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To all you Apple users (and I'm not one of them) - what are some good apps, preferrably with an art focus but anything that you find particularly useful or nifty, to download...?

My workplace is providing all of us with a free iPad (well we don't have to pay for it as long as we work there and have to give it back if we leave) tomorrow and suffice to say... I know sweet bugger-all about iPads and Apple products in general. I'm a dyed in the wool PC man and at this point will be probably lucky to turn the thing on tomorrow much less *do* anything intelligent with it... At least we get some training provided tomorrow on how to use it. They're going to have a 'caveman' group and then a group that have some sort of clue already and I think that I'll join the caveman group anyway even though I do actually have a computing degree... It's been 12 years since I used any sort of Mac/Apple product and then it was a desktop computer. I remember I hated it. (it had a partitioned HDD with Windows on the other side, I spent most of my time doing stuff with that side of the HDD...)

But, the iPad comes with an App allowance through work, so what are some good ones to download as I said? Free ones are great but otherwise so long as they're not too expensive it should be ok.

cheers
Sean

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~Symson Nov 11, 2012  Professional General Artist
The software I would suggest has been mentioned. So I'll just suggest getting a Jot Touch to draw with for those programs.
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*EnzuDes1gn Oct 30, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
All the good painting stuff has been mentioned so I'll say nothing on that matter ..

Instead here are some other helpful apps.

Good reader ( for PDF etc )

Chrome ( browser )

Instapaper ( lets you read saved content in offline mode )

Foxtel Guide ( lets you use your iPad to view whats on, whats coming soon, and even lets you set to record it etc .. ) great fucking app

Oz TV ( another program guide, but this time for normal tv channels )

BeeJive IM ( best instant messenger app bar none )

Keynote
Numbers
Pages ( all three are an total office suite, like Microsoft office, amazing apps .. cost a bit though, but I've found them worth it )

Wikipanion ( wikipedia app .. pretty cool )

Pocket Weather HD ( amazing weather app .. I love this app and use it hourly )

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Games wise .. I'd easily and happily recommend the following ..

Fieldrunners 2

Zombiewood ( crazy fun zombie game, utterly absorbing )

He-Man ( scolling beat em-up )

Infinity blade 2 ( RPG warrior quest )

Dead Trigger ( zombie kill a thon FPS style )

Monopoly

GTA China Town Wars ( it's GTA duh :P )

Machinarium ( incredible puzzle game )

.. there is more .. but this is enough to get you started :D

P.S Hope your buying a retina iPad 3 not the regular model .. huge picture quality difference*
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*SeanE Oct 30, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
the school's buying them, so I get what they give me... have you read my journal post yet about how they absolutely f***ed up the proxy setting on their re-imaging (so it works with the school network) and as a result it doesn't actually work for 99% of the features outside of the school network now? Can't access a thing at the moment except chrome browser at home.
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*EnzuDes1gn Oct 30, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Oh snap, naw I missed that journal :(

anyways if you can swing it, he apps I suggested are hawt :D
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Mood: Joy ~Riftrider Oct 29, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Congrats on the tablet, Sean! The others have already mentioned my pics - Adobe Touch, Sketchbook Pro, Procreate are probably top three in my book.

Either way, definitely get a stylus. The last thing you want is to be stuck trying to finger paint. From what research I did on the iPad market (before I got the Note 10.1) the Wacom Bamboo pen was the best stylus by far. Seems like this was made specifically for the tablet-using artist market.

Best of luck with the new acquisition!!
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*SeanE Oct 29, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
yeah great! - except I can't get it to work at the moment...!!!

I can connect to my wireless internet at home. Can access the internet on Google Chrome (but not safari) but that's it!! Can't get itunes, app store or any pre-installed app that requires a login or server connection to work.

I thought signing up to apple id might do the trick, but nope... it just will not connect...

*shrugs*
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~Riftrider Nov 1, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Best of luck, my friend. I just got the iPhone 4, and I'm still trying to get the hang of it. Only reason I broke down was it cost me $1, and my old phone's screen cracked. After trying out the iPhone's crummy reception, I may end up returning it and going back to and going back to a "dumbphone" that I can actually talk to someone on =P
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Yeah android is the way to go....if you want to risk an increase of 500% in malware infected apps with over 25 of the top 500 apps being known malware infections, spewing your data out to some git in Russia or china!
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*SeanE Oct 29, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Well....I'm writing this to you from my iPad now, so I guess the boss' decision has been made....!
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