As mentioned in my previous post, some months back, I recently began using some of Apple’s app version of their iLife software suite. I was writing software guides based on GarageBand, iMovie and iPhoto, on both the iPhone and iPad.

New iPad arrives

While I’m not an iPhone user, I own an iPod touch, which is roughly equivalent and certainly filled my needs. The publisher was kind enough to furnish me with a loaner iPad 3, with 64 GB of storage — top of the line. Here’s the view as I excitedly began the unboxing.

I can certainly say that my time with the iPad has made me quite an adherent. I don’t know if I’ll actually purchase one. Most of what I do is writing and the iPad is, honestly, kind of terrible for that. I’d much rather have a generously-sized, tactile keyboard. But some of the media creation and editing tasks it can do are nothing short of awesome.

Now that I’ve had a chance to work with some of these apps, I have a few tips and tricks to share. So I plan to post a few to this blog in the hopes that they can help others, as they become familiar with these apps, on both the iPad and iPhone. Until then, if you’ve already got the apps, have fun!