As with any platform, the iPad creates a new experience for users and opportunities for creative developers to create entirely new and compelling applications. While several apps for the iPad have been extremely popular (like the ABC player app and the terrific Netflix streaming app), in my view the first true “killer app” for the iPad is likely to be Flipboard.

Flipboard (iTunes link, free) provides a magazine like reading experience pulling in content from user selected subject matter groupings. It also allows users to enter their Facebook and Twitter account information and Flipboard then pulls the content and displays it in an easy-t0-read format. With Twitter feeds, for example, the app not only pulls in the feed, but also if a tweet includes a link to a photo or website or video, that linked content is automatically displayed. Very sweet.

Be advised that there is a crush of users trying to activate Flipboard now. The company has posted information here. In addition, some question whether Flipboard can legally pull and display the content from other websites.