New iPad Apps: The Best Retina Display-Ready Apps For The 'iPad 3'

You might have heard -- here on The Huffington Post or in other media outlets -- that there is a new iPad coming out, with an improved high-definition Retina display. Apple says that this display is "resolutionary," and the early reviewers agree.

In order to get the full mileage out of this new screen, however, you're going to need a bunch of apps that are specifically designed to take advantage of its high-definition resolution -- to satisfy, Apple has released a list of "Great Apps for the New iPad" in its iTunes store. (Other apps will still work, of course, but these apps have been specifically re-written to take advantage of the new iPad's high-resolution screen).

You can check out that full list here (link opens iTunes), or you can scan through our picks for the Best of the Best below. We've chosen the 11 best apps that are ready for your Retina display iPad (3) right now -- behold:

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[Paul900]

10:04 AM on 06/19/2012

Great business app to add to this list is Beesy. I'm using it in my everyday life. It's a very good productivity app. it generates for me a ToDo list from my tasks . I can also send by mail easily my minutes after a meeting http://www.beesapps.com/beesy-ipad-to-do/ . Furtermore, the application is about to release the last HD version of application to explore all the capabilities of the new retina display.

[nightfly4257]

09:21 AM on 03/28/2012

I keep repeating myself, love my new iPad. Why has the Huffington Post not update their App for the Retina Display? Why it is taking so long, we want answers?

[Dingo123]

03:57 PM on 03/18/2012

day 3 with the new ipad and love it. Not as compelling an upgrade as I hoped but since I will sell the old one for most of what I paid for it I simply look at it as a cheap cost to upgrade, get a year more on battery life to boot, have something yearly 2 x faster than previous with 2x or more zoomability in pics and clarity etc- seemed to me to be a no brainer- cheap bucks for a very nice toy that I use incessantly. I do love laptops and sometimes depending on what I do nothing beats my old 17" hp, but I also bought a macbook air recently and find that I hardly pick it up, I still find I can't beat the simple use of the touch interface on ipad. So for all those preaching about never being a sheep etc- good for you- stick with old tech and keep those heads in the sand. Some of us sheep are doing just fine.

[NHBill]

02:08 PM on 03/17/2012

Review: iPhoto for iOS out-does Adobe for mobile image editing

"iPhoto is a solid mobile photo editing option for iOS, and integrates some organization and loads of sharing options. All considered, it's a great value at $4.99."

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2012/03/hands-on-iphoto-for-ios-out-does-adobe-for-mobile-image-editing.ars

[mairs]

10:16 PM on 03/17/2012

I've been wondering how it does against Photoshop Touch.

[cyberfringe]

10:43 AM on 03/17/2012

I received the new iPad yesterday. Now I'm totally addicted. don't look at it or hold it or you will be addicted as well! Google Currents is a great news aggregator app for the new iPad. Stunning!

[mairs]

10:17 PM on 03/17/2012

Congratulations!

[Eudemis]

01:13 AM on 03/17/2012

I just adore my old 3 year old laptop. I am ecstatic about its mouse availability, massive 15 inch screen, the fact that it can handle both flash and java so no web page fails to load properly. I didn't wait in any lines for it and no group think cult tricked me into buying a new one every year. Oh joy.

[Pectin]

11:43 AM on 03/17/2012

Why post your story here? Why not add it to the article about your laptop?

[RGKahn]

12:45 PM on 03/17/2012

.?

[Dr Korey]

01:11 AM on 03/17/2012

I still have, and love, my iPad 1. There is a very specific reason I don't want a new one (v2 or 3) I don't want a camera on the device at all! Let alone two of them. I don't want an app on the device to decide it wants to take my picture. (Also, they could get rid of that reflective screen)

[nightfly4257]

07:04 AM on 03/17/2012

But taking pictures on IPad is so cool, NOT! Yes the camera on any tablet is stupid, but this should not stop from buying a newer IPad. I also hate the glossy screen a matte finish iPad 4 would be nice.

[Pectin]

11:36 AM on 03/17/2012

" the camera on any tablet is stupid"

Yes, being able to scan a document while stuck in traffic, then send it to the office sure was stupid.

[Pectin]

11:44 AM on 03/17/2012

How absurd.

[Trapped in Arizona]

11:09 PM on 03/16/2012

I have the new iPad, and I have to say that I love it! In fact, I am dictating this comment, rather than having to type it. I don't think I will ever type again! However, my wife told me that when I am dictating, I sound like a robot on Xanax. With respect to the improved resolution, it's like you are looking out the window and not on a computer screen. On a scale from 1 to 10, I have to give this thing An 11!

[Frank-Landfield]

09:31 AM on 03/17/2012

What app do you use to dictate?! Congrats. Obama/2012. :-)

[Trapped in Arizona]

01:07 PM on 03/17/2012

Actually, no special app needed. It is embedded as part of the keyboard. That is, to the left of the space bar, there is a "key" with a microphone symbol on it. You click that, speak, then when you are done speaking, click the key again, and your "text" appears on the screen (in your e-mail you are "typing", in this comment box, etc.). And it even recognizes punctuation commands (e.g., "period"; "exclamation point", "comma"), and other commands ("new paragraph").

I've read no manual either (it didn't come with one, and I'm too lazy and impatient anyway) -- I just started using it, so there are probably many features I'm not aware of.

[elicourey]

09:40 PM on 03/16/2012

Why hasn't Huffington Post update their iPad app for the Retina screen?

[Pectin]

11:38 AM on 03/17/2012

Probably because the app will still suck, whatever the resolution.

[ybfmiami]

09:26 PM on 03/16/2012

I would never subscribe to anything produced by Rupert Murdoch (the Daily)...bad move Apple.

[NHBill]

02:29 AM on 03/17/2012

I want Apple making great software and hardware to editorial judgements.

[plasmaorb]

07:07 AM on 03/17/2012

Apple arent really known for the humanitarian ways.. I cant think of the last time they actually did something for someone other than themselves.

[breakingpoint]

04:48 PM on 03/16/2012

is there another product with the same features without the cost or brand?

[Leucothea]

08:35 PM on 03/16/2012

No. As almost always the last five or ten years Apple is a good year and more ahead of its competition.

[Wyldstaar]

09:04 PM on 03/16/2012

No.

[ChristianEcon.com]

04:24 PM on 03/16/2012

LOVE Starwalk!

[uberman]

02:47 PM on 03/16/2012

This APPLE(tm) product will be sooooooo yesterday within a year, when they release a 'NEW AND IMPROVED' version that makes this one obsolete. I'm about as interested in an APPLE(tm) product as I am in getting the latest strain of Herpes. High Tech crap for sheeple.

[blizzard man robot voice]

03:03 PM on 03/16/2012

A new version of a product doesn't make it obsolete. If you have a 5 year old car, does it still not work?

[mairs]

04:46 PM on 03/16/2012

™

[HannahaS]

02:30 PM on 03/16/2012

Wow all those people who stood in line for the original iPad must be seething with jealousy.

[theveggiedude]

03:54 PM on 03/16/2012

No, we just pass the iPad to the significant other while we buy the new one.

[clearthinker2008]

07:57 AM on 03/17/2012

How many times can you do that?

[mairs]

04:47 PM on 03/16/2012

No. After two years I still love my iPad 1.

[luzmorales]

02:04 PM on 03/16/2012

" Art Authority is good, but these George Seurat paintings still appear rather pixelated...." and, this French cheese is MOLDY!

[mairs]

04:48 PM on 03/16/2012

I call bogosity on that review line too. LOL