Flipboard

This app lets you flip through the news, videos, photos and updates on Facebook in an easy and manageable way. You can also catch up on the latest news from titles such as National Geographic, The New Yorker and Rolling Stone to name a few. Flipboard (free) has been named Apple's iPad App of the Year. If you have downloaded lots of videos on your mac, this ipad video converter for mac can help you to convert videos to the ipad format.

Dropbox

If you’re new to the iPad, you will eventually realize that it lacks a traditional Finder where you can store and move files around. Apple wants you to use iTunes to import and export documents, PDFs, photos and other files, but the file sharing service, Dropbox, is a hundred times better as a Finder. With a free Dropbox account and the Dropbox app for the iPad, you can export and import files easily via Wi-Fi and 3G access.

Air Video Free

Even if you have a 64 GB iPad, importing lots of videos onto it will eat up memory space really fast. Air Video enables you to get streaming access to all your AVI, DivX, MKV and other videos over a local network, Wi-Fi and even 3G. You will need to also download the free desktop client app in order to use Air Video.

Fandango Movies

Fandango Movies is my go-to app for when I want to view movie previews and read reviews of current movies, as well as get movie times and theater listings in my area. Well worth having on your device.

CNN

If CNN is your go-to news and sports media outlet, you will be able to view a lot of its content right on your iPad. This well designed app opens with a visual display of US and world news stories and reports. Tapping on a photo brings up the selected news story. The app also features an audio hourly update of news.

Instapaper

In a rush? Haven't got time to read that article you found? Instapaper (£2.99) lets you save those web pages you came across in the day for reading later offline. You also can sync ipad to pc for backup if you already have a lot of files on your ipad.

AroundMe

AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi. AroundMe shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have tapped on along with the distance from where you are.

Gilt for iPad

Shop for today’s most coveted fashion and luxury brands at up to 60% off retail. Gilt is a members-only community, but for a limited time, all iPad users can shop the app without having to join!

170,000+ Recipes

Take 170,000+ recipes (including your own) and your grocery list anywhere on your iPad. BigOven’s iPad app gets cooks inspired and organized in the kitchen and on-the-go. This app is an ideal kitchen companion recommended by well-known publications.

Coolibah -- Digital Scrapbooking

With Coolibah you can scrapbook anywhere, anytime! Install it today and you can start filling those “lost” minutes spent waiting for your kids at the doctor’s office, the dentist’s office, at gymnastics, baseball, or soccer with something that’s fun and productive.

Backgrounds HD

Although Apple provides a set of very beautiful wallpaper for the iPad, this app provides 10,000+ backgrounds to choose from. You only need to download the ones you like, so it takes up very little memory. It includes 60 categories, including cars, girls, celebrities, holidays, night scenes, sports and beaches.

These iPad apps are not only the best but also very popular in the web now. From utilities to games, which iPad apps will you download?