How to Do Everything: iPad, 3rd Edition
Authors: Joli Ballew
ISBN: 9780071804516
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUN-12
Price: US$ 25.00
Get the most out of Apple’s latest magical device, the thinner, lighter and faster iPad 3. See how to use the updated feature set to read books, newspapers and magazines, make calls, read/send email, video chat, surf the web, listen to music, watch movies, download and use apps, and more!
Apple will continue its dominance in the tablet category when it releases iPad 3, rumored for March 2012 (though unconfirmed by Apple). In the fully updated new edition of How to Do Everything: iPad 3, author Joli Ballew shows technology enthusiasts from high school kids to enterprise employees and grandmothers how to quickly master the basics of the iPad 3 including sending/receiving SMS messages and e-mail, surfing the Internet, reading e-books and other online content, and customizing iPad 3.
Chapters show how to take/send images and video using the forward and rear-facing cameras to chat with other iPad 3 users and get content from the App Store and iTunes. How to Do Everything: iPad 3 goes in-depth too, and shows readers hoe to map routes with the built-in GPS, synch the device with a computer, rent movies, take handwritten notes and translate them to typed pages, and more.
There are upwards of 140,000 apps just for iPad that extend the power of iPad – everything from office productivity to entertainment, lifestyle and game apps – and How to Do Everything iPad 3 includes details for exploring the best of them as well as how to find whatever app readers would want.. Apple’s iPad has sold over 15 million units worldwide since release in April 2010. The updated iPad 3 is destined to be an instant hit, and this book is the perfect companion.
Features
- Personalize iPad 3 with applications, ringtones, themes, skins, and wallpapers and explore iPad 3 accessories
- Download and access e-books, online newspapers, magazines, videos, movies, blogs, journals, and educational materials like college textbooks and lab books
- Use the updated operating system version 5. 01 to navigate file folders, applications, and perform computer-related tasks
- Place and answer phone calls, use voice activation, add phone contacts, and incorporate a Bluetooth headset
- Send and receive text, picture, and video SMS, MMS, and e-mail messages. Learn how to video chat with other iPad 2 and iPad 3 users.
- Find Wi-Fi hotspots, surf the Internet, research, and locate and read online publications, and explore GPS and Maps
- Learn about networking options including Ethernet, ad-hoc, Bluetooth, wireless, and connect iPad 2 to your home entertainment center or game console
- Readers learn to use basic features like making phone calls, sending text messages, and managing contacts, as well as listening to music, taking and viewing photos, working with e-mail, creating contacts and synching data with their computer
- Readers learn to use GPS and maps features and see how to download and subscribe to books, magazines, newsletters, journals, and blogs in the fields of entertainment, sports, science, history, culture, celebrities, news, current events, politics, technology, and education
- Readers learn how to locate and connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, choose an Internet subscription plan, surf the Internet, and perform Internet-related tasks, like shopping, updating their device, signing into Web sites, and managing bookmarks and cookies.
- Contents are arranged so readers can either work through the book chapter by chapter or use the book as reference, using the Table of Contents and Index as a guide
- See what fun and games are available at the App Store, what can be acquired from iTunes, and download and install 3rd party applications created for the iPad
About the Author
Joli Ballew is a technical writer, technology trainer, and self-proclaimed gadget guru. She is the bestselling author of more than 40 computer books, including How to Do Everything: iPad, How to Do Everything: BlackBerry Storm2, How to Do Everything: Netbook, and Degunking Windows 7.
Table of Content
Chapter 1. Set up and Discover iPad 3
Chapter 2. iPad Basics
Chapter 3. Safari
Chapter 4. Communicate with Mail
Chapter 5. Go Digital with iBooks
Chapter 6. Read News and Commentary, and Use Social Networks
Chapter 7. Get and Use Apps from the App Store
Chapter 8. Use Your iPad App
Chapter 9. Shop the iTunes Store
Chapter 10. Take, View, Manage, and Share Photos
Chapter 11. Take, View, Manage, and Share Video
Chapter 12. Manage Contacts
Chapter 13. Manage Your Schedule
Chapter 14. Use Maps
Chapter 15. Use Notes
Chapter 16. Accessibility
Chapter 17. Security
Appendix A. Settings
Appendix B. Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot Your iPad
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