Seven Powerful Ways to Make Most out of Your New Apple iPad 3

Seven Powerful Ways to Make Most out of Your New Apple iPad 3

 

The new iPad 3 provides a number of benefits over the iPad 2. The sleeker design brings the devise’s weight down by almost 20 percent, making it easier to hold and carry. The full touchscreen HD display offers vastly improved resolution and the battery will last you longer, too. If you’re the proud owner of the new iPad, here are a few useful iPad 3 tips to help you get the most out of your new devise.

#1 Grab The Manual
Like other Apple devices, the iPad 3 doesn’t come with a printed manual. To get a little guidance discovering all the features of your new iPad, download the free iPad User’s Guide. This manual comes as either a PDF document or an iBook. It will tell you which buttons do what, how to use iCloud, stream videos, edit photos, and give you other useful iPad tips. Make sure you download the manual for the new iPad: the iOS 5.1 iPad User’s Guide

#2 Create a Second Desktop
The iPad 3 comes with a 9.7-inch HD Retina Display and a screen resolution of 2048 x 1536, making it of high enough quality to use as a desktop screen. If you’ve got a Mac, downloading the AirDisplay app will let you do just that. This app turns your iPad into a second desktop monitor. At the moment, Airdisplay is only available for Mac, but a Windows version is in the works.

#3 Enjoy Better Photos and Video
Better cameras are another feature of the new iPad 3. The iSight dual-facing cameras come with 5-megapixel backside illuminated sensors, 5-element lenses, IR filter, and handy features like auto-focus, auto-exposure, white balance, image stabilization, and face detection. The new cameras also support high-definition 1080p video recording. If you’ve always preferred to carry a separate digital camera because you didn’t like your iPad’s image quality, give the iPad 3’s cameras a try. Watching movies now has never been so easy. You can now stream movies online through your PC, Mac and iPad. Why not check out some of UK’s available UK services such as LOVEFiLM and the new online service Now TV

#4 Try Out Dictation
The iPad 3 doesn’t come with true Siri technology as many had hoped, but it does offer voice dictation. Just because the new dictation feature can’t fetch queries or respond to you like Siri, don’t let that put you off trying it out. To use voice dictation, your iPad needs to be connected to the Internet. Then you just tap the dictation button and speak. The dictation feature makes messaging and taking notes considerably faster and easier. If you tend to message frequently, this may end up being one of the most useful iPad 3 tips you’ll come across.

#5 Take Advantage of Faster Download Speeds with 4G
The iPad 3 is Apple’s first 4G-compatible device. Although Apple devises have long offered some cellular data support, 4G provides faster cellular data speeds and promises better coverage, especially in rural areas. Faster data transfer means fewer interruptions when streaming videos and music, viewing large images, and playing online games. You might not have 4G in all countries but some offer fast 3G speeds.

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#6 Use More Great Apps
The ever-increasing selection of apps available for the iPad are a large part of what makes this device so great. To get the most from the new iPad 3, revisit the App Store for apps you might not have enjoyed as much on the iPad 2. Try out the Netflix app and enjoy how much better movies look with the iPad 3’s higher screen resolution. The improved resolution also makes the iPad more comfortable for reading, so try some reading-related apps like Instapaper or Flipboard. Try out Zite and even the GadgetsBoy app.

#7 Turn on Universal Access
Universal access lets you enable options like zoom magnification, VoiceOver screen reading, and white-on-black text to make the iPad user-friendly for those with vision impairments. Closed-captioning for movies is also available. Even if you don’t have vision impairments, you may find VoiceOver handy for when you don’t feel like reading off the screen. These options are good to know about if you share your iPad with friends who may need them.

The new iPad offers a number of benefits over older designs, so it’s well worth getting to know what your iPad 3 can do for you. These useful iPad tips will help you make the most out of your iPad 3 whether you use it primarily for enjoying music and videos, reading ebooks, gaming or managing your business.

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