Fring has announced a major update for their iPhone app and now it does two most awesome things. First is the ability to Multi-task on iOS 4 powered iPhones, which means that you can sign in to multiple chat accounts while browsing websites on Safari. Besides this, they have also added the support for video calling for iPhone 4 using its front camera, not only over the Wi-Fi network but also the 3G cellular data network.

First, there were some rumors that Apple might now allow third party apps to support FaceTime like video chat over the 3G network because it would affect their own product, but allowing Fring to do so means that Apple has no issues with it. That also means that more apps offering the similar feature might also hit the app store.

This has brought the whole new world of possibilities now for iPhone  4 users. Now you can do video chat to almost all of your friends with iPhone 4 who have this free app installed. Perhaps Fring might also add some support for more cellphones with front facing camera and you might be able to do a video call with your buddies who are using some other phone, maybe an Android one. Who knows.

One of the lagging factor of this app is that it lacks the support for Retina display, which means that the graphics of this iOS 4 app would not be as appealing as other apps for this paltform.

Download Fring iPhone app for iPhone 4

You can download the fring app for iPhone 4 by following this link. Download it in the iTunes and then sync your device later to transfer it to your iPhone 4.

Fring iPhone 4 Video Call Demo

The Android 2.2 (Froyo) is so far the best version of Android OS currently available for Android devices. Though, its officially available for Nexus One so far only but the platform itself is quite powerful and is expected to be available for other devices very soon.

At its launch at the Google I/O 2010 conference, Google announced that Froyo browser is currently the fastest mobile browser available in the market. Their claim was challenged by Engadget and head-to-head comparison was performed between Nexus One running on Froyo and iPhone 4 in terms of browsing speed.

During the comparison, the web browser performance of iPhone 4 couldn’t match the speed offered by Nexus One on Froyo and the new iPhone 4 was put to shame as they failed the test.

Here are the results from the comparison:

Here are the videos of Web Browser Speed test conducted on Nexus One Froyo and iPhone 4:

iPhone 4 vs Nexus One (Android 2.2 with Flash 10.1)

iPhone 4 vs Nexus One (Android 2.2 without Flash 10.1)

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This is part 3 of a multi part review of the iOS 3. read the others here. folders. multitasking.

This is quite possibly the feature with the most impact out of anything Apple announced in recent history. What’s the obvious next step when you’ve got the majority of the smartphone and tablet browsing populace using your closed OS? Show them ads.

On the iPhone it’s easier to read content in a well designed app than it is to use Mobile Safari to browse a web page. Once you’re in an app however you lose all web advertisements, but your attention is still held captive by whatever is going on in the app. This is where iAds come in.

Apple now has its own advertising network and it’s a big one at that. There are nearly 100 million devices that run iOS in the world today and no other non-independent (read: Google, HTC or Microsoft owned) network is allowed to run ads inside iOS apps. All the developer has to do is allow ads and the rest is handled by Apple. Apple will sell the ads and share some percentage of the revenue with the developer.

iAd

The idea here is that iAds could allow developers to keep the prices of their apps low while still making enough money to continue to operate. Assuming the revenue is high enough, iAds could eventually be a significant source of advertising revenue for content providers as well.

If it wanted to Apple could even sell ads in books. It’s not too far fetched to see a contextually relevant iAd popping up while you’re reading something in the iBook reader. And Apple controls the entire platform so there’s no hope for an iAd blocker.

Given Apple’s focus on maintaining user experience I wouldn’t expect the company to sell tacky ads or make iAds too distracting. In fact, out of all of the ad networks out there, I’d trust Apple to have the end user’s experience/interests at heart more than anyone else.

If iAd revenue gets high enough, Apple could eventually drop the price on iPhones in order to get more advertising eyeballs.

This is the second part of a multipart review of the iOS 4, find the other parts here.

