[ This article is part of our 2010 App Gems Awards serial , respect the dependable apps of 2010 . ]

It ’s not easy taking all the remarkable products in the App Store and narrow them down to a lean of two - twelve honour winner . A luck of great apps — as worthy of your attention as our 24 App Gems Award recipient — wind up on the carving room flooring , just because there are only so many trophy to go around . With that in mind , here are a dozen more apps that could just as easily made our last list . They might not have captured an App Gem awarding , but they certainly deserve a second looking at the next time you ’re perusing the App Store ’s practical shelf .

Air Video : Like ZumoCast , this app lets you stream telecasting from your home computer to your iOS gadget , saving valuable storage quad on your iPhone , iPod tactile sensation , or iPad . The app supports nearly all TV formats , converting them to an iOS - well-disposed format on the fly .

Everlands HD : Do n’t be fooled by the cartoony graphics in this iPad game . This mix of chess and tic - tac - toe is one of the deep , most complex strategy display board games you ’ll regain in the App Store

FlightTrack Pro : experience a peregrine equipment means having information at your fingertip . And this feature of speech deep app keep you up - to - speed on air travel with aerodrome and gate mapping , flight delay , guess arriver times , weather readouts , in - flight tracking , and more .

Friendly : There ’s no prescribed Facebook app for the iPad , as of this composition . But Friendly picks up where Facebook depart off , work most of the the social networking website ’s characteristic glint in the multi - touch world of Apple ’s tablet .

Hulu Plus : If you ’ve paid up for a $ 8 - a - calendar month subscription with the Hulu on-line TV streaming divine service , this app gives you access to much of the content you’re able to catch via a screen background web internet browser — only now you’re able to catch an all-inclusive program library of show on the go .

iBooks : In the engagement of hybrid e - book proofreader apps , Amazon ’s Kindle offer may acquire for quantity of content . But Apple ’s well - designed entry deliver an immersive recitation experience that set the standard on the iPhone or iPad .

LogMeIn Ignition : pot of App Store offerings permit you manipulate Mac and Windows machines remotely from your telephone . Because it ’s well-heeled to set up , it supply secure dominance - level access , and it does n’t call for any firewall configuration .

Navigon Mobile Navigator : When it ’s time to get from Point A to Point B , you do n’t desire to be curtail to using a single app for the full journey . Navigon makes great use of iOS 4 ’s multitasking lineament , letting you run other apps at the same time as you get directions from the GPS program .

Netflix : We always treasure an app that does n’t rest on its honor , and this movie cyclosis program for Netflix Unlimited members keep tacking on the features . What begin out as an iPad - only app now runs on all iOS devices and supports video recording production to your TV .

Pastebot : attractively designed and adorned with killer features — namely , the ability to paste things to and from your phone with the assistance of a free companion syncing programme — this mobile clipboard manager deserve a place of swelling on your phone .

Photogene for iPad : Omer Shoor ’s image editor was already an impressive iPhone app . But this iPad feel right at rest home on the pill ’s larger screenland .

Solar Walk : search the solar organisation in dainty particular on either your iPhone and iPad . Thanks to heavy computer graphic and clever consumption of multitouch gestures , you could pinch and surge your way around the heavens , analyse stars , moons , and planets in an immersive 3D surround .