******* The "official" Essential iPad Apps thread (with stars) *******

[CaptainRAVE]

can't believe that cloudon thing is free, surly MS will kick up about that sooner or later.

Hard to believe isn't it!

 

[TriedandTested]

can't believe that cloudon thing is free, surly MS will kick up about that sooner or later.

http://help.cloudon.com/knowledgebase/articles/57737-is-cloudon-legal-

 

[Stinky]

Just downloaded AirVideo. very impressed streaming straight from my mac without converting any videos

 

[Stinky]

also can stream from iPad to apple tv without converting. means no waiting

 

[Frijj]

AvPlayerHD has recieved an update that supports the new ipad, and 1080p out support etc. Goodtimes!

 

[Somnambulist]

Flipboard was a real WOW moment from me. I know it's not a new app (although it has Retina support now) but...

 

[MikeHunt79]

Can you recommend a system status and a wi-fi network analyser app for the iPad?

I quite like iStat but unfortunately it's only for the iPhone and not the iPad so it's got pretty low res graphics.

It does offer remote Mac monitoring however which is nice.

 

[Cosimo]

Angry Birds Space HD is out:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds-space-hd/id501968250?mt=8&ls=1

 

[Metalface Mark]

http://toucharcade.com/2012/03/22/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-announced-for-ipad/

Baldurs Gate coming to ipad

 

[Spenty]

WOW ^ AWESOME NEWS

 

[Marky]

I've heard people talk about Flipboard, but still not 100% sure what it is... Anyone care to explain?

 

[lightbulb]

A news reader that plonks articles from various sources into a magazine style layout. Looks nice on a retina display

You can even add facebook/twitter accounts and I guess it will incorporate these into the layout although I haven't done this yet.

 

[Beasty]

http://toucharcade.com/2012/03/22/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-announced-for-ipad/

Baldurs Gate coming to ipad

 

[MikeHunt79]

I've heard people talk about Flipboard, but still not 100% sure what it is... Anyone care to explain?

It's kind of like a RSS newsreader but you need to try it for yourself in order to see whats it's like

 

[Si.]

I bought AVplayerHD and a little disappointed, playing 720p MKV files I find it slows down during scenes of heavy action.

 

[Frijj]

I bought AVplayerHD and a little disappointed, playing 720p MKV files I find it slows down during scenes of heavy action.

Really? On which Ipad. I've always found it to be fine especially with the new update. Although I'm now using XenonMKV to very quickly change mkv's into a file format that can be used with itunes and apples official video player makes things even smoother!

 

[Si.]

On an IPAD3. It might be the encoding, I'll test with a few more files.

 

[Marky]

A news reader that plonks articles from various sources into a magazine style layout. Looks nice on a retina display

You can even add facebook/twitter accounts and I guess it will incorporate these into the layout although I haven't done this yet.

It's kind of like a RSS newsreader but you need to try it for yourself in order to see whats it's like

Ahh I see... Might have to check that out

 

[Kawolski]

I had never heard of it till I read about it in here, then I installed it.
That's the future of digital media right there.
Such nice eye candy.

 

[Marky]

Well I've had a little play just a moment ago - Is the idea that it grabs all the top stories about a selected category and places it in a nice newspaper format?

From what I've seen of it, it looks very nice indeed