iPad

Here is a yet another top app list, this time compiled by Craig Grannell and published by TechRadar.com. The source article with a ton of screenshots is here (ignore the fact that the URL says “Top 20″ while the actual article title is “Top 30″, the more the better…)

Anyhow, I am probably aligned with 70% of the picks, an app or two are missing here – yet, installing each of the listed items will not be waste of precious memory space.

Finally, each listing item has a link to the corresponding iTunes page and I also added a column with the iTunes ID for easier searching. You’ll notice that most of the apps are geared towards iPhone/iTouch users even though many of the listed apps have a corresponding iPad versions.

Enjoy!

01) Facebook (iTunes ID: id284882215)
02) Gorillacam (iTunes ID: id342972390)
03) RunKeeper Free (iTunes ID: id300226023)
04) Stanza (iTunes ID: id284956128)
05) Dropbox (iTunes ID: id327630330)
06) thetrainline (iTunes ID: id334235181)
o7) Skype (iTunes ID: id304878510)
08) Movies (iTunes ID: id284235722)
09) TonePad (iTunes ID: id315980301)
10) Thomson Reuters News Pro (iTunes ID: id314213167)
11) Twitter (iTunes ID: id333903271)
12) Comics (iTunes ID: id303491945)
13) Wikipanion (iTunes ID: id364195592)
14) Evernote (iTunes ID: id281796108)
15) Kindle (iTunes ID: id302584613)
16) Around Me (iTunes ID: id290051590)
17) Dictionary.com – Dictionary & Thesaurus (iTunes ID: id364740856)
18) Air Video Free (iTunes ID: id313056918)
19) Photoshop.com Mobile (iTunes ID: id331975235)
20) iHandy Level Free (iTunes ID: id299852753)
21) Instapaper Free (iTunes ID: id284942713)
22) PCalc Lite (iTunes ID: id300311831)
23) iBooks (iTunes ID: id364709193)
24) Red Laser (iTunes ID: id312720263)
25) eBay Selling (iTunes ID: id357878618)
26) eBay Mobile (iTunes ID: id282614216)
27) Google Earth (iTunes ID: id293622097)
28) XE Currency (iTunes ID: id364733584)
29) Shazam (iTunes ID: id364305715)
30) Bump (iTunes ID: id305479724)

For all sports fans this will be a gem: SI is about to release the iPad app, it seems that the price will be $5 per issue and you should not expect fancy stuff (no two finger gestures, etc.)

Terry McDonell, the magazine’s editor, said that he was determined to keep the app simple to use – “no double-clicks or two-finger gestures” – he said, while integrating the print magazine and the best contents of SI.com.

“This whole movement to these applications is happening very fast, but it’s going to be a long road,” said Mr. McDonell. “We’ve set the DNA for what this stuff will be like.”

Each issue costs $4.99, the same price as an issue of the Wired app released recently; no subscription pricing is yet available. New issues will be available each Wednesday morning. Tools are available to share the contents of the magazine through Facebook and Twitter, and by e-mail.

This week’s issue includes advertisements from seven companies, including Gatorade and Toyota, and all of them have some sort of interactive feature, often video. Some of the advertisers in the app are also in this week’s print edition, though the ads were not bought in any kind of package.

See the source news here (NY Times).