Chapter 23. Listening to Music and Other Audio Files

If you have an iPod or other portable digital music player, you can put it aside because your iPad essentially duplicates all the features of an iPod (except for the smaller size). Besides listening to music, you can also listen to podcasts, audiobooks, or even iTunes University lectures.

Before you can play any audio files, you’ll need to load them into your iPad, as explained in Chapter 18 and Chapter 21.

In this chapter, you will learn how to listen to and control audio files on your iPad.

What You’ll Be Using

To listen to music and other audio files on your iPad, you need to use the following:

iTunes on your computer

The iPod app

Playing a Song in Different iPod Modes

The iPod app lets you choose ...

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