Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The Many Uses Of The iPad

By Eric Stafford


For regular people who have average interests in technologically advanced gadgets, the iPad is perceived to be just another expensive instrument from Apple. By average interests, we mean those who do not make it a point to research a newly launched product nor visit the manufacturer's website with passion.

They may go to the website to see what the buzz is about; perhaps encouraged by friends, coworkers or family. They will not spend their time reading the technical specifications to see what kind of processing speeds there are or whether or not they can tether it. All they are concerned with is: "What the heck is an iPad and what can it do for me?"

The iPad is like a cell phone on steroids or a laptop on a diet, depending on how you want to look at it. It is a mobile computer; mobile like our cell phone, but not as big and bulky as our laptop. It is what is called a "tablet". The screen is much smaller than a laptop screen and substantially larger than your cell phone. It is more along the lines of a netbook, only an inch or two larger.

You interact with the iPad by utilizing its multi-touch screen. This is a specially designed screen that allows you to use your fingers as a mouse-like device and tap and drag two items on the screen simultaneously. What's more, you can dock the iPad to a keyboard to have it perform more like a traditional laptop if need be. It has an intuitive multi-oriented design meaning that you can hold it one way, then rotate it another way to view the screen from the other way making the display wider or taller automatically.

The iPad is mainly designed for information consumption in the form of web browsing, media, and gaming. Additionally, it can be used to create documents and similar content on a lighter level. The iPad is powered by thousands of apps that allow this device to perform at high-speed rate. For your convenience, Best iPad Apps 2012 lists the top 10 iPad apps in every app category.

Apple's iWork is a product similar to Microsoft Office. With the app, you can create presentations, documents and spreadsheets.

There are a couple of web browsers compatible with the iPad. Safari, Apple's browser product, is the default browser. There are others available in the App Store with more in development.

Viewing photos and videos or gaming on the iPad is fantastic because of the great screen display. If you want to listen to music you can buy high quality speakers, even wireless ones, to enhance the audio quality.

Internet connectivity is powered by Wi-Fi and 3G. It possesses the highest speed in wireless Internet technology that overrides the speed of the hotspot offered in a specific location. To connect to a 3G network, the user must insert a 3G SIM card from a service provider. Once the owner has completed the 3G network service application, he can switch from Wi-Fi to 3G connection anytime.

App icons can be organized and cataloged. You can add your most used iPad app icons to a "Favorites" folder to quickly and easily access them.

If you are using the iPad to play games or to create business presentations or a little bit of each, it can provide hours of entertainment. With the "open source" nature of the app development, you can be sure that the next cool thing is right around the corner.




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