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
Microsoft Corp. today joined its partners in revealing nine new Windows Phone 7 handsets that will be available this holiday season from leading mobile operators in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. With more than 60 mobile operators in over 30 countries worldwide committed to bringing Windows Phones to market, the millions of people around
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.
Instead of wading hopelessly through your music library looking for that one song you want, or endlessly hacking through your Contacts. It’s much quicker to make use of the Spotlight search – it can search both iPod and Contacts. Flick right on the Home screen to access Spotlight search, or press the Home button.
There are four apps in the iPad’s Dock (the shelf along the bottom of the Home Screen) by default, but you can have up to six apps here for quick access. Press and hold any icon on the Home Screen until the icons start to wobble, then drag two more apps to your Dock.
