iPad Apps

I've made a preliminary list of iPad Apps I might install (in categories I find interesting and the kids might find entertaining; apps are free unless price is stated):

• Google Earth (mapping)
  
• Adobe Ideas 1.0 for iPad (drawing)
• Koi Pond HD (show-off $1.99); Pocket Pond HD (show-off) [popular with the youngest kid]
  
• Drawing Pad (art, $1.99)
• Doodle Buddy for iPad (art)
• BeatWave (music)
• Friend Sheep HD [deleted; too complicated], Angry Birds Lite [popular with the kids; considering paying for full version], Shape Builder Lite , Labyrinth 2 HD Lite [popular with the kids] (games);
• The Solitaire (card game) [excellent for a free game (occasional ad for aother app by same author between levels; highly recommended]
  
• tChessLite (game, $.99)
• Dragon Dictation (show-off speech to text) [excellent speech-to-text; deleted because it doesn't work offline]
  
• The Elements (chemistry; show-off , $13.99);
  
• Epicurious (cooking)
• Wikipanion for iPad (utility)
  
• Guardian Eyewitness (news photos)
• ImdB (utility)
  
• WeatherBug Elite (utility); Weather Channel Max (crashes on startup)
  
• Toy Story Read-Along (kids)
  
• Jumbo Calculator (utility); PCalc Lite
• Bloomberg for iPad (utility, stocks)
• Compass HD (utility)
• Skype (iPhone utility)
  

(Updated with iTunes links to the apps).
(Update: added Weather Channel, Bloomberg, PCalc and Compass.)
(Update: added Skype, which permits calls over 3G for a limited time.)

Update Jun 24, 2010. List of (mostly) free iPhone app reviews (not iPad). I find iPhone apps unusable on the iPad in the 1X size and the blurriness in 2X mode gives me eye-strain and a headache (my experience playing with the Skype app) though playing Angry Birds Lite doesn't seem to bother the kids.

A list of 25 free iPad Apps. Some more iPad games:

• Mahjong Artifacts: Chapter 2 HD Free App (game) [deleted, found Mahjong Lite, Aug. 6, 2010]
  
• Glass Tower 2 (game)
• Gemmed! Lite (Bejeweled clone)

Update Jul 2. Installed a few more iPad apps:

• TeragatiFree (accelerometer-based video game) [engrossing, made it to level 3]
• Levers (physics balancing game) [engrossing; starts from the beginning every time]
  
• FW Sampler (pre-school spelling game; bought full version $4.99)
• Alphabet Racing (pre-school letter-writing game)
• AliceLite (animated Alice in Wonderland; show-off) [deleted, uninteresting]
  
• SkyORB 3D Lite (astronomy app) [deleted, installed GoSkyWatch and Planets]
  

Deleted Shape Builder Lite as the pre-school kid was not interested; played it for 10 seconds. Deleted Weather Channel Max as the latest update broke location awareness.