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The KRiPad

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

Enrico

Hardware

Software

Reading & PDF Annotation

  • PDF Expert 5 and its companion Documents (use it as the main document reader/editor; syncs with cloud services and svn; annotating PDF in a sophisticated and elegant way)
  • LiquidText Annotate & Excerpt PDF documents in a flexible way
  • Pocket (Read It Later) (to accumulate readings while offline or commuting or…; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • Newsify (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)
  • Pressreader (read newspapers and magazines using the UniBZ Library subscription)
  • ACM CACM (the ACM CACM magazine online)

Notes

  • GoodNotes - Write notes (the most sophisticated note taking app, using stylus, drawings, text, photos, annotating pdf/images, etc; syncs with cloud services)
  • Apple Notes (take quickly text notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • 2Do (GTD-style simple, effective and elegant management of to-do lists; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • MindNode (mindmapping app, simple, effective and elegant to structure notes; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • PlanBe best calendar app for iPad & iPhone

File Manager

  • iRepoEditor (SVN manager, not very intuitive, but it is the best around so far)
  • Scanner PRO (scan documents/whiteboards via the camera, OCR to recognise text; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)

Writing

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

LaTeX

  • Texpad (LaTeX: edit and compile locally or remotely, with package manager, built-in editor and preview)
  • PocketBib (powerful BibTeX manager, compatible for BibDesk Mac and JabRef)
  • 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)

Reference Managers

  • Zotero with its iPad client PaperShip (search/read/annotate and share with colleagues research literature database; iPad/Mac in sync)

SQL

Presentation

  • 2Screens - Presentation Expert (presentation manager with integrated whiteboard, pointer, timer, etc)
  • 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)
  • eBanner Pro (scrolling banner application; it displays your messages like LED dot matrix board - for iPad and iPhone)

Classroom

  • TeacherPal (enables the teacher to organize classes, to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students) (I'm not using it)

Draw

Traveling

Utilities

  • Soulver (structure calculator for easy calculations, reports, budgeting; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • 1Password (password manager; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • Jump Desktop (remote access to Macs and Windows; iPad/iPhone/Mac in sync)
  • join.me (Share Mac/Windows/iPad/iPhone screens and host online meetings on the fly)
  • Microsoft Lync 2013 (complete Lync client for iPad and iPhone)
  • Bria (VoIP SIP Phone with Video and Messaging for iPad and iPhone)
  • Citrix Receiver (Citrix client for Microsoft Windows applications served by UniBZ - for iPad)
  • Cisco AnyConnect (VPN standard Cisco client to access UniBZ networks - for iPad and iPhone)
  • Letter Opener (email infamous MS exchange Winmail.dat Viewer - for iPad and iPhone)
  • Archives (unarchive pretty much any archive file in existence - for iPad and iPhone)
  • Doodle (Doodle easy scheduling client - for iPad and iPhone)

Currently evaluating

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