Your most useful iPad apps?

Ryan Burns said:

Outside of Logos, what apps do you find most useful?

Angry Birds.

[;)]

most-used apps on my part

• drop box
• nextag
• kindle
• discover (excellent wikipedia app)
• friendly (Facebook)
• perfect browser (has tabbed browsing with tabs running in parallel, find in page, force desktop web rendering as opposed to mobile, and more...but I understand atom browser or something like that has all this plus adblock. Also: I understand rooted ipads can have a different default browser selected)
• evernote (major win)
• flipboard
• instapaper
• sportscentral
• amazon (makes sense since I have an amazon prime account)
• iTim text (I use this because it's compatible with google voice and can use that number)

I use splashtop which is a cheap but very effective remote access tool.  For about $2.99 i can access my laptop and use the full features of Logos.  This allows me to do reading and highlighting.  It works really well for me.

• CalenGoo
• Kindle
• Instapaper
• iThoughtsHD
• Keynote
• Byline

Michael Childs said:

PaperDesk - for note taking while using Logos

How does this compare to Evernote? Any idea?

"evernote (major win)"


^^^----- Amen -----^^^

Ryan Burns said:

Outside of Logos, what apps do you find most useful?

Although I do have others, I use these quite often.

• Dropbox
• Quickoffice
• Evernote
• PrintCentral (also Print n Share)
• Side by Side
• IMDB
• Weather Channel
• FoxNews
• Charisma (news)
• Blastr
• Friendly
• iBooks
• Vyrso

{charley}

Stephen Smith said:

Richard Wardman said:

Not Logos!!!!?????????????????

LOL! Since Ryan said he already had that, I figured there was no need for repeat. But yes, I use that a lot too!

EDIT:

Ryan Burns said:

Outside of Logos,

Fairplay. [:D]  Missed the 'Outside of Logos' part of Ryan's post.  

NoteTaker HD (I use my iPad2 to take notes during counseling sessions and this app is the best note taking program I have found).  

FileApp--to use iPad as mass USB storage for files I need on the go and offline

Appshopper--find awesome apps and amazing deals

GoodReader

DropBox

Documents to Go

I Annotate PDF

Skype

PageOnce (Money, Finance, and Travel Rewards Manangement)

TripTracker (this is actually an iphone app but is the travel manager counterpart of Pageonce)

Did you get the regular  PocketInformant or the HD? How is this better than using Microsoft's Outlook? Thanks.

Angelia in Georgia

Angelia Ulrich said:

Did you get the regular  PocketInformant or the HD? How is this better than using Microsoft's Outlook? Thanks.

Angelia in Georgia

Must admit, I've been looking at the HD version of PI but been hesitant to stump up the dosh for it, despite using PI on my iPhone all the time. Just seems to grate having to find another £8 for the iPad version when I already have bought the iPhone version. But I would like it. I'm hoping there will be a discount when v2 is announced (futile, I know, but I just can't bite the bullet with this one yet.)

Had an iPod Touch for 2 years. God a refurbished iPad 1 this week. Most valuable apps:

• OliveTree Bible
• Laridian Bible
• PocketInformant Calendar
• Kindle (Ignatius Study Bible)
• Engadget
• Documents to Go (mainly theological articles)

Actually, I only have the free iPod Touch / Ipad version of Logos. Still deciding if I need what it offers.

I will be posting some "newbie questions" soon. Grateful if when it goes up any of you can spare the time to answer. I will start a different thread.

God Bless,

Richard.

Thank you, everyone!  I shall consult this thread when I next go online!

I use Dropbox, Freebooks, Prayer Partner, PDF Notes.

I have Skype and Kindle, but hardly use them at the moment.

Next time I go online, I shall get Vyrson to read 3 Vyrso books I got on the iPad.  Do you know, Bonhoeffer at Amazon UK is tgwice the price of the same book at Amazon US, but Amazon US wouldn't sell it to me - so Logos/Vyrso got my trade!

You can also use an app called "forums" to reply in the Logos forums from the iPad.  

Frank Sauer said:

Don't have any iOS components, but an app that is available for the iOS platform that I'm hoping for soon on Android is movieguide lite... Works off the website to have the family value ratings in the palm of your hand...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movieguide-lite-family-guide/id411618709?mt=8

Ron Cook said:

Yes. The one by connex is the one I am currently using.