Apple calls its form of multitasking the “right way” to do it. I’m not totally sold on that but let’s see how it holds up to our review. To switch between apps on the iOS3 you hit the home button, which takes you home, and then select your next app. Your previous app, assuming it isn’t one of a very limited list of apps that have services that can run in the background (e.g. iPod, checking email), quits completely. Switching back to the previous app relaunches it.

In iOS 4 Apple promises app level multitasking without sacrificing performance or battery life. A single push of the home button still takes you home, but a double tap will bring up a list of recently used apps along the bottom of the screen. Scroll to find the one you want to switch to, select it and you’ve just “multitasked” in iOS 4.

iOS 4 appswitching

It works not by keeping all the apps actively running in memory, but rather allowing certain features to run in the background. Developers are given access to seven services:

- Background audio
- VoIP
- Background location
- Push notifications
- Local notifications
- Task finishing
- Fast app switching

The names are mostly self explanatory. Background audio let’s an app continue to play audio in the background, while the UI and the rest of the app itself remains suspended.

The VoIP services let you receive/conduct calls outside of the associated VoIP app (so your VoIP calls can now work like regular calls over AT&T’s network).

Background location gives apps that use it access to the iPhone’s built in GPS receiver. This would allow you to continue to hear turn by turn directions from your navigation app while you’re reading email for example.

Push notifications aren’t a new addition, they enabled push notifications to your phone from 3rd party apps (e.g. Facebook telling you someone has posted on your wall while you’re not in the FB app).

Local notifications are new. If an app needs to remind you to do something it can now do so, without having to communicate with Apple’s push notification servers.

Task finishing is the most traditional multitasking service that iOS 4 offers. You can mark a process using task finishing and that task will continue to run even after you exit an app for a finite period of time. This would allow for a chat app to continue to receive, update and log messages even when you’re not looking at what’s being said.

iOS 4 app background app closing

The final service, fast app switching, allows an application to stop/resume exactly where it left off. This is actually bigger than it sounds. Apps written for iOS 4 no longer quit when they are switched away from. Their state is saved and the app remains in memory until it is either forced closed (press and hold on an icon in the task switcher then tap the – to close the app) or the OS runs out of memory (in which case it will force an app closed). A program that properly supports fast app switching must be prepared for either case so you don’t have to worry about data loss simply because your OS ran out of memory. This also helps explain why Apple seems to have given the iPhone 4 512MB of memory and not 256MB like the rest of the iPhone/iPad lineup.

Remember that DRAM must be constantly refreshed to keep data active in it. This means that multitasking will still reduce battery life, but Apple is hoping by limiting the additional power draw to memory and not unnecessary CPU cycles it will be a minimal impact.

Simply running Pandora in the background, which doesn’t seem like much, will give you about 75% of the battery life you’re used to while you’re doing other things. Toss in another app or two that also does something in the background and you’re looking at even more tangible reductions in battery life.

We still need faster SoCs and more power efficient platforms to make multitasking work on smartphones. I say faster SoCs because one of the best ways to improve power efficiency is to complete tasks quicker so that the CPU can return to an idle state.

Because current smartphone SoCs don’t have the level of performance needed to quickly execute a ton of extra instructions and get back to sleep, smartphone OSes have to keep background tasks to a minimum. For the most part you don’t have to worry about what applications you have open on your notebook, your CPU is efficient enough and you have enough battery power to churn through any instructions idle apps may be throwing at it. We’re not quite there yet in smartphones.

Performance is an issue and Apple is doing the right thing by making the iPhone 3GS the minimum requirement for multitasking support. Earlier ARM11 based iPhones (2G and 3G) won’t let you switch between apps; they just don’t have the horsepower to smoothly deal with some of the scenarios that could crop up.

Apple’s approach is like a set of pause buttons per app. Switching away from an app will either pause everything about that app or all but those select features that implement one of the seven services I listed above.

