Apps

Netflix: Netflix streaming, over Wi-Fi. That's thousands of movies and shows, if you have an Netflix account. (Which costs, what, like 9 bucks a month nowadays? Brilliant.) Free.

ABC Player: One of the first TV apps in the store, and a promising start. It's essentially a slick interface for the ABC video content you can already stream on their website, and it's free.

Marvel Comics: The iPad is like something out of a sci-fi movie. Or a comic book. Also, it is a comic book. Excelsior! Free reader, paid comics.

iBooks: Apple's ebook store, which we saw in the keynote. It's the best thing going for iPad ebooks for now; we'll have to wait and see how if anyone else (Amazon, B&N) can do better.

NBA Game Time Courtside: Imagine having a full, interactive dashboard for every basketball game you watch. It's like that. Free

ESPN ScoreCenter: If game-specific apps aren't your bag, ESPN ScoreCenter provides a sickeningly constant feed of sports information. Drilling down for specific game scores on your iPhone was one thing, but the columns, panes and frames here are almost too much. $5

Yahoo Entertainment: A TV listings guide/entertainment news/video hub, which pulls from Yahoo's vast network of sites. Free, and worth the download if just to see the sheer level of design.

Pandora: Pandora's free music discovery app isn't overly ambitious in its transition to the iPad, sticking to its basic customized radio feature, while presenting artist info along your playlists. Still though, the music is free and unlimited, and exceedingly well chosen.

Scrabble for iPad: Animated version of Scrabble. $10

NYT Editor's Choice: New York Times on the iPad. may be Free.

USA Today: USA Today and may be Free.

WSJ: The Wall Street Journal' and may be free.

BBC: BBC's news coverage including video, print, and radio.

Bloomberg: Free

NewsRack: RSS reader which is free.

Craigsphone: Craigslist

The Elements: A Visual Exploration: Animated illustrations of every substance our world is made of for $14

Dragon Dictation: You speak, it writes. Free.

National Geographic World Atlas HD: $2.

Dictionary.com: Free

Wikipanion:Free

IMDB: Detailed movie database. Free.

Voice Memos: The iPad doesn't come with a voice recorder app but this one records sounds just fine. Free