Happy for Apps

I am a little bit - okay, a lot - in love with my iPad. I wanted to write a post listing my favorite apps that I have found so far. I'm only listing the apps I love, and not the ones I have downloaded and only kind of like.

EW's Must List - I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly magazine. I love their weekly Must List, because it introduces me to books, music and shows that I would never hear of otherwise. And I love the app because it has links for each Must List item (like linking it to iTunes or Amazon, or the author's website, and other cool links).

PBS - The only time I watch PBS is when I watch Dinosaur Train with Aidan. But I downloaded this app just to check it out and I am obsessed! They have entire episodes of tons of cool shows like NOVA, Austin City Limits, and my new favorite, Frontline. I can't get enough.

TED - I had never even heard of TED before I downloaded the app, but there are really neat talks/discussions by people on it, teaching me really cool stuff (their tagline is Ideas Worth Spreading). The first one I ever saw is called The Linguistic Genius of Babies. Linguistics was my minor in college, and I was fascinated watching it. (It's only 10 minutes long, so click over when you get a chance to watch it.)

SoundHound - This one is awesome. If you hear a song that you don't know the title of, you can sing or hum it into your speaker and this app will tell you what it is. I had a song by Pink in my head, but all I knew was the "na na na na na naaa naaa, na na na naaa na naaa" part. So I sang that into my app and it automatically told me that the song is called So What. Then, I heard a song on a commercial and it kind of sounded like Sarah McLachlan but I knew it wasn't, so I put my iPad up to my speaker and played the song, and it said it is Darling I Do from the Shrek Forever After soundtrack. So cool!

Smule Magic Piano - You haven't lived until you have seen an adorable baby girl tap her fingers on the black screen of the iPad and watched the yellow circles light up and piano notes sound with each finger touch. Totally worth the cost of the iPad right there.

Kindle app - it's WAY too easy to spend lots of money downloading awesome books to my iPad to read wherever I want, whenever I want.

Twitter - I joined Twitter a couple of years ago, but pretty much let my account become dormant. Then I downloaded this app and now I get on Twitter all the time. I love reading the tweets in my feed. Now, if only I could actually figure out how to use Twitter... (P.S. I am my snarky self on Twitter. Come find me: @eringirl)

Chicktionary - it's kind of like Scrabble, only with chickens. I'm a dork.

Netflix - I can watch Netflix Instant shows on my iPad! With headphones! Anywhere I want!

I loved the LDS Gospel Library, until it freaked out and would freeze every time I opened it.

And that's my list! Do you have any apps you love that I need to try out?