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Contents at a Glance

Contents............................................................................................................. iv

About the Authors............................................................................................. xii

About the Technical Reviewer ......................................................................... xiii

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Chapter 1: Bringing Your iPad Home............................................................... 1

■ Chapter 2: Putting Your Data and Media on Your iPad.................................. 23

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Chapter 3: Exploring the iPad Hardware ....................................................... 57

■ Chapter 4: Interacting with Your iPad ........................................................... 77

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Chapter 5: Connecting to the Internet ......................................................... 119

■ Chapter 6: Browsing the Internet with Safari.............................................. 137

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Chapter 7: Touching Your Music and Video................................................. 165

■ Chapter 8: Shopping for Apps, Books, Music, and More ............................. 203

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Chapter 9: Reading Books and Newspapers with iBooks

and Newsstand .......................................................................... 227

■ Chapter 10: Leveraging Your Desk Set ........................................................ 261

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Chapter 11: Setting Up and Using Mail........................................................ 285

■ Chapter 12: Working with Maps .................................................................. 317

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Chapter 13: Touching Your Digital Photos................................................... 349

■ Chapter 14: On the Go with iWork ............................................................... 395

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Chapter 15: Using the iPad Cameras with Camera, Photo Booth,

and FaceTime............................................................................ 429

■ Chapter 16: Other Great Ways to Use Your iPad.......................................... 459

Index ............................................................................................................... 487

iii

Chapter

Bringing Your iPad Home

Purchasing your first iPad should be a fun and exciting experience for you. Compared to

buying a full-fledged desktop or laptop computer, there aren’t as many options to

complicate matters. The price tag on an iPad isn’t as daunting as that for an Apple

MacBook Pro, so the impact to your wallet won’t be outrageous even if you don’t

happen to make the perfect choice. In this chapter, you’ll discover what decisions you

should make before either heading to your local Apple retailer or ordering an iPad online.

You’ll learn what you need in addition to an iPad, what you can do if you’re not pleased

with your purchase or get a faulty unit, and how to get your iPad ready for everyday use.

Here are all the basic facts you need to select, buy, and set up your iPad.

Picking Your iPad

Especially at this early stage of the life cycle of the iPad, you have a relatively easy

decision to make regarding which model of the device to purchase. There are never that

many iPad models available at any particular time, since Apple does a good job of

keeping its product lines small and up-to-date. The big questions you’ll have to ask

yourself are whether you need 3G wireless capabilities, whether your 3G iPad should run

on a GSM or CDMA network, how much storage you want in your iPad, and whether or

not to purchase a used iPad. Let’s look into these four questions in more detail.

Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + 3G?

The iPad is an Internet-connected device. Sure, it can work as an electronic book reader

or a gaming device without an Internet connection, but an iPad without Internet is like a

Porsche with a flat tire. Apple gives you two choices: Wi-Fi (wireless network

connectivity) models and Wi-Fi + 3G (wireless network plus 3G mobile data connectivity)

models. If you ever want an Internet connection away from a Wi-Fi hotspot, you’ll need

to buy the Wi-Fi + 3G version of the iPad, because you cannot add the functionality to

an iPad later.

The Wi-Fi + 3G models are slightly more expensive than the models with Wi-Fi only, to

the tune of US$130 more than their Wi-Fi counterparts. What you’re paying for is built-in

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3G circuitry, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and an antenna, which is a

fancy way of saying that your iPad (with an optional subscription to a data plan with your

local wireless carrier) can surf the Web, send and receive e-mail, and connect to the

iBookstore from any location with 3G wireless service. Do you need 3G capabilities?

Here are some questions you need to ask yourself:

Will you be using your iPad in places where there are no Wi-Fi hotspots?

If you plan on using your iPad around your Wi-Fi equipped home and

office and if most of the locations that you visit (stores, libraries, coffee

shops, airports, and hotels) provide free Wi-Fi, then you might not need

the Wi-Fi + 3G model. However, if you often find yourself in need of an

Internet connection when you’re in your car, on a soccer field, or at

some other location without Wi-Fi, then the Wi-Fi + 3G iPad may be the

correct choice for you.

