Q. I'm not talking about iPad & iPhone docks from Hi-Rise / iHome / Belkin / Everdock; the keyboard dock, charging dock or wireless speakers like Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin. I mean the iOS 7 app Dock on the iPad's homescreen. What's it for?
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A. The Dock in Apple iPad Air is a translucent bar at the bottom of the Home screen (the screen that appears when you first turn on your iPad Air).
The purpose of the Dock is to hold up to 6 of the most frequently used apps on your tablet device (there's space for 4 apps on the iPhone and 6 apps on the iPad). You can pin those apps to the home screen dock.
The Dock itself stays static and does not change as you swipe across the app pages. This makes it useful for shortcuts to Safari, Mail, Video, Music or security apps.
apple wireless keyboard or ipad dock?
Q. should i get the apple wireless keyboaed or the ipad keyboard dock for my ipod touch i need a answer
A. I think it really depends on what features you want.
The Apple Wireless Keyboard is handy because it is small, compact, looks good and works well with Apple Devices with bluetooth built in and if you were to ever get an ipad, iMac or Macbook then it works wirelessly with those for up to 30 metres (I think)
The Dock isn't wireless but it does charge your iPod at the same time, sync with your PC and listen to music so if you are a big music lover, you should go with the Dock.
Ipad 2 info.. So if you own a ipad2 or just know allot about ipads (answer)?
Q. My mother said she will buy me a ipad or a ipod for christmas. I am leaning towards a ipad. I just need some things answered first
(1) the ipad 2 will i have to pay to get internet in it. Will i be able to pick up internet in Coffee shops, hotels places that offer free internet?
(2) I all ready have a laptop, and a souped up desktop. this ipad can I connect usb's to it to connect it to my computer? and are there places for sd micro cards?
(3) what I mostly do on laptop is listen to music, facebook, go to youtube, look things up, Now what i would like to be able to do is and it be essayer is use skype, video chat, facebook, and look things up essayer with out lugging around this 5 pound laptop.
(4) I have never owned a smartphone but have seen allot of my friends use them. Will the ipad be like having a smartphone with the apps and games? Because my friends are able to find allot of the coolest apps for free like where am i at,
(5) how is the battery life, how good does it pick up hot spots like if you are in a park out side, how well is it in finding a internet single? and being a apple product do you have to go through apple to every thing with the ipad, like if you want to put music, a video, upload or download any thing? alos being apple how compatable is it with other probucts like external harddrives, programs in the internet, and webpages on the internet, Or will i have problems
A. (1) There's two different models of the iPad. There's an Wifi only iPad and a Wifi + 3G iPad. With the Wifi only iPad, you can only connect to the internet in a wifi hotspot, so that means at home, Starbucks, cafe, library, school, etc. Any place that provides accessible wifi. The Wifi + 3G iPad provides another alternative method to accessing the internet in case you are in an area where wifi is not available and you absolutely need to use the internet. The benefit of the wifi + 3g iPad is it's no contract and you are in total control of the 3G. You could possibly use the 3g once out of the whole year and not use it for another 3 or however many years. It's totally up to you! Again, it's a benefit just in case you go to a lot of places where there is no wifi available and you need to get on the internet. It's as simple as turning it on and off in your settings. If you attend a lot of places where wifi is available then the 3g is probably overkill. Definitely some things to think about.
(2) When you purchase you iPad in the box you will receive a wall charger and USB to dock connector cable. This USB to dock cable is used to plugin to your computer to push photos, videos, music, applications, and documents from iTunes to your iPad2, or simply for charging up your battery.
The iPad does not have any built slots for a sd micro card, but there is an accessory you can purchase called the camera connection kit, which allows you to directly import your photos from your camera via usb to dock to your iPad OR an sd card. Not an sd micro card, but an SD card.
(3) Essentially the iPad 2 is supposed to be an extension to your computer, so instead of lugging around your laptop you now have something more portable and still allows you to be very productive. The benefit of all this is with the iOS 5 operating system, you no longer need your computer to sync your content. Yes, the music, photos, documents, contacts, videos, etc. is all done wirelessly.
(4) The iPad two does everything an iPod or iPhone can do except make phone calls. A new feature of iOS 5 is now you can send sms or mms your friends with an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad 2 who are running iOS 5 for free. The big difference of course is the beautiful display.
(5) The battery life expected is 10 hours, but your brightness, bluetooth, and 3G (if applicable) can shorten the battery, but not too much. If you don't get anything else such as accessories be sure to get AppleCare. Anything operational, software or hardware, that goes wrong with your iPad just take it in and have it replaced and that includes your battery.
If you are going in a park you just might need the 3G iPad.
You don't have to necessarily go through Apple for everything. You can rip music from your CDs or import videos from other sources and still sync them to your iPad. The only thing is iTunes will not backup the music you did not purchase.
No connectivity for external hard drives. If you need an external hard drive this might not be a product for you. There are also 3 different capacity/memory sizes you also have to consider. How much space do you think you need? 2GB = 500 songs. A 16GB iPad is almost 4,000 songs. Your applications, music, photos, video, and books all take up space on your iPad, but you can always take things on and off as you need or don't need.
iPad is not flash capable since it is a mainly a memory hog, but a lot of developers are developing using HTML 5, which allows you to watch video in a web page. Another alternative is an app in the App Store called Skyfire, which allows you view web pages that has flash content embedded. YouTube is already preinstalled on the iPad, it's already compatible.
Good luck!
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