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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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