Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Skype:
Skype's app permits free Skype-to-Skype calls, instant messages, and video chats;
calls to regular phones around the world cost pennies per minute.
Truphone:
This app permits free Wi-Fi calls to Truphone and Google Talk users. Other rates
are cheap.
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen
True confession: We threw in this final tip because, well, it helps people like
us.
Permit us to ex-
plain. We hope you've admired the pictures of the iPad screens that are sprinkled throughout this
book. We also secretly hope that you're thinking what marvelous photographers we must be.
Well, the fact is, we couldn't take a blurry picture of the iPad using its built-in (and little-known)
screen-grab feature if we wanted to.
Press the Sleep/Wake button at the same time you press the Home button, but just for
an instant. The iPad grabs a snapshot of whatever is on the screen.
The picture lands in the Camera Roll of the Photos app. From there, you can synchronize it with
your Mac or PC, along with all your other pictures, or e-mail it to yourself or anyone else. And from
there, the possibilities are endless. Why, your picture could wind up just about anywhere, including
in a
For Dummies
book.
You can also show what's happening on your iPad's screen on an HDTV in real time.
All you need is a television that has at least one HDMI port and either an Apple Digital AV
Adapter for iPads with a Lightning connector ($49), or an Apple TV ($99); either one will
mirror what's on your iPad mini screen on the TV screen.
