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    The Best Back to School Apps for the Apple IPad

    Handy IPad Apps You'll Need for the Upcoming School Year

    By Millionaire Hoy | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Thu, Aug 11, 2011
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    The iPad is the perfect school companion and will surely give you an edge in any class, but having the right apps will make sure that you're at the top of all your classes. Following are several iPad apps to download before going back to school.

    Cramberry - $3.99

    Regardless of if you're in grammar school, high school, or college, you'll likely have to cram for test '" and no other iPad app will get you in tip top quiz form like Cramberry. Cramberry is a flash card app for the iPad that'll allow you to easily add virtual flash cards on your iPad or laptop using the cramberry.com website. Cramberry allows you to play a matching game, allows front and back quick review, and even provides a great studying mini-app.

    iWorks - $30

    iWorks is an office suite for the iPad and packs essential apps you'll need when going back to school. iWorks features Pages, a word processing app; Keynote, a presentation app; and Numbers, a spreadsheet app. iWorks is the quintessential school app bundle for students and is a must-have for anyone going back to school.

    Evernote - Free

    Evernote is a free studying app with lots of great features. This innovative studying app will allow you to create text, photo, and audio notes, allows online synchronization, and has great note managing features that is a heck of a lot better than shuffling through countless binders and notebooks.

    iAnnotate PDF - $9.99

    iBooks is a great eBook reading app and there are countless other free eReader apps in the iTunes store, but I strongly recommend investing $10 in the iAnnotate PDF eBook Reader app. iAnnotate PDF allows full-page reading, vertical page scrolling, highlighting, annotating, bookmarking, has an inbuilt web browser, and boasts lots of other great features that makes it well worth the $10 you spent on this app.

    Dropbox - Free

    Have you ever rushed out of your house and left your essay paper behind? Do you do school work on your laptop, home computer, and tablet? Would you like to save lots of unneeded frustration and organize your documents and files better? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, I strongly recommend that you download the free Dropbox app from the iTunes Apps store, which synchronizes all of your files, makes them accessible over a Wi-Fi connection, and allows you to have only one document that's constantly updated instead of having to manually update your files.

     

    3 comments

    • Gil Harel
      Gil Harel  •  9 mths ago
      to save money on dining i recommend trying BiteHunter's Iphone app :
    • Harriet Steinberrg
      Harriet Steinberrg  •  9 mths ago
      Another good one----thank you.
    • Lucinda
      Lucinda  •  9 mths ago
      And when your battery dies or the toy breaks----Just use a pencil and paper and books. Just leave Cr-Apple at home
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