Hundreds of iPad Apps To Fit Your Needs

The commercial craze surrounding iPad is most likely due to all the apps available making this device not only fun, but educational as well.  With a few simple taps on the touchscreen, users can explore hundreds of apps for download consumption.

Apple has made it clear in their marketing campaigns that there are thousands of apps designed specifically for the iPad. These apps range from pure entertainment and educational to the business and productivity focused.  As this is written, there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of apps in the process of being developed to ensure that there is no activities that can not be accomplished in the iPad.

1. Real Racing

Real Racing HD offers a realistic racing experience for iPad users including awesome graphics, multi-level play, realistic controls and online game play. Also included on the app:

• 12 unique tracks
• Single or multi-player mode (via wireless)
• Cockpit or external camera view
• Ability to watch instant replay
• Customizable car with your own images or car skins to choose
  
• 6 game modes
• Individual Career mode
• $9.99

2. Scrabble

America's game never gets old and now you can play on your iPad. The iPad version displays stunning HD-quality graphics, quick, easy play and incredible exclusive features including:

• Play with up to 25 players at a time
• Ground-breaking Party Play Mode with up to 4 friends
• Portrait AND Landscape Modes
• FREE ScrabbleTile Rack App for your personal rack
• $4.99
  

1. MathBoard

Hey teachers! MathBoard is a fantastic math learning tool for kids in kindergarten and higher elementary ages where learning multiplication and division can be a challenge. The quizzes allow control of the range of numbers you want to work with and the amount of questions you want to answer.  The app also allows you to assign a time limit per quiz.

• Random problem generation (up to 250 questions per quiz)
• Uses simple addition and subtraction to more complex multiplication, division, square roots, and cubes
• Number ranges from -1000 to 1000
• Ability to save quizzes
• Quick reference math tables for Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication.
• $3.99

2. WolframAlpha

WolframAlpha for iPad gives answers and expert knowledge to questions you may have about anything from nutritional facts, geography stats, science questions, computer solutions, and more!  information.

Computes information on a variety of subjects from finance and medicine to math and engineering to food and weather and everything in between.

Designed for people who want to tap into the vast world of knowledge through an app adapted for an ever-changing, on-the-go lifestyle.

1. Good Reader

Good reader is super-robust PDF reader with advanced reading, annotating, markup and highlighting capabilities. Good reader is also an excellent file manager, and can read and edit TXT files and more.

You can create:

• Sticky notes
• lines and arrows
• freehand drawings
• All annotations that become a part of a PDF file itself
  

It allows you to read:

• MS Office - .doc, .ppt, .xls and more
• iWork files
• HTML and Safari webarchives
• High resolution images
• audio and video!
• $2.99
  

2. Sorted

Sorted is a simple app designed to help you sort your everyday tasks. Unlike many other task-oriented apps out there, Sorted's simple interface lets you focus on the tasks as hand. You'll spend less time managing the app and more time focusing on the the things you need to do. Some of the features include:

• Simple and intuitive interface
  
• Swipe to complete an item
• Set due dates, alarms, and repeating tasks
• Ability to email your tasks
  
• Assign and customize priority tasks
• $0.99
  

1. Epicurious

For those kitchen lovers, Epicurious, a comprehensive indexed cookbook. The features allow users to search for a certain recipe by simply using one of the ingredients names as the search keyword. It will return a list of recipes that includes the key ingredient and the searcher can further narrow down the list by adding more key recipes.

2. Pulse News Reader

A great news application that takes your favorite websites and transforms them into an interactive mosaic. Tap on an article, and you will see a elegant view of the story. Share a pulse story via email, facebook, or twitter in a simple 2 taps. This app was actually featured in the App Store Hall of Fame!

These are just a very limited list of the apps available at your fingertips as an iPad user. The iPad offers thousands of apps to download depending on your lifestyle or interests. Everything is available on the App Store and most have been rehashed to adapt to the iPad's specifications.

With over one hundred thousand of apps to choose from (with new additions everyday), it is pretty much impossible that someone will not find an app they will enjoy!