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The up-to-date guide to getting the most out of your iPad oriPad 2! With an elegantly thin form, front-and-rear-facing cameras,irresistible multitouch interface, and, now, with the awesome iOS 5and iCloud, the iPad is one addictive device. This full-color guidehelps you get to know your iPad so well you may never want to putit down! Mac experts and veteran For Dummies authors EdwardBaig and Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus walk you through the basics as youset up and explore the iPad, master the multitouch interface, setup iTunes for your iPad, browse the web, find apps in the AppStore, and synchronize it all with iCloud. You'll learn how to turn your iPad into the ultimate gamingmachine; curl up with an iBook; immerse yourself in music, videos,movies, and TV shows; and organize, edit, and share photos. Keep intouch with e-mail, social networking apps, iMessage, and FaceTimevideo calling. Plus, you'll never be late again, with the iPad'sbuilt-in address book, calendar, Maps, and Reminders. * Covers the iPad 2 and iPad * Fully updated for the newest iOS 5 features includingNotification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, AirPlay Mirroring, SafariReader, and more * Explains how to record HD video; take fantastic photos; surfthe web; organize your e-mail and calendar; and find your favoritemusic, movies, games, and apps * Includes tips on protecting your information andtroubleshooting From the beginner basics to smooth and savvy tips, iPad 2 ForDummies, 3rd Edition will make you wonder how you ever livedwithout your iPad.
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iPad® 2 For Dummies®, 3rd Edition
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About the Authors
Edward C. Baig writes the weekly Personal Technology column in USA TODAY and is cohost of USA TODAY’s Talking Tech podcast with Jefferson Graham. Ed is also the author of Macs For Dummies, 11th Edition (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and cowriter of iPhone For Dummies. Before joining USA TODAY as a columnist and reporter in 1999, Ed spent six years at Business Week, where he wrote and edited stories about consumer tech, personal finance, collectibles, travel, and wine tasting, among other topics. He received the Medill School of Journalism 1999 Financial Writers and Editors Award for contributions to the “Business Week Investor Guide to Online Investing.” That followed a three-year stint at U.S. News & World Report, where Ed was the lead tech writer for the News You Can Use section but also dabbled in numerous other subjects.
Ed began his journalist career at Fortune magazine, gaining the best basic training imaginable during his early years as a fact checker and contributor to the Fortune 500. Through the dozen years he worked at the magazine, Ed covered leisure-time industries, penned features on the lucrative “dating” market and the effect of religion on corporate managers, and was heavily involved in the Most Admired Companies project. Ed also started up Fortune’s Products to Watch column, a venue for low- and high-tech items.
Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has written or cowritten 60 popular computer books, with millions of copies in print. His titles include Mac OS X For Dummies, iPhone For Dummies, Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies, and Microsoft Office 2008 For Mac For Dummies for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Stupid Mac Tricks and Dr. Macintosh for Addison-Wesley; and The Little iTunes Book, 3rd Edition, and The Little iDVD Book, 2nd Edition, for Peachpit Press.
Bob has also penned the popular Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle for more than 13 years and has been published in pretty much every magazine that ever used the word Mac in its title. His achievements have been documented in major media around the world. (Yes, that was him juggling a keyboard in USA TODAY a few years back!)
Bob is known for his expertise, trademark humorous style, and ability to translate techie jargon into usable and fun advice for regular folks. Bob is also a prolific public speaker, presenting more than 100 Macworld Expo training sessions in the United States and abroad, keynote addresses in three countries, and Macintosh training seminars in many U.S. cities.
Dedication
I dedicate this book to my beautiful wife, Janie, for inspiring me in myriad ways every day I am with her. And to my incredible kids: my adorable little girl, Sydney (one of her first words was iPod), and my little boy, Sammy (who is all smiles from the moment he wakes up in the morning). My kids are already hooked on the iPad. This book is also dedicated to the memory of my “canine” son, Eddie Jr. I am madly in love with you all. —Ed Baig
This book is, once again, dedicated to my wife, Lisa, who taught me almost everything I know about almost everything except computers. I say it in every book and it’s still true. And to my children, Allison and Jacob, who love my iPad almost as much as I love them (my kids, not my iPad). —Bob LeVitus
Authors’ Acknowledgments
Special thanks to everyone at Apple who helped us turn this book around so quickly: Katie Cotton, Natalie Kerris, Natalie Harrison, Teresa Brewer, Janette Barrios, Keri Walker, Jennifer Bowcock, Jason Roth, and everyone else who lent a hand from the mothership out in Cupertino. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Big-time thanks to the gang at Wiley: Bob “Can’t you work any faster?” Woerner, Rebecca Huehls, John Edwards, Andy “The Boss” Cummings, and our incredible technical editor, Dennis R. Cohen, who did a rocking job in record time as always. Finally, thanks to everyone at Wiley we don’t know by name. If you helped with this project in any way, you have our everlasting thanks.
