GarageBand for iPad heralds the dawn of a new era of content-creation apps that will help the iPad to live up to its "post-PC" billing. For just £2.99 you can furnish your tablet with the eight-track recording studio that has become an integral part of the success of Mac OS X.

With a full-range of touchscreen, touch-sensitive instruments that mere novices can play, and the ability to turn your iPad into a guitar amp, you can create a full song right there on the device. It’s absolute genius and accessible for everyone: be it wannabe musician, professional or just for some casual composing.

On the iPad 2, it can even detect how hard you're playing your piano or other instrument – that's properly next-gen stuff…