iPad apps rush to market (images)
A day ahead of the Apple tablet's launch, the apps are coming fast and furious from Netflix, EA, Yahoo, The New York Times, Cisco, Discovery, and others.
Netflix
Famed for its home delivery of movies on DVD, Netflix has added streaming video to its repertoire. Its iPad app here shows a movie being streamed on the Apple tablet. The app is free, said Netflix, adding: "Streaming to iPad is at no additional cost to Netflix members on plans starting at just $8.99 a month."
New York Times
Scrabble
Game publisher Electronic Arts on Friday announced the availability of five games for the iPad: Scrabble (under license from Hasbro in the U.S. and Canada only), Tetris, Need for Speed: Shift, Mirror's Edge, and Command & Conquer: Red Alert. This is the Scrabble app.
Need for Speed: Shift
Autodesk SketchBook Pro
Yahoo Entertainment
Yahoo Entertainment, TV listings
Super Why!
MythBusters
Marvel
Dragon Dictation
Cisco WebEx
FileMaker Bento
Lonely Planet
PCalc
Magic Piano
All that whimsy will cost you $2.99--a limited sale price that, the company says, expires on Mozart's birthday.