Ed adds: Thanks to my agent Matt Wagner for again turning me into a For Dummies author. Matt had the right instincts to push this book, even back when we were calling the first edition of this book Project X For Dummies. I’d also like to thank Jim Henderson, Geri Tucker, and Nancy Blair, and all my USA TODAY friends and colleagues for your continuing support and encouragement of such projects. Most of all, thanks to my loving family for understanding my nightly (and weekend) disappearances as we raced to get this project completed on time. You are quite simply the greatest.
And Bob says: Thanks to Carole “Swifty” Jelen. You’ve been my literary agent for more than 20 years and, God willing, will be for at least 20 more. You’re a treasure.
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Introduction
As Yogi Berra would say, “It was déjà vu all over again”: front-page treatment, top billing on network TV and cable, and diehards lining up for days in advance to ensure landing a highly lusted-after product from Apple. Only the product generating the remarkable buzz this time around wasn’t the iPhone or even the iPad. This time around it was the fifth generation of the iPad operating system, better known as iOS 5, with its 200+ new features.
We trust that you didn’t pick up this book to read yet another account about how the iPhone launch followed by the iPad launch followed by the iPad 2 launch were epochal events. We trust you did buy the book to find out how to get the very most out of your remarkable device. Our goal is to deliver that information in a light and breezy fashion. We expect you to have fun using your iPad or iPad 2. We equally hope that you have fun spending time with us.
About This Book
We need to get one thing out of the way right from the get-go. We think you’re pretty darn smart for buying a For Dummies book. That says to us that you have the confidence and intelligence to know what you don’t know. The For Dummies franchise is built around the core notion that everyone feels insecure about certain topics when tackling them for the first time, especially when those topics have to do with technology.
As with most Apple products, iPads are beautifully designed and intuitive to use. And though our editors may not want us to reveal this dirty little secret (especially on the first page, for goodness sake), the truth is you’ll get pretty far just by exploring the iPad’s many functions and features on your own, without the help of this (or any other) book.
Okay, now that we’ve spilled the beans, we’ll tell you why you shouldn’t run back to the bookstore and request a refund. This book is chock-full of useful tips, advice, and other nuggets that should make your iPad experience all the more pleasurable. We’d even go so far as to say that you wouldn’t find some of these nuggets anywhere else. So keep this book nearby and consult it often.
Conventions Used in This Book
First, we want to tell you how we go about our business. iPad For Dummies makes generous use of numbered steps, bullet lists, and pictures. Web addresses are shown in a special monofont typeface, like this.
We also include a few sidebars with information that isn’t required reading (not that any of this book is) but that we hope will provide a richer understanding of certain subjects. Overall, we aim to keep technical jargon to a minimum, under the guiding principle that with rare exceptions, you need not know what any of it really means.
How This Book Is Organized
Here’s something we imagine you’ve heard before: Most books have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and you do well to adhere to that linear structure — unless you’re one of those knuckleheads out to ruin it for the rest of us by revealing that the butler did it.
Fortunately, there is no ending to spoil in a For Dummies book. So although you may want to digest this book from start to finish — and we hope you do — we won’t penalize you for skipping ahead or jumping around. Having said that, we organized iPad For Dummies in an order that we think makes the most sense, as follows.
Part I: Getting to Know Your iPad
In the introductory chapters of Part I, you tour the iPad inside and out, find out what all those buttons and other nonvirtual doodads do, as well as get some hands-on (or, more precisely, fingers-on) experience with the iPad’s unique virtual multitouch display. And, of course, you’ll see how easy it is to synchronize stuff on your Mac or PC — over USB or Wi-Fi — with your dynamic device.
Part II: The Internet iPad
Part II is all about getting connected with your iPad. Along the way, you discover how to surf the web with the Safari web browser; set up mail accounts; send and receive mail; work with maps, YouTube, and social media apps; and buy and use apps from the iTunes App Store.
Part III: The iPad at Work and Play
Part III is where the fun truly begins as well as where we show you how to get serious about using your iPad for work. You discover how to use your iPad for music, video, movies, and photos, as well as how to buy and read iBooks from the iBookstore. If you have an iPad 2, this is the part where you read all about the tablet’s front and rear cameras. You also spend quality time with your Calendar, Contacts, and Reminders apps and find out about iOS 5’s new Notification Center.
