Suggestions and discussions on how to better exploit an iPad (or iPhone) in the academic world.

• Adaptor VGA Apple (to use the iPad with a projector during conferences/presentations)
• Apple iPad Dock (several of those, to keep it while recharging)
• Smart Cover (to protect it while in the backpack)
• Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad 3 (unmissable to work seriously)
• Rechargeable battery Gum Max Supercharged Just Mobile (to avoid risking while on the go)
• Wacom Bamboo Stylus iPad pens (really effective for note taking or drawing)

• Pocket (Read It Later) (to accumulate readings while offline or commuting or…; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Reeder (the best Google Reader Client; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Google Chrome browser (alternative browser to access sites in desktop format; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

• Remarks - Write notes (the most sophisticated note taking app, using stylus, drawings, text, voice recordings, annotating pdf/images, etc; syncs with cloud services)
• Simplenote (simple text-based note taking app; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• MindNode (mindmapping app, simple, effective and elegant to structure notes; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• ToDo (GTD-style simple, effective and elegant management of to-do lists; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

• ReaddleDocs (essential file manager; syncs automatically with cloud services and svn)
• SVN manager (not very intuitive, but it is the best around so far)
• PDF Converter (to convert arbitrary docs in PDF, to use with PDF Expert)
• Scanner Pro (scan documents/whiteboards via the camera)

• Pages, Keynote, Numbers from Apple (the office apps from Apple; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• PDF Expert (annotating PDF in a sophisticated but elegant way; I use it also as my main document reader; syncs with cloud services and svn)
• Textastic (text editor with syntax coloring, LaTeX, etc; syncs with cloud services and svn)

• DeTeXify (draw a symbol on the iPad and get all the LaTeX symbols close to it)
• LaTeX assistant (reference for most of the LaTeX symbols)
• LaTeXmk for DropBox (a daemon which LaTeXs automatically the .tex files in a designated DropBox folder in a Mac)

I'm still evaluating, it is not clear which should be the best, they have different strengths.

• Papers (iPad/Mac in sync)
• Mendeley (iPad/Mac in sync)
• Sente (iPad/Mac in sync)

• PostgreSQL Database client (better than some Mac counterpart…)

• 2Screens - Presentation Expert (presentation manager with integrated whiteboard, pointer, timer, etc)
  • 2Screens Remote (iPhone app acting as a remote for 2Screens)
• Air Sketch (turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard and PDF annotator: anybody with a HTML5 browser in the local network can see the presentation)
• Presentation Clock (when you are the session chair…)

• TripIt travel organiser (iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• SkyScanner (best flight planner)
• trivago (best hotel booking via comparison)
• Wi-Fi Finder (to find wifi hotspots around the world even when offline)

• 1Password Pro (password manager; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Fing - Network Scanner
• zatelnet - SSH client
• Colloquy - IRC client
• PocketCloud (remote access to Macs; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

• DEVONthink (iPad/Mac in sync)