja ........................................................61 Doodle Bowling Pro ................................................62 Real Racing .......................................................63 Orbital ...........................................................64 Plants vs. Zombies .................................................65 Chopper 2 .........................................................66 Osmos HD ........................................................67 Doodle Jump ......................................................68 Canabalt ..........................................................69 Fieldrunners ......................................................70 geoDefense Swarm ................................................70 FTAIVBEL-ES TOAFR C AOPNPTSE /N//TS /// vviiii /// FIVE-STAR APP//S/ 6 Games of Strategy ....................................71 Deep Green Chess .................................................72 Strategery........................................................73 FlightControl......................................................74 Cat Physics .......................................................75 Doodle God .......................................................76 Qrank............................................................77 Blue Block........................................................78 Labyrinth 2 HD ....................................................79 Labyrinth.........................................................79 7 Word Games ............................................81 Scrabble for iPad ..................................................82 Words with Friends ................................................83 2 Across..........................................................84 Crosswords.......................................................85 Moxie ............................................................86 Jumbline .........................................................87 Jumbline 2 for iPad ................................................87 8 For the Kids ............................................. 89 Pickin’ Time.......................................................90 Talking Carl.......................................................91 Cupcakes.........................................................92 MathBoard........................................................94 The Cat in the Hat..................................................95 Itsy Bitsy Spider ...................................................96 Tozzle............................................................97 9 Video .................................................... 99 Hulu Plus........................................................100 Netflix...........................................................101 Air Video.........................................................102 ZumoCast........................................................103 iMovie...........................................................104 F /TI/AV/BEL-SET OAFR CAOPNPST E/N//TS/// vvviiiiiiiii /// TA////B//L FFEII VVOEEF-- SSCTTOAANRRT AAENPPPPTSSS 10 Messaging & Voice ...................................105 Skype ...........................................................106 Line2 ............................................................107 BeejiveIM ........................................................108 Textie Messaging .................................................109 Google Voice .....................................................110 11 Travel & Navigation ..................................111 TomTom U.S.A. ...................................................112 Navigon MobileNavigator ..........................................113 MotionX GPS Drive ................................................114 AT&T Navigator ...................................................115 Kayak ...........................................................116 GateGuru ........................................................117 EasyTrails GPS ...................................................118 FlightTrack Pro ...................................................120 12 Dining .................................................... 121 Yelp .............................................................122 OpenTable .......................................................123 Urbanspoon ......................................................124 Dinner Spinner Pro ................................................126 13 Notes & Ideas ..........................................127 Evernote .........................................................128 Corkulous .......................................................130 OmniGraffle ......................................................131 MindNode ........................................................132 SimpleNote ......................................................133 Outliner .........................................................134 FTAIVBEL-ES TOAFR C AOPNPTSE /N//TS /// iixx /// FIVE-STAR APP//S/ 14 Information ............................................135 IMDB Movies & TV ................................................136 Bing .............................................................137 Delivery Status ...................................................138 Parcel ...........................................................138 Movies by Flixster .................................................139 WolframAlpha ....................................................140 TED Mobile .......................................................141 QuickMark 4 .....................................................142 RedLaser ........................................................143 Animated Knots ..................................................144 Knot Guide .......................................................144 15 News & Sports .........................................145 NYTimes .........................................................146 NYT Editor’s Choice ...............................................147 Bloomberg .......................................................148 NPR .............................................................149 At Bat 2010 for iPad ...............................................150 16 Writing & Painting ....................................153 Brushes .........................................................154 SketchBook Pro ..................................................155 Pages ...........................................................156 Elements ........................................................158 Plain Text ........................................................158 17 Nature ...................................................159 The Elements ....................................................160 Star Walk ........................................................162 Solar Walk .......................................................163 Planets ..........................................................164 NASA ...........................................................165 WeatherBug Elite .................................................166 AccuWeather .....................................................167 The Weather Channel Max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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