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Sunday, 3 June 2012

Top 45 Free Apps for your iPad

Top 45 Free Apps for your iPad

Apps for the iPad tend to go for a higher price than their iPhone counterparts, but here we listed all free apps. Install them all, and you will be well on the way to an excellent tablet mobility computer experience.

SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS

TwetDeck for iPad

It may not support social networks such as Facebook or services having location-based facility inside like Foursquare app, but TweetDeck supports respectably Twitter reader with an intuitive interface and accurate geo-tagging options.

Apple is ready to Birth iPad 3 | What�s Changed

Creative Mind Apple , IOS 5

Apple to unveil iPad 3 on March 7 in San Francisco: confirmed. By Andrew Couts | Digital Trends.

Apple has sent our invitations to its iPad 3 event, to be held on March 07. Event venue is Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

The invitation includes the words, �We have something you really have to see. And touch.� Well known for its enigmatic invitations, Apple is likely alluding to the next generation iPad�s new screen, which is expected to have twice the resolution of the iPad 2.

Is there no home button included? | CNET / Apple

No home button was in picture that was an invitation card or a first look picture from Apple received to CNET . The simplest explanation here is that it's a photo of (what is presumably) an iPad 2 on its side, something that's not that much of a stretch given that the iPad's been designed to work the same no matter which end is down.

What changes are expected in the new Apple iPad 3

Siri?

Last year, Apple introduced Siri to the iPhone 4S. So far, the technology isn�t running on any of the company�s other products. However, chances are that Apple will be bringing Siri to the iPad 3 as it starts to roll out the feature across its product line. I�m sure you�re awfully excited to hear that.

Retina Display?

Apple�s Retina Display is wildly popular on the iPhone and iPod Touch. But the time has come for Apple to deliver the same feature to the iPad. After all, Retina Displays really are the future of screen technology, and not to bring it to its flagship mobile product would be a mistake on Apple�s part.

4G support?

One of the things missing in the iPad 2 is 4G connectivity. In order to connect to the Web when you�re away from a WiFi signal, you�ll need to connect to 3G. And as you know, 3G is so 2010. It would be awfully nice if Apple offers up 4G in the iPad 3 and finally matches the many competitors that are already offering the technology.

Top 10 iOS 5 Tips & Features

Creative Mind Apple , IOS 5

iOS 5 is an incredibly complex operating system, filled with hundreds of innovative, undocumented little touches, just waiting for your to stumble upon them. Here are Top 10 iOS 5 Tips & Tricks which will definitely helps you a little.

Quick Split the Keyboard on iPad

You can hold down the keyboard icon on the iPad�s digital keyboard to bring up a menu option to split the keyboard for more natural thumb-typing, but there�s a much faster way. Simply hold down on the keyboard with two fingers and spread them apart. The keyboard will split in half, just like that. Splitting your keyboard with this gesture is fast and easy, but not something you�ll likely stumble upon by accident.

Swipe to Seven-Day Forecast

In Notification Center, switching between seven-day forecasts and a single-day forecast with more information is as easy as swiping the weather banner in either direction. A more detailed one-day forecast is just a swipe away.

Move the Split Keyboard on iPad

The iPad�s split keyboard is great, but positions itself in a weird spot�somewhere about halfway up the screen. that�s fine if you�re typing at the very top of the screen, but the second the text reaches your fingers, there�s no way to see what you�re typing. Fortunately, you can move that keyboard. Just touch and hold the keyboard button in the bottom right, and slide your finger up and down. The keyboard will follow. finally an iPad keyboard we can use !!!

Add iMessage Notifications to iPad

Having a way to message friends on your iPad is great, but putting them in Notification Center is a must. Head to Settings > Notifications > Messages and slide the first item, Notification Center, to ON. Tapping the message will bring you right to the last sent item in your exchange.

Change Fonts in Notes

Marker Felt is no longer the default font in the Notes app, but unfortunately it�s been replaced by something just as cartoony. If you�d like to change your font, open Settings and tap Notes. Our advice? Change it to the universally loved Helvetica. Your notes will look much more professional. Finally a Notes font option that doesn�t make us feel like 12 year olds !!!

