Pad & Quill is a new note taking app for the iPad and iOS. Here’s its intro in the App Store:
Pad & Quill organises your notes in classic notebooks kept on a wooden shelf. It’s intuitive, simple and beautiful. Inspired by the Italian bonded leather cases made by Pad & Quill, the app turns your device into books you will truly love.
And some of its key features:
- organise notes into different books
- sync notes on all your iDevices
- realistic page turn effects
- universal app
- beautifully designed
This is an appealing idea for an iPad notes app, so I installed the app very soon after it was released in the App Store and have got to know it quite well. My reactions to the app are mixed. There are some very nice things about it, and some decidedly not nice things as well. Hit the break for details on highlights and lowlights of Pad & Quill …
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Printer Pro is another good ‘all-rounder’ type printing app for the iPad. I say all-rounder because it is not tied to a particular make of wireless printer and is capable of printing a broad range of different document types and from various popular apps and services. It can print directly to many Wi-Fi printers and to any printer attached to your Mac or PC via a helper application installed on your computer.
It has similar set of features to Print Central, which I mentioned in an earlier article on printing from the iPad.
Oh, and just in case you thought you need to wait for Apple’s release of iOS 4.2 for the iPad for printing to work, check that article out – because printing already works very well on the iPad with its current (3.2.2) operating system version.
Now, on to some thoughts on Printer Pro …
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iAnnotate* is a great pdf reader for the iPad. It’s one of the apps that I use regularly on my iPad and one that I find truly pleasurable to use. And it’s also one of those apps that get me excited when an update is announced because this means the good only gets better.
There’s already a lot to like about the app if you’re someone who uses pdfs on a regular basis for school, work or projects in general. The recent update to version 1.3 has added a few more niceties. There’s not enough space here to list all the features but here’s why I think it’s a killer app.
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Since I aim to integrate the iPad into my workflow more and more, I recently shopped around for an app that would replace the 1000 post-its that accumulated on my desk during my work day. Surely there was an app for that, I thought to myself. Problem was there are many.
Apps to aid us in our productivity are a dime a dozen on the App Store. Hence, Get Stuff Done even has its own Quick Link featuring a comprehensive sub-section of apps ranging in price, possibility and power, all promising to promote our productive side.
Only a few have a try-me-and-you’ll-like-me lite version. And there was no way I was going to pay for a bunch of apps before knowing which one suited me best. After a bit a research, I decided on Manage for the iPad for my Getting Things Done solution. Here’s why…
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A beautiful new iPad app from Oliver Reichenstein and Information Architects and designed with the sole purpose of being a top-notch writing environment …
That’s how Shawn Blanc summed up the new iA Writer app for the iPad in his recent post on it which led me to try the app.
I installed iA Writer last night and I’m already very glad I did. It really is a superb app for writing.
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