Filled the first page. Here are my impressions:

[NineSwords]

So I have filled the first page with apps. Here are my first impressions:

iBook: This should normally be on the first page with all the pre installed apps but im too lazy to sort them right now. I downloaded a book and read two chapters without problems. Since I rested the iPad comfortably I had no problems with the weight of the iPad and I didn't notice any eye strain.

Marvel Reader: a incredible experience to read comics this way. I haven't read many marvel comics until now so I have a lot of catching up to do. I hope they open up the store in some way to other publishers as well. Would be great to have only one app for every comic.

The Elements: Okay. This is the app to show off the interactive features of the iPad. I hasn't any real purpose for me but it's still interesting to see the periodic table this way.

Scrabble It's Scrabble. And needs a patch.

Shazam: Music recognition. I have it already on the iPhone and I guess I'll drop it from the iPad. It's easier to hold a phone to a speaker than a iPad.

PvZ: it's only the iPhone version since I'm uncertain if I need another copy of PvZ so short after I played through the iPhone version.

Small World: Like Risk in a fantasy setting. I yet have to play a game since they doesn't have a AI. I hope this will be added via patch. But it looks interesting.

Wired Magazine: a interactive copy of the wired magazine. It gets some hype at the moment, but frankly, I think this isn't as good as I imagined interactive magazines on the iPad. There is still a great way to go before they're were they should be. Since they use a system from adobe that allows them to publish their dead tree version with the same tools like the ipad version I don't think this will improove much. I guess I wait for a publication that's produced with the ipad in mind.

GoodReader: A .PDF reader. Nothing To see here. Move along.

Die Welt: A German daily news magazine. The app is fairly solid but it doesn't download the issue as a whole and instead load stuff as you go. Worthless for me if I choose to take the pad with me.

Adobe ideas: a free sketch program. It's okay for free but with the name Adobe behind it I would have expected some more features.

FlightControl Hd: It's flight control in Hd. I love it. And with the big screen I actually can play it together with both my kids. Worth every cent.

DropBox: does what you expect it would do.

tweetdeck: has been replaced with Twitteriffic and will be deleted once I finish this post.

IMDB: Good layout. Best way to browse through imdb so far.

zinio: it's a magazine kiosk. I checked the free issue of Macworld and it's just a better PDF. It's the same as with the Wired magazine. I would rather see some real publications for the iPad and not something that has been portet over.

Pinball HD: this becomes my new Puzzle Quest in regards to how many copies I bought for different platforms. I love the Deep table and the other two aren't bad either. Like the Mac version this allows for the iPhone to work as a wireless controller.

Civilizations Revolutions: say what you want but this is the definitive version of civ rev. It's so great that it shows that there are many more possibilities and a full iPad version of Civ5 should be something the devs should consider.

AccuWeather: A free weather app. Not as good as Weatherbug Elite but for a free app it shows a lot of information.

Brushes: I got this because the Adobe Ideas wasn't featurepacked enough. It looks to be the best paint program on the iPad at the moment.

Air Video: like on the iPhone this is the best app on the iPad. It streams xvids over the net to my iPad with live conversion. And the best? It's a universal app (build for iPhone and Ipad) and I didn't even had to pay again for the iPad version. I wish every dev would do this.

ABC Player: shows the content from ABC.com on the ipad in a nice and convenient way. But where are the first episodes of Lost season 6?!?

[shigzeo]

Thanks for your input Nine. I'll be picking one up (yep, I sorted the issues) in July. Will do my best to use it professionally: for all my writing (not editing) needs and for photograph offloading and minor touch up.

[NineSwords]

I'm waiting a little bit for more iPad photo editors. I spent way to much on photo apps on the iPhone because I couldn't wait until one definitive app emerged.

[shigzeo]

Have you tried PhotoGene? I should get a review done as it is quite good. Still doesn't support native files past 2048*2048, but is very good for what it does. I mainly use the iPad for RAW sorting and transfer, but if a good, simple photo editor was released that supported RAW and full resolution, I'd jump.

[NineSwords]

I settled with Filterstorm. Still not able to work full size, but it saves up to 3072x2048. If I find something better I let you know.

[shigzeo]

Yeah, let's keep this discussion open. That range is better than PhotoGene. Does it allow you to change curves and what sort of filters can you apply? Can you crop, and use colour wheels?