![]() ![]() Before iOS 5 started taking screenshots in the correct orientation always, I used it all the time for bulk-rotating screenshots, and still use it to get them in the size I want for articles. OneEdit ($2.99) - If you need to bulk-edit images, such as rotate and resize images for blog posts, this app is indispensable.For more full-featured blogging, check out Blogsy ($4.99). I’ll write in iA Writer, and copy/paste the post into the WordPress app. You can only edit posts in HTML mode, but that’s how I prefer to edit posts anyhow. WordPress (Free) - The WordPress app isn’t perfect, but it does make managing WordPress sites on the go much easier.That let me use my iPad 100% for college: write essays in Pages, export in Word format or PDF, and then upload to my college’s site via iCab Mobile. I still use Safari for most browsing, but iCab is where online work gets done, and is easily worth its price just by letting you upload files. iCab Mobile ($1.99) - The best alternate iPad browser, iCab Mobile lets you change your useragent to get desktop sites and web apps, and even lets you upload files and sync downloads with Dropbox.And yes, I said that: for many people, an iPad really could be your only computer. Best used, of course, in conjunction with iPassword for Mac or Windows on your computer, but if your iPad’s your only computer, it’s still great for storing secure data on your iPad and syncing it with Dropbox. 1Password Pro ($14.99) - Keeping all of your passwords and account info everywhere makes working on the go much easier.Wait: perhaps the only spreadsheet you’ve actually touched. Simplest spreadsheet you’ve ever touched. Budgets, comparison pricing, stats, you name it, it works great. Numbers … well, you just never know when having a spreadsheet around is handy. I use Keynote regularly for giving presentations along with my teaching, and it puts PowerPoint to shame. Pages is the app I’ve used the most of the 3, and have written dozens of essays for college that were “required” to be written in Word. Don’t even try out other office apps none others are worth it, and I’ve tried them all. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers ($9.99 each) - If you need Office on your iPad, then the iWork apps are actually what you need.iCloud and Dropbox integration, a beautiful monospaced font, and extra buttons to make navigation easier seal the deal. iA Writer ($0.99) - My favorite native writing app on the iPad and Mac.Each of them are great, in my opinion, and many of them are nicer than their respective counterparts on any other computing platform. ![]() So, here’s the apps I use to keep me productive on my iPad. Sure, I’m working as a writer, editor, and tech support guy, but for my work, I’m able to be very productive on the iPad, with the on-screen keyboard or an external Apple Bluetooth keyboard. Plus, an all-day battery makes searching for plugs a thing of the past. It’s perfect because its so easy to carry and go, and you can easily knock out a 15 minute work session in a lobby without having to wait for it to boot and connect to the ’net. I personally use an original iPad (iPad 1, shall we say?) as my full computer when I’m traveling. Apple has tried hard to show with their own apps that the iPad has much more potential than that, and I believe they see the iPad as the computer of the future for many people, and expect that we’ll still be able to be creative and productive from them. The iPad is often considered to be an entertainment device, the TV of the 21st century. The iPad Apps That Keep Me Productive | Techinch tech, simplified.
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