I've been an ardent Android fan for a few years now but have recently been given an iPad 2 (1st gen) after a family member upgraded to one of the new iPad Air models (thanks, Brian! ).
So far my reaction is a bit mixed. I can see it being a real nice unit for reading ebooks, especially since I can load up both Amazon Kindle and Google Books on it. And there is stock support for adding a Google account on it so I can directly use my Google Contacts and GMail without having to install Gmail or having to use a 3rd party app to sync' contacts. The general UI is a bit odd to me; for example, there is no universal 'back' button! Instead of being a back button available it is up to each individual app to decide how to get the user back one screen. Some apps use a "<" type symbol like you'd see in a browser, others force you to go through menu selections. The other peculiar thing is that I thought the iPad had a better resolution & DPI than my Nexus 7 Android tablet but when browsing Facebook and the web, pictures seem to be a pretty low DPI and some text is hard to read.
So my question is... what do you consider to be the "killer app" for an iPad that is a must have? What is out there for it that I absolutely couldn't do on my Windows laptop or Android phone? I am not a gamer so games don't interest me. What do you recommend I play with? Free is preferred.
So far my reaction is a bit mixed. I can see it being a real nice unit for reading ebooks, especially since I can load up both Amazon Kindle and Google Books on it. And there is stock support for adding a Google account on it so I can directly use my Google Contacts and GMail without having to install Gmail or having to use a 3rd party app to sync' contacts. The general UI is a bit odd to me; for example, there is no universal 'back' button! Instead of being a back button available it is up to each individual app to decide how to get the user back one screen. Some apps use a "<" type symbol like you'd see in a browser, others force you to go through menu selections. The other peculiar thing is that I thought the iPad had a better resolution & DPI than my Nexus 7 Android tablet but when browsing Facebook and the web, pictures seem to be a pretty low DPI and some text is hard to read.
So my question is... what do you consider to be the "killer app" for an iPad that is a must have? What is out there for it that I absolutely couldn't do on my Windows laptop or Android phone? I am not a gamer so games don't interest me. What do you recommend I play with? Free is preferred.