iPad™ For Dummies®

Chapter 17. Ten Apps Worth Paying For

In This Chapter

• Bill Atkinson PhotoCard

• Words with Friends HD

• Scrabble

• Art Studio for iPad

• The Pinball

• Art Authority

• Magic Piano

• The Elements

• Bento for iPad

• Zagat to Go

If you read Chapter 16, you know that lots of great free applications are available for your iPad. But as the old cliché goes, some things are worth paying for. Still, none of the ten for-pay apps we've chosen as some of our favorites are likely to break the bank. As you're about to discover, some applications on this list are practical and some are downright silly. The common theme? We think you'll like carrying these apps around on your iPad.

Bill Atkinson PhotoCard

Who is Bill Atkinson? Let's just say he had a hand (or both hands) in the first Macintosh computer, as well as the MacPaint and HyperCard Mac applications. Today he's a world-renowned nature photographer, which brings us to his app. Bill Atkinson PhotoCard is an inexpensive ($4.99) app that lets you create gorgeous high-resolution postcards and send them via either e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service. E-mail is, of course, free. And though sending by USPS costs between $1.50 and $2.00 per card depending on how many print-and-mail credits you purchase, the 8.25-inch-by-5.5-inch postcards are stunning. Printed on heavy glossy stock and on a state-of-the-art HP Indigo digital press, they're as beautiful as any postcard you've ever ...