Birthday iPad

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So upon arriving home I found a lovely birthday present from my parents waiting for me, the shiny new iPad upon which I type this now. Though I stand by my previously made statement that it is basically a novelty, an oversized iPhone that doesn't make calls, I am actually really enjoying it and think it will serve my computing purposes well. I'm sure that only reveals just how technologically unsophisticated I really am, but no matter, I am happy. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the lovely and generous gift (even though you probably should have considered my gift paying to get my car fixed.)

Can anyone recommend a good word processing application for it? I plan to primary use this thing for Internet and for some light writing on the go, and since none of the word processors for iPad I've seen are free, I would like to know which is good before I purchase. I would like it to be compatible with the .docx format so that I can import any files generated here into MS Word on my desktop. Any other app recommendations are welcome as well.

Comments

[natbudin.livejournal.com]

I know Pages can do Word formats, both doc and docx. I haven't used it myself (not having an iPad), but it's gotten pretty consistently good reviews from the sites I read. And it's a first-party app, which from Apple is usually a good sign.

Silly app recommendation: Infinity Blade is a fantastic game, and probably even moreso on a large screen. Even if you don't like fighting games, it's worth it for the awesome graphics in this one.

[laurion]

Infinity Blade is -very- pretty. I picked it up on one of the (not infrequent) sales it goes on for a buck. Happy to show what it looks like on the big screen.