iLove My iPad: A Review

iCreate iLove
iDecorate Cookies
iListen
iEmail
iPlay Piano
iPlay Drums
iRecord
iMake Slideshows
iSing
iRead Books
iFlip through Magazines
iWatch my kids play Angry Birds
iFacebook
iWake up to it
iCalculate on it
iTweet
iTake Photos
iTake Notes
iStar Gaze
iListen to the Radio
iBudget
iShop
iRead the News
iYellow Pages
iCheck Movie Times
iWatch kids play guitar
iRun my Calendar
iSync with my iPhone
iMap
iDon't do much housework anymore.

iLove my iPad.

Besides all of the aforementioned, I just discovered 3 very cool apps.

One app, my Texan cousins introduced me to.

It is called Star Walk. It is an interactive guide to the galaxy. I haven't had much time to experiment, but what I have seen is cool. You walk outside with the iPad and hold it up to the stars, and it finds all everything and labels and maps it for you. Of course it does so much more, and when the temperature cracks 40 degrees, I will use it a lot more!

The second app we discovered in our quest to record music from our basement was an app called Pianist Pro. We have just started figuring this out, and it works with Apple Garage Band, so hopefully The Brown Kids will have some recordings in the near future.



Basically, it does all of this: 

  • Full recording and overdub facility.
  • Live MIDI control of external synths via MIDI Mobilizer interface, or wirelessly via OSC or DSMI.
  • Standard MIDI File import and export.
  • Audio (WAV) file export.
  • Multiple instruments.
  • Built-in effects, arpeggiator and drum machine.
  • Pitch bend, modulation, volume pedal.
  • Soft and Sustain pedals, and velocity based on key strike position.

And we have a lot to learn!!!!

And my most favorite part of the iPad is an app called FlipBoard!

Basically, it is the most beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, and updates from Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader and Flickr. Everything is in a magazine layout that you simply flip through with your finger...you can also share anything you see. It is simply amazing, and the best part? It's FREE!!!

So, basically, that's a start.

Oh, and did I mention that I took the above screen shots with the iPad, and emailed them to myself with the iPad?

It simply amazes me.