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Multitasking on the iPad

On November 22, 2010, Apple announced that iOS 4.2 is available today for download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 provides the multitasking feature to the iPad. When you multitask on the iPad, you can juggle more then one thing at a time. Everything happens smoothly and efficiently. Multitasking works by letting you use multiple apps without slowing down the performance of the foreground app. The multitasking user interface allows you to easily switch between different apps that are in use just by double-clicking the home button to bring up a list of your recently used apps. You can scroll to the left or the right to view more recently opened apps and you can click one to reopen it. When you reopen the app, it continues exactly from where you left off. You can continue doing whatever you were doing with that app when closed it. You can also listen to audio while you are checking your email, surfing the web, and playing games.

Multitasking is an extremely convenient feature. With multitasking, you can switch from one app to another with ease and be able to switch back just as easily. You can play one game and when you are bored of it, you can switch to another game. When you want to continue to play the first game you played, you just reopen it again. You can go on Safari, check your email, and continue where you left off on Safari. What do you think about multitasking?

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Tracking your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch

One of the key features of the mobile me software extra for iPhones, iPad’s, or iPod touches’ was the ability to remotely locate it. This extra is now free for all 4th generation versions of these devices that run ios 4.2. This means that if you lose your phone anywhere, you can always go onto your computer at home, and find where your phone is. Along with finding your phone, this service also allows you to lock it with a special password, to wipe the memory, or to display a message and play a sound. Now here is a walkthrough that can also be found in <<http://www.apple.com/iphone/find-my-iphone-setup/>> .

For the sake of this walkthrough, you are trying to install the tracking software onto your iPhone.

  1. First of all, check if your iPhone is running iOS 4.2, which is the latest software update possible. If you are not sure if you are running this, try to Sync your iPhone and click the button marked with “check for updates”. On another note, if this is the first time you are creating a free account, you would need an iPhone 4.
  2. For the next step, you should turn on your iPhone, and click on the Settings App, which looks like a large gear. Inside that App, choose the Mail, Contacts, Calendars bar.
  3. Inside that, select the Add Account, which will be the first option you get. Inside the Add Account menu, click on MobileMe. On a side note, MobileMe is the software that you would normally buy, and includes many more extras on top of tracking.
  4. Inside MobileMe, follow the instructions and enter your Apple ID and password. If you do not have an Apple ID, click on the Create Free Apple ID on the bottom of the screen. If you are already a MobileMe user, enter your “me.com” or “mac.com” address and password.
  5. Now you have to verify. If your MobileMe account says “not verified”, then check you email that you provided to Apple. Inside, there should be a message from apple. In that message, click verify now, and sign in. If there is no email, click on your MobileMe account and select the option to Resend the Verification Email.
  6. With that done, return to the MobileMe screen. Inside there, switch “Find My iPhone” from off to on. When a permission email appears, tap “Allow”.

Once you have done this, your iPhone is ready for action. Sign in to me.com from a computer, and you will see your phone, where it is, and a list of options. This entire process can be used for iPads and iPod Touches. This amazing software just became free, and if you have the right generation and the right software, it would be a shame to pass up the opportunity.

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Black Friday- Apple Style

Apple Black Friday Sale

Looking for great deals on Apple products this friday? Head to the Apple Online Store for Apple’s annual Black Friday Sale!

You can save $101 dollars on iMacs, MacBooks, MacBook Pro’s, and MacBook Air’s, as well as $41 on iPads and iPod Touches. You also can save on accessories for the iPad, and there are many huge savings from brands other than Apple. Apple is pushing the iPad before the Holiday season in attempt to boost sales and beat the growing competition, and you can get the best prices on iPads and iPad accessories because of this.

Go to http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/holiday/giftguide/black_friday?aid=www-naus-bdfo-fy11-bf00001&cp=bdfo-fy11-bf0001 to see the list of all the deals on the Apple Store.

Also, if you are shopping online or even going to stores to find the best Black Friday deals, make sure you have your iPhone handy with these great Black Friday Apps. First, The Dealmap is a great app for Black Friday that finds deals in your location and brings up Google Maps with directions to the stores offering discounts and information on the discounts. This free app works year-round, and is very helpful if you’re planning to go to multiple stores searching for deals today. Want to make sure you have the best deal for a specific item? Use Shop Savvy, a free app that, when you take a picture of the barcode of a product, gives you the best deals for that product and shows you which stores around you have that item in stock. The Black Friday App allows you to browse Black Friday ads from many different stores and retailers, as well as create a Black Friday shopping list. This app can be helpful in solving arguments with salesmen about incorrect pricing, as well as creating a list of the best deals on products you want.

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The Magic Trackpad, a whole different story

The Magic Trackpad is a new and totally awesome device by Apple. The Trackpad takes over and lets your fingers do all the work. It does away with a mouse and lets the user have a more hands on experience. You can do all the same features with the Trackpad as you can with a mouse. You can still scroll, swipe, and click but without a mouse there. The Magic Trackpad makes your Mac desktop experience the same as if you had a MacBook Pro with you. The Magic Trackpad gives the user a feeling as if theyhad a full set of devices in their hands on one device. When swiping through a page, it feels as if you are flipping through a book. The Magic Trackpad is completely wireless and is powered by Bluetooth technology. The Magic Trackpad has the same features as the MacBook Pro but with 80% more area. It gives the user more space to work with and freedom. You may be thinking that it doesn’t fit with the keyboard though. There is an upside to it, the Trackpad is exactly the same length as the keyboard and side by side, they fit perfectly. The battery life is amazing on the Trackpad. It has an on and off switch so that you can not just days, but months of battery life. It works up to 33 feet away from your desktop.

Wow, the Magic Trackpad definitely has blown me away. How Apple ever invents these devices completely bewilders me. This device does away with your mouse and gives the user a lot more freedom. This doesn’t mean that you have to get rid of your mouse, but it gives you more options. Apple also lets you change the types of scrolling you want. Apple lets you change the features they have set for you. It makes the user feel as if they are free to do what they want without being held back. I definitely think that the Magic Trackpad is a complete upgrade over anything Apple has come out with in awhile. Sure they may have their many devices with the new iTouch, iPhone, MacBook Air, and on and on, but the Magic Trackpad is a whole different story.

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Sports Apps

People always ask me, what is your favorite App. The minute almost anyone gets asked this question, they immediately think about their favorite games. I was the same. I was wondering, did I like Angry Birds or Cut the Rope more, or maybe I am just a big fan of Doodle Jump. Then I remembered a sunday when my beloved Baltimore Ravens were playing in the playoffs, and I had to stay at an even without a TV or computer for the entire day. If it wasn’t for the ESPN Score Center App, I would have never made it through those few hours when I knew they were playing, much less the entire day. Therefore, I have to say the best Apps ever created are Sports apps. They are the unsung heroes, the dark horses of the app world. Now, not everyone even knows apps like these exist, much less how to find them. Well, here is an easy “walkthrough” on how to find some of these apps.

1   First go to the Apple website

2   You will see the home page up in front of you. On the left hand side, there is a search bar. Enter in “sport apps”

3   Apple will give you a list of results for “sports apps” . Click on the first result labeled “Web apps – Sports”

4    There it will display many pages of Apps that can be sorted by popularity, how recently they were uploaded or alphabetically.

The important thing about these Apps aren’t that they have amazing graphics, which they don’t, or even that they are fun to watch, which they aren’t because loading times can be terrible. The important thing is that they give you the information you want, when you want it.