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18 great iPad apps for consuming content

Great iPad apps for consuming content

As a companion to Jason Hiner’s article “Rethinking the iPad: A formula to make it useful if you’re already savvy on a laptop and smartphone,” this set of screenshots introduces 18 great apps that play to a tablet’s biggest strength: consuming content.
1. Amazon Kindle

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2. Zite

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3. Yahoo Weather

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4. Netflix

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5. Amazon Instant Video

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6. YouTube

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7. Pocket

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8. Flipboard

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9. Longform

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10. The Guardian Eyewitness

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11. Feedly

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12. SkyGrid

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13. Trove

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14. PBS

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15. TED

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16. Ken Burns

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17. 60 Minutes

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18. Scrabble

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Rethinking the iPad, playing to its strengths

As noted in the article, Rethinking the iPad: A formula to make it useful if you’re already savvy on a laptop and smartphone, focusing the iPad on apps that play to its strengths can make it a lot more useful (not to mention a lot more enjoyable to use).

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Jason Hiner

Jason Hiner is Editorial Director of CNET and former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. He's co-author of the book, Follow the Geeks.