I have said that the Apple iPad is only good at two things, but it’s really good at those two things and I’ve compiled a list of my 20 favorite apps for taking advantage of the iPad’s strengths.
The best way to view this is the gallery of screenshots. However, you can also view it as a text-based list below.
1. Flipboard
It’s amazing how quickly this has become my most used app on the iPad, since it was just released in July. It displays news stories based on them being shared via Twitter or Facebook and auto-formats them in a newspaper-like column format. You can scan the headlines and first couple paragraphs and then click through to the site to the open the full story right in the built-in web browser in the app. (Tip: search for TechRepublic or Jason Hiner and you can set us up as one of your sections in Flipboard.)