Part IV: The Undiscovered iPad
In Part IV, you find out how to apply your preferences through the iPad’s internal settings, discover where to go for troubleshooting assistance if your iPad should misbehave, and find out about some must-have accessories you may want to consider.
Part V: The Part of Tens
The Part of Tens: Otherwise known as the For Dummies answer to David Letterman (which, as it happens, both have close ties to Indianapolis). The lists presented in Part V steer you to some of our favorite iPad apps as well as some very handy tips and shortcuts.
Icons Used in This Book
Little round pictures (or icons) appear in the left margins throughout this book. Consider these icons as miniature road signs, telling you something extra about the topic at hand or hammering a point home.
Here’s what the five icons used in this book look like and mean.
These are the juicy morsels, shortcuts, and recommendations that might make the task at hand faster or easier.
This icon emphasizes the stuff we think you ought to retain. You may even jot down a note to yourself in the iPad.
Put on your propeller beanie hat and insert your pocket protector; this text includes the truly geeky stuff. You can safely ignore this material, but if it weren’t interesting or informative, we wouldn’t have bothered to write it.
You wouldn’t intentionally run a stop sign, would you? In the same fashion, ignoring warnings may be hazardous to your iPad and (by extension) your wallet. There, you now know how these warning icons work, for you have just received your very first warning!
We put a New icon next to anything that’s new or improved in iOS 5.
Where to Go from Here
Why straight to Chapter 1, of course (without passing Go).
In all seriousness, we wrote this book for you, so please let us know what you think. If we screwed up, confused you, left out something, or — heaven forbid — made you angry, drop us a note. And if we hit you with one pun too many, it helps to know that as well.
Because writers are people too (believe it or not), we also encourage positive feedback if you think it’s warranted. So kindly send e-mail to Ed at baig [email protected] and to Bob at [email protected]. We do our best to respond to reasonably polite e-mail in a timely fashion.
Most of all, we want to thank you for buying our book. Please enjoy it along with your new iPad.
Note: At the time we wrote this book, all the information it contained was accurate for the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G iPads and iPad 2s, version 5 of the iOS (operating system) used by the iPad, and version 10.5 of iTunes. Apple is likely to introduce new iPad models and new versions of iOS and iTunes between book editions. If you’ve bought a new iPad and its hardware, user interface, or the version of iTunes on your computer looks a little different, be sure to check out what Apple has to say at www.apple.com/ipad. You’ll no doubt find updates on the company’s latest releases. When a change is very substantial, we may add an update or bonus information that you can download at this book’s companion website, www.dummies.com/go/ipad2fdupdates.
Please note that some special symbols used in this eBook may not display properly on all eReader devices. If you have trouble determining any symbol, please call Wiley Product Technical Support at 800-762-2974. Outside of the United States, please call 317-572-3993. You can also contact Wiley Product Technical Support at www.wiley.com/techsupport.
Part I
Getting to Know Your iPad
In this part . . .
You have to crawl before you walk, so consider this part basic training for crawling. The three chapters that make up Part I serve as a gentle introduction to your iPad.
We start out nice and easy in Chapter 1, with a big-picture overview, even letting you know what’s in the box (if you haven’t already peeked). Then we examine just some of the cool things your iPad can do. We finish things off with a quick-and-dirty tour of the hardware and the software so that you’ll know where things are when you need them.
Next, after you’re somewhat familiar with where things are and what they do, we move right along to a bunch of useful iPad skills, such as turning the darn thing on and off (which is very important) and locking and unlocking your iPad (which is also very important). Chapter 2 covers useful tips and tricks to help you master the iPad’s unique multitouch interface so that you can use it effectively and efficiently.
Then, in Chapter 3, we explore the process of synchronization over USB and Wi-Fi and how to get data — contacts, appointments, movies, songs, podcasts, books, and so on — from your computer into your iPad, quickly and painlessly.
Chapter 1
Unveiling the iPad
In This Chapter
Looking at the big picture
Touring the outside of the iPad
Checking out the iPad’s applications
Congratulations! You’ve selected one of the most incredible handheld devices we’ve ever seen. Of course, the iPad is a combination of a killer audio and video iPod, an e-book reader, a powerful Internet communications device, a superb handheld gaming device, a still and video camera (iPad 2 only), and a platform for over 425,000 apps at the time this was written — and probably a lot more by the time you read this.
In this chapter, we offer a gentle introduction to all the pieces that make up your iPad, plus overviews of its revolutionary hardware and software features.
Exploring the iPad’s Big Picture
The iPad has many best-of-class features, but perhaps its most unusual feature is the lack of a physical keyboard or stylus. Instead, it has a 9.7-inch super-high-resolution touchscreen (132 pixels per inch, if you care about such things) that you operate using a pointing device you’re already intimately familiar with: your finger.
