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The consensus is clear when it comes to the iPad: This new tablet from Apple is a hit. The available apps can make all the difference when it comes to how effective and useful your iPad actually performs. Here are 5 iPad apps that you absolutely need:
#1: News Rack
This is a $4.99 app that serves as a feature-rich RSS feed reader. It offers a user-friendly interface that allows you to easily and quickly skim all of the latest headlines from a list of periodicals, or you can choose the periodicals that you want to read. News Rack can also pull directly from Google Reader.
#2: Words with Friends
This is a $2.99 app that serves as a guilty pleasure. If you’re looking for games for your iPad, you are going to love this one which serves as a Scrabble-style crossword game that you can play over a wireless connection with your friends.
#3: Kindle
This is a free app that you can use to leverage the Kindle brand in platforms other than the actual Kindle. While the iBooks app is also worthwhile, there is something that is better about the Kindle app, including saving highlights within the cloud, which is a big plus.
#4: Evernote
This is another free app, and it is one that you absolutely need. It helps you keep track of pretty much anything that you need including notes, recipes, photos, voice memos and more. Evernote is also fully searchable which is a nice touch when you need to find your information quickly.
#5: NPR
This is a free iPad app, and a highly polished one at that. It has a magazine-style design that allows you to browse stories, audio interviews and other stories in a playlist that you can play in absolutely any order that you like.
These five iPad apps are must have if you want to get the most out of this device.
