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IPAD LIFESTYLE GUIDE<br />

IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE<br />

CHAT AND SOCIALIZE!<br />

CALL FRIENDS AND SEND TEXT MESSAGES WITHOUT A PHONE. TWEET + FACEBOOK TOO.<br />

Twitter, Friended For Facebook + Textie<br />

Even with 20 million iPads now in the wild, tablet social networking apps haven’t received the<br />

attention they deserve. Twitter deserves credit for offering a universal version of its official<br />

application, complete with a nice iPad-specific sliding panel interface, but Facebook dropped<br />

the ball - there’s still no official app, and the best option is Friended ($1) by Napkin Studio,<br />

which offers separate photo, timeline, and friend panes, plus live chat and photo importing<br />

features. Users looking for an iPad text messaging solution should try the free universal app<br />

Textie Messaging, which runs in the background on any iOS device, enabling it to send and<br />

receive SMS/MMS-style messages without additional texting fees. It works best when your<br />

friends have it installed, too, as Textie eliminates the need to pay when used on both sides.<br />

Skype + Other VoIP/Video Calling Solutions<br />

Skype (above) still hasn’t released an iPad-ready<br />

update to its free, popular iPhone/iPod touch voice<br />

over IP (VoIP) application, but iPads can still run the<br />

iPhone version for free Skype-to-Skype voice and video<br />

calling. It even works over 3G, and can dial phones for<br />

a fee. Yahoo Messenger<br />

(right) is the first app<br />

with free iPad 2-ready<br />

video calls, plus voice<br />

and text chat for iPad.<br />

Fring is another option<br />

with similar features to<br />

Skype, though it too is<br />

optimized for iPhones.<br />

Previously Covered<br />

Friendly (above) offers another<br />

unofficial Facebook client with<br />

camera support. Tweetdeck is<br />

another popular Twitter client,<br />

now owned by Twitter. FaceTime<br />

is the best option for video calls.<br />

Accessorize It<br />

A remote-and-mic equipped<br />

pair of headphones is highly<br />

useful for making VoIP calls.<br />

The iPad Camera Connection Kit<br />

will make shared photos better.<br />

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