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tage of the Kindle app, is that because the books are purchased against your Amazon account, buying them on your iPad means you can also have them on a computer or Kindle device. Additionally, Project Gutenberg on the World Wide Web offers a vast range ofcopyright free material in Kindle’s .epub format. DC and Marvel – These are great proprietary apps offering a great selection of modern titles. And to whet your appetite, there are plenty of free titles to download. DC in particular, have scored points by offering a full range of free “Origins” titles for pretty much their entire character catalogue. Reading comics on the iPad is a joy, offering full page viewing with pinch/expand zoom, or the app also offers a tap-screen ‘cell-by-cell’ reading facility. Dark Horse and Doctor Who - Offer similar functionality to the DC and Marvel apps, though naturally, the range of comics available is different. Comics & Comic+ - More comic readers, but these offer access to more independent titles. IMDB – For the movie fan, this app is the iPad version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica of the screen world. They also offer an IMDB Daily Trivia App as well. Marvel Games – A great little character based shoot-‘emup game Geek Syndicate – Our very own app, which offers access to the Geek Syndicate Network of podcasts, this very magazine and other extended features. Trailers Apps - there are various new trailer logging apps; I recommend: Movie Trailers and Movies by Flixster, but there are many others available. Cinema Apps – Vue, Odeon and CineWorld all have apps that track your local cinema and give you the listings. This is one of the real pluses for the iPad – it’s better than waiting for your PC to boot up or even come out of standby, just to find out what’s on at the pictures! SFX, Sci-Fi, Doodle Movie and Scene It Movies – Test your knowledge with all these quiz games. Video Apps – Those familiar with iPad will know that iOS 5 native video player only plays .mp4 files; AcePlayer and Movie Player both play .avi as well, means you don’t have to go through the lengthy conversion process. Oh, and there’s always the YouTube app! Zinio Magazine Reader – Possibly my favourite app, Zinio is a multi-title magazine reader. I get my SFX magazine subscription from here for £23.33, but there are some real bargains to be had from time to time. I got a two-year subscription to NewsWeek for £26.36 (the equivalent of 25p per issue) and a Maxim subscription for a year for £6.59. You usually get a £5 voucher towards every next purchase. Check out the available titles at http://gb.zinio.com/. Educational Apps – Whatever
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your interests, there is a wealth of apps out there; for example astronomy, I recommend SkyWalk, which plots your actual location and tells you what is in the sky above: stars, planets, satellites – it’s all there. TV – There are video-on-demand apps for all the terrestrial channels (ITV, C4, C5) as well as BBC iPlayer, and a SkyTV app – and plenty of intelligent TV Listing apps as well.
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