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iPad, the original

Hi all. I have an HD desktop, a 17″ Laptop and an original iPad. The iPad is handy when I am at the hospital sitting in the waiting room for hours on end. Or, waiting for my wife on her shopping expeditions with her sisters, believe me, this takes some time as you might imagine.

I can do anything on my iPad. Play movies, do my internet shopping, read my Kindle books through the Kindle App. The best App is the Sat Nav when I am driving through unknown towns and countries. It’s called NavFree, UK & Roi. All I need to do is select “Other” in your Wi-Fi set up and my iPad connects to all free and open networks and it guides me to where I want to go., simple……

I do most of my writing on my iPad, internet shopping, e-mail etc:

If you are a writer of poems, stories etc: there are numerous Apps you can download, some are free and most are excellent. Quick Office pro is what I use most of the time but the Pro is £13, the Quick office Lite is free though and a good starter pack to see if you like it. Or, there is Pages which I use to store my stories and poems on, freeing up Quick office.

At the minute I don’t want to upgrade my 64 GB iPad. I take pictures with my camera and use Skype on my PC or Laptop, I know the iPad 2 and 3 are faster, but at the moment mine is fine for what I need it for.

If I can assist in any way, just drop me a line and I am sure I can assist, like clearing “Cash” from Safari. Clearing Cash from Quick Office or rebooting the iPad to clear cash or Eliminating the open Apps that stay open all the time slowing down the Ipad speed.

Merry Christmas


Created By on 23/12/2012

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