Taking Your iPad 2 to the Max

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Bringing Your iPad Home

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 1-18

3. Putting Your Data and Media on Your iPad

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 19-49

4. Exploring the iPad Hardware

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 51-70

5. Interacting with Your iPad

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 71-105

6. Connecting to the Internet

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 107-122

7. Browsing the Internet with Safari

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 123-146

8. Touching Your Music and Video

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 147-188

9. Shopping for Apps, Books, Music, and More

   • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

   Pages 189-212

10. Using iBooks

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 213-243

11. Leveraging Your Desk Set

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 245-265

12. Setting Up and Using Mail

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 267-296

13. Working with Maps

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 297-326

14. Touching Your Digital Photos

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 327-368

15. On the Go with iWork

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 369-400

16. Using the iPad Cameras with Camera, Photobooth, and FaceTime

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 401-429

17. Other Great Ways to Use Your iPad

    • Erica Sadun, Michael Grothaus, Steve Sande

    Pages 431-457

18. Back Matter

    Pages 459-486

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iPad 2: It looks different. It acts different. It connects to the world, yet it is as personal as a well-worn book. And now it has two cameras!

Taking Your iPad 2 to the Max is written so that anyone can quickly get up to speed on Apple’s latest hit. As bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), the authors have the happy privilege of working with Apple products every day, and they'll guide you through all of the perks of being an iPad 2 owner. This book takes you from selecting and buying an iPad, to connecting it to the Internet, to using the incredible power of the iPad and all its apps to enhance your life.

Whether you’re using your iPad to surf the Internet, admire family photos, listen to music, watch movies, create or edit movies, or read a book, this book will help guide you. Discover how your iPad 2 can be a virtual shopping mall, opening the door to purchases of music, books, videos, and movies. This book will help you organize your daily life through the use of Calendar, Notes, and Contacts, communicate with friends and colleagues with Mail, and find your way with Maps. You'll also learn how get the most out of your iPad's two cameras.

Taking Your iPad 2 to the Max introduces the essentials of using your iPad 2 for recreation, travel, and work—and includes the basics of Apple's iWork suite for iPad. Learn to create business or personal documents with Pages, make professional presentations with Keynote, and keep data and finances under control with Numbers.

Erica Sadun holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written, co-written, and contributed to almost two dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn't need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, and a vast myriad of both successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement. Eight Ways to Get the Most out of Your Zune, the O'Reilly shortcut, and Modding Mac OS X, also from O'Reilly, are her latest books. She also wrote Taking Your iPhone to the Max.

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