Most people don't get a computer to balance their budget or write business reports. Instead, most people really get a computer to play games and have fun. While you can use your iPad exclusively for business, you can easily turn your iPad into an entertainment center to watch videos, listen to Internet radio stations, or read the latest classics or best-sellers.
The most obvious free app to download is iBooks, which gives you access to Apple's iBook Store and lets you organize and read your ebooks. If you have a Kindle, download a free copy of the Kindle app so you can read all your Kindle ebooks on either your Kindle or your iPad.
For another alternative to Apple's iBook Store, download a free copy of the Kobo app. Just like iBooks, Kobo organizes your ebooks and lets you shop online for more books. With so many options for reading ebooks on your iPad, you can choose what you like best.
If you subscribe to Netflix, download this free app, and you can watch streaming video directly on your iPad. Now you can watch your favorite movies without waiting for the mail to arrive, as shown in Figure 39-12.
Watching movies through Netflix can be nice, but if you want to watch your favorite ABC TV shows, then get the ABC Player app for free. With this app you can see what's playing or stream episodes of your favorite shows and watch them on your iPad, as shown in Figure 39-13.
One way to keep yourself amused with your iPad is to sing along while listening to any songs you've stored on your iPad. Another way to amuse yourself with music is to create your own songs. Although it's not always practical to carry around an electronic keyboard, it is possible to turn your iPad into a musical instrument with JamPad or Virtuoso, as shown in Figure 39-14.
Virtuoso can help you learn the notes on a keyboard while JamPad lets you play keyboards, guitar, or drums to develop your music skills, or just play sounds to keep yourself or your kids amused on a long car ride or plane trip. If the racket gets too annoying for others to hear, bring headphones or ear buds to restrict the noise you make to your own eardrums.
No matter how large your music collection may get, chances are good you'll want to listen to something different. To help you find songs from different artists that you might enjoy, download the Pandora app.
Pandora lets you type in the name of your favorite recording artist or song, and then it plays only those songs that are similar to your chosen artist or song. By doing this, Pandora can help you discover new recording artists and songs that you might never have heard before.