I’m not totally sold on it because while I agree with the underlying approach to multitasking, I was hoping for more of a significant UI change. Under the hood Apple gave developers the pause buttons to enable multitasking, but on the surface we got a cramped Alt/Cmd + Tab. I was hoping for something more…webOS-like from Apple. I do believe that Palm’s card system makes the most sense out of the smartphone OSes that are available today. I was disappointed to see that Apple couldn’t come up with something similar or innovate beyond what Palm did two years ago.

Don’t expect multitasking to work perfectly right away. The majority of existing apps are not iOS 4 optimized and thus won’t implement any of these services. Thus the benefit of multitasking won’t really be seen until we get updated apps from developers. Those that have updated their apps give you a glimpse at what the entire iPhone experience will look like in a few months.

Stability is unfortunately a problem with the new iOS 4. I wouldn’t characterize it as terrible, but thus far I’ve had more app crashes with iOS 4 than I have had with any prior iOS release. With more applications contending for limited system resources and more running in the background this iOS release is going to put even more pressure on the hardware. That means more opportunities for problems to creep up and more strain on the scheduler, particularly because the iOS is still only running on a single threaded CPU.

While the crashes are not a norm, expect some slowdowns, akin to sitting on an old single core when the task scheduler is full. Expect this problem to go away once the first dual-core iPhones are introduced.

The launch of the new iPhone 4 featured a new version of the iOS 4(formerly iPhone OS). Steve Jobs claimed the new iOS to be the “most significant update since the release of the original iPhone OS”. Well, we here at the Geek engineer review the latest OS to find out if the Steve is true or is this just another instance of the Reality distortion field in full force.

The biggest features from an end user standpoint are the introduction of folders as a way of grouping apps together and simplifying the iOS interface and of course, multitasking.

As the full review of the iOS 4 is a long and intensive task, we have broken down the features into easily consumable posts. This here is the first part of the review.

Folders

On my iPhone I have five screens of apps. That’s ridiculous. And as odd as it sounds, I can never find the right app when I need it.

iOS 4 folder

Folders are Apple’s solution to the problem, and it seems to work. This is how you can make a folder on iOS 4:

• Press and hold your finger over an app icon on your home screen,
• Wait for the icons to start jiggling,
• And then move one icon over another one.
• The two will form a group called a Folder and the Folder will be automatically named based on the type of apps in it.
• You can also rename the Folder.

naming a folder in iOS 4

Like many features in iOS 4, Folders are both an improvement and a burden. The burden comes from the fact that you now have to tap, wait for a folder expansion animation and then tap again to launch an app in a folder. Folders also remain “open” until they’re closed.  I mean, if you launch an app in a folder, when you return to the home screen you’ll actually end up in the last folder you launched the app from and not the Home screen. Hit the home button a second time to actually get to the home screen. I suspect this is a bug that Apple will fix however.

It’s also very easy to forget what you put in each Folder (you can store a maximum of 12 apps in a Folder). The Folders all look the same and although they give you a little preview of what’s inside it’s often difficult to tell. I’ve found that the best solution for me is to keep frequently used apps directly on the home screen but put everything else in Folders. Keeping everything on a single home screen also really helps keep things tidy and efficient. If you do have a ton of apps and can’t remember what folders you put them in, the Spotlight search is probably going to be even more important to you now than it has ever been. Or you can try to group similar apps in one folder, like entertainment folder for instance.

iOS 4 organized by folders

I suspect when we get true multitasking and once these mobile devices turn into active productivity devices rather than passive consumption devices then we’ll need much more than Folders. Remember the first time you saw the Start menu? You’ll probably get a similar feeling in the next few years on a smartphone OS.

We compare the Apple iPhone 4 vs. the HTC EVO 4G. Read on to see how Apple’s latest creation fares against the first 4G smartphone in America.

