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)
• Apple 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 pen (really effective for note taking or drawing)

• GoodReader (use it as the main document reader/editor; syncs with cloud services and svn; annotating PDF in a sophisticated and elegant way)
• Pocket (Read It Later) (to accumulate readings while offline or commuting or…; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Reeder (the best RSS Reader Client; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Google Chrome browser (alternative browser to access sites in desktop format; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

• GoodNotes - Write notes (the most sophisticated note taking app, using stylus, drawings, text, photos, annotating pdf/images, etc; syncs with cloud services)
• Notes - the native note taking app (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)
• 2Do (GTD-style simple, effective and elegant management of to-do lists; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

• iRepoEditor (SVN manager, not very intuitive, but it is the best around so far)
• PDF Converter (to convert arbitrary docs in PDF, to use with GoodReader)
• Scanner Pro (scan documents/whiteboards via the camera)

• Pages, Keynote, Numbers from Apple (the office apps from Apple; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
• Textastic (text editor with syntax coloring, LaTeX, etc; syncs with cloud services and svn)

• Texpad (LaTeX: edit and compile locally or remotely)
• TeX Writer (LaTeX: edit and compile locally or remotely)
• TeX Equation (typesets math equations/formulas with built-in TeX engine)
• DeTeXify (draw a symbol on the iPad and get all the LaTeX symbols close to it)
• AutomaTeX (a daemon which LaTeXs automatically the .tex files in a designated DropBox/WebDAV 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)

• SpringerLink
• SciVerse ScienceDirect

• 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)
• Presentation Clock (when you are the session chair…)
• Air Sketch (turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard and PDF annotator: anybody with a HTML5 browser in the local network can follow the presentation)
• Doceri Remote (turn your iPad into a controller of your mac/windows desktop - connected to a projector - superimposing a whiteboard with a pointer)
• AirServer (An AirPlay receiver for Mac and Windows: can stream content or mirror the display from an iPad/iPhone/Mac)
• Air Display (turns your iPad into a wireless display, to extend the mac/windows screen)

• TeacherPal (enables the teacher to organize classes, to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students)

• iDraw (the most feature-packed vector drawing app)
• Grafio (graph drawing app)
• SketchBook Express (drawing app)

• 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)