And what a display it is, one of the most beautiful screens we’ve seen on a handheld device.
Another feature that knocked our socks off was the iPad’s built-in sensors. An accelerometer detects when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape mode and instantly adjusts what’s on the display accordingly.
What’s in the box
Somehow we think you’ve already opened the handsome box that the iPad came in. But if you didn’t, here’s what you can expect to find inside:
Dock connector–to–USB cable: Use this handy cable to sync or charge your iPad. You can plug the USB connector into your Mac or PC to sync or plug it into the USB power adapter, which we describe next.
Note:If you connect the USB cable to USB ports on your keyboard, USB hub, display, or other external device, or even the USB ports on an older Mac or PC, you may be able to sync, but more than likely can’t charge the battery. For the most part, only your computer’s built-in USB ports (and only recent-vintage computers at that) have enough juice to recharge the battery. If you use an external USB port, you probably see a Not Charging message next to the Battery icon at the top of the screen.
USB power adapter: Use this adapter to recharge your iPad from a standard AC power outlet.
Some Apple logo decals: Of course.
iPad instruction sheet: Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you’re the author of a book about using the iPad), this little one-page, two-sided “manual” offers precious little useful information about the new object of your affection.
Important Product Information Guide pamphlet: Well, it must be important because it says so right on the cover. You’ll find basic safety warnings, a bunch of legalese, warranty information, and info on how to dispose of or recycle the iPad. What! You’re getting rid of it already? A few other pieces of advice: Don’t drop the iPad if you can help it, keep the thing dry, and — as with all handheld electronic devices — give full attention to the road while driving (or walking, for that matter).
SIM eject tool (iPad 2 with 3G only): This is a little metal doohickey that does just what its name implies. Most people go through their entire lives without ever ejecting a SIM card, but at least now you know.
Tip: Original iPad with 3G owners can use a straightened paper clip to eject the SIM card. Not as cool as a special tool, but it works.
iPad: You were starting to worry. Yes, the iPad itself is also in the box.
What’s not in the box is a stereo headset. If you want to use a headset for music, video, games, or anything else, you have to find one elsewhere. Might we suggest that you find one that includes a built-in microphone. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPod touch, the one that came with it will do just fine. Although the iPad doesn’t come with the Voice Memos app found on the iPhone, it can record to many of the apps that are available in the App Store, such as the free iTalk Recorder app from Griffin Technology, the free Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications, or the $0.99 Voice Memos for iPad app from KendiTech, Inc.
For the record, the headset included with iPhones and iPod touches works great with the iPad, as will any other headset that works with an iPhone or iPod touch. And trust us when we say that using a headset makes audio or video chatting with apps like FaceTime or Skype ever so much better and more satisfying.
The screen rotates, that is, unless the Screen Orientation Lock is engaged. We tell you more about this feature shortly.
And a light sensor adjusts the display’s brightness in response to the current ambient lighting conditions.
In addition to the aforementioned sensors, the iPad 2 also has a three-axis gyro sensor that works in conjunction with the accelerometer and built-in compass. Although all iPads can sense their orientation and direction, the iPad 2 senses such things even better and faster.
In the following sections, we’re not just marveling about the wonderful screen. We take a brief look at some of the iPad’s features, broken down by product category.
The iPad as an iPod
We agree with the late Steve Jobs on this one: The iPad is magical — and without a doubt, the best iPod Apple has ever produced. You can enjoy all your existing iPod content — music, audiobooks, audio and video podcasts, iTunes U courses, music videos, television shows, and movies — on the iPad’s gorgeous high-resolution color display, which is bigger, brighter, and richer than any iPod or iPhone display that came before it.
Here’s the bottom line: If you can get the content — be it video, audio, or whatever — into iTunes on your Mac or PC, you can synchronize it and watch or listen to it on your iPad.
Chapter 3 is all about syncing, but for now, just know that some video content may need to be converted to an iPad-compatible format (with proper resolution, frame rate, bit rate, and file format) to play on your iPad. If you try to sync an incompatible video file, iTunes alerts you that an issue exists.
If you get an error message about an incompatible video file, select the file in iTunes and choose Advanced⇒Create iPad or Apple TV Version. When the conversion is finished, sync again. Chapter 9 covers video and video compatibility in more detail.