With the curtain now officially lifted on Apple’s iPhone 4, hoards of Apple devotees have already made plans to ditch their well-worn 3G S models and move onto the next iteration. But if you’re not a worshipper at the altar of Steve Jobs, does the move to the iPhone 4 make sense? Whereas previous iPhone releases have towered over the competition in every way, this year’s release faces stiffer outside competition than ever before. Does Apple still have what it takes to reign supreme in the smartphone market? We pitted the iPhone 4 side by side with one of its most intimidating competitors, HTC’s Android-powered EVO 4G, to find out.

Display

Winner: Apple iPhone 4

With this year’s Android offerings moving to ever higher resolutions and screen sizes, it was clear that the iPhone would need a major overhaul to compete. And Apple provided it. The 3.5-inch, 960-by-640-pixel LCD screen on the iPhone 4 quadruples the amount of pixels from the last-gen screen to 614,400(something Apple calls Retina display). By contrast, the 4.3-inch screen on the HTC EVO 4G is physically larger, but at 480-by-800 pixels, the total pixel count of 384,000 still pales in comparison. More pixels in a smaller screen give the iPhone 4 astounding clarity and sharpness due to the pixel density, almost like reading a printed page. The iPhone 4 screen is also a high quality IPS panel compared to the normal TN panel of the HTC.The bifocal crowd might prefer the EVO 4G for its larger size, but most users will probably prefer the sheer detail and clarity of the iPhone 4.

Portability

Winner: Apple iPhone 4

That 4.3-inch screen naturally boosts the footprint of the EVO 4G significantly, but this  monster can’t compete on any level when it comes down to the denim. Besides being taller and wider, it’s also 12.3mm thick compared to just 9.7mm on the iPhone 4, and weighs 6 ounces compared to just 4.8 on the iPhone 4. No contest.

Processor

Winner: Draw

The iPhone 4 uses the same capable A4 processor as the iPad, and the EVO 4 uses the hotrod Qualcomm Snapdragon running at an impressive 1GHz. You’ll have to wait for the iPhone 4 release to see head-to-head benchmarks(not found at this time). Of course, different operating systems and a range of other variables make this far from scientific, and Apple A4 in the iPhone 4 could be an underclocked version of the iPad model for battery life, further throwing a wrench into the works.

Storage

Winner: Apple iPhone 4

We’ve always found Apple’s neglect for microSD expansion slots irritating, and that hasn’t changed with the iPhone 4. But at the end of the day, the iPhone 4 offers the same maximum storage as the EVO 4G, and for less money.

The EVO 4G comes with an 8GB microSD card preinstalled, but you can potentially expand it up to 32GB with a larger card. Unfortunately, 32GB models remain quite rare and you’ll need to drop at least $200 for one. By contrast, the least expensive ($200) iPhone 4 comes with 16GB of built-in memory, and it only costs $100 to upgrade to 32GB. As of press time, a smartphone owner who wanted the maximum memory would pay $300 from Apple, and or $200 from HTC plus $200 from SanDisk for a total of $400. A user who wanted the minimum would pay the same ($200) on both devices, but get 16GB on the iPhone 4 and only 8GB on the EVO 4G. The iPhone 4 wins on all accounts.

Camera

Winner: Draw

Both the iPhone 4 and EVO 4G sport both back cameras for snapping photos and front cameras for video conferencing. The EVO 4G gets the sharper vision on primary cam, shooting at 8 megapixels to Apple’s 5 megapixels, and on the front-facing cam, which shoots 1.3 megapixels to Apple’s VGA (0.3 megapixel) cam. Higher resolution doesn’t always mean a better camera, as the results from the two are comparable, and the iPhone does seem to shade the HTC when it comes to picture noise and artifacts (at least to our eyes). The EVO 4G also sports a dual-LED flash rather than a single-LED flash, potentially making it more potent for night-time shooting.

For video, both cameras are capable of high-def 720p recording, but the iPhone 4 can shoot at a full 30 frames per second while the EVO 4G can only do 25. And this also results in less artifacts on the iPhone video.

