buying iPad3 as a gift - can I preload with apps?

hello and much thanks in advance.
This is my first question on iPad forums. I am buying a new iPad3 for a graduation present for a 16yr old niece. I would like to send it to her with some pre-purchased apps on it.
Can I use my iTunes account and buy some apps and download them directly onto her new iPad ? I am not going to sync the new ipad on my computer - just buy them and download them
directly onto her ipad. The other concern is - is there a simple way for her to be able to retain and keep these pre-purchased apps without losing them when she syncs the new ipad onto
her computer? I've done some online research and it does not seem a very simple process, and I don't think she is that computer savvy. She does not have a mac computer - it's a PC.

Is there some software that makes it easier to keep what has been pre-downloaded on a new iPad?
Also, if I use my iTunes account to buy some apps on the new ipad - will that affect the way she will order apps in the future. I don't want her to use my account to order apps or
have her iPad dedicated to my iTunes account.

thanks again

 

I would create a new itunes account for her and use a itunes prepaid credit to buy apps on that account. So she gets the ipad with its own account which she can add her own card details to.

 

Just give her some money and let her setup her own account, on a computer, and let her buy the apps. She needs to know how to do it herself anyway. Don't cripple her out of the gate. Don't set it up on your account unless you want her always getting your apps or buying apps that you pay for.

 

Thanks for all the help and yes AQ OC I had thought of that option. I guess it is the best one. And I am going to send her an iTunes gift card. I had just wanted to put some apps on there that she could use as a student (educational ones, as well as a book or two - that she might not purchase herself ). I know she does not have a current iTunes account. Is it not possible for one iPad to have more than one iTunes account?

Someone else mentioned gifting her an app? What exactly do I need to know to Gift her an app in the future ?

Thanks again for all taking interest in my dilemma.

 

Thanks DefBref. Could you give me a bit more information on how to do that? Is it possible to have two separate iTunes accounts on one iPad? Ideally, I would like to be able to gift her apps or books to her ipad using my account now and in the future. I don't want her to have access to my account, but still want her to be able to set up her own account. thanks

 

I tried to gift my cousin apps on two different occasions...using what i know to his iTunes account. Sadly, he never got them. Since he lives in Houston, I just let it go and thus never found out what the problem is. Maybe I thought I knew is iTunes ID and am mistaken.

 

Or the Spam filters got it.

I gifted an app to my Mother once. It sat in her mailbox until I went over, opened mail on her iPad and redeemed it for her.