YouTube (for iPad)

YouTube returns to the Apple iPad with an app that closely replicates the online YouTube experience.

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Wi-Fi Finder (for iPad)

If you are on a hunt for a wireless connection, JiWire's Wi-Fi Finder app will help you find all Wi-Fi hotspots, both paid and free, anywhere in the world. Unlike other competitors, you don't need to be online to view the list.

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Pandora Radio (for iPad)

Pandroa Radio, one of the veteran services in the streaming music space, delivers a solid—if limited—iPad app.

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Flipboard (for iPad)

Years after its debut, Flipboard remains the best iPad social-news aggregator.

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Boingo Wi-Finder (for iPad)

If you are on the hunt for a free Wi-Fi hotspot, Boingo's free Wi-Finder app will help you find free wireless anywhere, even the ones not part of the Boingo network. The app's Secure Me mode is a built-in VPN service to protect users from rogue networks.

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Evernote (for iPad)

Because it effortlessly syncs and makes searchable all your notes, the Evernote iPad app remains an indispensable productivity tool, and one that all iPad owners should install.

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Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover (for iPad)

By Eugene Kim

iPad keyboard accessories typically come in two flavors: folio case or simple add-on external keyboard. The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover ($99.99 direct)  is a little bit of both, with a magnetized hardshell aluminum screen protector that houses a built-in keyboard. It's cleanly designed and adds minimal bulk compared with most folio options, and it works with the iPad 2, the third-generation iPad, as well as Apple's latest fourth-generation iPad. This is not a case in the traditional sense, however, as it will only protect the iPad's screen—just like Apple's own iPad Smart Cover. The keyboard itself might be a bit more cramped than other folio options, like the ClamCase, but the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover is a much more streamlined and attractive way to carry both an iPad and a keyboard, and thus wins our Editors' Choice for iPad keyboard cases.

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Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio (for iPad)

Logitech offers the Solar Folio in carbon black, urban grey, ice blue, or coral pink.A thin suede cover wraps around a rubberized plastic frame and keyboard, giving the Solar Keyboard Folio an understated look and comfortable feel in your hand. The solar panel itself is unobtrusive and adds little bulk. Inside, next to the keyboard, is a plastic pad and metal bar that ostensibly houses the battery and energy conversion technology. Given the keyboard's height, the solar components don't really add any unwieldy girth to the folio. At 1.02 pounds, the Solar Folio is a bit heavy—the Logitech Ultra thin weighs only 11.36 ounces. The suede outer portion of the case isn't terribly rigid, so I wouldn't count on this folio for too much protection from falls.

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Adonit Jot Touch (for iPad)

By Sascha Segan Adonit's Jot

Touch is the most precise pressure-sensitive Apple iPad  stylus on the market, and its delicate precision makes it one of our Editors' Choices for pressure-sensitive iPad style. 

Long, smooth, and elegant, the $99.99 (direct) Jot Touch is also the most expensive of the three styli we tested. At 5-5/8" long, it's a touch shorter than the Jaja, but it's also narrower and lighter. Our model came with a red metal barrel and cylindrical rubberized grip, which houses two slightly balky action buttons. The buttons are usually set to undo and redo functions, but apps can customize them. Remove the screw-off cap and you'll see a clear disc tip, which lets you make very small, precise movements on the screen. Some people have complained the the Jot Touch's disc makes noise against the screen. I didn't find that.

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Hands-On Equations (for iPad)

After the initial review was posted, I chatted with Henry Borenson, the publisher of the app, about some of the concerns and have updated the review with some clarifications.

Hands-On Equations is broken out into three different levels. Level 1 costs $4.99 and offers six different lessons. Both Level 2 and Level 3 offers eight lessons and cost $3.99. I initially reviewed the "Lite" version of Level 1, which offers the first three Level 1 lessons free of charge. Whenever I was ready to upgrade to the full version of Level 1, or buy any of the other levels, I could click on the relevant buttons right on the main menu. I received the codes for the full Level 1 app and tried out the other exercises to confirm the user experience was the same for both the free and the paid app.

Each lesson offers a short instructional video and two practice problems, followed by 10 extra exercises. There is no way to jump ahead and just do the problems, because the problems are "locked" with a little lock icon to show that the student can't access that component yet. Users have to watch the video before the practices are unlocked, and the practice problems have to be completed before the exercises are available. Previous versions allowed students to solve exercises without first viewing the videos, but many of them got stuck, so the current versions require students to complete the steps in order.  

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