The iPad as an Internet communications device
But wait — there’s more! Not only is the iPad a stellar iPod, but it’s also a full- featured Internet communications device with — we’re about to drop a bit of industry jargon on you — a rich HTML e-mail client that’s compatible with most POP and IMAP mail services, with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. (For more on this topic, see Chapter 5.) Also onboard is a world-class web browser (Safari) that, unlike on many mobile devices, makes web surfing fun and easy on the eyes. Chapter 4 explains how to surf the web using Safari.
Another cool Internet feature is Maps, a killer mapping application based on Google Maps. By using GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model) or triangulation (Wi-Fi model), the iPad can determine your location, let you view maps and satellite imagery, and obtain driving directions and traffic information regardless of where you happen to be. (See Chapter 6 for the scoop on Maps.) You can also find businesses, such as gas stations, pizza restaurants, hospitals, and Apple Stores, with just a few taps.
We daresay that the Internet experience on an iPad is far superior to the Internet experience on any other handheld device.
The iPad as an e-book reader
Download the free iBooks app or any of the excellent (and free) third-party e-book readers such as the Kindle and Nook apps, and you’ll discover a whole new way of finding and reading books. The iBookstore and new (in iOS 5) Newsstand app, covered in Chapter 11, are chock-full of good reading at prices that are lower than a printed copy. Better still, when you read an e-book, you’re helping the environment and saving trees. Furthermore, some (if not many) titles include audio, video, or graphical content not available in the printed editions. And best of all, a great number of books are absolutely free. If you’ve never read a book on your iPad, give it a try. We think you’ll like (or love) it.
The iPad as a multimedia powerhouse
The spectacular screen found on both iPad models is superb for personal video viewing. Add an adapter cable, as discussed in Chapter 15, and it turns into a superb device for watching video on an HDTV (or even a non-HD TV), with support for output resolutions up to 1080p (iPad 2).
You won’t even need an adapter cable if you have an AppleTV ($99), a marvelous little device that lets you stream audio and video to your HDTV wirelessly.
And the iPad 2, with its pair of cameras and FaceTime video-chatting app, takes iPad’s multimedia acumen to new heights. Chapter 9 gets you started with FaceTime.
The iPad as a platform for third-party apps
Over 425,000 iPhone apps are available at this writing, in categories that include games, business, education, entertainment, healthcare and fitness, music, photography, productivity, travel, sports, and many more. The cool thing is that most of those iPhone apps run flawlessly on the iPad. Meanwhile, at the time we wrote this, the App Store offered more than 90,000 apps designed specifically for the iPad’s large screen, with many more on the way. Chapter 7 helps you fill your iPad with all the cool apps your heart desires. We share our favorite free and for-sale apps in Chapters 16 and 17, respectively.
What do you need to use an iPad?
To actually use your iPad, only a few simple things are required. Here’s a list of everything you need:
An iPad
An iTunes Store account (assuming that you want to acquire apps, videos, music, iBooks, podcasts, and so on, which you almost certainly do)
Internet access — broadband wireless Internet access is recommended
In previous editions of this book we said you needed one of the following. Because iOS 5 lets you activate, set up, update, back up, and restore an iPad wirelessly and without a computer, we’ve amended our advice. Although you don’t technically need a computer to use your iPad, you’ll find many tasks are faster and easier if you perform them on a computer with iTunes instead of on your iPad.
If you decide to introduce your iPad to your computer (and we think you should), here’s what’s required:
A Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later, and iTunes 10.5 or later
A PC with a USB 2.0 port; Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Home or Professional Edition with Service Pack 3 or later; and iTunes 10.5 or later
Touring the iPad Exterior
The iPad is a harmonious combination of hardware and software. In the following sections, we take a brief look at the hardware — what’s on the outside.
On the top
On the top of your iPad, you find the headphone jack, microphone, and the Sleep/Wake button, as shown in Figure 1-1:
Figure 1-1: The top side of the iPad 2 (top) and iPad (bottom).
Sleep/Wake button: This button is used to put your iPad’s screen to sleep or to wake it up. It’s also how you turn your iPad on or off. To put it to sleep or wake it up, just press the button. To turn it on or off, press and hold the button for a few seconds.
Your iPad’s battery will run down faster when your iPad is awake, so we suggest that you make a habit of putting it to sleep when you’re not using it.
When your iPad is sleeping, nothing happens if you touch its screen. To wake it up, merely press the button again or press the Home button on the front of the device (as described in a moment).
iPad 2 owners with an Apple Smart Cover can just open the cover to wake their iPad and close the cover to put the iPad 2 to sleep.
Find out how to make your iPad go to sleep automatically after a period of inactivity in Chapter 13.
Headphone jack: This jack lets you plug in a headset. You can use the Apple headsets or headphones that came with your iPhone or iPod. Or, you can use pretty much any headphones or headset that plugs into a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack.