Connectivity

Winner: HTC EVO 4G

That “4G” in the EVO’s name isn’t just for kicks, although we happen to think it rolls off the tongue nicely. It’s actually the first phone in North America to ride on a blazing fast 4G network, potentially putting an end to the molasses-slow loading we typically associate with browsing on a mobile phone.

How much faster? HTC claims 10 times, but that’s based on comparing the very slowest end of average 3G speeds (600 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps), to the high end of its own 4G claims (3 to 6 Mbps). We managed to hit 3 Mbps once in a while in our own 4G network tests, but it was the exception, not the rule, and we typically got much slower. PCWorld’s speed tests of the EVO 4G confirmed the same type of network performance on the EVO 4 when testing around the Pacific Northwest.

That said, even 3 Mbps is more than you could ever hope to wring from most 3G phones, and the EVO 4G can do things that the iPhone 4 just won’t, like videoconferencing without a Wi-Fi connection. “Ten times faster” is an obvious marketing exaggeration, but with think most consumers would be plenty happy with “twice as fast,” which is speed you might actually be able to achieve, depending on location.

Even if you discount the 4G capability for its battery life, the EVO 4G also pulls an interesting trick that should leave iPhone 4 owners jealous: it functions as a Wi-Fi hotspot for sharing its connectivity with other devices – like laptops, tablets, and even other cell phones.

Service

AT&T / Sprint

This one’s pretty simple: if you live in a WiMAX area with good coverage, you could see higher data speeds on Sprint than AT&T. The trick is, you probably don’t live in a WiMAX area with good coverage — they’re few and far between. Luckily, Sprint’s 3G network is actually pretty great (outside of some notable rough patches in certain areas), and we’ve had a wonderful experience using it on the EVO so far, surpassing even some other Sprint handsets we’ve used. As we get further into the launch we’re starting to see some hints that the EVO is straining Sprint’s network somewhat — middling performance where it used to be excellent — but that’s at least not a widespread, iPhone-scale problem at this point.

Meanwhile, AT&T is AT&T: great speeds and network if it’s not over capacity in your area. The company has made some strong strides at fighting dropped calls in major metropolitan areas like NY and SF, and that new external antenna design on the iPhone 4 helps out as well — as long as you don’t hold it wrong. On a more minor note, the new iPhone also has slightly improved upload speeds.

Costs

The HTC EVO 4G is $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate with Sprint, but you can get it elsewhere (like Radio Shack and Best Buy) for $199 straight up. The iPhone 4 is $199 (if you can find one). Service plans get much more complicated, but basically:

• AT&T you can get as low at $55 with 200MB of data, 450 minutes of talk, and no messaging. If you want unlimited voice and messaging, along with 2GB of data (the most AT&T will pre-sell you, it’s $10 per GB after that), you’ll be forking over $115 a month.
• Sprint requires you to go for a minimum $80 plan (that includes the required premium data plan add-on for the EVO), which includes unlimited data, unlimited messaging, and 450 minutes of talk. To bump up to unlimited everything (and that $10 premium data charge insures a true unlimited data) you’ll be spending $110 a month.

Battery Life

Winner: Apple iPhone 4

Battery life has never been a strong point for Apple’s notoriously thirsty smartphone, but the company claims to have improved it this time around, and the same 4G modem that gives the EVO 4G its leg up in connectivity is its Achilles heel here. HTC hasn’t released complete battery life estimates for the EVO 4G, but we managed to get six hours of only on-and-off 4G data usage, while Apple claims the iPhone 4 will do six solid hours on 3G. Talk time also seems to suffer, with HTC claiming 360 minutes on the EVO 4G and Apple claiming 420 on the iPhone 4.

It’s worth noting, of course, that the EVO 4G sports a replaceable battery while the iPhone 4 has a sealed internal battery, eliminating the possibility of battery swaps. Although we don’t know too many cell owners who would carry around a replacement to swap out halfway through the day, long distance travelers who spend plenty of time away from outlets will certainly appreciate the possibility.

