iPad Academy: Tips, Tricks & Clever Techniques

Learn how to supercharge your settings, customize choices and polish your navigation skills. Easy-to-follow instructions, full-color screenshots, simple shortcuts and dozens of tips will save you time and add to your enjoyment of the iPad. Written with a dash of wit and a touch of humor, this clever guide will help you master the Apple iPad.

A Glimpse of What's Inside:

Get free beginner’s books and videos
Generate screenshots to show and save
Learn much more about zooming
Share what you see and hear on a TV or projector
Connect more than cameras via USB
Find the two model numbers of your iPad
Process your mail faster
Save battery power
Boost your Safari browser skills
Make iBooks behave better
Create web clips that have real meaning
Access vocabulary tools while typing or reading
Add a working compass to the Maps app
Save time using Spotlight search

Written by Andy Brovey, Ed.D., an Apple Distinguished Educator
Known as The Portable Prof™, Andy has been helping educators and others to make sense and make use of technology for over 25 years. Follow his blog about the iPad at ipadacademy.com

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Tips and Tricks for the iPad 2: The How-To Guide

There are plenty of amazing things you can do with your iPad 2 if you just learn how! Download "Tips and Tricks for the iPad 2: The How-To Guide" - a Vook that packs all of the most useful iPad 2 tips into eight easy-to-digest chapters.

In this Vook, you’ll begin your iPad 2 journey with apps, including how to multitask and use Spotlight Search. Then you’ll learn how to use your front and back-facing cameras to take photos and record video, how to use Photo Booth, and how to make a FaceTime call. Your crash course continues with the ins and outs of AirPlay to view your favorite movies and pictures. Finally, you'll learn valuable security tips, as well as how to share music with iTunes and customize your iPad 2. Tips in each chapter explain how to handle your device, take time-saving shortcuts, and optimize your user experience.

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Tips and Tricks for the iPad 2: The Video Guide

There are plenty of amazing things you can do with your iPad 2 if you just learn how! Download "Tips and Tricks for the iPad 2: The Video Guide" - a Vook that packs all of the most useful iPad 2 tips into eight easy-to-digest chapters and how-to videos.

In this Vook, you’ll begin your iPad 2 journey with apps, including how to multitask and use Spotlight Search. Then you’ll learn how to use your front and back-facing cameras to take photos and record video, how to use Photo Booth, and how to make a FaceTime call. Your crash course continues with the ins and outs of AirPlay to view your favorite movies and pictures. Finally, you'll learn valuable security tips, as well as how to share music with iTunes and customize your iPad 2. Tips in each chapter explain how to handle your device, take time-saving shortcuts, and optimize your user experience.

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iPad and iPhone Tips and Tricks: For iOS 5

iOS 5 offers hundreds of new features iPhone and iPad users have never seen before, no matter how experienced (or inexperienced) they may be. There are new core apps to learn, upgrades to existing apps, and even new on-screen finger motions to master. The new iCloud even makes it possible to wirelessly sync data between multiple iOS devices, with no PC or Mac involved. For millions of users who upgrade their iPhones or iPads, iOS 5 will be like owning an entirely new device. That's where Jason R. Rich's iOS 5 Tips and Tricks comes in. This how-to guide is packed with full-color screen shots and simple step-by-step instructions that help readers master everything that's new, fast. Rich has uncovered dozens of brand-new tips, tricks, techniques, and time-saving shortcuts to make both iPad and iPhone more fun and productive than ever. Coverage includes: * Making the most of Notification Center * Communicating more effectively with iMessage * Staying current with Newsstand * Using iOS 5's improved social networking features * Shooting, editing, and sharing media * Exploring the web more efficiently with the new version of Safari * Syncing and sharing via iCloud * Managing email, schedules, and contacts more efficiently * iOS 5 music, video, and gaming * Getting productive with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers * Video conferencing and Voice-over-IP * Using Airplay for more connected entertainment * Finding, buying, and using new third-party apps

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iOS Recipes: Tips and Tricks for Awesome iPhone and iPad Apps (Pragmatic Programmers)

iOS Recipes begins with a tour of UIKit. Former Apple Evangelist Matt Drance and expert graphical-systems programmer Paul Warren show you how to write splash screens and embedded web browsers that are easily dropped into any project. You'll explore techniques for building complex table views without losing yourself in a sea of code, and see how to add some unique visual touches to any table--even the ones you've already built.

Next you'll explore Quartz and Core Animation, and you'll walk through a number of fills, transforms, and animations that will breathe life into any app or game. You'll also learn about gestures, transitions, and custom controls to take your user interactions to the next level.

You'll tackle networking with a few basic techniques to prevent unnecessary repetition in your codebases, and address some more complex problems like uploading large files to a web server. Finally, you'll see some simple disciplines and ideas that will make architecting, debugging, maintaining, and ultimately shipping your application easier every single time.

By the end of this book, you'll have expanded your iPhone and iPad development knowledge and be well on your way to building elegant solutions that are ready for whatever project you take on next.

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