Anyone who has used a smartphone for any length of time and sends text messages is used to typing with both hands while holding the phone. In fact the fastest “texters” use both hands to quickly type out a message and send it. One of the reasons this can be done is smartphones are small…
As with all electronic devices, the battery life of your iPad may not meet or exceed your expectations. However, there are quite a few tips you can follow to save battery life and extend the amount of time between charges. This is especially helpful with the new iPad, the larger battery developed to power the…
About 6 weeks after Apple released the 5.1 update of their operating system, here they come with the 5.1.1 update to it. This update fixes the following issues: Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Screen Lock shortcut Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and…
With the introduction of the new iPad, 3rd generation, and the retina display, apps are being updated by their authors to take advantage of the better graphics. Unfortunately, one of the disadvantages of better graphics is the fact that applications may double or triple in size. For this reason, the 16GB iPad may have fulfilled…
Shortly after I purchased my iPad, I decided that I needed a case with a keyboard in it to make it more productive and easier to use. I bought a Kensington Keyfolio with the bluetooth keyboard and proceeded to put my iPad in the new case. Now, several months later I can see while the…
My granddaughter discovered an unusual quirk in the iPad the other day. Even though the iPad was not muted and she could play music from it, there was no sound in any of the apps she tried to play. Only some apps did not have sounds, apps such as Netflix still had audio. This included…
I use Gmail as my main calendar to schedule appointments and keep track of my day to day activities. However, there have been a few times when I’ve added an appointment to my calendar from my iPad or iPhone and it didn’t sync up with Google Calendar. So, the appointment was on my phone but…
What do you get when you have a faster processor, better graphics, and a bigger battery on the iPad 3? Heat issues…at least that’s what a number of iPad 3 consumers are complaining about in the iPad forums after using their new iPad. When holding the new iPad in portrait mode, there appears to be excessive…
I have an older iPad 1 that does not have a camera, but I recently upgraded my cell phone and changed from an android based phone to an iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S does have a great camera and taking pictures with it is a snap. However, one of the coolest features I’ve found in…
Apple released an upgrade to iOS 5 for iPhones, iPods, and iPads last week. This update didn’t receive a lot of fanfare, but it fixed a few minor issues with the Apple iOS operating system. Here is a list of the bug fixes and improvements in the iOS 5.1: • Japanese language support for Siri…
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