iPad – Expand Home Screen
There are 11 home screens available. You can drag icons to the right of the main Home screen at anytime and not just when you load new apps.
There are 11 home screens available. You can drag icons to the right of the main Home screen at anytime and not just when you load new apps.
For those used to the iPhone, there is a new art to using the iPad. With the Photos app, you can control your shots in new ways, press with two fingers in the all photos view. You can then spin the photo and slide it around. This works exactly like a Microsoft Surface table.
The ABC Player app that lets you watch TV shows on the iPad, but only from that network starts in a vertical view. Once you play a show, though, you can turn the iPad horizontally and the show will play in full-screen landscape mode.
The Facebook app loads in a 1/8 view It works the same as it does on the iPhone, just gently shake the iPad to reload your Facebook page.
Any Apple Wireless Keyboard will work with the iPad. You can actually prop up the device without an expensive dock. Use the Pages app to type up long documents, or reply to emails.
Amazon offers the free Kindle reader for iPad, which is a welcome addition. All your Amazon e-book purchases will be available immediately, also Amazons prices are better than iBooks
You can password-protect apps like iTunes so that a family member can’t buy every mp3with your credit card. Go to Settings, Then General, Then Restrictions. Press Enable Restrictions Type a password, Then turn on the restrictions you want for the apps available. PLEASE NOTE: This password is different from your iTunes password so you will
iPad – Read iPad books in portrait You may be tempted to read e-books in landscape mode – with the Apple iBooks app, you’ll have a few more on-screen aids and a book spine. The spine, though, has this fuzzy pattern that actually draws your eyes away from the words and ruins the immersion of
iPad – Control iPad notifications: Have you ever played Tap Tap Revenge on the iPhone? Good, then you know how annoying notifications can be. These messages pop up on the iPad as well. but you can control them. Go to Settings, Notifications, and configure which alerts (and accompanying sounds) will appear.
Like the iPhone, you can use a custom wallpaper. First, use Safari to find the image you want. (Try Interfacelift.com, which has iPad-sized images.) View the image, then press and hold on the screen and select Save Image. Now, go to Settings, Brightness & Wallpaper. Flick to the right, go to Saved Photos, and