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Take Control of Media on Your iPad
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Take Control of Media on Your iPad

by Jeff Carlson
June 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
123 pages
2h 36m
English
Take Control Books
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Given the iPad's powerful processor and strength at playing video, I assumed it would be like the Apple TV and stream audio or video from any computer running iTunes on a local network. I was wrong. Instead, with the Videos app, you're shackled by the need to physically connect it to a computer and sync the content you want to watch. If you're a fan of movies and you purchased a 16 GB iPad, you quickly realize that there isn't much free space for all that media.

So imagine my joy when I learned that third-party developers had already provided the feature I wanted. Even better, video streaming isn't limited to your local network: with sufficient bandwidth, you can watch a feature film from Netflix (in the United States) or an ABC television ...

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