I thought this was cool to share, i have been using these for quite some time now and found a video that shows off this great feature.
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Archive for category Ipad Tips
iPad2 Multitasking Gestures
Feb 22
8 Great iPad 2 Tips
Jan 27
Tip #1 Watching movies on your ipad from a SD Card, Yes it is possible!
Most people don't know about this but you can watch movies from a SDCard on your iPad or iPad. But to be able to do this you will need a few items besides a ipad:
- Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit (MC531ZM/A)
- SanDisk 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SDSDB-8192-A11
Tip# 2 Taking Screenshots of your iPad screen:
http://noelflash.com/ipad-tip-how-to-take-a-screenshot.html
Tip# 3 – Using a USB Keyboard on your iPad
If you happen to have a Usb Keyboard
Tip# 4 – Hidden Virtual Keys
The iPad virtual keyboard has some hidden features that can be a major help as shortcuts to your typing. Here are just a few of the shortcuts you can do:
When entering an URL or Email address, press and hold the .com key and you can then choose to append .net, .org, .us, and .edu to the address
Press and hold any letter or symbol on the virtual keyboard and you will be presented with several new and helpful options.
Tip # 5 – Avoiding application exits
If you should press the home button by accident while in a app you are forced to quit the app, a useful method for you to avoid this application exit is to just keep holding down on the home button without letting go, that tells the iPad you didn't mean to close it.
Tip# 6 – Closing applications running in the background
When you close a app on the ipad with the home button it usually stays running in the background this could eat up processing power and battery life, you can easily close out (kill) open apps by:
- Double tapping the home button, this will bring up the multitasking bar.
- Now press and hold on any one of the apps in the list until they start dancing around.
- Now just tap the the red circle on the app and that will make it quit.
Tip# 7 Connect your iPad to your HD TV
You can connect your iPad 2 to your HD TV by using Apple Digital AV Adapter
Tip# 8 Find my iPad
http://noelflash.com/ipad-tip-track-down-a-lost-or-stolen-ipadiphone.html
Tags: address press, apple ipad, camera connection, flash memory card, hidden features, home button, how to take a screenshot, letting go, processing power, screen keyboard, sd card, sdcard, sdhc, usb keyboard, virtual keyboard, virtual keys
Do you have a ipad 2 and are looking for some protection for it, well i have the best protection for the money. As many have heard Otterbox makes really nice cases for iPads, iPhones and they actually protect the device a lot better than some other solutions I have found. When I purchased my new iPhone 4s the very first purchase was the otterbox for it and that thing has saved my phone many times.
Now for my review on the Otterbox ipad 2 case, The one I am reviewing is the Defender Series case which normally retails for about $80 but you can find it here cheaper. The sale price at the moment is 50.00 which is $20.00 more than the ipad 2 smart cover that many people buy but keep in mind the smart cover only protects the screen when closed but if you drop it there is no protection. This version of the defender case is 20 percent lighter than its predecessor for the original iPad 1. Now this case isn't a slim case, its more on the bulkier side but that is because it offers multiple layers of protection and a clip-on screen cover that will turn into a stand that has two adjustable heights, one for typing and one for watching.
The only downside I have found with this case is they are a little difficult to put on but can be done in a few minutes, just have to make sure you get the snaps in place.
If you are looking for a slightly cheaper case for your ipad 2 you could look at the reflex series
Tags: defender series, IPAD, Iphone, iphones, otterbox, slim case
I often hear with new iPad owners that they hate typing on the screen while using it and it would be nice to have a keyboard. Well Apple offers a wireless keyboard solution at the prohibitive price of about $70 plus shipping but you can actually create your own simple iPad keyboard for less then $35.
You will need to componets to make this work, 1 a usb camera conneciton kit (See below) You maybe able to find these on ebay for about 6 bux but i haven't seen any made by apple for a while now. (2) a USB keyboard, chances are you already have one of these sitting around but if not you can go to your local computer store or amazon to pick one up cheap.
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Well the jailbreak is out now, for all those who want to try it you can head over to iphonehacks to get the full how to but thought i'd share.
Somethings you should do before trying to jailbreak your device.
