App-Y New Year! Smartphone, iPad and e-Reader Devices Make Most of Your New Gadgets

Jan. 3, 2010 — -- Were you lucky enough to unwrap a new gadget for the holidays?

If you got an Android phone, an iPhone or iPad, Windows phone, BlackBerry or a Kindle, there are hundreds of thousands of apps for your new toys.

You can buy your books wirelessly, eliminating the need to hook your e-reader up to the computer. You just need to tie your device to your online account with Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Borders. You can also subscribe to blogs and newspapers, put music on your e-reader and even download games such as Scrabble.

Games: Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, and Cut the Rope are popular games for the iPad.