Brown-Specific Apps
- Brown Alumni App
- Brown Guardian - personal safety
- Shuttle Tracker App
- VPN
- Workday Mobile App
Email / Google
Documents and Notes
- Google Search - view and edit Google Docs
- Penultimate - capture notes and drawings in your own handwriting
- Flipboard - news aggregator that also ties in to Facebook and Twitter
- PlainText - type simple text notes and store them in your DropBox account
- EverNote - take text and audio notes, also clip content from the web
- Office2HD - open and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files and Google Docs
- Documents To Go - open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
- Pages - create attractive layouts
- Keynote - create and deliver presentations
- PDF Reader - read PDFs
- Docusign Ink - sign PDF forms with your written signature
Databases
- FileMaker Go - allows viewing FileMaker databases
Communication / Connectivity
- Cloudpath.brown.edu - easiest way to set up Brown-Secure wireless on your iPad
- F5 Big-IP client - connect to the Brown SSLVPN service. Setup instructions at http://software.brown.edu/dist/hh-sslvpnclient.html
- Zoom Cloud Meetings - participate in Zoom web meetings from your iPad
- WiFiGetPlus - Find and connect to wireless networks
- Ride Systems - View the location of the Brown Shuttle system
Files
- Air Sharing HD - view your iPad files wirelessly from your computer
Fun
- Strip Designer - design a comic strip from your photos
- Yelp - read reviews of restaurants, shops, and more
- Maplets Lite - Maps of parks, subways, etc
- Stanza - view and share eBooks
- Art Authority - virtual art museum
- the Next Train - Offline schedules and maps of 18 different agencies, there is also a browser version.
- MotionX GPS Drive - GPS application for iPhone and iPad (HD version), not free but inexpensive and actually works well.