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Spark Radio - Handcast Media Labs

This streaming Internet radio tuner offers excellent options and features across all of the devices running Apple's iPhone OS ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store



Caster HD - Elecorn

Caster HD, developed by Elecorn LLC, is an engaging sci-fi third-person shooter for the iPad and iPhone. You’re cast as the titular Caster ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Memeo Connect Reader - Memeo

Memo Connect Reader is a visually-pleasing way to read your Google Docs on your iPad ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Angry Birds HD - Chillingo

Angry Birds HD by Chillingo brings all the greatness of the original version with the added bonus of a larger canvas on which to slingshot your bird horde at the clever defenses of the little green pigs ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


At Bat 2010 - MLB.com

This iPad app from Major League Baseball is very good -- so good, in fact, that it will have you wishing that it could contain even more data about the national pastime ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Pinheads Party - Republic of Fun

Pinheads Party by Republic of Fun is one of the first multiplayer board games to appear on the iPad. It makes excellent use of the iPad’s larger screen and shows plenty of potential ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Heavy Gunner 3D - Com2uS

Heavy Gunner 3D for iPad by Com2uS puts you at the controls of a massive space weapon charged with protecting the fleet from an alien race of machines. Explosions ensue ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Pacific Defense - Vertigore Games

Vertigore Games’ Pacific Defense puts you in the role of a World War II anti-aircraft gunner as you fight ever-increasing waves of Japanese fighters and torpedo assaults working to destroy your ship ... read more at MacLife

MacLife


Chaos Rings - Square Enix

Square Enix games are known for their deeply engrossing storylines, and Chaos Rings is no exception. Though the action-packed role-playing game comes in a smaller form factor ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store



MaxJournal - Omaxmedia

Journaling is an easy way to score a great deal of personal satisfaction. By scribbling down your daily trials for posterity’s sake ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior HD - Digital Legends Entertainment

Bruce Lee balanced camp and marial arts like no other movie star, and Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior HD for iPad follows in those fleet footsteps ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Truphone - Truphone

Truphone turns your iPad into a (really) big iPhone. The VOIP app offers free voice calls to other TruPhone users ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Kayak Flights - Kayak Software

Simple to use, this flight finder app for the iPad shines. ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Star Wars Cantina - THQ

The Mos Eisley cantina in Star Wars certainly had a motley bunch of alien patrons, so what would it be like to have to wait on them? In Star Wars Cantina, by THQ, you’ll have to think quickly ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store



Kindle - Amazon.com

Amazon.com converted its free Kindle app for iPhone (which Macworld gave a rating) into a universal app with the launch of the iPad. I’m a big fan of my Kindle 2 e-reader ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store



Asphalt 5 HD - Gameloft

After a few laps around Asphalt 5's track, you’ll find it very difficult returning to racing games on the iPhone’s smaller screen ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Fluent News Reader - Fluent Mobile

This source for mobile-optimized news is a joy to use on the iPhone. But the iPad version of this hybrid app is simply a blown-up recreation of the iPhone experience ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Magic Piano - Nick Lee

While trained keyboard players will find plenty of joy and frustration with this piano app for the iPad, its target audience of non-musicians will likely find this charming app to be a lot of fun ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Dungeon Hunter HD - Gameloft

Despite the elaborate fantastical plot and multitude of characters, Dungeon Hunter HD is about one thing: killing bad guys. Gameloft's vision of fantasy adventure isn't Shakespeare with swords ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Homerun Battle 3D - Com2uS Corp

Baseball-themed console games have long included a home run derby mode for quick bursts of play and instant gratification, and as this is pretty much the modus operandi ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Sherlock Holmes Mysteries - Warner Brothers

The premise behind the game is simple enough: you—as the titular detective—are entrusted with getting to the bottom of two mysteries ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies - Activision

Killing Nazi zombies was a rollicking good time before, but things just got a major upgrade. Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies for iPad ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Sword of Fargoal Legends - Chillingo

If you are an aficionado of retro gaming—you might have heard of Sword of Fargoal, a game originally developed by Jeff McCord for the Commodore VIC 20 ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


OmniGraffle - The Omni Group

The first app I tried out was OmniGraffle. Like its desktop counterpart, the app aims to help you express your ideas visually. Translating all of the diagramming depth of the Mac ... read more at Macworld

