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Once you get your bookmarks bar working, add a bunch of bookmarklets. (http://static.chrisbray.com/bookmarklets/index.html)
Couple of questions about this tip.
1. Does she take the kids when she leaves?
2. Will she ask for the iPad as part if the divorce settlement?!!
I originally thought the iPad would sell mostly to people with iPhones already... but judging by the tips I guess not. All very useful, but 90% simple iPhone functionality still found on the iPad.
As a PC user I find Xmarks.com to be an awesome solution to keep my internet bookmarks synced between my multiple pcs (using ie and ff). Then, on my iPad, I bookmark the Xmarks page and they have an iPhone formatted page that works great on the iPad.
Need a longer power cord? Pop the prongs off the 10w adapter and plug in an extension from your laptop or old radio whatever. I had several of these cords laying around they are pretty common probably can find them at radio shack or someplace similiar if you don't want to steal one from another device your using. I now have a 10 ft power cord
Why didn't I think of that. I didn't even look at the size of it. I have a million of those cords. Thanks!
Both shift keys simultaneously = Caps LOCK
If your ipad locks up = home key and power key for 30 secs resets the device.
Want to download docs and create file folders = use GoodReader
to download a web pdf (for example) simply type a 'g' in front of the http and Goodreader will automatically download it.
e.g.: ghttp://.......
Both shift keys simultaneously = Caps LOCK
If your ipad locks up = home key and power key for 30 secs resets the device.
Want to download docs and create file folders = use GoodReader
so your saying i could keep lets my resume (pages) on my ipad?
now i have dropbox, which i have some files like my resume, etc. is goodreader the same thing? or can i modify these files with goodreader?
Too bad you have no idea how to use an apostrophe.
Nice to see the pedant grammar police are patrolling the forum!*
Chill
My only tip is after accidentally pressing the home button because of how I was holding the iPad, I have been holding it upside down with no problems
Yes, I saw someone complained that Apple messed up by putting the headphone jack at the top rather than at the bottom, so that the cord gets in the way when he uses his iPad in portrait mode. You can rotate the iPad to whatever position you want, so if you want the jack at the bottom, just rotate to the bottom.
Probably won't help you as it doesn't improve scrolling in any direction as such... But have you tried touching the bar at the top (with time, battery etc) while looking at any scrollabl content anywhere on the iPad? On the iPhone, this scrolls straight to the top of the page really quick.
To prevent pages from reloading in Safari surf with your left hand only.
ETA: if you normally surf with your left hand, use your right hand.
It's magical. It knows the difference.
ETA: if you normally surf with your left hand, use your right hand.
It's magical. It knows the difference.
I'm not getting this to work. I pick a picture, say use as wallpaper, then zoom in and position it in portrait mode. Then I rotate the iPad and the picture flips and I zoom in and position it in landscape mode. I click set home screen, and jump out to check it, and it only remembers my positoning for the last orientation I did. In this case, landscape mode.
I tested it by zooming in tight on 2 completely different pieces of the picture.
How exactly do you make it remember both orientations?