What do you use your ipad for?

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I'm curious to know what you use your ipad for? :)

I'm getting one and plan to use it for blogging, gaming and watching all of my tv shows, movies and anime -- I'm 19 years old, so yeah :p

Maybe I'll find a way to fully utilize this ipad :D
 
Tapatalk
News
Browsing Web
...keeping me entertained on airplane flights
 
Control my PC via TeamViewer.
Control my HTPC via the XBMC Remote.
Control my servers via Terminal

Eventually I want to get one of those home automation recievers so I can control my entire house from it :D
 
Flipboard is awesome too, convert your social network feeds and other interests into a magazine like feel.
 
-taking notes
-tech doc reviews & annotation
-reading
-internet
-gaming
-easy access to specifications & ref docs
-email of course
-social networking

so instead of carrying around books and papers I carry my ipad and a stylus pen. no worrying about losing the notes I make in the course of my work
 
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Fudzy said:
That's the new Google feed reader isn't it? Must give it a try.
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Content aggregator just like flipboard. Google's one is called currents which is also very good.
 
R13... said:
-taking notes
-tech doc reviews & annotation
-reading
-internet
-gaming
-easy access to specifications & ref docs
-email of course
-social networking

so instead of carrying around books and papers I carry my ipad and a stylus pen. no worrying about losing the notes I make in the course of my work
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Evernote?
 
I use it to read magazines at work, then as soon as I get home I put it on the table & start youtubing while I have supper.
It's actually more useful than you think...
Get an app called stream to me & you can watch series & movies in bed, without copying the movies to the iPad, it just streams
over wifi from your pc or Mac.
Then, if you get an apple TV, you can play games on the big screen via AirPlay.

Once you jailbreak it, you can download torrents with iTransmission.
Get widgets and themes for it.

It's awesome, get one!!!
 
Reading
Gaming
Flight planning
Taking it everywhere hoping i can use it for something cool
Stuff to watch when travelling
 
Things I use my iPad for in no particular order:
  • Time management
  • Invoicing
  • Remote Access
  • Photo editing and scouting potential photo shoot locations
  • Messaging and other social networking
  • Updating websites
  • Sat Nav
  • Reading
  • Browsing
  • Streaming video
  • Second display for my laptop
  • Occasional gaming
  • Keeping the kids entertained
  • Repository for manuals etc
  • Banking
  • Home theatre remote

Things I use my Nexus 7 for:
  • Prevent papers blowing away
 
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To write down an idea when I get one so I don't forget
To read when I am not at home
To check twitter
Email
facebook
Casual games
Browsing, Youtube, flipboard in bed
Take notes at meetings/conferences/events
Mapbook/GPS replacement
Occasional audio recorder

mishgov said:
I'm getting one and plan to use it for blogging, gaming and watching all of my tv shows, movies and anime -- I'm 19 years old, so yeah
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Those are the things I use a laptop/PC for.
 
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Well, since you asked:

  • Messages for iMessage chats with friends.
  • Calendar, Notes & Reminders for, well, that should be obvious.
  • News24 for a quick overview of local news (not the best, but...)
  • Facebook, about once a day.
  • Alien Blue for Reddit.
  • iBooks for books & magazines.
  • WordPress, for the occassional blog post.
  • iA Writer, Catch, Writing Kit, Writers App and Drafts - for writing and recording of ideas, etc. Yes, 5 different apps, but each one suits a specific need for me.
  • Instapaper for saving articles to read later.
  • The Atlantic, Longform, Zite and Newsify for news and RSS.
  • Downcast for video podcasts.
  • Tapatalk for various forums.

Obviously I also browse the Internet and read/respond to e-mail. I also have several travel related apps for holiday planning, etc. and a few photo editing apps (I don't take photo's using my iPad, but I sometimes edit them on the iPad. GPlayer is good for watching movies and TV shows, though VLC Player might be returning to the App store soon.
 
mishgov said:
I'm curious to know what you use your ipad for? :)
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I am a videographer so some of my uses may be a little unusual

Teleprompter
Teamviewer
Tomtom satnav
Banking
Bluetooth intercom
Geocaching
News
Flightradar24
Some Kramer controller apps (VP729)
Buy prepaid electricity (Powertime)
many satellite tracking apps (iridium flares, skyview, sputnik, satfinder,iss live etc)
Dragon speak
soundhound
viber, skype
go-pro app
and a whole lot of others
 
The other night I asked my wife to hand me the newspaper. She said:" Here, use my iPad instead!"

That mosquito did not know what hit him!!
 
Leftfoot said:
I am a videographer so some of my uses may be a little unusual
...

go-pro app
...
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How is that, I assume you have the wifi bacpac?

BravoFox said:
The other night I asked my wife to hand me the newspaper. She said:" Here, use my iPad instead!"

That mosquito did not know what hit him!!
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Badum tiss :D

I use mine for :
surfing the world wide web
facebook
controlling my PC via team viewer
reading books
skype
gaming
casually editing photos - mostly using snapseed...
 
Gaming more than I'd like to admit - Kingdom Rush hd ftl :(
Bible reading and similar material - Isilo mainly
Novel reading - Kindle and Stanza and iBooks
Studying both in ebooks/pdf's and as video tutorials
Movie watching and streaming - AvplayerHD and VLC Streamer
Note taking and file sharing via Evernote and Dropbox
Budgeting via Numbers
IAWriter for compositions
Kids learning (homeschooling resources) and games (and in-car distractions)
RSS feeds via Reeder
Surfing/MyBBing/Facebooking/Tapatalking/Carboniting/Gumtreeing
Mapping/GPS
Basic photography - even though it makes me look like a berk sometimes you gotta use what you have at hand
Calendar/diarising/events
Recipe discovery and cooking tool via Epicurious etc
Gtalking/Facetiming/Skyping
 
Hamster said:
Evernote?
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-Noteshelf
-Good reader :)

Edit: I also read magazines like finweek plus the sunday times on it. They look gorgeous on 3rd gen. So instead of having to think what to do with all those stacks of sunday papers, I don't.
 
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