Operating System

Winner: Draw

We could run a keyboard into the ground spelling out the differences between the newly dubbed iOS and Android, but we value our previous keys, so let’s just say they each have their own advantages.

Apple’s iOS undoubtedly lacks the flexible open ecosystem of Android, which allows software like game console emulators that Apple has banned, but Apple holds the upper hand in selection, boasting 225,000 third-party apps to Android’s 70,000 or so, at last count. The latest release also alleviates some of the most frequent complaints about previous versions, like the lack of multitasking and folders for apps.

While techies will undoubtedly appreciate the lack of censorship and restrictions on Android, more mainstream consumers will find plenty to like about Apple’s overflowing App Store and ease of use, making this issue largely a matter of taste.

Notifications

We’re going to call this for Android right away. Google’s notification tray is just so much more pleasant, useful, and unobtrusive than Apple’s pop-overs.

Widgets

Android: yes. iPhone: no.

Multitasking

Apple is finally entering the multitasking arena with iOS 4, but it’s certainly doing things its own way. In truth, Apple still doesn’t allow any sort of “true” multitasking on its phone, just background services, task completion, and fast app switching. Android blows this away by allowing full apps to run simultaneously. Still, for all of Apple’s overwrought babying of the user, it does have a bit of a point: if you don’t kill your tasks vigilantly on Android, your phone will run hot (we’re speaking from experience with the EVO), slow down, and devour battery life. If you’re smart and proactive, Android’s multitasking can make you more productive. For everybody else, the iPhone is the cleaner solution, and in the multitasking-enabled apps we’ve been using so far, we’d say the iOS approach is usually sufficient — though it’s really reliant on the app developers to get it right.

Overall Winner: Apple iPhone 4

Impressive as both phones are, Apple’s iPhone 4 appears to be a better deal coming out of the gate than HTC’s innovative EVO 4G. Why? HTC’s biggest bragging point – 4G connectivity – proves to be less of an advantage in real life than on paper after factoring in real-life network speeds and issues with 4G battery life. It also has a small leg up on the iPhone 4 in camera resolution, but less fluid 25fps HD recording also helps diminish that minimal edge. Meanwhile, the iPhone 4 is substantially smaller, has a higher resolution screen, and offers more storage for the money.

We’re have tried to lay out the facts, so that you have the best material at your disposal for making the decisions, but we’re not going to call the decision “easy” or “cut and dry” for anybody. This is a road we all eventually walk alone… into an Apple or Sprint store.

In iPhone 4, Apple has added another exciting feature for their device, and that is Face Time Video calling. For those of you who are wondering what it is, I’d like to tell them that its a video calling feature provided by default in iOS 4 and enables you to do a video chat with anyone using a iPhone 4 or iChat, over a Wi Fi Network.

This feature is without a doubt, among one of the greatest and long awaited feature that was announced in iOS4.  The iPhone 4 makes  use of its front VGA camera to capture your pic, so the image quality is not that good, but still its quite better than a typical VGA webcam.

The video calling feature in iPhone 4 is restricted to Wi Fi networks only, which means that no video chatting over a 3G network for now. Apple has made this decision due to some reasons which are unknown so far.

The face time video calling is developed on an open-source platform, which means that iPhone application developers would be able to use its feature in their applications.

Face time calling does not require any external setup of any sort, its embedded in the iOS 4. When you are on a good quality Wi Fi and know that the person you are talking to also has an iPhone 4 capable of video chatting, then you can start your face time with a single tap.

Face Time Video Demo

Earlier today, we posted a comparison between iPhone 4, Nexus One, Evo 4G and Droid Incredible to help you visualize the difference between them for your future cellphone purchases. Now we are on to a comparison between iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS to help you decide, whether you should stick with the current model or buy the new one.

