3. Browse the Web
Web browsers on smartphones were historically pretty terrible. The iPhone lets you view sites without having to load a stripped-down alternate version, but even though Safari on the iPhone can render a page as it would appear in a desktop Web browser, the screen size is still a limitation, which is why many sites serve up mobile versions. (Sometimes a mobile site is done well, but too often it’s painful.)
The iPad and iPad mini, on the other hand, are almost all screen, with a version of Safari that displays Web sites just as you’d see them on a Mac or Windows PC. We no longer wonder or marvel at how we access information online—we just get it.
Access Web Sites
Tap the Safari icon on the Home screen to launch the iPad’s Web ...
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