18 January, 2014
iPad Freeware Applications and Games Abound
If you have purchased an iPad, undoubtedly one of the first
things you have done is visit the App Store and downloaded some of the cool
available apps that exist for it.
There are already over 275,000 apps in the App Store designed
specifically for the iPad, apps that take advantage of the large screen and
that allow you to do everything from playing games to working on spreadsheets
to planning meals to writing the great American novel.
A great deal of the apps available for the iPad are absolutely
free. However, this has also led to certain misconceptions. Let's examine some
of these.
First of all, when you download applications and games from the
App Store, you needn't worry about such things as Trojan horses or spyware
(this is especially important if you come from a PC environment). Apple keeps a
tight lid on the applications that appear in the App Store and runs a gauntlet
of checks and other safeguards to ensure they are 100% safe to run and use.
Unlike the free applications known as shareware which you may
have run on a desktop computer, the free apps for the iPad are not crippled and
do not work for only a couple of days.
With shareware, if you don't pay, you cannot continue to use the
software, but the free apps on the App Store are not like that. Some of them
generate revenue for their creators due to the inclusion of non-intrusive
advertising, while others are scaled-down versions of the full apps. Others are
temporarily offered for free for promotional purposes.
Another misconception is that the free apps on the App Store are
of little value, and that is why they are offered for free. All of the apps on
the App Store are rated by the users, and you can be sure that if they offer
little of value, they will not get a good rating. Besides, it costs nothing to
download an app and try it.
Certainly, there are some substandard applications available on
the App Store, but if you're diligent in searching and reading the app
descriptions, you can find some absolute gems at little or no cost. You just
need to read the descriptions and the user reviews carefully.
It is fortunate that there are diligent and good-hearted software
programmers out there who are willing to share their hard work with users at
little or no cost or for the revenues that they make through advertising.
Without them, the iPad would not exist, or at least not in its present,
incredibly useful form.
What else can you do for free on the iPad? You can take complete
courses from universities and other schools by accessing the world's largest
catalog of free education in iTunes U. You can download a free podcast app for
one-touch access to thousands of audio and video podcasts on every conceivable
topic. You can view over 1.5 million books on the iBookstore, many of them
free. Or you can download such free apps for the iPad as Find My iPhone, which
can help you locate your lost iPad even when you lack access to a computer.
Before you purchase an app for your iPad, you might want to check
out the free applications to see what is available. With a little research, you
can save a lot of money on applications and games. If you like the free
version, then you'll know that the full version is worth the money and you will
have no qualms about purchasing it.
The iPad has continued to gain in popularity with the buying
public because they recognize it as a worthy investment that allows them to
have fun and get things done in the home, office and everywhere else.
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