Throughout this book, we use the words headphones, earphones, and headset interchangeably. Strictly speaking, a headset includes a microphone so that you can talk (or record) as well as listen; headphones or earphones are for listening only. Either type works with your iPad.
Microphone: The tiny dot next to the headphone jack on the original iPad and in the middle of the top on the iPad 2 is actually a pretty good microphone.
On the bottom
On the bottom of your iPad are the speaker and dock connector, as shown in Figure 1-2:
Figure 1-2: The bottom side of the iPad and iPad 2.
Speaker: The speaker plays audio — music or video soundtracks — if no headset is plugged in.
30-pin dock connector: This connector has three purposes. One, you can use it to recharge your iPad’s battery: Simply connect one end of the included dock connector–to–USB cable to the dock connector and the other end to the USB power adapter. Two, you can use the dock connector to recharge your iPad’s battery as well as to synchronize: Connect one end of the same cable to the dock connector and the other end to a USB port on your Mac or PC or to the included USB Power Adapter. And finally, you use it to connect your iPad to cameras or televisions using adapters, such as the Camera Connection Kit or the other adapter cables discussed in Chapter 15.
In the “What’s in the box” sidebar, earlier in this chapter, reread the note about using the USB ports on anything other than your Mac or PC, including keyboards, displays, and hubs.
On the right side
On the right side of your iPad are the Volume Up/Down control and Mute switch, as shown in Figure 1-3:
Mute switch: When the switch is set to Silent mode — the down position, with an orange dot visible on the switch — your iPad doesn’t make any sound when you receive new mail or an alert pops up on the screen. Note that the Mute switch doesn’t silence what we think of as “expected” sounds, which are sounds you expect to hear in a particular app. Therefore, it doesn’t silence the iTunes or Videos app, nor will it mute games and other apps that emit noises. About the only thing the Mute switch will mute are “unexpected” sounds, such as those associated with notifications from apps or the iPad operating system (iOS).
If the switch doesn’t mute your notification sounds when engaged (that is, you can see the little orange dot on the switch), look for a little Screen Orientation Lock icon (shown here in the margin) to the left of the Battery icon near the top of your screen.
When you flick the Mute switch, you may see this icon for two possible reasons. Reason 1: Your iPad is running an older version (version 3 or earlier) of iOS. Reason 2: Your iPad is running version 4 or higher of iOS, and you have selected the Lock Rotation option in the Settings app’s General pane.
Reason 1 occurs because iOS 3 always treats the switch as a rotation lock, period, with no option for you to use it as a Mute switch. If that’s the case, may we suggest that you connect your iPad to your computer and use iTunes to upgrade your iPad to the current version of iOS by clicking the Check for Updates button on the Summary tab (as described in Chapter 3) and following the instructions for updating your iPad.
Volume Up/Down control: The Volume Up/Down control is a single button that’s just below the Screen Orientation Lock. The upper part of the button increases the volume; the lower part decreases it.
Figure 1-3: The right side has two buttons.
On the front and back
On the front of your iPad, you find the following (labeled in Figure 1-4):
Touchscreen: You find out how to use the iPad’s gorgeous high- resolution color touchscreen in Chapter 2. All we have to say at this time is . . . try not to drool all over it.
Home button: No matter what you’re doing, you can press the Home button at any time to display the Home screen, as shown in Figure 1-4.
Front camera (iPad 2 only): It’s not the greatest still camera on earth, but it’s serviceable and captures decent video.
Application buttons: Each of the 17 (20 on the iPad 2) buttons (icons) shown on the screen in Figure 1-4 launches an included iPad application. You read more about these applications later in this chapter and throughout the rest of the book.
Rear Camera (iPad 2 only): The iPad 2 has a second camera on its backside, just below the Sleep/Wake button. This one’s better than the other and captures pretty nice video at 720p. Sadly, neither front nor back camera takes very good still photos.
Figure 1-4: The front of the iPad is a study in elegant simplicity.
Status bar
The status bar, which is at the top of the screen, displays tiny icons that provide a variety of information about the current state of your iPad:
Airplane mode: You’re allowed to use your iPod on a plane after the captain gives the word. But you can’t use a cellphone or iPad Wi-Fi + 3G except when the plane is in the gate area before takeoff or after landing. Fortunately, your iPad offers an Airplane mode, which turns off all wireless features of your iPad — the cellular, 3G, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and EDGE (Enhanced Datarate for GSM Evolution) networks; Wi-Fi; and Bluetooth — and makes it possible to enjoy music or video during your flight.
Some flights now offer on-board Wi-Fi. If you’re on one, you can turn Airplane mode off and use your iPad’s Wi-Fi (but not until the captain says it’s okay).
