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
You’re entering text but you realise you’ve made a mistake a couple of lines back. You either fumble about with your finger trying to get back to the exact place, or you use the magnifying glass. Touch and hold your finger in the right area and the magnifying glass appears, enabling you to fine
To type a capital letter on the Onscreen Keyboard you first tap the left or right shift key, then the letter. If you need to type a whole word in caps this can be painful. Save time typing in caps by turning the caps lock on. To do this double tap on either shift
Save time typing web addresses in Safari by using the iPad’s “.com” key when typing in a URL. A little-known timesaver is that if you hold down the .com key you get access to a menu that offers a .co.uk option, too.
If you visit a web page frequently then save time ponderously locating it in your Safari bookmarks by adding it as an icon to your Home screen. Tap the + icon in Safari then tap “Add to Home Screen”.
Save time filling out web forms in Safari by making use of Autofill. In Settings choose Safari – AutoFill, then select Use Contact Info to autofill information from the Contacts app, or Names & Passwords.
As you type you’ll notice that the iPad guesses at the word you’re typing. To choose this suggestion simply stop typing the word and tap the space bar. If you’re typing a lot of text then this can be a real time saver.
Double-clicking the Home button takes you to the home screen by default, but you can redefine its action in General – Home. To help save you time you can set it to bring up Spotlight search or the iPod application.
