January 2013
Beginner to intermediate
416 pages
10h 6m
English
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Chapter 4
Tap Dancing with Your iPad’s Apps
In This Chapter
Communicating with e-mail on your iPad
Surfing the web
Using the built-in camera to take photos and video
Getting and reading e-books
Organizing your contacts and calendar
Browsing through the apps that came with your iPad
You’ve just brought home that shiny, sleek new iPad from the store. It’s crammed full of apps that let you start surfing the Internet, take photos and video, e-mail, video-chat, watch movies, read books, and more. It’s there waiting for you . . . as soon as you master a few basics about using your iPad’s apps. It’s all really very easy. It’s just that we start at such a huge disadvantage. After all, we’re adults.
Children pull the device out of the box, power it up, and start using it instantly. They’re so tech-savvy, it’s almost as if they were using technology in utero. Adults? In the best-case scenario, ...