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Posted on October 15, 2011There are thousands of iPad applications. Having had my iPad 2 for only a few weeks and not wanting to spend a whole lot of cash on apps I may not use or really need I have been a bit circumspect when coming around to shelling out for them. Below is a list of apps I have paid for and very brief note on what each does :
- Numbers (Spreadsheet), V1.4, Developer:Apple $9.99
- Apple’s spreadsheet program, easy to use, clean interface, so far seems pretty and useful
- Keynote (Presentations), V1.4, Developer:Apple $9.99
- Apple’s presentations program, easy to use, clean interface, so far seems pretty and useful. Haven’t used it a whole lot yet but plan to once I have the video out cable.
- Pages (Word Processor), V1.4, Developer:Apple $9.99
- Apple’s spreadsheet program, easy to use, clean interface, so far seems pretty and useful. The clean interface and crisp look to it reminds me a lot of Impression from the Acorn RiscOS days.
- iThoughtsHD (mindmapping), Developer: Craig Scottv2.4 $9.99
- Mind maps are an essential part of my daily activities, need them to organise my ADHD thoughts. This one is compatible with FreeMind v0.9 which is free software I use a lot on my PC.
- Penultimate (Note pad software), v3.2, Developer: Cocoa Box Design LLC $1.99
- Recommended by a number of colleagues, played with it briefly, seems good to take notes, make little sketches. Export in many formats.
- Data Usage (Data usage monitor), v4.1, Developer: Kartik Patel $0.99
- Keep track of how much of my monthly 2 gig I have used. Don’t want to run out half way through the month.
- TuneIn Radio Pro (Streaming radio player/recorder), V2.1, Developer: Synsion Radio Technologies, $0.99
- Great to listen to, timeshift and record streaming radio stations. Includes 5fm, ECR and Radio 2000 (and 6 other local stations) as well as thousands of international ones.
Must have iPad applications : radio : TuneIn Radio
Posted on October 15, 2011TuneIn Radio (by Synsion Radio Technologies) is great internet radio streaming application, has many stations, including nine local stations, with 5fm ECR and Radio 2000 amongst them.
The app does what it needs to, and well. It has the schedules so you can see what’s on and what programming is coming up next. When music is playing it displays the details of the song and artist when available.
A key feature is the time shift recording, the applications keeps recording as you are listening so you can pause and rewind if you miss something and fast forward to get back live. This feature works well. If you pay for the pro version you get to save recordings instead of just doing time shift.
I have mostly used the application to listen to sport. Once your channel is selected and you are listening can switch to another application and keep listening. The multi tasking is a real boon, unlike the DStv drifta application which doesn’t multi task and dies as soon as you switch away. A real pain if you are wanting to check something on the net while listening to the game.
The professional version is just $0.99 and allows you to save the recordings. A worthwhile addition.
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