Shut Off Repeat Alerts

A gentle reminder that you have an unread text message works well for some people, but others will be annoyed by the persistent buzzing of their phones. To shut off repeat alerts for messages, head to Settings > Notifications > Messages. Scroll down, tap Repeat Alert, and change to Never. Or, if you want to seem really popular, go ahead and crank that bad boy up to 10�

Turn on Private Browsing

Shopping for Summer season? Just head to Settings > Safari > and swipe on Private Browsing. Nothing you search for will be cached, so your wife will never know you�ve been looking at the Gift you buy from a Store online. You�ll know you�re using Private Browsing by the sleek black borders�

Swipe to Camera Roll

iOS 5 provides quick access to your Camera Roll while you�re in the middle of shooting. While the camera is open, simply swipe from left to right and your Camera Roll will appear. Continue swiping from left to right to flip through your images. If you go too far, tap once to reveal the onscreen toolbar with image controls, and hit Done to immediately return to your camera. Swiping from the Camera app to the Camera Roll is especially great when you�re tired of your ugly mug�

Create Custom Vibration Alerts

Customizing vibration alerts is easy in iOS 5, but the first step is to make sure the option is turned on. Head to Settings > General, scroll to the bottom and tap Accessibility. Under Hearing, turn on Custom Vibrations. Next, head to Contacts, open a contact, scroll to Vibration and choose Create New Vibration. The iPhone will allow you to tap or hold the screen to make all-new vibration patterns for each contact. Custom Vibrations combinations are limitless, and allow you to record extra long patterns.

Add Twitter Usernames to Contact Cards

First, visit Settings > Twitter, and sign in using your account. Then tap Update Contacts. Twitter will use email addresses and phone numbers from your previously organized contacts to add Twitter handles and photos to each contact it can find. Importing Twitter usernames can give you a good idea of how tech-savvy your friends are. We only had five friends with Twitter handles�

Download Top Productive Apps for Your Gadget

Creative Mind Android , Apple

You can be more efficient and boost your productivity with the help of some software designed to help you get your job done on a desktop, laptop or mobile (smartphone) device. By Jill Duffy

Gadgets and devices are one thing, but the software and apps that runs on them is another, and it�s at the level of apps and services that we actually get things done.

Today we will make an overview of 4 Top Handy Productive apps for Android and Apple devices.

For Android Devices

Smartr Contacts for Android

Smartr Contacts for Android (free), formerly called Xobni for Android, creates a comprehensive picture of your contacts. Xobni is the company that makes the app, and it has been a relatively big name in contact management. The free app, which requires a Xobni account (also free) gathers your contacts from Gmail or Outlook, and finds additional information about them, including headshots, from Linkdin, Facebook, and Twitter, and meetings or text messages. For keeping up with email from your Android phone, Smartr Contacts can increase your productivity by removing a lot of the legwork that can sometimes be involved in keeping in touch. It orders your connections by how often you communicate, rather than alphabetically. And it handily merges multiple emails, so if you have an outdated email address for someone, but she has uploaded the most recent one to another platform, Smartr can find it.

SugarSync for Android

Android users looking for a way to make their files and photos available from anywhere should definitely check out SugarSync. It�s similar to Dropbox, but you get more space, 5GB, with a free account (Dropbox gives you 2GB). When your files are available to you from everywhere and automatically synchronized, you never waste time trying to sort out which version of what file you put where. Some of SubarSync�s goodies are hard to find, and others are hard to use, but for Android users looking for a more full featured alternative to DropBox, SugarSync is a pretty sweet deal.

For Apple Devices

Keynote (for iPhone)

Apple�s PowerPoint equivalent for iPhone is one of those marvels of software design, allowing you to easily and powerfully create compelling presentations on a device that fits in your pocket. It�s a dream for frequent flyers, especially those who are typically headed to a place where they will have to give a presentation or speech.

iWork for iPad

(how to use guide here)

With Apple�s iWork for iPad suite of office applications, Pages for word processing, Numbers for spreadsheets, and Keybote for presentations, you can do real work on iPad. This tablet version offers only a basic subset of features and functions compared to the high-powered OSX Version of iWork. The iPad�s cramped on-screen keyboard can slow down productivity, so if you�re serious about using the iPad for work, pick the Apple iPad Keyboard Dock ($69 direct), too.

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Top 45 Free Apps for your iPad | PC Supporter

Creative Mind Apple , Games

SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS

TwetDeck for iPad

It may not support social networks such as Facebook or services having location-based facility inside like Foursquare app, but TweetDeck supports respectably Twitter reader with an intuitive interface and accurate geo-tagging options.

Twitter for iPad

Crafting new tweets may prove irritating due to an overcrowded screen, but this Twitter app for iPad is the best mobility Twitter client around, so get it today.

HootSuite

HootSuite allows users to create numerous social-network streams and view them in a clear/clean and friendly interface, dispatching messages to multiple networks simultaneously.

