Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 2
iPad mini Basic Training
In This Chapter
Getting going
Setting up the mini
Locking your iPad
Mastering multitouch
Cutting, copying, and pasting
Multitasking with your iPad
Printing with your iPad
Spotlighting search
By now, you may know that the original, larger iPads are very different from other computers. So it
goes for the iPad mini.
These slate-style machines are rewriting the rulebook for mainstream computing. How so? For
starters, iPads don't come with a mouse or any other kind of pointing device. They lack traditional
computing ports or connectors, such as USB. And they have no physical or built-in keyboards.
iPads even differ from other so-called tablet PCs, some of which feature a pen or stylus and let you
write in digital ink. As we point out (pun intended) in Chapter
1
, the iPad relies on an input device
that you always have with you: your finger.
Tablet computers of one form or another have been around since the last century. They just never cap-
tured the fancy of Main Street. Apple's very own Newton, an ill-fated, 1990s personal digital assist-
ant, was among the machines that barely made a dent in the market.
What's past is past, of course, and technology, not to mention Apple itself, has come a long way since
Newton. And suffice it to say that, moving forward, tablets (led by the iPad brigade, of course) prom-
ise to enjoy a much rosier outlook. Indeed, since the iPad burst onto the scene, numerous tech titans
