According to this great feature on Bloomberg.com, artist and legend David Hockney is a huge fan of the iPad, and has already started using it to make art. “I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well,” Hockney texted the author of the feature, Bloomberg’s chief art critic, Martin Gayford. In the article Hockney reveals that he was already a huge fan of the iPhone, but says that the iPad’s larger screen takes his iPhone art to “a new level.”

Hockney had previously used his iPhone to produce hundreds of drawings that he liked to send to his friends for free. Now, instead of using just one finger to draw the bouquets of flowers that he likes to send to his friends every morning, he can use all of his fingers to draw much more complex pieces. Hockney says that drawing in this way is even easier than using a real pencil or brush – “I can change colour or the width of the mark very rapidly on this, quicker than with an ordinary computer.”

Hockney also likes the fact that the iPad and iPhone are luminous, reflecting light in the same way that a stained-glass window or a mosaic might, and that motivates him to choose luminous subjects and themes, such as sunrises, or flower vases with water in them that catch the light. He also finds that the iPad can reproduce every move that he makes in rather flamboyant style – “I’ve realised that I can do performances.”

By Maura Sutton, iPadForums.net
David Hockney?s IPad Doodles Resemble High-Tech Stained Glass - Bloomberg.com

Five must have apps for iPad
Now, Apple iPad is available in the market and users are exploring new apps available to the device which will let you watch streaming movies, manage passwords and more. However, it is just starting. Within a short time, users can have lot more to explore and download to increase the utility of the tablet PC. Further, user can also check the apps available for iPhone and iPod Touch on their iPad.
Here, the feature discusses about few iPad apps which is said to be the best called by various analysts. Several of them are available for free.

1. Password for increased security
For iPad, 1Password app can encrypt, store and organize passwords and other private information. Further, the app automatically log-in to the Web sites and other Internet services on your tablet PC. It is reported that the app will also help you to store credit card details, bank account information, ATM PINs and much more.
The app is already available for both the Mac and the iPhone. Now, the app is available for the iPad also. It's priced at $14.99 and is available for free for the existing users on iPhone.
2. Kindle e-book app
Since its debut, the iPad has been called as the alternative to Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader. The tablet PC’s iBooks app and Apple’s own online bookstore were the center-pieces of the announcement.
The app offers users to buy and download soft copies of books from Amazon's Kindle store. Both apps, viz. the iBooks and the Kindle are available for free and come with large number of free books, courtesy of Project Gutenberg and other Internet sources.
3. Instapaper Pro
Instapaper is the application which allows you to bookmark interested articles or pages for later viewing. The app can hold upto 250 such article and user can call up the queue when get time to read. This app is very useful for iPhone, but will be even better on the iPad with its bigger screen and better graphics resolution. The app is available with a price tag of $4.99.
4. TweetDeck for iPad
If you are a regular user of Twitter, then the app is for you. It is reported that out of many Twitter clients available, TweetDeck for iPad is easy and most useful among other options. It is available for free and has multicolumn view, which can be customized according to the requirement.
5. Pages and Things
While Apple's Pages offers you the basic capabilities of word processor, where you can write and edit, format text, embed images and charts; Things manages all your to-do lists with start and due dates, and organizes those lists into projects, areas of responsibility, next actions and more. Pages, which is the part of iWork suite, is available for $9.99, whereas Things costs about $19.99 for iPad version. The two apps help the device to transform into a business laptop and task manager.
Conclusion
After the launch of Apple iPad, developers are now gearing up for new apps for the device which will be available for download from App Store. At present, user can check weather report; watch streaming movies via Netflix app, and many more.
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I think I just found my first wallpaper! Now, how do I get it fon the ipad? I'll try to figure it out when my 3g arrives!

Originally Posted by Lederman

I think I just found my first wallpaper! Now, how do I get it fon the ipad? I'll try to figure it out when my 3g arrives!

the drawing/image in that link looks rather small, but I'm sure a larger version to use as wallpaper must be available online somewhere

iPhone, iPad, ipod and some of other digital products of Apple company are walking into people’s life gradually and plays a significant roles in our daily life. Even though there some unavoidable limitation, but we should believe iPad is striving to change everything, we are looking forward!

So, special thanks to this informative tutorial and powerful tool! it is really easy to use and I will recommend it to my friends!But could you post more detailed tips or tricks related to ipad on mac! I’m not proficient at all the functions of my new iPad, so I need a simple software that can transfer AVI,DVD to ipad. thanks!

yeah we should be very delighted to see more nice stuffs have come out! i am so excited to see that!

there are a large number of people are fans of ipad, me too.