i tried fliboard, and didn't like it as much as pulse. pulse is more configurable and for my use a better "magazine".
dropbox is a must. this is for your PC:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTkwNjQ5NTY5
then the dropbox app on the ipad, so you can access it. It has built in PDF reader and office apps reader.
Then droptext is an notepad/text editor, that allows you to create, and edit text files in that drop box.
There are more robust editors, but none that I have found that allows access to dropbox.
olivetree.com has a bible reader, that is great, all resources are local. logos has a bible app that is my favorite (since I have logos, it allows me access to my library).
http://www.logos.com/ipad
a 99center called Christian Rock is a nutsie app that give you the top 100 Christian rock/pop songs (wifi/cell-Internet streaming). they are randomized, and you can buy the songs directly if you want. they aren't sample songs, they are the full ones, but they are randomized like a radio station. one of my faves. there is a classical music one too called bingclassical, if you like that kind of music (I do, especially when studying).
Fox has an Iphone news reader, but if you get pulse you can sub to the fox RSS feeds. ABC news has an app, Associated Press has one too. I like weather bug for weather, but there is another by the weather channel that many like.
for browsing apps, one called appstream is pretty kewl. lets you see a moving list of the icons and lets you pick various apps by the icon and lets you select just free ones if you want.
ibooks is a must if you will be doing any reading. but for me, it is pretty hard to read for any length of time. burns my eyes, the kindle is MUCH better as an e-reader. (the amazon kindle app is also available for the ipad too.
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IMDb is the movies database interface app - pretty kewl if you want to look up actors, movies, etc... and finally, if you want a really kewl calculator app - you gotta get Math Sheet.