Mail - great for following my yahoo and gmail accounts

GoodReader - maintain folders with MS Word, and pdf books organized by project

iBooks - for reading mainly free books like Tozer from the web

Logos - keep a small collection offline for times when I get stuck without wifi

Maps - plan short and long trips; great for street view

UniSudoku - free sodoku app - spend far too much time on this, but I play while I am listening on the iPod

MOST USED APPLICATION by far:

iPod - iPod - iPod!!!! --- ButI have NO purchased music.  (I just haven't bothered.) What I do have is something which is usually overlooked by everyone I know who owns an iPad or Ipod Touch; i.e., iTunesU!

iTunesU, which is a store within iTunes, is populated with content by over 100 Universities including Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), Dallas Theological Seminary, Concordia, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkely; etc., etc., etc. 

Most of the storage on my iPad is consumed by this type of content. And don't forget the Podcasts! Everything I am going to mention is FREE!

THE CONTENT:

I have listened to over 50 lectures on Church History from RTS alone in preparation for my Church History Sunday School class. RTS has Ronald Nash, J.I. Packer, and Dr. Donald Fortson III.  J.I. Packer lectures on the Puritans.  I bet you didn't even know that was one of his academic specialties.

I found a complete video course (161 lectures) on Biblical Greek from Concordia University presented by Dr. James W. Voelz.  I actually prefer the lecturer on Greek from Dallas, but for some reason the Dallas guys kept the camera on the lecturer and totally ignored the slides and board.

I found a 118 lecture series by Wayne Grudem covering the content of his Systematic Theology text.  He gave the lectures at Scottsdale Bible and can be downloaded for free using iTunes or the web.  However, use iTunes for organization purposes. 118 mp3 files with numeric names is no fun at all.

I mention MIT, Stanford, and Berkley in order to broaden the scope.  I use content from these sites in order to keep my electrical engineering degree current and investigate current trends in computer technology.  You should be able to find content in most academic disciplines.

THE PROCESS:

Download from iTunes directly onto your iPad /iPod Touch or download using iTunes on your PC.

For driving I start the audio content, then place the iPad on the dash directly in front of me with the speaker pointed at me.  There is enough gain to cover road noise.  It is much better content than most radio programming. If one episode completes, then the next will usually start all by itself.  My wife and I will be taking a road trip in September.  I have an inexpensive FM transmitter which can be picked up by my car radio.  This is necessary for both of us to be able to hear due to the low volume of the iPad speakers.

If you are around other people, bluetooth headphones work great.  I purchased mine so that I could listen to iPod audio while I work around the pool and outside the house where noise is a factor.

iTunes content can be listened to on your PC using the free iTunes application from Apple.  I also just purchased ( < $4 ) iSyncr for my Android phone.  This allows my phone to sync with my iTunes playlists.  ALL of the above content is now also on my smart phone as well as my iPad!   I am one happy camper.

1. Splashtop - enables you to take remote control of your desktop or laptop... In the UK, the app was free, but now costs a couple of pounds (it is considerably cheaper than the alternatives).

2. Instapaper - allows you to 'save' webpages (from desktop, iPhone and iPad) for offline reading.

3. Reeder - RSS reader.

4. Empire - a movie magazine, a brilliant example of how magazines should look on the iPad.

5. The Times

6. British Library - Treasures HD and British Library - 19th Century Books

7. Guardian Eyewitness

8. Pages

9. BBC iPlayer

10. Logos and Vyrso app... obviously!

Ryan Burns said:

Got my iPad2 this week. Logos was my #1 reason for buying it and was my first install.

Outside of Logos, what apps do you find most useful?

My iPad2 was a gift from my church and my #1 app is Logos.  I never carry a paper Bible anymore, and the ability to compare versions while listening to a sermon, or parse a Greek definition, or scan a favorite commentary on a device far smaller and lighter than my giant print Bible is awesome.  

I also frequently use LogMeIn to control a desktop/laptop running a PowerPoint presentation while I'm teaching/preaching.

Like others here I frequently use the iPad2 as an electronic book reader and GoodReader, Kindle, Nook, and Vryso apps are excellent (I've owned a real Kindle and Nook (both gifts), and had no need for either after I got the iPad2).  Additionally, I find myself using Infinity Blade (when I simply HAVE to kill something and enjoy beautiful graphics while I do so), Netflix, The Weather Channel app, Pandora, yelp, FighterVerse (outstanding scripture memorization tool), and Medscape.