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IPAD LIFESTYLE GUIDE<br />

IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE<br />

SHOP AND SELL!<br />

BUY STUFF MORE QUICKLY. SELL STUFF MORE EASILY.<br />

Amazon Windowshop,<br />

Craigslist Pro + More<br />

Most retailers operate<br />

entirely sufficient web sites to sell products, but apps are becoming increasingly popular as<br />

more visually intense and responsive catalogs. Amazon’s second free iPad app, Windowshop,<br />

uses an ever-scrolling grid of popular products to entice you, rather than mimicking the look<br />

of Amazon.com. Escargot Studios’ Craigslist Pro for iPad ($2) turns the plain, text-heavy web<br />

site into a photographic collection of options near you, with multi-city searching and posting<br />

features built in. And even old-fashioned bricks and mortar retailers are joining the App<br />

Store: Sears offers a free digital version of its catalog in app form, effectively just providing a<br />

cleaner, touch-friendlier alternative to its web site. Japanese retailer Uniqlo has three iPad<br />

apps, including great iOS versions of its remarkable web-based clock and calendar.<br />

iPay + Other Point Of Sale Apps<br />

Retailers are experimenting with all sorts of ways to<br />

use iPads in stores; Anywise<br />

debuted The Matrix ($5) at<br />

CES, turning multiple iPads<br />

into a coordinated video<br />

wall, and TekTango’s iPay<br />

Mobile Point of Sale is a<br />

free app that turns an iPad<br />

into a standards-compliant<br />

payment processing terminal<br />

that works with credit card<br />

reading and thermal printer<br />

accessories. Expect more instore<br />

iPad uses.<br />

Previously Covered<br />

Browse and bid on auctions<br />

through the eBay app. Access<br />

the online Apple Store through<br />

an iPhone- and iPod touchoptimized<br />

app. And of course,<br />

find music in iPad’s iTunes app.<br />

Accessorize It<br />

Handle payments with Square’s<br />

Credit Card Reader. If you’re<br />

using iPads in a store, use cases<br />

to keep them safe or custom<br />

mounts to prevent their theft.<br />

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