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


OmniGraphSketcher - The Omni Group

With a simpler focus than OmniGraffle’s, OmniGraphSketcher is easier to learn. You can literally create a chart in minutes ... read more at Macworld

Macworld


Resident Evil 4 iPad Edition - CAPCOM

Resident Evil 4 iPad Edition brings the celebrated horror title—already available for the GameCube, Play Station 2, Wii, and iPhone—to Apple’s coveted tablet ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Flight Control HD - Firemint

Flight Control HD is a solid game that wisely doesn't mess with its winning formula. It's addictive as it was on the iPhone, but the polish, improved graphics ... read more at Macworld

Macworld

Available at the App Store


Dora the Explorer Coloring Adventures - MTV Networks

Two of my favorite things about the iPad are how eager my kids are to use it and how quickly it became second nature to them ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


The Elements: A Visual Exploration - Element Collection

This is what we imagine Harry Potter’s Chemistry book looks like. It’s a stunning--but somewhat confusing to use--iPad adaptation of Theodore Grey’s dead-tree book ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List - Condé Nast Digital

Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List offers a fantastic collection of recipes from Epicurious.com. On the iPad, the app serves up brilliant photography ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Free
Available at the App Store


Worms HD - Team17 Software

You may get older, wiser and more sophisticated, but let none of this fool you: it’s still amazingly fun to polish off an opposing team by launching an air strike or exploding sheep ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Real Racing HD - Firemint

Firemint's Real Racing was already one of the most buzzed-about iPhone apps, but the extra screen real estate and speedier processor gives Real Racing HD ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


Brushes - Steve Sprang

Brushes iPad Edition is the large-screen version of the iPhone app Brushes, a painting app that's sophisticated enough to have created cover art for The New Yorker ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


ABC Player - ABC Digital

ABC Player streams full episodes of ABC shows through Wi-Fi, including Lost, Modern Family, FlashForward, and a bunch more ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Free
Available at the App Store


Bento - Filemaker

Bento for iPad can't sit in just one box; it's both a complementary tool for the like-named Mac database and a stand-alone app. As a Mac Bento extension ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Geometry Wars - Activision

Adapted from 2008's brilliant Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 on Xbox 360, Geometry Wars: Touch maintains most of the addictive thrill of its console counterpart ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Mirror's Edge - EA

Games are often shadows of their real-world origins, like representing a swimming pool high-dive with a button-push. So we're thrilled by the physicality ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone - Telltale Games

Think of your favorite comedy TV show. Instead of watching its episodes, would you want to play them, controlling the main characters as they get into--and out of--trouble ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


Numbers - Apple

Numbers has been similarly scaled down to be approachable and usable on the iPad without causing too much confusion or consternation ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


Pages - Apple

Like Keynote, Pages includes a subset of the same sort of templates you get with its Mac counterpart--16 altogether ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


Keynote - Apple

Keynote comes with 12 themes, including commonly used choices like Black, White, Parchment, and Modern Portfolio ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store


USA TODAY - USA TODAY

USA TODAY isn't the prettiest of the newspaper apps on iPad, opting for a more functional and feature-rich approach over a traditional print-stylized layout, but what it offers at present is a large amount of free content ... read more at MacLife

MacLife
Macworld

Available at the App Store
Free


Kindle 2 - Reinke

Amazon's competitor to iBooks offers a largely similar reading experience, but delivers a couple of strong advantages, as well: Kindle has a much larger inventory ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store
Free


NYT Editors' Choice - The New York Times Company

The New York Times' first stab at an iPad app is very clean and easy to read, presenting a variety of handpicked stories spread across categories like news, business, and features ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Free
Available at the App Store


Marvel Comics - Marvel Entertainment

Marvel makes a sharp splash on the iPad with its digital comic reader, delivering many of its iconic heroes (including Spider-Man, The X-Men, and Hulk) for $1.99 per issue... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Free
Available at the App Store


TIME - Time

TIME Magazine's initial foray on the iPad is a stunning representation of the storied news magazine, offering fantastic photography and compelling feature articles ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Available at the App Store


iBooks - Apple

E-reading is one of the cornerstones of the iPad, and iBooks handles that pressure with style. This beautifully designed app is a pleasure to use on almost every level ... read more at MacLife

MacLife

Free
Available at the App Store


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