Comparison between iPhone  4 and iPhone 3GS

You can also view more articles by us about iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS features.

iPhone 4, which was just released in the WWDC 2010 conference along with iOS4 is currently the center of attraction for all mobile application developers. They consider this move from Apple as remarkable, and think that this release is enough to rule their already-captured dominance in the market.

But what about the other old competitors of iPhone? What upgrades have they released so far to compete with the best? To summarize it in a chart, we are posting all the latest information about them in the picture below. In the comparison, we are considering iPhone 4, Nexus One by Google, Evo 4G and Droid Incredible by HTC.

[via TiPB]

It has not been too long since Apple released its iPad, and since the launch of the iPad app store, the market has been flooded with a huge number of apps, a large percentage of which are available internationally, providing their services in a wide arena of possibilities. Despite of the fact that it has not been too much time since the iPad app store was launched, the prices of these apps are higher than the general economy of the Apple Apps store. But, yes, certainly these impressive apps are worth enough to be paid that much.

10 Best iPad Applications

It seems that you have your Apple iPad in your hands and are thinking hard in deciding which apps to purchase, or which may suit you. If thats the case then you don’t need to worry as I have managed to choose the following Apps that I believe are packed with the essential features, are user friendly, and guarantee their usefulness throughout the globe.

1. iPassword

It is a very useful app, as it stores the passwords in encrypted form ensuring protection. Login category is dedicated for storing the usernames and passwords of web services, and Wallet category for storing credit cards numbers, contact details and identities. For iPad owners, it costs $6.99.

2. Kindle

It is an online book store from Amazon, which lets you purchase and read books on the fly, with the specialty of automatically saving the bookmarks where you left reading the last time. This iPad app features colorful menus, with animated switching, and touch screen feature; amazing content selection, and is packed with a huge library of books.

It also integrates seamlessly with Amazon Kindle.

3. Netflix

This Netflix app for iPad allows the users to watch streaming movies, and TV shows, from a huge collection of 20,000+ movies at an unlimited membership starting from $8.99 per month. It also allows users to maintain their queues as per their preferences. The best feature is that it commits to memory, the place where you stopped watching the movie last time, and resumes, when requested.

4. TweetDeck

This app is stunning for streaming your Facebook, and specially your Twitter accounts. It provides access to @mention, messages, search histories, your Twitter lists and much more. It is popular in iPad users due to its being a free desktop client.

5. ESPN ScoreCenter XI

For sporty iPad owners, this is your perfect match, as this app streams video highlights, live scores, standings, summaries, being collected from hundreds of global leagues, and sport events around the globe, available at the price tag of just $5.

6. IM+

Based on the layout emphasizing and multi-protocol messaging standards, this iPad app allows its users to chat using a single app from accounts of various messengers, and online social networks. It relieves its users from the hassle of managing several messengers. This app costs around $10.

7. iDisplay

For improving productivity, to increase facilitation in terms of screen area, here is another iPad app, which allows user to extend the display of their MAC by keeping it aside of an iPad. The screen of the iPad is then treated as an extra display area for MAC screen which helps in increasing the workspace area for the user.

8. Real Racing HD

As its name justifies, this iPad app is a robust car racing game. The game features, cogent use of accelerator, appealing sounds, high quality graphics, and excellent gameplay.

9. Square

This app is like a gift for businessmen and merchants as it enables them to make payments through credit cards using their iPads. It behaves as a cash register, as it figures out sales tax based on the amount, and produces an email or SMS receipt as per demand. It does this by using the credit card swiper peripheral and, maintains security by taking finger signatures on the touch screen.

10. NYT’s Editor’s Choice

It features latest news, opinions, forecasts, articles, videos, and slide shows covering aspects of current affairs, business, and technology. It also enables downloading of articles and sharing it via email with others.

This was my version of the top ten iPad apps. What is on your mind? Are these your preferences as well? If not then let us know about the apps you think are worth mentioning and share your favorites with others.