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#268442 - 11/12/11 06:02 AM
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At my work today every employee was given an iPad 2 as a gift as a "thank you for a great year" gesture. Pretty cool actually.
However, I'm not too familiar with Apple products...I actually avoid them for the most part, but the iPad is a cool media product I'll admit.
So what are the really cool (preferably free) things I can do with this iPad? My 4 year old loves playing around on it so kids stuff (preferably educational) recommendations would be appreciated, as well as cool apps or games I should check out.
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Re: iPad newbie
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#268449 - 11/12/11 09:10 AM
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umm... with or without jailbreaking?
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#268536 - 11/14/11 05:06 AM
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Actually, since you just got it, I'm not sure if you are able to jailbreak it just yet anyway...
But one semi-cool gizmo plugs into your headphone jack and changes sound into IR signals (universal remote control... and it has a reciever as well so it can learn remote codes) google iimote for that one. I just picked one up in Hong Kong. Had fun playing with the A/C in my hostel room after learning the remote codes for it :P
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Re: iPad newbie
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#268552 - 11/14/11 05:18 PM
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> So what are the really cool (preferably free) things I can do with this iPad? My 4
> year old loves playing around on it so kids stuff (preferably educational)
> recommendations would be appreciated, as well as cool apps or games I should check
> out.
Depends. If you're into fiddling with music at all, iOS is pretty much the king of softsynths. There's a ton of decent free ones plus pro-gear-spec commercial apps from Korg, Native Instruments, Moog, and Fairlight, among others.
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Re: iPad newbie
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#268556 - 11/14/11 06:26 PM
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For your kid, there is a lot of beautiful educational things...
- Itsy Bitsy Spider HD - by Duck Duck Moose.
- Wood Puzzle HD (different themes), from Tropisound Corp.
- 123 Kids series (alphabet, numbers, etc)
- 123 Color HD: Talking Coloring Book (Eng, Spa, Fre and Ger Voice-Overs Included)
- Several sketch apps.
..and many more.
Respect to do something cool, I second the RB post.
If you're musician or artist, the iPad is definitly your device.
Music:
- GarageBand:
Everything you need to track a song. Virtual guitar, piano, bass, drums, sequenced drums and a full-featured recording studio.
- Music Studio:
It combines a piano keyboard, 65 studio-quality instruments with sustain, a fully fledged 127-track sequencer, extensive note editing, reverb, real-time effects and much more on a user-friendly interface.
- A lot of virtual instruments you can find there...
- Cute instrument tuners....
Among avalanche of games. Some crappy, some highly addictive (as Monsters ate my homework). Even you can find a 3d app to learn to parking.
Robbie.
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#268559 - 11/14/11 08:26 PM
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Your iPad 2 is already junk. Here, lemme take it off your hands -nt-
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Thanks for the suggestions.
IMO the AppStore is a mess to find what you're really looking for. I know that there are tons of apps and games out there, but searching for what's available and filtering the lists to refine what you're looking for seems cumbersome to me.
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No kidding.
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#268569 - 11/14/11 09:55 PM
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In particular, I find the App Store terrible for zeroing in on music-related programs. This category is so damn broad, yet browsing the App Store for specific types (e.g. media player, recording, virtual instruments, composition, cataloguing, sheet music) is a PITA.
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What's the advantage?
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#268636 - 11/15/11 04:43 PM
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I haven't seen much on jailbreaking an iPad 2 (yet) but what's the advantage? From what I understand it is so you can install software from other places than the appstore.
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Re: iPad newbie
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#268673 - 11/16/11 01:29 AM
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Sorry to bump my thread, but are there any FREE apps that will let me browse/explore my local home network? It would seem like a simple enough app, the Droid marketplace has TONS of free apps that will let me browse my LAN from my phone, but not the iPad.
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Re: What's the advantage?
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#268676 - 11/16/11 01:55 AM
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> I haven't seen much on jailbreaking an iPad 2 (yet) but what's the advantage? From
> what I understand it is so you can install software from other places than the
> appstore.
As I understand it: general UI customizing, playing emulators, generally doing stuff not authorized by Apple Almighty. Also, via Installous, free paid apps.
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