With iOS 5, Apple added more than 200 new features to the iPad 2, but there’s still no printed guide to using all its amazing capabilities. That’s where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. You’ll learn how to stuff your iPad with media, organize your personal life, wirelessly stream content to and from your tablet, stay connected to friends, and much more. The important stuff you need to know: Build your media library. Fill your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, eMagazines, photos, and more. Go wireless. Sync content between your computer and iPad—no wires needed. Get online. Connect through WiFi or Wi-Fi + 3G, and surf the Web using the iPad’s new tabbed browser. Consolidate email. Read and send messages from any of your email accounts. Get social. Use built-in apps like iMessage, Twitter, and Ping to stay in touch. Store stuff in iCloud. Stash your content online for free, and sync up all your devices automatically. Interact with your iPad. Learn new finger moves and undocumented tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
The book has over 1,000 screen shots that are carefully annotated with step-by-step instructions.
Lots of apps take advantage of an iOS feature called push notifications, which enables the app to send messages and other data to your iPad. For example, the Facebook app displays an alert on your iPad when a friend sends you a message; ...
The Photo Booth app (only available on the iPad 2) adds effects to images that are taken with the iPad 2 cameras. When you open the app, it uses the front-facing camera to show off the various effects in a three-by-three grid.
With a 3G iPad, you nearly always have a data connection, so you almost always have fresh map data when you need it. • Directions— The iPad 2 Maps app gives you very useful directions. However, it does not provide live, ...
IN THIS ARTICLE ○ Tips on using the keyboard ○ A tour of the onscreen keyboard layouts ○ Working with auto-correct he iPad has a built-in keyboard that appears whenever you're working in a text-entry location, such as a search field ...
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By default you see the lock screen when you wake up your iPad. Sliding the unlock slider takes you to the Home screen or to whichever app you were using when you put the iPad to sleep. The Home Screen Think of the Home screen as a ...
Use a Different Server Port M ost of the time, sending email on your iPad is performed without any issues. On rare occasions, you may set up a new account and run into problems sending emails. As you attempt to send an email, ...
Moving down the Info screen, add a check mark to the Sync Mail Accounts option and then select which of your email accounts you want to sync between your primary computer and your iPad 2. This feature is used to sync account information ...
My kids are already hooked on the iPad. This book is also dedicated to the memory of my “canine” son, Eddie Jr. I am madly in love with you all. —Ed Baig This book is, once again, dedicated to my wife, Lisa, who taught me almost ...