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28 iPad 2 Tips and Tricks

28 iPad 2 Tips and Tricks
Your new iPad 2 might not be as full-featured (or as complicated) as a laptop or desktop PC, but a few neat tricks are still hidden between the surface. Read on to learn how to secure your iPad, sync your bookmarks, and more. Download the free iPad User's Guide: You may have noticed that your iPad didn't come with a big printed manual--that's not Apple's style. Take a free guided tour: Apple provides video tours for each of the preinstalled apps, so you can get a good look at how to use them. Use the Side Switch: You can use that neat switch on the side either to enable and disable audio alerts (this doesn't affect video/audio playback) or to lock the screen's orientation in portrait or landscape mode. Multitask in iOS: You probably already know that you can press the Home button twice to bring up a list of currently running or suspended apps. Speed up your sentences: Double-tapping the spacebar while typing a message will type a period and then a space.

Top 10 Useful iPad And iPad 2 Tips And Tricks | Tech Stuffs Top 10 Useful iPad And iPad 2 Tips And Tricks Tuesday, April 12, 2011 · By Ramin asadi Here are 10 irresistible iPad and iPad 2 tips and tricks you can explore right now. These all help you get the most out of your tablet and some of them may be things you are not even aware you could do. 10 iPad And iPad 2 Tips And Tricks Are you looking for some great new tips and tricks to use with your iPad or iPad 2? Tip #1 Enable Multitasking Gestures Apple recently introduced Xcode 4 to the Mac App Store and along with that release, came a little trick you can do to get multitouch Gestures right on your iPad or iPad 2. Tip #2 Watch Movies From An SD Card On Your iPad Did you know that you could watch movies on your iPad or iPad 2 directly from an SD card? Tip #3 Viewing PDF’s Without An App There are some great iPad apps you can get for PDF’s but if all you want to do is read one then your iPad has a great (free) way to do so. Tip #4 Play Podcasts At Double Speed Tip #5 Secret Keyboard Keys

50 really useful iPad tips and tricks With great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor and a Retina display, the new iPad is the world's best tablet device. It's also fully capable of running the latest version of Apple's iOS operating system and great apps like iMovie and GarageBand. Here we present 50 really useful iPad tips. We cover everything from customising your Home screen through to getting more from built-in apps like Mail and Safari. 10 best tablet PCs in the world today The vast majority of these tips will also work on the original iPad and iPad 2, so owners of any generation of iPad shouldn't feel neglected. For 50 more iPad tips, check out a new iPad app called 100 Tricks & Tips for iPad 2, brought to you by our colleagues on MacFormat. 1. iOS now supports folders. Your iPad will create a folder with both the apps in. 2. Double-clicking the Home button shows you all the apps that are running on your iPad in a bar along the bottom of the screen. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The iPad supports a VPN connection.

100 iPad Tips and Tricks.pdf IPad Tips & Tutorials | iPad Academy - Part 4 Using the Back Button or Previous Page in the Safari Web Browser on the iPad A participant in my Master Class recently asked this question: How do I go “back” in Safari? Sometimes the “back” button works and sometimes it doesn’t. Continue reading... How to Open Adobe Digital Editions Books on the iPad – Dealing with DRM I recently received this request for help with reading an Adobe eBook format on the iPad: I have tried to download purchased epub files to my ipad by following the instructions for itunes. Continue reading... iPad Video Lessons – Learning to Use the iPad – A Story, A Gift and A Deal In January 2012, I launched the iPad Academy Master Class, my series of online video lessons to help others learn to use the iPad. Continue reading... iPad Tip: How to Open Videos Attached to Email Messages I recently received this request for help from one of the members of my iPad Academy Master Class. Continue reading... iPad Tip: Uploading A File to a Website. Continue reading...

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Seven Hidden Features of the iPad Camera Connection Kit Many people wouldn’t take a second look at the $29 iPad Camera Connection Kit because they could simply transfer photos and videos from their computer via iTunes. But, this little unsuspecting accessory has hidden powers, with which comes great responsibility. Not really, but there are a few things that the Dock Connector to USB dongle does that aren’t advertised. Attach USB Keyboards - Savings: $69 If you already own a USB keyboard, like the one connected to your Mac, then you are in luck. Apple’s own iPad Keyboard Dock costs $69 to do something that you can do with a $29 adapter and a USB keyboard. Just connect your iPad USB camera connector, plug in your USB keyboard, and you're good to go. USB Audio Devices - Savings: $30-100 Some people believe that the digital audio output achieved by USB audio interfaces sounds better than those of an analog output. With the camera kit, you can plug many USB headsets right into the USB port of the iPad. Attach a USB Microphone - Savings: $30

20 Excellent Icon Sets for Application Design In our continued effort to find and deliver to you the best free design resources, we’ve compiled a list of 20 excellent icon sets for application design. Just like fonts and textures, you can’t have too many icons in your design library. In this collection you’ll find a variety of icon styles that should fit any type of application design. Basic Set 2 iconSweets Mini Icons Free iphone toolbar icons Glyphish Splashy Icons Token Basic Set WooFunction Vaga Pixelated Nixus Vaga Icon Set FAMFAMFAM – Mini Free web development icons #1 Free web development icons #2 Tango Led Icon Set FAMFAMFAM – Silk Pixel LED Icon Set About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 464 shares 8 Free & Useful Minimal Icon Sets Icons are certainly a very important element of a design. Read More 916 shares 8 Beautiful and Free Flat Icon Sets For the past few years in web design, we’ve noticed a trend in moving toward simplicity and minimalism.

How to Set Up and Configure All the New Features in iOS 5 iOS 5 is out and there are plenty of new features, some of which require a little bit of set up. We'll walk you through the entire process so you're up and running in just a few minutes. Click on the feature you want to set up for a video walkthrough and written instructions as well. How to Set Up Wi-Fi Sync in iOS 5 One of the most exciting things that iOS 5 offers is the ability to sync without plugging your iDevice into your computer. How to Set Up iCloud in iOS 5 Apple's had a few false starts with .Mac and MobileMe, but iCloud promises to be the push sync we've all wanted on our iPhones. How to Configure Notification Center in iOS 5 Notifications Center finally rids us of those annoying pop-up alerts Apple forced upon us, but not every type of notification on your iDevice defaults to the new, less-obtrusive method. How to Configure iOS 5's Awesome Built-in Text Expansion It seems Apple added text expansion to iOS 5 and decided not to mention it.

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