Setting up Ipad out of the box, recommended settings, apps that are a must?

rotters · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:59

as title, getting my Ipad2 tomorrow, what would you recommend I do to it out of the box?

Nocky24 · 30 Oct 2011 at 20:08

AvplayerHD is well worth getting if you're planning on watching your own films.

Torch [P4] · 1 Nov 2011 at 19:00

some of my fave apps are

Flipboard
Sky Go
Channel 4 OD
ITV Player
iPlayer
iBooks
Angy Birds
Real Racing HD
iFooty

i use Flipboard everyday for catching up on facebook and Tech news, but you can also customise what news you view as well

Quint · 13 Nov 2011 at 21:25

Got most of these, anymore people can recommend>

btw I use aceplayer for films, its free.

GreatWaves · 13 Nov 2011 at 22:22

Torch [P4]:

Wow Flipboard is amazing with twitter. I get many links to articles in my timeline and Flipboard puts browsing or "flipping" through those on a whole new level.

Disco Boy · 14 Nov 2011 at 14:33

Rodneypooleg said:
Got most of these, anymore people can recommend>

btw I use aceplayer for films, its free.

It shows as £1.99 on the app store for me...

Steve_bullockuk · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:37

Another +1 for Flipboard. Cracking app. Also, the sky sports news app is good if your into sport.

scoopex · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:29

Rodneypooleg said:
Got most of these, anymore people can recommend>

btw I use aceplayer for films, its free.

IMDB
FLIXTER
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
AMAZON
TUNEIN RADIO
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
WORLD OF GOO

Nocky24 · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:41

Rodneypooleg said:
Got most of these, anymore people can recommend>

btw I use aceplayer for films, its free.

Not anymore

Quint · 16 Nov 2011 at 07:44

Aceplayer was free when I found it, oh well, is good though I recommend it.

Vertigo · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:28

Osmos!

As for the third-party video players, whilst they're handy for playing all manner of formats, chucking the likes of high def MKV files on there quickly eats up all the space so I prefer to use Handbrake to resize them down to the iPad's native resolution as they're far smaller and the built-in player will handle them fine.

Kevin Clark · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:07

BBC news app is good.
Highways agency iphone app for travel news
Any bank you may have accounts with probably has a nice banking app.
Find my Friends
There's a good selection of free calculators, unit/currency convertors and weather apps (never quite sure why the iphone gets a weather app in iOS but not the ipad)

Steve_bullockuk · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:22

Kevin Clark said:
never quite sure why the iphone gets a weather app in iOS but not the ipad)

Had my iPad for 2 months and never noticed that! :eek:

Nexus · 16 Nov 2011 at 16:08

Steve_bullockuk said:
Had my iPad for 2 months and never noticed that!

Even more so than the Weather App, I can't believe there is no Clock app.

^187 · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:14

Nexus said:
Even more so than the Weather App, I can't believe there is no Clock app.

Even more so, there no search button in AppStore on Pad, bugs me that :>

fadetoblack · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:16

Yes there is or have I missed something?

Vertigo · 16 Nov 2011 at 23:50

It's just different - on the iPhone there's a dedicated button for Search but on the iPad it's a box in the top right corner (although not visible on all screens) as there's more space to play with.