Do you have another way to connect to a 3G network? You may already

have a different method of accessing a wide-area wireless network. If

you have a 3G router such as the Sierra Wireless Overdrive 3G/4G or

Novatel MiFi for use with a laptop, then you can use it and your existing

wireless data plan to connect to the Internet. If you have an iPhone 4

running iOS 4.3 or newer, you might want to consider using the Personal

Hotspot feature on the phone as your gateway to the Internet (a

separate data plan is required).

Are you willing to pay extra for both your iPad and the 3G data plan? To

begin with, a Wi-Fi + 3G iPad costs $130 more than the corresponding

model without 3G. That’s not the only additional cost you’ll incur, since

your wireless carrier is going to charge you for a data plan. In the United

States, AT&T provides 3G data service without a contract for $14.99 per

month for 250MB of data, or $25 monthly for 2GB of data. The other

U.S. carrier, Verizon Wireless, has rates beginning at 1GB of data for

$20 per month and up to 10GB for $80 per month. International carriers

offer similar plans, so check with your carrier for details about the cost

and capacity of data plans in your country.

Do you need to use apps that are aware of the location of the iPad? The

Wi-Fi iPad has the ability to determine its location through something

called the Wi-Fi Positioning System. This service, provided in North

America by Skyhook Wireless, uses the known location of Wi-Fi access

points to approximate the location of an iPad. Although this can provide

location data to within 20 to 30 meters in crowded population centers in

the United States and Canada, it doesn’t work at all when the iPad is away

from Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi + 3G iPad contains a full Assisted GPS (A-GPS)

receiver for pinpointing the location of the device using GPS. As a result,

accurate location can be determined almost anywhere on the planet

provided that the Wi-Fi + 3G iPad can “see” the sky.

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GSM vs. CDMA

If you decide to purchase the Wi-Fi + 3G iPad, you’ll also have to decide what mobile

wireless network to run on. In the United States, there are two choices: GSM, the

standard used by AT&T Wireless, and CDMA, which is the technology behind Verizon’s

mobile network. The majority of wireless networks throughout the world use GSM, so

frequent international travelers may want to consider that fact when making a purchase

decision.

For all practical purposes, the speeds and capabilities of the two 3G networks are

similar. The main differentiator for most U.S. iPad buyers is the coverage provided by

the two carriers in the area where you live and work. Verizon Wireless customers who

are happy with the voice signal quality that they currently get with their mobile phones

can stay with their existing carrier for iPad data. Likewise, AT&T Wireless customers with

five bars of signal strength and good service may want to stay with their current carrier.

How Much Storage?

Once you’ve decided whether to purchase the Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + 3G iPad, your next

thought should be about the quantity of built-in storage you want in your iPad. Although

the amount of working memory, or RAM, in the iPad is identical across the different

models (256MB for the original iPad, 512MB for the iPad 2), the flash drives used for

storing applications and data come in three different sizes: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. You

cannot upgrade the flash drive in the iPad, so you’re stuck with whatever you buy. Like

any electronic device, the iPad will evolve over time, so larger storage capacities are

likely in the future. Also keep in mind that the pre-installed OS and apps on the iPad take

up some space already (up to half a GB), so you’ll actually have a little less free space

on the iPad than stated by Apple.

At the launch of the iPad, the difference between the 16GB and 32GB models was only

$100, while maxing out the iPad’s storage at 64GB was only $200 more than buying the

base model. Before deciding how much storage you want to buy, consider these

questions:

How big is your music library? If your library is small and you want to

listen to music on your iPad, no problem. If it’s large, the extra space on

the larger iPad models helps you store additional music and podcasts.

Of course, if you already own a music device such as an iPod, you may

want to continue using it for listening. iPods come in a variety of

capacities and are much more portable than your iPad.

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