Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
If you use an Apple Smart Cover or Smart Case (or any of the third-party cases that use the
Smart Cover mechanism), you can just open the cover to wake your iPad and close the cover
to put it to sleep.
of inactivity.
Headphone jack:
This jack lets you plug in a headset. You can use the Apple headsets or
headphones that came with your iPhone or iPod. Or you can use pretty much any headphones
or headset that plugs into a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack.
Throughout this book, we use the words
headphones, earphones,
and
headset
interchange-
ably. Strictly speaking, a headset includes a microphone so that you can talk (or record) as
well as listen; headphones or earphones are for listening only. Either type works with your
iPad.
Microphone:
The tiny dot in the middle of the top hides a pretty good microphone on the
iPad mini and dual microphones on the iPad mini with Retina display.
Figure 1-1:
The top side of the iPad mini.