StumbleUpon

If you tried of visiting the same old online place, the beautifully revamped StumbleUpon app lets you Sam Beckett your way through the Web, leaping from article of interest to article on interest. You can also check out the specific links that have been submitted by fellow Stumblers whom you follow if you aren�t in the mood for randomness.

Yelp

Yelp�s iOS app brings the Web site�s reviews and recommendations to the iPad, but diehard Yelpers will miss a handful of features that didn�t get ported to Apple�s tablet.

BUSINESS & PRODUCTIVITY APPS

Calculator for iPad

Need to crunch some numbers? Calculator for iPad Free gives you a large, easy to read, attractive basic and scientific calculator for solving problems. Multi-Touch support lets you swipe away numbers. Upgrading to the 99-cent version adds six additional themes: Standard, Silver Keyboard, Retro Grey, Pink Keyboard, Happy Pink, and Wooden.

Citrix Go To My PC

GoToMyPC for iPad makes it simple to control your computer while away from your work area, but eh lack of multi-tasking support, and latency issues, may dampen the experience.

Dragon Dictation

Featuring very accurate voice transcription and the ability to share messages via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, Naunce�s dictation app is both fun to use and immensely helpful as long as you�re connected to the Web.

Dropbox for iPad

Simple to use and extremely useful, this file synchronization app will keep all of your files in step, but the lack of built-in file editing, and other limitations, may prove irritating.

Monster.com Jobs

Monster.com, one of the leading online employment services, makes job-hunting couch-compatible with its fun, free iPad app.

WordPress

One of the world�s biggest blogging paltforms has arrived on the iPad with many of the features that made it such a hit on the desktop intact, Bloggers can create, save, publish, and schedule posts and pages. You can even upload images directly from the iPad.

COMMUNICATION APPS

LiveChat

LiveChat customers who want to take the real-time Web site visitor communication tool on the road would do well to check out this handy iPad app. The free app, which works in conjunction with a LiveChat subscription, lets businesses communicate with visitors to solve customer-services issues or help convert them into customers.

TextNOW

This capable SMS app is easy to use, priced right, and features the ability to send free, unlimited texts, and embedded photos.

TextPlus

Prolific textures who want to save money on SMS messages will find this a solid solution to dipping into their mobile budgets.

GAMES APPS

Apple iOS Game Center

Game Center brings video-game achievements, matchmaking, high scores, and more to iOS devices.

Pro Zombie Soccer: Apocalypse Edition Lite

Far from just another sports sim, Pro Zombie Soccer: Apocalypse Edition Lite combines soccer, the undead, and wacky power ups into a must-try title.

Smurfs� Village

Smurfs� Village combines elements of Farmville and Sim City to create and engaging iPad game, but the impatient may find the in-app purchases expensive.

ENTERTAINMENT APPS

Cracked.com

If you count yourself among the many who declare themselves Cracked.com fans, you must own this app. It serves up the same snark-laden content found on the Cracked.com Web site, but in a slick interface that lets you quickly scan content.

Crackle

Crackle, Sony�s video network, lets users stream free, ad-supported Hollywood television shows and uncut movies (as well as original content) from Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classic, and TriStar Pictures, There�s a nice variety of classic and contemporary content here, making it a solid iPad app for anyone who would like to kick back with their tablets and watch a program without needing to open a wallet.

ESPN ScoreCenter XL

Staying on top of the latest sports scores is a breeze with ESPN ScoreCenter XL. Besides checking out the scores, you can view video highlights, in-depth game previews, and even follow a particular sport or team.

Marvel Comics

Here�s yet another example of some thing you can�t do with a Kindle: read comics in their colorful, crisply drawn glory. Marvel�s free iPad app offers a standard page-by-page view with zoom and pan controls, as well as a panel by panel, animated guided view. There�s also a fully integrated for buying your favorite comics.

MoMA AB EX NY

MoMA�s new Abstract Expressionist app achieves symbiosis with the iPad": if you�re an art enthusiast with an iPad, consider this app a must-download.

Netflix

This app enhances the value of a Netflix subscription by letting you watch movies directly on your mobile device, with excellent streaming. In the latest version, Netflix has made a number of improvements, like adding star recommendations and removing the status bar while titles are playing.

Planetary

This iPad audio player lets you navigate your music and podcast collections by taking a jaunt to stars (artists), planets (albums), and moons (songs). Intellectually, it�s completely unneeded, but sometimes logic doesn�t apply to pure coolness.

Showyou

If you fancy kicking back with your iPad and watching a batch of videos supplied by various online communities, Showyou is a solid alternative to signing into all the sites individually. There are some minor interface issues, but it�s a very respectable app that collects clips from around your community to your iPad in one unified location.

