Well, with great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor
and a thinner design, the iPad 2 is the world’s best tablet device. The
iPad can be a wonderful, loyal companion and friend, but it can also
take a while to warm up to. Now it’s time to go beyond upsizing all your
iPhone apps and get to the nitty-gritty of iPad awesomeness. Check out
our list of tips and tricks that’ll have you wowing your friends and
working more efficiently with your new device.
Check your App updates
If you have an iPod touch or iPhone, check for app updates with iTunes.
There’s a good chance some of your apps are ready to to be updated for
the iPad. By the way, you can
transfer apps to ipad from you PC/Mac is avoidable
You’re Not Trapped in the iBookstore
There are gazillions of public domain books in the ePub format on the
web. Some of those free books are available in the iBookstore for free,
but not all. All of them should work with your iPad and show up in
iBooks.
Here are a few places to get books: Google books, Project Gutenberg
Once you’ve downloaded those books, just drop them into iTunes and sync them to your iPad.
Don’t forget, you can also use the Kindle App for iPad.
Send SMS
Just because you don’t have a phone in the iPad doesn’t mean you can’t
send SMS to friends. There are tons of free sms apps in the App Store
you can try out. Also, you can send SMS with AIM. Just fire up AIM and
to send a text message to a friend, just send the message to your
friend’s phone number with +1 at the beginning.
Where are My iPad Only Apps?
iTunes pulls a cruel trick by putting your iPad only apps at the bottom
of your apps list. Just scroll on down to the bottom. There they are.
You can also put iTunes in list view to scroll quickly through your apps and organize by Kind.
Share Documents
If you’re wondering where Pages, Numbers and other Apps that save files
keep their files. Take a gander at the Apps tab when you plug in your
iPad. Scroll down and you’ll see the File Sharing. Check out the apps
that utilize fie sharing and the actual documents.
When you’re ready to sync your files, use the Add.. button to add your files and work with them on the go. RAD!
No Facebook iPad App? Try facebook.com.
If you’re concerned that the Facebook app is still stuck in iPhone land,
why not try Facebook.com. Because the iPad is bigger, the sites that
were difficult to read on the iPhone are usable on the iPad.
My Old iPod/iPhone Dock Stuff
Bad news, we couldn’t the iPad to work with some of our old iPod /iPhone
dock stuff. Obviously, it wouldn’t fit in some, but in others it just
gave us a warning that the product wasn’t made for the iPad. We even
tried hooking it up to our car stereo via the dock connection. Maybe a
software update will allow us to dock in the future.
Copy and Paste Photos Instead of Sharing
You can only email five pictures from the Photo app using the Email
button. You can copy far more and paste them into the Mail app. Need to
send 15 pictures? Copy and paste them from the Photo app into a Mail
document.
Create Your Own Wallpaper
iPad wallpaper images should be 1024×768, or you can just use this super
rad one. To assign your image to your home screen background or lock
screen, launch the Photo app.
Tap to enlarge the image you want to use. Tap on the share button. Tap
Use as Wallpaper. Resize the image to your liking and tap Set Lock
Screen, Set Home Screen or Set Both. Just
transfer photos to ipad and have a try.
Reinstall Misbehaving Apps
If an app is still acting wonky, even after a hard reset, it’s a good
idea to reinstall it. Make sure you have a copy of the app on the
computer you sync you iPad to. On the iPad hold down on the app until it
gets the jiggles. Click the X that appears above it and delete it. Sync
your iPad and be sure to include the offending app. Unless the app is
just buggy by design, you should be good to go.
Picture Frame
Got an iPad dock? Now your iPad can be one of those picture frames you
give to your mom. While the iPad is locked, click on the white flower
for the slideshow to begin.
You can adjust the photo settings in Settings>Picture Frame.
Safari Quick Scroll
Need to get back to the top of a webpage? Tap the menu bar to zoom back up to the top. Just like the iPhone.
Tap Home to Get Home
Press the Home button while on navigating your Home screens to return to
the main Home screen. Tap it again to get to the search page.
Bookmarks Bar Always On
If you’re a slave to bookmarks bar, having it on all the time is a life saver.
To leave the bookmarks bar on all the time while surfing with Safari.Go
to Settings>Safari there you’ll see Always Show Bookmarks Bar. Turn
it on.
Six in the Dock
Apple kept showing off the iPad with four app in the dock. You can
actually put six down there. Tap and hold on an app until the apps
jiggle, then drag two of your favorite apps down. That’s it.
Rearrange Your Search Results
When doing a global search on the iPad, the default results display is
to put contacts first. If you’d rather have apps or songs or even
podcasts first, you can adjust the results by navigating to
Settings>General>Home>Search Results. Tap and hold on the three
light grey bars to the right of an item, then drag it up and down to
suit your needs.
Find My iPad
If you’re afraid you might misplace your rather large iPad. Grab
yourself a MobileMe account and turn on Find My iPad. It’s actually off
by default so to turn it on. Navigate to Settings>Mail, Contacts,
Calendars>Your MobileMe account. There you go, just turn it on.