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The iPad is the latest in Apple’s lineup of products, bringing computing down to a smaller scale and making it easier than ever before to access the internet, games, music and videos. One of the most popular ways to use an iPad is by downloading apps to enhance the iPad experience. Apps can range anywhere from gaming, education, technology, and social media.

There are thousands of different apps on the Apple marketplace. Apps can also be found on technology review websites, such as Gizmodo and Cracked. These sites make it a point to review the best and the worst apps so that users can try before they download. Gizmodo iPad apps and Cracked iPad apps can be found on each of their respective websites.

Sometimes if an iPad is bought off the market, i.e. from a place other than Apple, the iPad will need to be “jailbroken”. This allows the user to have the full functionality of the iPad while also allowing them to download apps from the Apple market. Doing a simple internet search will turn up more than a few of the best jailbroken iPad apps.

Cydia, an software application for iOS, allows users to install software packages for those who need to jailbreak iPad apps. Some of the best Cydia iPad apps allow users to change the theme on their iPads, stream or download movies with HD quality, and view the iPad along with all its apps and games on a television. Cydia iPad apps are great tweaks for the iPad. If you’re looking to use your iPad apps on iPhone, there are also apps that can be found that can do this. Most likely you’ll need to have a jailbroken iPhone in this case.

Apps can also be found on an iPad apps torrent; however, these sites can sometimes have spyware so it’s best to just do a virus scan to be safe when downloading an app from the torrent.

Another highly popular app is the Find My iPad app. This app allows users to enable the app on their device, and then locate it in case it’s stolen or lost. The app will also show the approximate location on a map and can also display a message or play a sound in order to have it returned to its owner. A similar app is the Remote app for iPad, which allows the user to control the audio and video from iTunes or Apple TV.
What if you’ve downloaded an app to your iPad and no longer use it? Deleting iPad apps is simple. There are more than a few ways to remove iPad apps. Just go to either the app itself in the market and click “uninstall” or go to the app on your iPad, click and hold, and when prompted, hit “delete”. If you’re still wondering how to delete iPad apps, simply do an internet search for a step by step video.

A burgeoning number of tech savvy users have begun trying their hand at iPad app development. Apple’s iOS Development Center allows users to download the iOS SDK, which includes a complete set of development tools to create iPad apps. Unfortunately, at this time, the iPad does not support Flash, so it’s hard to find a flash app for iPad, but hopefully in the future developers will find a way around this.