Features of the new Apple iPad

iPad Home screen

Your Apple iPad experience starts with the Apple iPad home screen, giving you one touch access to everything on your iPad. You can change your home screen at any time by adding icon links to your favourite websites and apps ensuring you are only one touch away from everything you need.

Large On Screen Keyboard

While the Apple iPad is predominantly a touch screen device, you will always need a keyboard to enter text and unlike some of the iPads little brothers and sisters the iPad has a large onscreen keyboard allowing even the fattest of fingers to accurately hit the character eliminating that constant use of the backspace command.

iPad Safari Web Browser

The Apple iPad incorporates the Safari web browser allowing you to surf your favourite web pages with ease. Anyone who has used the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch will be well versed in navigating around the screen using the flick and pinch of their fingers.

For those that have never used apples innovative touch screen interface, moving around the screen is simple, simply flick you finger across the screen and the page content move sin time with your command. To zoom in simply pinch your fingers on the area you want to concentrate on and the iPad will zoom that area of the page. These finger commands translate into an effortless navigation and a natural feel to the whole iPad experience.

iPad Email

Email is a breeze with the Apple iPad. The iPad incorporates an inbuilt email program allowing for instant sending, downloading, editing and forwarding of emails. By using the accelerometer inbuilt within the iPad, simply rotating the screen changes the layout to landscape or portrait depending on your preference. In addition you can use the split screen view of emails allowing you to view an opened message as well as your current inbox.

iPad Photos

Apple has a heritage of producing some of the best technology for viewing and amending photos and images and the Apple iPad is no exception to this rule. With the Apple iPad photos in an album are displayed in a stack view and simply tapping the stack will open the whole album. You can expect the usual Apple viewing features like zooming in or out, flipping through each photo or watch a slideshow of all photos within an album.

One neat advantage of the iPad is its secondary use as a free digital photo frame while you are not using it. Adding photo´s to your iPad is very easy with syncing from your PC, download them from an email or import them directly from your digital camera, although this option requires the optional Camera Connection Kit.

iPad Video

The iPad is almost second to none when talking about watching videos on a computer of laptop device. The Screen works in HD so those High Definition movies can be enjoyed the way the director intended with vibrant and wonderful colours. Video is not just about movies, you can also enjoy your favourite podcasts and music videos anytime anyplace. The iPad incorporates a full screen -widescreen feature that allows you to flick between the two aspect ratios with a simple double tap of your finger.

YouTube

The iPad comes pre-installed with a YouTube application allowing you to easily view and navigate around your favourite YouTube video. Don´t forget with a HD screen, viewing is a pleasure at both normal size and full screen.

iPod Music

The Apple iPad comes pre installed with the apple iPod music app allowing you to listen to all your music through the iPad´s powerful built in speakers or alternatively through wired or Bluetooth headphones. Similar to an iPhone or IPod Touch navigation through your music collection is just a tap away with music organised by song title, artist or genre.

iTunes

You could not imagine an apple i product without the ubiquitous iTunes, and the Apple iPad does not disappoint. With cheap Apple iPad music and instant access to millions of songs, TV shows, and podcasts you should never be caught bored again. iTunes will also let you buy or rent movies wirelessly from your iPad or alternatively simply sync with your existing iTunes content on your Mac or PC.

iPad App Store

The iPad has been created with the immense apple App Store in mind and almost all of the 140,000 apps on the app store will run on the Apple iPad. There is everything from business applications to games and the new apps that have been specifically designed for the iPad are instantly highlighted allowing you to find that perfect app in minutes. All apps can be bought or downloaded wirelessly through your iPad so no need for messy wires of syncing through your PC or MAC

iBooks

iBooks is a bit of a newcomer to the apple portfolio. You can download a free app giving you access to buy thousands of different books. Genres include the classics to the latest best sellers, and one you have bought a book it is displayed on a beautiful graphic interface of a book shelf. Simply tapping on the book opens it immediately and the HD screen allows for sharp rich colour even when the light level are low.

iPad Maps

Apple have teamed up with Google to bring you Maps within the apple iPad. This allows you to simply tap on the maps icon and instantly look for anything you want including nearby landmarks or restaurants. In addition the Maps facility uses satellite imagery as well as street view allowing for a close up look at a particular point of interest.

iPad Notes

Notes is one of the most forgotten but most used apps within any modern technology. The Apple iPad is no exception with a graphical note screen that allows you to simply jot down a reminder or make a more detailed record.

iPad Calendar

The Apple iPad calendar app allows you to schedule everything you need to do in a stunning HD view. You view your events or activities by day, week or month and with its large HD screen you can see an overview of a complete month all in one screen.

iPad Contacts

The contacts app on the Apple iPad is a great example of how a large screen device offers a wonderful feeling and interface to what is really a mundane element. Your contacts are displayed in a book like interface and flicking though contacts is simply a swipe of your finger.

iPad Search

With so much on your Apple iPad and at such a good price you may think you will lose important information or take hours to find the something you added months ago. Not so with the innovative Spotlight Search which allows you to search through all the content on your Apple iPad including mail, contacts calendar, ipod, notes and even built in apps.