3G (Wi-Fi + 3G models only): This icon informs you that the high-speed 3G data network from your wireless carrier (that’s AT&T or Verizon in the United States) is available and that your iPad can connect to the Internet via 3G. (Wondering what 3G and these other data networks are? Check out the nearby sidebar, “Comparing Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, and EDGE.”)
GPRS (Wi-Fi + 3G models only): This icon says that your wireless carrier’s GPRS data network is available and that your iPad can use it to connect to the Internet.
EDGE (Wi-Fi + 3G models only): This icon tells you that your wireless carrier’s EDGE network is available and you can use it to connect to the Internet.
Wi-Fi: If you see the Wi-Fi icon, your iPad is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi network. The more semicircular lines you see (up to three), the stronger the Wi-Fi signal. If you have only one or two semicircles of Wi-Fi strength, try moving around a bit. If you don’t see the Wi-Fi icon on the status bar, Internet access is not currently available.
Activity: This icon tells you that some network or other activity is occurring, such as over-the-air synchronization, sending or receiving e-mail, or loading a web page. Some third-party applications also use this icon to indicate network or other activity.
VPN: This icon shows that you are currently connected to a virtual private network (VPN).
Lock: This icon tells you when your iPad is locked. See Chapter 2 for information on locking and unlocking your iPad.
Screen Orientation Lock: This icon appears when the Screen Orientation Lock is engaged.
Play: This icon informs you that a song is currently playing. You find out more about playing songs in Chapter 8.
Bluetooth: This icon indicates the current state of your iPad’s Bluetooth connection. If you see this icon on the status bar, Bluetooth is on and a device (such as a wireless headset or keyboard) is connected. If the icon is gray (as shown on the right in the picture in the margin), Bluetooth is turned on but no device is connected. If the icon is white (as shown on the left in the picture in the margin), Bluetooth is on and one (or more) devices are connected. If you don’t see a Bluetooth icon, Bluetooth is turned off. Chapter 13 goes into more detail about Bluetooth.
Battery: This icon reflects the level of your battery’s charge. It’s completely filled when you aren’t connected to a power source and your battery is fully charged (as shown in the margin). It then empties as your battery becomes depleted. The icon shows when you’re connected to a power source, and when the battery is fully charged or is currently charging. You see an on-screen message when the charge drops to 20 percent or below and another when it reaches 10 percent.
Comparing Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, and EDGE
Wireless (that is, cellular) carriers may offer one of three data networks relevant to the iPad as of this writing. For now anyway, the speediest 4G networks that carriers have begun rolling out nationwide are not compatible with the iPad. That leaves 3G as the fastest remaining data network, which as you probably guessed, is available only on the iPads with 3G. The device first looks for a 3G network and then, if it can’t find one, looks for a slower EDGE or GPRS data network.
Wi-Fi networks, however, are even faster than any cellular data network — 3G, EDGE, or GPRS. So all iPads connect to a Wi-Fi network if one is available, even if a 3G, GPRS, or EDGE network is also available.
Last but not least, if you don’t see one of these icons — 3G, GPRS, EDGE, or Wi-Fi — you don’t currently have Internet access. Chapter 2 offers more details about these different networks.
The iPad’s Superb 17 or Terrific 20: Discovering the Home Screen Icons
The Home screen offers 17 icons on both the original iPad and iPad 2, each representing a different built-in application or function. If you have an iPad 2, you also have three additional apps — FaceTime, Camera, and Photo Booth — for a total of 20. Because the rest of the book covers each and every one of these babies in full and loving detail, we merely provide brief descriptions here.
To get to your Home screen, tap the Home button. If your iPad is asleep when you tap, the unlock screen appears. After your iPad is unlocked, you see whichever page was on the screen when it went to sleep. If that happens to have been the Home screen, you’re golden. If it wasn’t, merely tap the Home button again to summon your iPad’s Home screen.
You can rearrange icons on your iPad in three steps:
1. Press and hold any icon until all the icons begin to “wiggle.”
2. Drag the icons around until you’re happy with their positions.
3. Press the Home button to save your arrangement and stop the wiggling.
If you haven’t rearranged your icons, you see the following applications on your Home screen, starting at the top left:
Messages: iOS 5 includes a new unified messaging service dubbed iMessage, so you can exchange unlimited free text or multimedia messages with any other device running iOS 5 (the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch at this juncture). Chapter 5 includes all the intriguing details of managing messages using this mesmerizing new (at least to the iPad) app.
