: Social Networking Apps
AIM for iPad to Yelp
AIM for iPad
Free
AIM for iPad has some social networking issues—namely, you can't retweet or direct message friends when using the built-in Facebook and Twitter clients—but it's a solid app for those with contacts that primarily use AOL's messaging service.
Friendly
$0.99
Facebook still hasn't released an official iPad app, but Oecoway's Friendly app, which features an excellent layout reminiscent of the Facebook Web site, is a fine substitute for the social networker who doesn't want to upload tons of photo or video.
Hootsuite
Free
HootSuite allow users to create numerous social network streams and view them in a clean, friendly interface, dispatching messages to multiple networks simultaneously.
Twitter for iPad
Free
Crafting new tweets may prove irritating due to an overcrowded screen, but the Editors' Choice award-winning Twitter for iPad is the best mobile Twitter client around, hands-down.
TweetDeck for iPad
Free
It may not support social networks such as Facebook or location-based services such as Foursquare, but TweetDeck for iPad is a respectable Twitter reader with an intuitive interface and accurate geo-tagging.
Yelp
Free
Yelp's iOS app brings the Web site's reviews and recommendations to the iPad, but diehard Yelpers will miss a handful of features that didn't get ported to Apple's tablet.
