Paul McFedries - iPad Portable Genius

McFedries

The Genius is in.

iPad

You dont have to be a genius to use the Apple iPad. But if you want to get the very most out of yours, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work and start ramping up the pace. Want to connect your iPad with a Bluetooth headset? Configure e-mail accounts and iP

messages? Organize your life? Enhance your iPad by using the App Store and iBooks?

Youll fi nd cool and useful Genius tips, insider secrets, full-color screenshots, and pages of ad

easy-to-access shortcuts and tools that will save you loads of time and let you enjoy your iPad to the max. Keep this indispensable Genius on hand and watch your iPad IQ soar. Paul McFedries is a technical writer who has published more than 70 books that have sold more than

three million copies worldwide, including Macs Portable Genius and iPhone 3G S Portable Genius.

Fun, hip, and straightforward, the new Portable Genius series gives forward-thinking Apple users useful information in handy, compact books that are easy to navigate and dont skimp on the essentials. Collect the whole series and make the most of your Apple digital lifestyle. POR

Computers / Hardware /

Personal Computers / Macintosh

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iPad

by Paul McFedries

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iPad Portable Genius

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About the Author

is a full-time technical

Paul McFedries

writer. Paul has been

authoring computer books since 1991 and has

more than 70 books to his credit. Pauls books

have sold more than three million copies worldwide. These books include the Wiley titles iPhone 3G S Portable Genius, Macs Portable Genius,

MacBook Air Portable Genius , Switching to a Mac

Portable Genius , Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs ,

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Computers, Fifth Edition ,

and Internet Simplified. Paul is also the proprietor

of Word Spy (www.wordspy.com), a Web site that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the language. Paul invites you to drop by his Web site at www.mcfedries.com and to follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/paulmcf.

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To David, Kyra, and Greg, for being great friends in a time