It would be great to see the pen tool added to the iPad. The iPad does offer a line tool but it only allows for one curve. On the Mac version of Pages a pen tool is available but it is, sadly, missing on the iPad. There are other limitations such as no text on path and no stroke for text, features I sometimes need for event posters and flyers. At the moment one of the features I miss most is the lack of linked text boxes which are often necessary for larger documents such as newsletters and annual reports. Pages is no substitute for something like Adobe’s InDesign but it works very well for brochures, small newsletters, posters and more. I’ve also used it recently for several event posters and flyers. I add the client’s content, tweak the design and it’s ready to go. In both cases I started with one of the included brochure templates provided by Apple. Some of my most recent projects using Pages included brochures for a local business as well as a brochure for our local library. Most people won’t need to bother adding fonts but some of us that are the target of the “Pro” marketing do. Easily adding fonts to the iPad is one of those features Apple will need to eventually add if they truly expect people to use iPads as primary or only computing devices. There have been several occasions when I’ve nearly completed a project on the iPad and then just finished it on the Mac so that I could add in a font that is not installed on the iPad. Also, Pages documents are interchangeable between the Mac and iOS.

It’s not quite as powerful as its Mac counterpart but it is VERY close. This is another one that has long been available on the Mac and one which was ported over to the iPad right at the beginning.

Another useful iWork app and one that is probably better known, is Pages.

Apple pages templates for journal