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Four Essential iPad Productivity Boosters

14.03.2011
Whether you've already got an iPad or you're thinking of jumping into the tablet pond with an iPad 2, you probably know better than to expect a miraculous overnight productivity boost from any device. Like any other gadget, the iPad is only as effective as its user. And to get real efficiency out of it, you'll want to adopt a few apps and tools that don't come preloaded from Apple. Here are three excellent productivity downloads, and one indispensable accessory, that can help you speed through your daily tasks with ease and increased control.

Calendars

Particularly for Google Calendar users, but also for those who need a good stand-alone option, is a tremendous addition to pretty much any iPad or iPhone productivity pack. Having sunk more hours than I'd care to contemplate into trying out various free and paid options to replace the stock iPad and iPhone calendars with something that handle's Google Calendar competently, this $7 app is my stand-out favorite.

Calendars handily syncs all of your Google calendars to the iPad and maintains your label colors for easy browsing through your scheduled events. And it lets you easily drag and drop appointments to reschedule them on the fly. Just tap and hold to drag them and let go to drop them. Tap anywhere to add a new appointment at that spot. Unlike the stock iPad calendar, it gives you a useful year view that shows you which days have appointments and which are free. And it gives you a week view on the iPhone, which the stock iPhone calendar doesn't. It also syncs with Google Tasks.

Taska

I don't have an exact count, but it seems like there are trillions of to-do list apps in Apple's app store, and most of them do little beyond making lists so you can check things off. My personal favorite, , comes with a fairly steep download price of $40, which makes it tough for me to recommend it here. If you want features that rival OmniFocus for GTD-style task management, check out .