iPad2 and QUESTIONS
Yay, iPad2. Have to give Scholastic Canada points for efficiency. I talked to the woman on the phone about mailing in my $500 in bonus coupons about nine days back, ordered the iPad2 from their website the same afternoon and put the coupons in the mail. Monday at lunch I came in from coaching Long Jump and found a Scholastic box on my desk! Impressively quick turn-around at four days!
So, yay, shiny new iPad2!!!! We continue to get acquainted and I've managed to puzzle out the basics like e-mail and surfing the web, looking through the app catalogue and the like.
Have bought a free version of "Sims- Freeplay" which is ridiculously addictive, though somewhat frustrating as it's the only version of The Sims that's played in real time :-/. Very hard to build up money playing the game that way, but I see that's the catch of "free". They want you to pay for Sims money to keep your game going more quickly. Ain't going to happen. I'll just keep playing the game slowly. Also downloaded free Solitaire and Crossword apps.
Downloaded a free manga reader called "Manga Storm", which is awesome. Though I still much prefer to read books on my Kindle when it comes to graphic novels I will never go back. The iPad is just made for such things.
Downloaded Phil's song storing app "AutoSongbook". Yeah, I know Steve recommended another one, but I like supporting a local filker and the app seems well-suited to my needs. My learning curve hasn't -quite- gotten to the point where I can load songs into the program, but John got home today from a video gig in Quebec City so tomorrow he's going to help me set up the scanner, convert file formats and figure out how to get my sheet music into my iPad. Hey, I may even have a bunch there before ConCertino.
Have also already gotten cautious about buying apps on a whim. It can get pricy! Have already seen one bill from Apple and it sobered me enough to be much more picky about what I buy.
Looking forward to learning more.
QUESTIONS:
To those of you who own an iPad-
What are the apps you find you can't live without or that you like very, very much?
What games have you tried on the iPad that you've really enjoyed a lot?
Any other advice about living with an iPad?
So, yay, shiny new iPad2!!!! We continue to get acquainted and I've managed to puzzle out the basics like e-mail and surfing the web, looking through the app catalogue and the like.
Have bought a free version of "Sims- Freeplay" which is ridiculously addictive, though somewhat frustrating as it's the only version of The Sims that's played in real time :-/. Very hard to build up money playing the game that way, but I see that's the catch of "free". They want you to pay for Sims money to keep your game going more quickly. Ain't going to happen. I'll just keep playing the game slowly. Also downloaded free Solitaire and Crossword apps.
Downloaded a free manga reader called "Manga Storm", which is awesome. Though I still much prefer to read books on my Kindle when it comes to graphic novels I will never go back. The iPad is just made for such things.
Downloaded Phil's song storing app "AutoSongbook". Yeah, I know Steve recommended another one, but I like supporting a local filker and the app seems well-suited to my needs. My learning curve hasn't -quite- gotten to the point where I can load songs into the program, but John got home today from a video gig in Quebec City so tomorrow he's going to help me set up the scanner, convert file formats and figure out how to get my sheet music into my iPad. Hey, I may even have a bunch there before ConCertino.
Have also already gotten cautious about buying apps on a whim. It can get pricy! Have already seen one bill from Apple and it sobered me enough to be much more picky about what I buy.
Looking forward to learning more.
QUESTIONS:
To those of you who own an iPad-
What are the apps you find you can't live without or that you like very, very much?
What games have you tried on the iPad that you've really enjoyed a lot?
Any other advice about living with an iPad?