new to iPad

[sathyan]

Hi. Just got an iPad 2 wifi yesterday and have a few questions:

1. I'm new to iOS (have neither iPhone nor iPod; no smartphone of any kind for that matter). What multi-touch gestures do I need to know? I only know about pinch to zoom.

2. How to close apps? Do you have to use the task killer (double-tap home)?

3. Apps. This iPad is to be used for business (Windows-only shop) - basically email, web, and note taking in meetings replacing paper.
a. Agendas come via email as a Word doc; I want to annotate those agendas and save them to a network share (or failing that Google docs or Dropbox).
b. What's a good wikipedia app? I tried the iPhone one but it seems to be portrait only.
c. PDF annotator
d. Note taking - I'm using Evernote with which I'm satisfied. Anything else I should try?
e. Google docs editing is rather tedious through the browser. Is there a good app?
f. Anything else essential?

thanks,
sathyan

 

[ANTEC900]

Sorry I cant help
but I want to know the same stuff to 🙂

 

[Ka0t1x]

a. iCloud will probably take care of this with Pages.
b. Its an iPad and Wikipedia is coded very well for HTML standards. ( I use Safari )
- If you go to Wikipedia, click on the normal share link, and then Add To Home Screen.. It will make a bookmark 'App' icon.

 

[alent1234]

wikipanion is awesome

use the included mail app for email. unlike android, it supports almost every email system

 

[mmntech]

1. If you can use a trackpad, you know all the gestures you need. Not much beyond the pinch zoom, swipe, and tap. All self explanatory.

2. Double tap home to bring up the dock. Then double tap again to close apps. They'll shake and have a red "X" next to them.

3. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for writing, presentation, and spreadsheet. Bento for iPad. Good Reader for file reading. QuickOffice Pro HD is an alternative to the iWork suite. Slashtop for Windows VNC. Dropbox for file sharing. Stock email and calender apps are plenty good. Atomic Web should be bought to replace Safari.