1. Backup your device
2. Download the following
Download iOS 5.0.1 ipsw for iPad 2
Download 1OS 5.0.1 ipsw for iPhone 4S
Download iTunes (10.5.3)
Download Greenpois0n Absinthe for Windows
Download Greenpois0n Absinthe for Mac
Now follow the tutorials over at IphoneHacks.com
Tags: IOS 5.0, IOS 5.0.1, Jailbreak Ipad 2, Jailbreak iPhone 4s
1. Make sure you device is running iOS5, you can check this by going to Settings, General, About and look for the version, you need to have 5.0 or better (Mine is using 5.0.1).
2. Turn on iCloud (if you have setup your device yet it you will get prompted for this) Tap on settings and then tap iCloud.
3. Customizing the settings for iCloud – Tap the settings icon and select iCloud and tap the On/Off switches to enable individual services including Photo Stream, Documents, Find My iPad/iPhone, and more. (I only sync Photos and Find My iPad/iPhone)
4. Enable Automatic Downloads - To enable automatic downloads for your music, apps, and books, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen and select Store.
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Thought this was a neat little trick to do on your Iphone 4s with Siri so you can open apps on your phone with Siri, be default you can't so if you ask Siri to open we'll say facebook app it will come back and say it can't Below is the how to make it work, enjoy!
Have you ever heard about the URL Scheme of Safari? URL Scheme for safari lets you to open any app directly from the safari. This trick is basically used by the developers to open their apps directly from Safari. If you want to open Youtube app from Safari, Write down "youtube://" and it will redirect you to the YouTube app on your App. Similarly some are the examples given below:
- Itms-apps:// – This opens the app store in your iPhone.
- maps:// – Opens the Maps app.
- sms:// – Opens the compose window of the Messages app.
- music:// – Goes to the currently playing song in the Music app.
- youtube:// – Opens the YouTube app.
- itms-books:// – Open the iBooks app
Now, How this trick will work with Siri? We will actually make a contact including the URL's for different apps and when you will ask the Siri to show the contact it will open up all the details of the Contact including URL's. you can open any app by tapping on the URL.
1. Make a contact by the name of "Shortcuts".
2. Create Multiple text fields containing these URL Schemes. You can use any URL Scheme as shown above.
3. Open Siri and say" Show me Shortcuts Contact"
4. All URL's will be shown. You can click on any URL to open that app.
You can also open different options in an app by using this trick. For example, Name a contact
"Facebook Shortcuts" and add different Text fields with the following URL's
- fb://profile – Open Facebook app to the user’s profile
- fb://friends – Open Facebook app to the friends list
- fb://notifications – Open Facebook app to the notifications list
- fb://feed – Open Facebook app to the News Feed
- fb://events – Open Facebook app to the Events page
- fb://requests – Open Facebook app to the Requests list
- fb://notes – Open Facebook app to the Notes page
- fb://albums – Open Facebook app to Photo Albums list
Than open Siri and say: Show me Facebook Shortcuts, Click on any shortcut to open it.
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Need to take a screenshot on the IPad? It’s very easy: hold the Power button on the top corner and the Home button on the front bezel concurrently, you’ll know the screenshot was taken because the screen flashes white briefly. This captures the entire screen.
After you have taken a screen shot they are placed in the Photos library but if you have iCloud enabled they will also be sent to Photo Stream and be synced with other Apple devices using the same iCloud ID.
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In case you happen to misplace or your ipad gets stolen you can now use a service called FindMyIpad or FindMyIphone to help locate it and either lock it down, display a message or remotely wipe the device. This is done though apples MobileMe service, when you pull it up on the website you can see where your ipad is located.
link to mobile me website: http://mobileme.com
- Download the Find My iPhone app. Iphone (Click Here) Ipad (Click Here)
- Tap the Settings icon on the home screen, then select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- Enter the username and password for your MobileMe account (you can use the same e-mail address and password that you use for iTunes).
- Tap OK when you see the notification box that says Allow MobileMe to Use the Location of Your iPad?
- Tap Done (Make sure Find My iPad is turned on).
- From a PC, log into MobileMe. You should see your iPad on a map.
- From this screen you can choose Display Message or Play Sound, Lock, or Wipe.
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Do you experience a app that keeps crashing when you try to use it on your ipad? A few things to try would be to close the app out and you can find out how to do that here. The other thing to try would be to power the device off and back on. Here is the how to for it. (Note: the button to press is the one in the top right corner not the home button)
Restarting your device
- Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider.
- Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
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