david2 The way technology has developed in recent years is fascinating. When computers were first invented, they had to have separate rooms built to contain them. Now a simple cell phone has more power and capability than those behemoths. The iPad is an example of this, and using the advice below will help you get the most from it.
If you want to utilize your iPad for processor-heavy tasks like gaming, watching videos or listening to music, you may get less usage time out of a battery charge. Adjusting the brightness is a great way to extend battery life. You may find you can enjoy your iPad without using the brightest setting possible.
Keep track of how much you are spending on iPad apps. It is very easy to accidentally spend more than you intended on iTunes, for example. The app stores your credit information, so you can just buy, buy, buy with a single click! So, always be aware of how much you are spending so that it doesn’t get out of control.
It isn’t necessary to click the camera in the bottom to see the picture. All you need to do is swipe your finger to the right. The picture or video you have just taken will appear. Previous photos of yours will show to the left.
Iphone Charger
If you do not have a lot of time, you should never charge your iPad with your iPhone charger. The iPad has a totally different wattage than the iPhone (10 watts compared to 5 watts). Charging with an iPhone charger will take far more time. It’s wise to only use the charger that came with the iPad.
Do you wish you could get to your bookmarked favorite sites quicker and easier? You should activate the bookmark bar. Select Settings, Safari, and choose the Always Show Bookmarks tab.
Determine if you would like the lock key for locking your tablet’s orientation or muting your sound. The early iPad’s cannot perform this function. Any iPad that runs on iOS 4.3 or above will have this feature. Additionally, you can hold the volume button down so that your device will be muted.
You can easily change your brightness settings. The screen is naturally bright, but you can dim it through the brightness controls. You can find these settings by double clicking your Home button, then swiping through. This setting will permit you to adjust the brightness of your screen.
There is a way that you can get rid of the battery percentage on your device. Thankfully, it is pretty easy to remove it from the screen. To turn off, simply go into your General Settings and click Usage. There, you’ll find an off button. If, at a later time, you want to enable it again, follow the same procedure.
Notifications can be controlled. Many apps have a habit of alerting you about every little thing. These can be changed under notifications, which is found in settings. You can easily manage which applications send alerts and which don’t. This will keep your alerts for things that actually matter.
You can use your iPad to take screenshots quickly and easily. Press your Home button and then the Sleep/Wake button. This will yield a flash, which will mean that you took a picture. This means it took a photo. All of the screenshots that you take are saved inside of your iPad’s photo gallery.
You may notice that you begin to grow tired after an extended period of reading on the iPad. This is easily remedied by adjusting the brightness level to a lower setting. The brightness adjustment can be made through the Settings menu or via the iBook application using a graphical slider.
Search Engine
Have you had a poor experience using the Google engine via your iPad? You can switch it for another. To do this, you’ll need to open up your Settings menu, tap Safari, and then Search Engine. You can now change your search engine. Select Google, Bing or Yahoo as your new search engine.
There are millions of technology choices that we can make today. Use the tips here to take full advantage of your iPad. You probably don’t know everything it is capable of. Keep reading articles like this one to learn all you can.