Calendar: No matter what calendar program you prefer on your Mac or PC (as long as it’s iCal, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook or online calendars such as Google or iCloud), you can synchronize events and alerts between your computer and your iPad. Create an event on one device, and the event is automatically synchronized with the other device the next time the two devices are connected. Neat stuff.
Notes: This program enables you to type notes while you’re out and about. You can send the notes to yourself or to anyone else through e-mail, or just save them on your iPad until you need them. For help as you start using Notes, flip to Chapter 12.
Reminders: This app is new in iOS 5 and may be the only To-Do list you ever need. It integrates with iCal, Outlook, and iCloud, so To-Do items and reminders sync automatically with your other devices, both mobile and desktop. You’ll hear much more about this great new app and its shiny new location-based reminders, but you’ll have to wait until Chapter 12.
Maps: This application is among our favorites. View street maps or satellite imagery of locations around the globe, or ask for directions, traffic conditions, or even the location of a nearby pizza joint. You can find your way around the Maps app with the handy tips you find in Chapter 6.
YouTube: This application lets you watch videos from the popular YouTube website. You can search for a particular video or browse through thousands of offerings. It’s a great way to waste a lot of time. Chapter 6 also explains the joys of YouTube.
Videos: This handy app is the repository for your movies, TV shows, and music videos. You add videos via iTunes on your Mac or PC, or by purchasing them from the iTunes Store using the iTunes app on your iPad. Check out Chapter 9 to find out more.
Contacts: This handy little app contains information about the people you know. Like the Calendar app, it synchronizes with the Contacts app on your Mac or PC (as long as you keep your contacts in Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook), and you can synchronize contacts between your computer and your iPad. If you create a contact on one device, the contact is automatically synchronized with the other device the next time your devices are connected. Chapter 12 explains how to start using the Calendar and Contacts apps.
Game Center: This is Apple’s social-networking app for game enthusiasts. Compare achievements, boast of your conquests and high scores, or challenge your friends to battle. You hear more about social networking and Game Center near the end of Chapter 6.
iTunes: Tap this puppy to purchase music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and more, and also download free podcasts and courses from iTunes U. You find more info about iTunes (and the iPod app) in Chapter 8.
App Store: This icon enables you to connect to and search the iTunes App Store for iPad applications that you can purchase or download for free over a Wi-Fi or cellular data network connection. Chapter 7 is your guide to buying and using apps from the App Store.
Newsstand: This new (in iOS 5) app is where you can find iPad editions for magazines and newspapers that you already subscribe to. Shop for subscriptions at the aforementioned App Store; you read more about Newsstand in Chapter 11.
iPad 2 icons: If you have an iPad 2, you see the following three icons between your Newsstand and Settings icons.
•FaceTime: Use this app to participate in FaceTime video chats, as you discover in Chapter 9.
•Camera: This app’s for shooting pictures or videos with the iPad 2’s front- or rear-facing camera.
•Photo Booth: This one’s a lot like those old-time photo booths, but you don’t have to feed it money.
If you just can’t wait, flip to the details on FaceTime in Chapter 9 and Camera and Photo Booth in Chapter 10.
Settings: This is where you change settings for your iPad and its apps. D’oh! With so many different settings in the Settings app, you’ll be happy to hear that Chapter 13 is dedicated exclusively to Settings.
Safari: Safari is your web browser. If you’re a Mac user, you know that already. If you’re a Windows user who hasn’t already discovered the wonderful Safari for Windows, think Internet Explorer on steroids. Chapter 4 shows you how to start using Safari on your iPad.
Mail: This application lets you send and receive e-mail with most POP3 and IMAP e-mail systems and, if you work for a company that grants permission, Microsoft Exchange, too. Chapter 5 helps you start e-mailing everyone you know from your iPad.
Photos: This application is the iPad’s terrific photo manager. It lets you view pictures from a camera or SD card (using the optional Camera Connection Kit), synced from your computer, saved from an e-mail or Safari, or saved from one of the myriad third-party apps that save their handiwork in the Photos app. You can zoom in or out, create slide shows, e-mail photos to friends, do a bit of image editing, and much more. To get started, see Chapter 10.
Music: Last but not least, this icon unleashes all the power of an iPod right on your iPad so that you can listen to music or podcasts. You discover how it works in Chapter 8.
There is one last thing: iOS 5’s all new Notification Center. It doesn’t have an icon but it’s a great feature and bears mentioning even though you won’t hear much more about it until Chapter 12.
Chapter 2
iPad Basic Training
In This Chapter
Getting going
Turning the device on and off
Locking your iPad
Mastering multitouch
Cutting, copying, and pasting
Multitasking with your iPad
Printing with your iPad
Spotlighting search
