1. Getting Started

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In this chapter, you learn how to perform specific tasks on your iPad to become familiar with the interface.

• The Evolving iPad

• The iPad mini’s Buttons and Switches

• Screen Gestures

• iPad mini Screens

• Interacting with Your iPad mini

• Using Siri

Before you learn how to perform specific tasks on your iPad mini, you should become familiar with the interface. If you have used an iPhone or iPod touch, you already know the basics. But if the iPad mini is your first touch-screen device, you need to take time to become accustomed to interacting with it.

The Evolving iPad

There have been several generations of iPads, each adding ...

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