Slacker Radio

Slacker Radio�s iPad has been a long time coming, but the new, eye-catching, intuitive interface, deep customization options, caching, on-demand streaming, and the usual Slacker bells and whistles makes it a must-have for music fans.

TiVo

If you already have an iPad and TiVo Premiere, you must download the new TiVo app for your iPad. It�s free, and if you�re on your LAN, it�s pretty well featured.

CREATIVITY APPS

Photoshop Expres

The iPad is perfect for viewing photos, but what if you want to make changes to those pictures? Adobe�s Photoshop Express lets you crop, straighten, rotate and flip images, as well as add a variety of filters and effects. For fine editing you will still need to work on a PC, but for basic fixes, this app is fantastic.

NEWS, INFO & REFERENCE APPS

Biblion: The Boundless Encyclopedia

The word �biblion� was usedin the Middle Ages to describe collections made from fragments of ancient texts. As such, it�s appropriate that the New York Public Library�s iPad app, which draws from tens of thousands of fragments scattered across hundreds of boxes of materials, bears the moniker. The smartly designed and informative app focuses on the 1939-40 World�s Fair, but even non-enthusiasts can appreciate the history presented. Here�s hoping for a broader topic range in the near future.

Bing for iPad

Bing is a visually rich app that lets you search and browse news, moves, Bing homepage images, local businesses, and trending topics; perform vocal searches, and much more.

CNN

For news junkies and loyalists, CNN App for iPad serves up a heaping plate of streaming videos, and a side social networking.

Fox News

Love it or hate it, Fox News has an impressive iPad app. With it you can watch videos from Smith, Hannity, and O�Reilly, read timely articles, and check out a scrolling ticker with the latest news tidbits.

Epicurious

Conde Nast�s first iPad app for foodies-and mourning Gourmet readers is excellent. Epicurious features a gorgeous interface that feels and reads like a luxurious, fully searchable cookbook. You can find recipes by main ingredient, course, cuisine, dietary consideration, and dish type, and even by season or occasion.

Google Earth

Traveling is expensive, the free Google Earth app most certainly is not. By keying in a location such as �Coney Island� or �London�, you can zip to the other side of the globe in mere seconds to check out satellite and aerial imagery. Geo-located Wikipedia articles add insight to your journey.

IMDB

Featuring an image driven interface featuring movie trailers, popular actors, and a list of current theatrical releases, the IMDB iPad app is a must-have for movie buffs who want the latest Hollywood news.

HowStuffWorks HD

This app brings the content of the informative HowStuffWorks Web site to Apple�s slate. Its thumbnail-laden grid contans links to text, video, and podcasts that are short, punchy, and full of information.

Life for iPad

Life�s legendary photo collection comes to the iPad i glorious HD resolution. Downloading the free app, of course, lets you explore Life�s deep archives, but you can view up to the minute news, photos, and special features as well.

NASA App HD

Consider it the next best thing to being an astronaut or astronomer. NASA App HD features thousands of NASA photos, streaming video, shuttle launch information, and countdown clocks.

NPR for iPad

NPR went for a magazine style approach with its iPad app, which emphasizes news, arts and life, and music coverage in three sliding panes. The app delivers hundreds of NPR live station and on demand streams. In addition, NPR for iPad features photojournalism with full page zoom, plus the ability to share stories over e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook.

TED

TED�s official iPad app brings more than 900 TEDTalk videos (featuring education redicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus, music legends, and more) to Aple�s slate. Not only can you stream videos over 3G or Wi-Fi, but you can download them to your iPad for offline playback.

Thrillist

Whether you�re looking for a leisurely daytime adventure or a night on the town, this app brings you recommendations for places to eat, drink, and shop in 16 American cities and in London.

Wikipanion

Wikipanion for iPad sifts through all of Widipedia�s HTML and metadata, sorting it into a beautiful, content-driven interface. The left side displays the table of contents, and the app remembers your font-size setting. The app even tracks page history by visit date, plays back embedded OGG audio, and saves images to the iPad�s photo library.

Zite

Zite auto-curates a digital magazine based on content in your your Twitter feed, Google Reader subscription, and viewing habits to deliver an excellent news-reading experience.

READING APPS

Flipboard

Flipboard offers iPad users an entirely original alternative to browsing the Web for news: its magazine style layouts and breath-taking use of photos and white space show the way forward for digital media.

SkyGrid

Featuring a slick interface that gives users the novel ability to follow hot particular topics and categories, SkyGrid is a solid, topic-based iPad news reading app. Streamlining the interface a bit would do wonders to create a more natural reading experience, however.

