Under [B]NEWS[/B] I have

• BBC
• AP News
• Newsweek
• CNN
• News360 (Fantastic image based Newsreader)
• Flipboard (my new absolutely favorite news app, turns facebook and RSS Feeds into newspaper-esque reading)
• Huffington Post
• Mashable
• NPR
• Pulse (another image based aggregation, which you can select from a list of sites)
• The Daily
• Zite
• Techwire (cumulative of tech sites)

[B]WEATHER[/B]

• Weather HD ($0.99 app with fantastic animation)

[B]SOCIAL NETWORKING[/B]

• Friendly

[B]MUSIC[/B]

• Garage Band (FANTASTIC)
• Waft (Free shoutcast streamer. Can select from a list of pre-selected radio stations and also add your own .pls streams)

Have a few games but nothing that's struck me to go to everyday.

Re: iPad + iPad2 apps.

Can't wait till I get the iPad... however I did hear that the Wii2 may be out soon........ so in terms of gadgets... I may want to get the Wii first.