Mobile applications
Educational
3D Brain | 3D model of the brain |
3D CellStain | 3D model of a cell |
Around Me | Find information on your surroundings |
Dictionary.com | Dictionary & Thesaurus of two million words |
Google Earth | Zoom in on planet Earth |
Howcast | Instructional how-to videos |
Hubble Top 100 | Images from the European Southern Observatory |
Khan Academy | Numerous mini-lectures on a range of topics |
Molecules | 3D images of molecules |
NASA | Information, video and images from NASA |
One Planet | Video footage of the animal kingdom |
Qwiki | Wikipedia of people, places and things |
Starwalk ($2.99) | For viewing the night sky |
University of Auckland Library | My Account and library catalogue, locator, hours, courses, and blogs |
Xperica HD | Interactive science laboratory |
eBook readers
Alice Lite | a model example of an interactive eBook |
Bluefire Reader | eBook & pdf reader |
iBooks | a bookshelf for your eBooks |
Kindle | bookshop of close to a million ebooks from Amazon Kindle |
Kobo | select from close to two million free ebooks |
Overdrive | access eBooks & audiobooks from academic & public libraries |
Stanza | select from 50000 titles to buy or 50000 free books from Project Gutenberg |
News & views
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Various tools
DropBox | Web-based file hosting |
Evernote | Personal multimedia notetaking and access |
Instapaper ($6.49) | Optimise webpage layout for iPad |
iSurvey | Collect and download survey results |
iThoughts ($9.99) | Mindmapping tool |
junaio | Augmented reality browser |
QR Reader | QR code reader |
Read It Later | Save webpages to read later, on or offline |
SoundNote ($4.99) | Simultaneous, insynch notetaking and audio recording |
Ubuntu One ($3.99/month) | Personal cloud for sound, image and other data |
USB disk | Virtualflash drive |
Photographs
Photogene ($2.99) | Edit and share photos |
PS Express | Photoshop tools to edit and share photos |
Instapaper ($6.49) | Optimise webpage layout for iPad |
Strip Designer ($2.99) | Create comic strips with photos |
Toontastic ($0.99) | Create animations |
Communication
FaceTime | Video calling |
Social magazine | |
Friendly | For Facebook |
Messenger | Windows Live Messenger |
Skype | Internet, webcam & phone calling |
Microblogging |
Entertainment
aXylophone | Plays an "a" for awesome xylophone |
Classical | Strum the guitar |
Doodle Buddy | Drawing tool |
Rollercoaster | |
Solitaire | |
Talking Ben | |
Talking Tom 2 | |
Virtuoso | Play piano |