STATUS BOARD

STOP YOUR IPAD GETTING BORED BY DISPLAYING STATUSES.

Status Board enables you to arrange a number of customizable panels, which, when activated, turn your iPad into a display that details all kinds of information. For free, you get panels for clocks, weather, calendars, email, Twitter and RSS feeds. Pay $ . and you can add tables, DIY HTML, graphs, countdowns and custom text. Smartly, photo albums are part of the paid o ering, which we suspect will tempt many to upgrade.

Even for free Status Board is a great download, giving your iPad a reason to exist when you’re not using it. The panels look great, although be wary of the built-in wallpapers, which too often obscure on-screen text; and while we found some aspects of editing a touch fussy, it’s easy enough to get everything up and running.

For businesses, it’s potentially an even better install. Boards can be shared as set-ups or stills, and you can enable subscriptions, so everyone’s always got the latest version.