While television commercials for the iPad highlight all the fun you can have with it--watching HD movies, reading books, and playing games--you can also use this slate to get work done. It may be hard to believe, given that the iPad has a touchscreen keyboard and, as of press time, doesn't multitask. But a trio of office suites, the richest of which being designed by Apple, lets users create and edit word documents, spreadsheets, and (sometimes) presentations. While no app was quite good enough to win our Editors' Choice award, all offer an intuitive interface and unique benefits that make on-the-road productivity surprisingly easy.