ABC Player, free, It plays most of ABC's content and looks good doing it, take a gander at the ABC Player!

AccuWeather, free, There's getting the weather and there's getting the weather with additional details, which is most definitely appreciated.

Adobe Photoshop Express, free, It's free, it's nifty and it lets you run filters, tools and effects across your local images before exporting them. Not a bad way to use your iPad...

Bebot - Robot Synth, $1.99, The robot's ready to perform and this program just draws you in, each finger movement generating a new sound with an actual sense and order to an interface you can't see. Plus you've got to give credit to a robot that wears a tux.

Bloomberg for iPad, free, All the details of the marketplace presented beautifully on your iPad. Bloomberg knows their interfaces and it's cool to play with.

Brushes, $7.99, A good set of tools, a decent price and an easy interface to work with, open up Brushes and you can't help but play with it.

CNN App for iPad, free, Between a good menu interface, excellent streaming video and an app that makes the most of every pixel of the iPad's interface, the CNN app is one of the best news apps out there for the iOS platform.

Craigsphone, free, Craigslist never looked great until now. Between a killer layout, great HTML rendering and an interface that's beyond easy to navigate, Craigsphone is Craigslist the way it should be.

Dead Space HD, $9.99, Yes, you'll be terrified by all the things that want to rip you apart in Dead Space, but it looks great, the controls are responsive and what better way to be mauled by aliens in your spare time?

Enigmo Deluxe, $0.99, A killer puzzle game and physics simulator, Enigmo will drive you mildly insane. And you'll love it for it, especially when you solve a puzzle you'd been wrestling with for the past 10 minutes.

Epicurious Recipes and Shopping List, free, For the record, Epicurious took your recipes and make them look absolutely amazing while providing access to hundreds of additional ones via its web site. These aren't bad things.

Fieldrunners for iPad, $7.99, You've got soldiers that want to cross a field and you have dangerous weaponry that needs to be installed and upgraded to install them. Plus the fact that it looks amazing on the iPad and you've got a nifty app in Fieldrunners.

FlickStackr, $1.99, You love Flickr but a native iPad app has yet to surface. Play with FlickStackr, come to know FlickStackr and you'll come to love FlickStackr. It's only natural.

Flight Control HD, $4.99, You know, a flight control simulator in which you land airplanes and helicopters and organize their flight paths shouldn't be this fun or look this good. But it is and it does and you'll just have to deal with it.

Flipboard, free, The news, hyper-stylized and with a killer interface. Take a gander, see what you like and you may have a new favorite information gathering app to your name.

Flixster, free, Everything involved in movie trivia, easy ticket purchasing, ratings, comments, feedback and the works. You're going to like this.

Flowpaper, $0.99, Perhaps the easiest way to use preset brushes and effects on your images, Flowpaper combines an editing program with a painting/drawing program and pulls it off.

Fruit Ninja HD, $2.99, There's fruit. And then there's the sharpened katana in your hand. And why wouldn't you spend the next 15 minutes slicing everything to tiny bits in an effort to beat your previous high score and unlock new achievements in Fruit Ninja HD?

Geometry Wars: Touch, $0.99, Everything great about 80's-style arcade shooters combined with a nifty interface on the iPad. Plus bombs and upgrades. Never forget the bombs and upgrades.

Google Earth, free, Perhaps the coolest waste of time imaginable combined with neat location features, directions, fly-throughs and trip planning tools, you just can't argue with Google Earth on an iPad.

HBO Go, free, HBO at its finest, complete with a killer interface, streaming video and series watchlist features. This is HBO in a form you can snuggle up with.

iDisplay, $4.99, You've got an iPad, you've got a Mac, why wouldn't you want one to act as the extended display (or mirrored display) of the other)

IM+, free, Access to a zillion chat and social apps, all with a killer interface and easy accessibility. It may clamor for your attention, but it gets handy. And that's worth the free you paid for it.

IMDB, free, All the movie trivia, showtimes, ticket purchasing, additional trivia and everything else you could ever handle about the movies, complete with a great interface. It is nifty.

Implode! XL, $2.99, A nifty way to waste at least 10 minutes, Implode! XL lets you blow everything to tiny bits via a killer interface, great graphics and awesome sound and be rewarded for it

Infinity Blade, $2.99, One of the first titles to prove that games for the iPad could look as amazing as a title on any gaming console, Infinity Blade is just that beautiful and that much fun to tinker with.

