First things to do with my new iPad?

1. Active it!

2. Enable it to connect to your wireless network if you have one.

3. Got Mobile Me? Active it and sync up your goods. If not, at least set up one e-mail account. I can't answer for gmail, but with Yahoo, it's flawless. Read on one machine, it's marked read on all. Delete in one place, it is deleted in all.

4. Got a few songs in iTunes? Sync at least one up, maybe an entire album or short playlist.

5. Got a movie? Sync up just one movie.

6. Got pictures? Pick a small selection of photos to sync up.

7. Sync all of the above. Now you have a nice selection of various things to play with.

8. Download iBooks. With the free free Winnie the Poo book at least, give a nice example of what can be done with pictures and such.

9. Now that you are loaded up, if you have family tell them to leave you alone for the rest of the night, you are busy. Find a comfy couch or bed, your favorite drink, small snack tray, and call in late or sick tomorrow for work/school.

First thing I did (after activating it, of course) is set up my emails. I have gmail and aol and used to have yahoo but the set up for all were smooth. Then I set up my reconcile checkbook app (the best! I don't have to carry around my old checkbook register around), did my Docs To Go, Then I did my music, pics and movies. Once I got all that, then I concentrated on the more frivolous apps...my faves are the hidden object games. I have the iPhone and have most of the same apps on it, but it's soooooo much nicer on my iPad.

iPhoNettie

After activating, go to the App store and download some of the top free apps. Get the ABC app and watch how it streams video. If you have netflix, watch a free movie. The free apps will keep you busy for days.

Browse the web, see what sites you can and can't use.

Install/uninstall free apps as you find the one you like.

Sync you contacts (if you can). Put them in all the apps you need them in (many apps don't share information so it needs be duplicated).

I use googlemail, Exchange, yahoo mail. They all 'work'. BEWARE! If you delete an email on your iPad it is GONE ON YOUR SERVER! You aren't just cleaning up your iPad you are losing information. I use Exchange and google calendar. They work ok within the limitations of the calendar iPad app.

I have Yahoo Plus. I have heard different things about iPad and 'free' Yahoo. It may work.

What would adding another layer (citrix) gain you?

There doesn't seem to have 'shortcuts/links' in iPad. And there is only one email app that I know of. It takes 5 taps to traverse from one account to another.

Calendar shows all the events on one calendar (haven't found a way to show only events from one calendar - but haven't looked too far - either way its non-intuitive if I can't find it in 3 mins). So, the blurr will be accommodated in the calendar.

There should be an icon with today's date on it, that the calendar. If not, slide the home screen to the left. This should bring up a search window. Type in calendar and see if it finds it.

If your a movie watcher, Nexflixs is great on the iPad. And it cheap (!!!) for what you get.

When you sync to iTunes from your desktop computer. Make sure you use the usb cable that comes with the iPad. If you don't you can run into problems syncing or using the iPad. Lastly, you can use and keep the iPad plugged into the charger with no problems.

Figured it out!

Until you do your first sync with iTunes, you will NOT see anything more than one Calendar category. You can only create new categories in iTunes. Once you do that, all is well and you can assign new calendar entries to any predetermined category.

Cheers,

My calendars (two types) are through yahoo. Only one of them shows in iPad. There is no facility to have it show the two of them like in iPhone. I hate mobile me other than it's synching feature. Slow and clunky and minimal features. I've had my yahoo account for almost fifteen years so not willing to give it up. Too much historical records and business emails in it.

This lack of flexibility combined with the BS problems I have with the app store and the seemingly systemic problem iPad has holding a wifi connection are all making me wish I just hadn't bothered in the first place. I should have waited a couple years for all the bug fixes. I'm having so many problems it feels like I was teleported back to the introduction of Windows98.

Oddly enough, everything works PERFECTLY except the app store on my iPhone. It was that perfection that made me foolishly believe iPad would work just as well

Message was edited by: TorontoJim

In Calendar, top left corner click the Calendars button. Drop down of Hide All Calendars, and check on or off each individual calendars you want displayed. 🙂

OK, what do I do if there is no "Calendars" button in the top left corner of my iPad?