iPad™ For Dummies®

Chapter 16. Ten Appetizing (and Free) Apps

In This Chapter

• Shazam

• Pocket Legends

• Instapaper Free

• ABC Player

• Now Playing

• IMDb

• Netflix

• Comics

• Epicurious

• Air Hockey Gold

• Pandora Radio

Killer app is familiar jargon to anyone who has spent any time around computers. The term refers to an application so sweet or so useful that just about everybody wants or must have it.

You could make the argument that the most compelling killer app on the iPad is the very App Store we expound on in Chapter 7. This online emporium has an abundance of splendid programs — dare we say killer apps in their own right? — many of which are free. These cover everything from food (hey you gotta eat) to show biz. Okay, so some rotten apples (aren't we clever) are in the bunch too. But we're here to accentuate the positive.

With that in mind, in this chapter, we offer ten of our favorite free iPad apps. In Chapter 17, we tell you about ten (okay, eleven) of our favorite iPad apps that aren't free but are worth every penny.

We're showing you ours and we encourage you to show us yours. If you discover your own killer iPad apps, by all means, let us know so that we can check them out.

Shazam

Ever heard a song on the radio or television, in a store, or at a club and wondered what it was called or who was singing it? With the Shazam app, you may never wonder again. Just launch Shazam and point your iPad's microphone at the source of the ...