Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play

223 Pages·2010·24.63 MB·English

by  Glenn Fleishman

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
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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
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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-75143-0
ISBN-10: 0-321-75143-4
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For Ben, Lynn, & Rex
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167