Top 10 New Features in iOS 5

Creative Mind Apple , Drivers

iOS 5, Apple� very soon going to liberate Mobile Operating System for the iPhone, iPad and iPad 2, and iPod Touch (third and fourth generation), has more than 200 upgrades and improvements over the previous OS, according to Apple. Some of the changes are significant, even if they do riff on signature features of other platforms.

Developers have had a chance to push around at an appetizer of the new operating system for several weeks, although the public is only just now learning about what they can expect. We've trolled the information that's come directly from Apple and culled out the most exciting pieces�when a company touts 200 changes in a single product, you can bet that not all of them are highlights.

The big picture is this: The iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch will see more integration, both among the apps each device runs and between one another. The number of clicks, taps, and swipes it takes you to achieve a task will be reduced significantly�and maybe even reduce.

From the statements so far, at least one app that will be preinstalled on all new iOS devices is a variation on some other popular app that users formerly had to buy from a third-party developer, and my hunch is we'll see more of this in the future.

iOS 5 will be compatible with: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd Generation, iPod touch 4th Generation, iPad, iPad2, and presumably the iPhone 5.

There's prosperity to be thrilled about. Here are the ten features that stand out the most in iOS 5.

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Top 10 iPad Games Review Cost You Less Than $10 Each

Creative Mind Android , Ipad review

Today we will talk about the iPad New Games, costing you less then only $10, the Top 10 picks of the PC Mag Editor�s Choice.

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There are hundreds of iPad Games to make you play with, So, which one is the best, and little hard for PC Supporter to where to start? Here are our Top 10 picks for your iPad. If you already have some of these, you should enjoy your weekends, and if not, then go for it less than $10 at all.

Game	Cost	Short Review	Screen Shot
Angry Birds	$0.99	Ponder it the most addictive game to come along in a long time. Whether you are a hard-core gamer into first person shooters or more of a Solitaire player, Angry Birds is vital downloading. There are walkthroughs of every level on YouTube if you get jammed.
Babylonian Twins HD	$4.99	This side-scrolling action title puts gamers in the role of twin princes who must setback evil wizard that has wrinkly the land. In a single twist, you control both princes, though not concurrently; switching characters is a dynamic game play element for opening blocked passageways and solving puzzles.
Dungeon Hunter	$6.99	This Diablo moved dungeon crawler lets you construct a character from warrior, rogue, and mage classes, and select one of the five fairies that will accompany you on your quest to rid the land of Gothicus of evil.
Frogger	$4.99	Konami�s port of the arcade classic springs onto the iPad, just like in the days of yore, proud rights come by claiming the high score, but this new version offers further incentives to keep you dodging traffic, such as issuing awards for achieving certain in-game goals.
Geometry Wars: Touch	$0.99	This fast-paced action game feels like a jacked-up mixture of Robotron and Tempset and uses the multitouch screen as a huge dual controller; your left finger onctrols the ship, while your right finger aims the rapidfire laser cannon. Super-fast animation and 90�s techno style music added to the trippy effect.
Minigore HD	$3.99	John Gore is a literal block head who braves the huge filled Hardlands with a machine gun and unlimited ammo in this upgrade of the original Minigore. Later levels get pretty intense as the giants get larger and their swarms get bigger, but new weapons (such as the shotgun) help balance the challenge.
Mirror�s Edge for iPad	$4.99	This port of EA�s solid PS3, Xbox 360, and PC free running game takes improvement of the iPad by featuring fast animation, precise multi touch motions, and a very smooth frame rate. The single player campaign features 14 levels, a head to head mode, and more�
N.O.V.A.	$6.99	Gameloft�s N.O.V.A. bears more than a passing likeness to Bungie�s hit Xbox 360 first person shooter with its space marine vs. alien invader storyline, and combat armor that enters Halo territory. But being a clone doesn�t mean that the game�s second-rate; this action-packed title will catch mobile FPS fans.
Plants vs. Zombies HD	$9.99	If mobs of brains-craving zombies ambling across your front lawn sounds like your idea of a good time, Plants vs. Zombies HD should be your next download. Colorful HD graphics, a enjoyably weird soundtrack, fun sound effects, and 50 Adventure Mode levels, including day, night, swimming pool, and rooftop boards, makes this title a must-buy.
Real Racing HD	$9.99	Real Racing HD possesses the purest sense of speed, accurate physics, and the smoothest frame rate out of the current yield of iPad racers. It�s also more of a racing sim than Need for Speed or Asphalt HD, as it highlights accuracy control on tightly rendered racetracks, as opposite to open-ended driving in cities or other locales.