My New iPad: A User's Guide

The iPad is cute. It's lovable. It's fun to play with. And it's a bit mysterious.

My New™iPad is your guide to getting more from your new iPad, Apple's latest magical creation. You'll learn how to do the things you want to do right now—like surf the Internet, send email, listen to music, take notes, read ebooks, and play with your photos.

Wallace Wang, best-selling author of My New Mac and My New iPhone, takes you step-by-step through the iPad's many useful features. You'll learn how to:

• Find your way using the Maps app and the iPad's compass
• Sync and share photographs, calendars, and contact information
• Use more than one app at once with the new multitasking feature
• Set up your email accounts and browse the Web
• Shop on iTunes and the iBookstore for new music, movies, TV shows, and books
• Customize your iPad by rearranging icons and organizing apps into folders
• Set parental controls and control privacy settings
• Edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
• Get organized with the Notes, Calendar, and Contacts apps

And much more. Discover the hundreds of amazing things your iPad can do with My New iPad and have fun doing it.

Apple's iPad promises to revolutionize the way consumers experience the web, email, photos, and video. As with all Apple gadgets, the basic features will be easy to access and understand. But there's a world of possibility beyond the basics, and you might need some guidance to make the most of your iPad. In My New iPad, Wallace Wang, bestselling author of My New Mac and My New iPhone, guides you through 52 simple projects that will have you doing useful things right away—like surfing the Internet, sending email, listening to music, taking notes, reading ebooks, using iWork, and playing with digital photos. Since no one wants to read a long, dry manual to learn how to use their new toy, Wang takes a practical, project-oriented approach and keeps the tone light. You'll be using your new iPad immediately to do cool things you didn't know it could do.

Wallace Wang is the author of several best-selling books, including My New Mac, My New iPhone, Steal This Computer Book, Steal This File Sharing Book, and The Book of Nero (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Wallace Wang is the author of several best-selling computer books, including "My New Mac", the "Steal This Computer Book" series, "Steal This File Sharing Book", and "The Book of Nero" (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas.