Sams Teach Yourself iPad 2 in 10 Minutes: Edition 2

Bud E. Smith

jun 2011 · Sams Publishing

Información sobre este eBook

Sams Teach Yourself iPadTM 2 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to use your iPad 2 to get online, get apps, use the Web, manage email, use maps, books, photos, music, video–anything! Each compact lesson zeroes in on essential techniques, with fast, step-by-step instructions that help you do it right the first time!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes provide additional information

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to...

• Use FaceTime for personal video phone calls and conferences
• Take photos and make video clips with the front-facing and rear-facing cameras
• Manage settings for the iPad 2
• Use iTunes to buy and synchronize multimedia—music, videos, movies, documents and more—between the computer and the iPad 2
• Hook up to external devices such as a camera, a presentation screen, TV, or HDTV.
• Use Safari to access the Web
• Use email of many kinds, including Gmail, with and without a live connection
• Manage personal information with the Calendar, Contacts, and Notes
• Use the Maps app for local searches and navigation
• Get full-screen iPad apps, as well as iPhone-sized apps from the App Store
• Use iBooks and the iBooks Store
• Get and play music on iPad
• Use the iWork apps for creating presentations and working with numbers

Category: iPad

Covers: Apple Digital Media

User Level: Beginning

Acerca del autor

Bud Smith is one of the most experienced and prolific authors writing about technology today. He has been on the cutting edge of technology introductions from the Intel 80386 microprocessor in the mid-1980s, to cutting-edge coverage of Web authoring in the 1990s, and the iPad 2 and the latest version of Facebook today. Bud has also written about climate change and planning and installing green roofs.

Bud’s most recent title before this one is Sams Teach Yourself Facebook for Business in 10 Minutes, with in-depth coverage of the new fan page and other features that give businesses a voice on Facebook.

Bud began writing computer books back in 1984, the year of the iconic 1984 television commercial for the Macintosh. An early success was the Computer Buyer’s Guide for Que, covering the then-latest and greatest in computer hardware and software. His books have sold more than a million copies in total.

Bud continues to work as a writer, project manager, and marketer to help people get the most out of technology as it advances. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, participating in environmental causes when he’s not working on one of his many technology-related projects.