Baseball is an American pastime and as you travel around the country it is good to use MLB At Bat to follow your local team.

The folks at Rovio regularly update their Angry Birds Seasons game and this year they added an element of water.

One of the features of Evernote is geotagging your notes and it looks great on the iPad.

I no longer have cable TV so use the iPad ABC Player to catch up on shows I missed.

My family and friends use Facebook to communicate and share photos so I find it essential on the iPad.

I have used my iPad to replace magazines and now subscribe to magazines using the Newstand feature on the iPad.

While I use Tripit Pro for itinerary management, I also like using Kayak. Kayak works better for making plans and also looks fabulous on the Apple iPad.

I just recently discovered IA Writer and am enjoying the focused writing experience on my iPad, especially when combined with a ZAGG Bluetooth keyboard.

It is important to backup your content and while I have many different cloud accounts, my preferred solution is Skydrive from Microsoft.

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