The 9/11 Memorial:  Past, Present, and Future is an iPad app that serves to commemorate the events of that historic and tragic day and offer a unique look at the history and the planned future for the 9/11 Memorial that opens next month.

The 9/11 Memorial will be dedicated on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and will open to the public on the day after, September 12, 2011.

This app, just as the title suggests, offers a superb look at the past, present, and future of what seems destined to become an important national landmark in the US. It includes never-seen-before videos, photographs, interviews and text that document the Memorial. The app is an iPad exclusive – and the publisher, Steve Rosenbaum, calls it ‘history in your hands’. It will be released in the App Store on September 1st and will be free for 11 days – 9/1 to 9/11.

I was far away from the events of 9/11, here in Texas – but like so many others I watched the events unfold from early that morning and have vivid memories of the day. So when I was offered a chance to install a pre-release copy of this app it took me about 2 seconds to say yes. I’ve been reading and browsing the app for the last couple of weeks and as usual I’ve got some thoughts to share …

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Da Vinci Codex Plus is one of those ‘only on the iPad’ type apps – although it’s a universal app that will also run on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It showcases Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus. Here’s a portion of its App Store intro:

This application is the first to allow HD navigation in Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus with touch iPods, iPhones and iPads.

The Codex Atlanticus is preserved in Milan’s Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Its 1119 pages make it the largest collection of the thoughts and ideas that sprang from Leonardo’s genius for more than forty years, practically the whole of his life as an artist and scientist.

This international application constitutes the very first collection of all the best military art drawings comprised in the Codex Atlanticus: 45 sheets illustrating the development of the architectonic and scientific thinking of the world’s best known inventor on the subject of the art of fortification.

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary HD is the brand new iPad version of the popular dictionary. It is designed specifically for the iPad, offers all the definitions from the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, and voice search to look up a word even if you can’t spell it out.

I’ve been taking a look at the app this morning and I’m very impressed. This is one heck of a good looking iPad version.

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I mentioned a couple days ago that I had installed a new iPad app called World’s Deadliest Animals. Not an app that would generally hold much appeal, but this is a subject that fascinates my daughter – so I grabbed the app without paying a great deal of attention to its App Store description or details.

Bad move. Bad app. After installing the app I was looking forward to showing it to my daughter (Zoe) as she frequently asks about this subect. When we’re out walking the dog, I often get pummeled with ‘what do you think is the deadliest spider?’’ or ‘what do you think is the most deadly sea creature?’ type queries. I hoped this app might answer some of her questions with more authority than I could, or at least give us some great discussion fodder in some of the categories. Or just show us lots of cool pictures of scary creatures.

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I try to keep an open mind when test driving an app for the first time. The 3 main questions going through my mind are – what does the app do? Does it do it well? And, will I use it?  I apply these three basic questions to any app, whether it’s being heralded as the Next Big Thing in the app universe or it’s a humbly obscure offering of the mom-and-pop variety fighting for press attention.

And so I approached Qwiki – which is being pegged as Yet Another Innovative Way to Connect with Information on the iPad.(...)
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iFixit: Repair Manual is the brand new iPad app from the excellent team at iFixit.com. These guys provide the very best (and free) repair guides for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and a very broad range of computers, electronics, and lots more.

I’ve used iFixit guides in the past and always found them an enormous help. So I was very excited to see this app hit the iPad App Store – and to say I’m not disappointed with it would be a huge understatement.

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Free 1.5 Million Quotes is an app full of famous quotes and ‘designed specifically for the iPad’. It includes 50,000 quotes within the app (available even when you’re offline) as well as quick links out to its parent site for access to a total of 1.5 million quotes (hence the rather clumsy name for the app).

I like browsing through famous quotes as much as the next guy; probably a bit more in fact, so I was keen to try the app out when I got an email approach from its developer.  I’ve been trying it out for a few days now and have found a lot to like in it, as well as some not so likable bits.  Hit the break for some quick thoughts on both the good and the not-so-good …

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Phases HD for iPad

Phases HD displays the various moon cycles – from new moon to full moon – and everything in between. All major details in the app are displayed on one screen, although depending on the orientation, there are variations in content. For example, in landscape mode the majority of the screen is dominated by the current lunar phase and supplemented by the next eight phases. Portrait view, presents a monthly calendar and a light map showing the night and night cycles of the Earth.(...)
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The new Terminology app for the iPad touts itself as …

More than just a dictionary or thesaurus, Terminology is a browser for the English language

That’s a great description and the app sounded very promising when I first heard about it.  I’ve been trying it out a little recently and finding that the app lives up to the promising description.

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Art Authority for iPad brings the world’s greatest artists to the iPad, offering not just an incredible virtual art museum, but also just the sort of intimate and personal experience that embodies what the iPad is all about.

I’d heard a few very good things about Art Authority around the time the iPad first came out, so my expectations were high for this app.  Happily, the app has exceeded all my high expectations …

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