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iPad Basics

iPad in Canada: Rogers Posts Step-by-Step Guide for iPad 3G Activation on Their Network

by patrickj May 28, 2010

Following the iPad’s launch in Canada, Rogers has posted a step-by-step guide to activating the iPad 3G on their network.  The guide covers first-time activation, managing your account, and offers details on data usage limits, how to cancel a plan and more. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

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How To Save Images in the iPad Safari and Mail Apps

by patrickj May 12, 2010

Here’s another basic but very handy tip for those of you who are new to the iPad.  You may often receive a photo in an email that you want to save and keep on your iPad – or spot an image in a web site that you’d like to save. It’s very easy to do [...]

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iPad 3G: Already Violated, Dissected by the iFixIt Guys

by patrickj May 1, 2010

The inquisitive, destructive, determined folks at iFixit have got their hands on, and inside, an iPad 3G.  They’ve already got some highlights on what they’re discovering about the new model.  Hit the jump for their full list … If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

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AT&T – Details on iPad 3G Data Plans

by patrickj April 29, 2010

AT&T has put out a PDF document outlining details of its data plan pricing for the iPad WiFi + 3G. There’s not much that we didn’t already know in the document, but one point Gizmodo picked up on is that you’ll have free access to AT&T’s 20,000 plus WiFI hotspots while you’ve got a data [...]

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The iPad Has 256MB of RAM

by patrickj April 4, 2010

The lovely folks over at iFixit have continued to rip apart and desecrate the iPad over this launch weekend.  One of the biggest new finds is the amount of RAM the iPad has. It’s got 256MB – the same as the iPhone 3GS. Yes, the K4X2 is a Samsung DRAM part number! Decoding the part [...]

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Free ePub eBooks Can Be Synced to iPad – Steve Jobs Says So

by patrickj March 25, 2010

As expected, it has been confirmed by Steve himself that free ePub ebooks can be synced to the iPad via iTunes. Apparently Steve Jobs is continuing to reply to user questions on all things iPhone and iPad – this time even firing off a reply from his iPad.  This one was in reply to a [...]

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More Details on iPad 3G Data Plans & Managing them on the iPad

by patrickj March 15, 2010

As with most of Apple’s iPad pages, the one covering the iPad WiFi + 3G model has been updated with lots more juicy detail since iPad pre-orders start day.  We already knew that the 3G coverage is provided by AT&T, that it will offer speeds up to 7.2 Mbps, and that if you grab one [...]

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iPad Has an External Button for Screen Rotation Lock

by patrickj March 13, 2010

  The iPad has an external button for screen rotation lock – just above the Volume up/down controls. This is one of quite a few interesting new things we learned yesterday about the iPad, as Apple revealed more about the device when pre-orders went live. It’s a very handy addition that should make for much [...]

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iPad Tech Specs: External Buttons & Controls

by patrickj February 18, 2010

As part of our iPad Basics coverage, it would be useful to lay out the tech specs of the device.  You can of course go to this Apple page to review them all, but I figured it might be useful to share them in more bit-sized chunks, as there are a lot of them. So [...]

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iPad Tech Specs: What’s In the Box

by patrickj February 16, 2010

I thought as part of our iPad Basics coverage, it would be useful to lay out the tech specs of the device.  You can of course go to this Apple page to review them all, but I figured it might be useful to share them in more bit-sized chunks, as there are a lot of [...]

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iPad Tech Specs: Display, Storage, Battery & Power

by patrickj February 13, 2010

I thought as part of our iPad Basics coverage, it would be useful to lay out the tech specs of the device.  You can of course go to this Apple page to review them all, but I figured it might be useful to share them in more bit-sized chunks, as there are a lot of [...]

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