How To Get The Most From Your iPad The explosion in the number of tablets being sold is breath taking and is set to continue to grow exponetially. The vast majority of people are using these for personal use but every single day they are coming more and more into daily business use.   In 2011 Apple sold just over 15 million iPads according to one of their spokesmen.   That figure is quite breathtaking and it will only increase.

How To Get The Most From Your iPad 3G networks in most countries throughout the world are still at quite stage of infancy. The iPad 2 does allow for a Mobile SIM card to be added making it able to connect to the Internet via the 3G network. Sadly, then networks are struggling to keep up with the demand for bandwidth and availability. The only good news is that the price of these 3G plans are dropping all the time and this will continue to be the case.    My one word of caution here is to be careful if you roam outside your own country. The cost of roaming data is extremely expensive and you can easily run up a huge bill.  

Basic iPad Features Reviewed Most users will know that the iPad 2 has two cemeras one of which is for High Definition recording and the other for Facetime. Facetime is a great way to speak with far off friends and family and I use it a lot as it is a great feature and the complete death of crap video phones that never really took off.   Apple claim there is a 10 hour battery life but at best I am getting 8 hours though I would class myself as a heavy user.   For the technophobe there is a Dual-core A5 chip and that simply means the iPad can do twice the amount of work making having many applications open at the same time a complete breeze.   It uses the ios operating system and without getting into detail it id the best operating system for Mobile phones out there in my opinion. Check out the iMessage and notification center on your iPad and you will see what I mean.   Magnificent 9.7” display which is backlit by LED making for fantastic images and easy to see graphics.   Everything is transacted by touch and makes opening and switching between applications a breeze.   You can use it for emails, surfing, gaming, a compass, GPS, etc and you can also get a variety of covers for it.

Do you really know your iPad? Now if you only want to use your iPad as a fancy email checking service then please read no farther, and the similar would apply if you only want to do a bit of surfing or check Facebook. I had picked up a few more tips and tricks along the way and even downloaded many of the great “apps” that exist out there. I guess for me I just like to know things and get the most use out of something. I mean why buy a scientific calculator and use it for adding up. I know people who have bought recordable DVD players and have never recorded anything because it looks too complicated. I have never been able to understand that. I know many hundreds of people who have Smart phones and they can make and receive calls, send texts, check emails and surf the Internet. They do not have a clue what else their Smart phone can actually do for them and I find that bewildering. If only they knew that with a little more knowledge they could make their day to day activities so much easier and also have a lot more fun in the evenings.

Do you really know your iPad? Did you know for example that you can set up an auto-lock and change the idle time? Did you know you can quickly and easily set up password protection from General settings? Did you know that you can turn on picture frame, set up a self destruct erase data if someone tries to access your iPad ten times? Did you know you can enable the cellular SIM card as well?   I called two of my local colleges to see if they had an iPad course so as I could learn to really get the best use out of it. No they didn’t do them and to tell the truth I wasn’t surprised. I did find one private tuition course and it was a 13 week course and the cost was a whopping £900 ($1300)   I had paid £600 ($900) so paying out almost double that was not on the cards. There is some bits and pieces on Youtube if you can sort them out but is a bit of a hit an miss to be honest.   I did finally find something online which was a very good course and has worked well for me.   http://tinyurl.com/ipadtricksandtips