Top 10 iPhone Apps to Put on the iPad

LogMeIn Ignition

One of the biggest draws of the iPad is the support for all existing iPhone apps. There are a few of those, after all, and having support for them guarantees the iPad will have a healthy app base from day one. Many developers have indicated they will be producing “big screen” versions of their iPhone apps when it makes sense to do so. I have given some thought to which ones would make the biggest difference for me personally, so here is my list of the top 10 iPhone apps I hope to see ported to the iPad. I admit it is a selfish list, as it is focused on the way I work and my own needs. What apps are on your own list?

LogMeIn Ignition. This tops my list easily, as I can see a lot of benefit obtained by remotely controlling any computer from the iPad. The iPhone edition is already a great utility, but add the extra screen real estate and this quickly becomes the killer app for the iPad. This opens up the iPad to the full capability of any computer. You can even run Flash based on a “real” computer right from the iPad. The LogMeIn interface is built from the ground up to be operated by multitouch, which will be awesome on the iPad.

Evernote. The iPhone version of Evernote is already one of the best apps in the App Store. The ability to take notes and capture information from just about any source is outstanding. An iPad version of Evernote, optimized to take advantage of the larger screen would be phenomenal. It could provide a solid method for interacting with the hundreds of notes in the cloud by fingertip. If Evernote saw fit to enable ink notes (subscription required) with a stylus, that would be incredible.

Barnes & Noble eReader. Sure the iPad is going to have the iBookstore, but many of us already have extensive e-book libraries with other retailers. I have 500+ books at the Barnes & Noble store, and I have enjoyed the ability to read them on the iPhone. Having an iPad version would further extend the usefulness of the slate, and provide alternatives to the Apple ecosystem.

Kindle. The Kindle for iPhone app is a great reader app, and like the B&N reader above it extends the usefulness of the phone. It only makes sense to have an iPad version to use all of that big screen. Let’s hope Apple allows both readers mentioned onto the iPad, or they may face a revolt.

WordPress. This app is a purely selfish one, as I work with WordPress all day. The iPhone WordPress app is pretty good, but it is not a great solution for the work I do due to the small phone screen. That limitation goes away on the iPad, and I’d love to see a WordPress app for the slate. This could provide a good stop-gap method for working with this blog on the run.

Tweetdeck. There are lots of good Twitter apps for the iPhone but I admit I don’t currently use Tweetdeck. I love it on my bigger computers, but it needs that big screen to handle the multiple columns. That’s the reason I’ve never gotten into Tweetdeck on the iPhone. If is was optimized for the iPad, though, I’d be all over it in a heartbeat.

Remember the Milk. I would be lost without Remember The Milk, the multi-platform task manager. I use it constantly every day, and the iPhone version is quite nice. I can only imagine how good RTM would be on a larger screen.

XpenseTracker. I don’t travel that much, but when I do it is almost always on business. That brings the joy of keeping track of travel expenses for the reimbursement process. XpenseTracker is a great tool for doing that, and the iPhone version is a joy to use. Pushing it out to a big screen would be awesome.

Trackthepack. I get a lot of packages in Mobile Tech Manor. It seems like almost every day something arrives for me to have a look at. I spend an inordinate amount of time tracking these packages on their way to my door. Far too much time. Trackthepack is the best way to track this many packages, all on the little iPhone screen. It tracks all of the major shipping companies. Thinking about a large screen version of this app makes my eyes tear up.

Pocket Informant. Long the premier PIM app for PDAs and smartphones, the iPhone version of Pocket Informant is fabulous. It provides an integrated app to handle calendar and task functions. While extremely useful on the iPhone, I still have a problem with handling all of the information presented on such a small screen. Having a version optimized for the larger iPad would be incredible.

That’s my list of must-have apps for the iPad. I know that we all have different needs, and your list is likely different. Share it in the comments along with why you think the apps would be great on the iPad.

 

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