One thing is being able to work on the iPad, another (although greatly overlapping) thing is being able to do all of the other stuff that normally goes on on the laptop or phone. Here are a few tool that make talking to the rest of the world a tiny bit easier:
Twitterific
Since ‘Twitter’ (the artist formerly known as Tweetie) is not out as an iPad app yet, I was pretty sure I would be using Tweetdeck as my app of choice for tweeting. However, after installing it and having it crash on me more times than I care to mention, I decided to give Twitterific a go. The app works just fine, but I really would have liked for it to make better use of the screen real estate. After all, we’re talking about a 10″ screen, and for someone who runs multiple accounts I would have like to be able to get a better overview of my activities. The app is well worth the relatively low price, though.
WordPress
For years, WordPress has been my tool of choice for blogging. Therefore I was thrilled to see an iPad app for blogging viaWordPress (both hosted and non-hosted blogs).It works like a charm, syncs new posts and comments quickly and is highly recommended. One feature I would just love to see added in the future is WYSIWYG editing, as having to type in html is kind of a drag. Especially on the iPad. But kudos to the developers, and awesome that the app is free (I would actually have paid good money for it).
IM+
I don’t use IM a whole helluva lot any more, but from time to time it makes sense to be able communicate suncronously (is that even a word?) and for that purpose, IM+ gets the job done. But until real multitasking hits the iPad, IMing will probably mostly be an office activity for me.
I am yet to try Skype on the pad, but it could be a healthy adition to the communications tools. I still think it needs to run in the background to make sense, though.
Any other suggestions for good communications apps?
Coming to you in a blog post soon: Entertainment apps and apps for kids!
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