Infinity Field, $1.99, The loudest, flashiest and baddest variation of an arcade space shooter available these days, things explode, bonuses are earned and you'll dig every second of it.

Kayak HD, free, Ok, an app centered around airline ticket purchases and travel planning shouldn't look this good or have this nice an interface. Still, Kayak HD does and that's all there is to it.

Kindle, free, A spiffy way to read everything you can download and get your hands on, Amazon.com proved they're no fools in accessing the iOS market and making sure you can get the titles you want.

Marvel Comics, free, One of the coolest apps out there, the Marvel Comics app looks beautiful, has a great interface and proves what the iPad's graphics are capable of. And if you just happen to purchase a few additional comics, no one would blame you.

Minigore HD, $3.99, One of the coolest survival-shooter titles out there, Minigore HD puts your Lego Minifig-eseque character against the forces of darkness and shows you just how much fun 15 wasted minutes on the iPad can be.

Mirror's Edge for iPad, $9.99, It's a terrific port of the console game, it's beautiful as anything and it gets fun quickly. Snag it.

MONOPOLY for iPad, $9.99, Ok, Monopoly shouldn't look this good or be this much fun on any platform. But it is, that's the reality and it's not about to change.

Netflix, free, It lets you sort your Netflix queue. It grants you full access to your streaming content. And it looks awesome as it does it. It's the Netflix app and you should give it a gander...

Night Stand for iPad Free - Alarm Clock & Video, free, All the useful information you ever wanted to know, complete with a beautiful interface, as you wake up and glance at your iPad and decide to go back to sleep again.

NPR for iPad, free, The best of NPR, complete with full access to the national and local station web sites and content, killer audio streaming and the rest.

Orbital, $2.99, One of the weirdest but most beautiful cannon/physics games out there for the iOS platform. Snag it and see what happens.

Osmos for iPad, free, It came out of nowhere, it proved that physics could be really interesting on the iPad and it was fun to boot. Take a look at Osmos and you might be surprised.

Plants Vs. Zombies HD, $6.99, The very best combination of plant and zombie warfare, complete with beautiful graphics, an amazing interface and a sense of humor that can't be denied.

Pro Zombie Soccer Apocalypse Edition, $0.99, If you were wondering how to beautifully combine your love of soccer (the most popular sport in the world) with your love of zombies, this is it. Just remember to use your special attacks and aim for the brain.

Pulse: Volume One, $4.99, One of the strangest audio/rhythm games available for the iPad but amazing beautiful and fun nonetheless, take a look at Pulse: Volume One and you'll see what all the fuss is about.

Pulse News, $3.99, Another killer news reader with an amazing interface, great layout and style that can't be denied, the cool cats who developed this know what they're doing and it shows.

Real Racing HD, $6.99, One of the very best racing titles on the iOS platform, Real Racing HD shows you what your iPad is capable of both in terms of graphics and ease of control.

Solar Walk 3D Solar System Model, $2.99, Ok, this will sort of make you doubt your place in the universe, but Solar Walk 3D finds a beautiful way to do it with an amazing interface. Nigh-infinite distances never looked this good.

The Elements: A Visual Exploration, $13.99, One of THE most graphically impressive apps to ever emerge for the iOS platform, The Elements shows you what your iPad is capable of as it finds a cool way to teach you everything it can about the elements without skimping on, well, anything.

The World Clock, $1.99, An absolutely beautiful way to show you multiple time zones as well as how the sun is currently hitting the Earth at this moment, The World Clock is as cool as this kind of program can possible get.

Urbanspoon for iPad, free, All the restaurant reviews you can handle, complete with a nifty interface, great graphics and comments galore. You're going to like this.

Wikipanion for iPad, free, Every bit of Wikipedia crammed into an absolutely beautiful app with a great interface and access to almost anything you can think of.

WolframAlpha , $1.99, As much knowledge as you can handle, complete with math equations, definitions, histories and every other way the app can think of to answer your questions

World of Goo, $4.99, One of the most challenging, most difficult and fun puzzle games of all time, complete with beautiful graphics, awesome sound and a weirdness that's all its own.