iPad Tips and Tricks: Some Tricks of the iPad Trade Part 3

Posted Jun 1, 2010 at 6:17PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: iPad Tips & Tricks Tags: apple, customize, safari, slideshow, Wi-Fi

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Maximize your home screen usage The iPad offers you up to eleven different home screens that you can use. Customize them however you want by dragging icons of your favorite apps or programs to the right of the main home screen. Make a one home screen for entertainment. Make another for work-related functions. Make one for games. The possibilities are endless, and grouping similar items together on one home screen enables you to access what you want in less time. Access your favorite websites in a dash If you have a website that you visit daily, you don't want to search around to get to it. You can add websites to your various home screens with ease for quicker access. To do this, locate the plus sign by the website's URL and tap it. From there, select Add to Home Screen, and you will now have that website's link on your home screen. 802.11a is the way to go If you hate lags in internet connectivity, you want reliability out of the connection that your iPad is using. With this in mind, you will want to use 802.11a Wi-Fi to get the most out of your iPad when performing certain tasks like streaming video. Why? The popular 802.11g Wi-Fi uses the same signal used by other devices that may be in your house, such as a microwave. Thus, you might experience more interference using 802.11g, and have more frustration with the iPad's internet browsing experience. Go with 802.11a and you will be happier. Take control of your internet searches Although Safari comes with Google's search engine, you do not have to use it if you are not familiar with it or simply do not like Google. If Yahoo is more your speed, you can switch. The switch only takes a second to complete, and is done by going to Settings>Safari>Search Engine. Select the Yahoo option, and your searches will now go via Yahoo's search engine. Make your slideshows a bit more unexpected

The iPad is great for viewing and managing photos. When you are viewing a slideshow in the Photos app, don't you sometimes wish you could view the photos in a different, more random order? Well, you can. All you have to do is go to Settings>Picture Frame and select the Shuffle option. Now you can view your slides in a more unexpected fashion, rather in the same old order. The show does not stop here. Keep tuned in for more iPad tips and tricks in part 4 of this series.

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