iPad BasicsTonya Engst- P19 ppsx

Add a few videos that you want to share during your demo the YouTube app’s Favorites list so you can access them easily during your demo.. I recommend these videos: • iPad Proves Ideal C

Save YouTube Favorites

Open the YouTube app Add a few videos that you want to share during your demo the YouTube app’s Favorites list so you can access them easily during your demo

I recommend these videos:

• iPad Proves Ideal Cat Plaything: If you even vaguely find cats

cute, you’ll enjoy watching a cat using the iPad To locate this video, type ipad proves ideal in the YouTube app’s search field; then tap Search Or just tap this link if you’re reading on your iPad; it should open in the YouTube app: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=EYyXRiziHL8

• David Pogue – Apple iPad Town Meeting: In this video, New

York Times tech columnist David Pogue uses humor to make the

point that although the iPad has its shortcomings, it’s still a way-cool first-generation device The video addresses certain common criticisms of the iPad—lack of Flash support, no multitasking, and

so forth—so you don’t have to during your demo

To find this video, type Pogue iPad town in the YouTube app’s

search field; then tap Search Or visit this link to open the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguaLlieuO8

What’s unboxing? The term unboxing comes up in David’s

video In the tech world, unboxing videos are a phenomenon that occurs when a new gizmo comes out People who get it first take videos of what it was like to open the box for the first time These videos are more exciting when the box is complicated or it contains lots of small parts

Coming in iOS 4: Some multitasking-related limitations will be significantly addressed in iOS 4

To “favorite” a YouTube video on the iPad, first play it Then, while its playing, tap the screen to bring up the playback controls On the play-back controls, tap the Bookmark button (Figure 32)

Figure 32: To mark a video as a favorite, play the video, tap the

screen to reveal the playback controls (shown here in the lower left), and then tap the Bookmark button in the controls (In this screen-shot, I’m playing a video of myself and Take Control publisher Adam Engst explaining Take Control to Macworld interviewer Chris Breen

The video is called Macworld 2010: TidBITS.)

Make Safari Bookmarks

Decide on a few Web sites that you’d like to show off during your

demo Visit each one in turn, and bookmark it by tapping the plus

button on the Safari toolbar

Practice visiting each bookmarked site To do so, tap the button that

looks like an open book to show your bookmarks, and then tap a

bookmark

No bookmarks? If the popover doesn’t show your main bookmarks,

tap the button at the upper left and navigate there

Do a Dry Run

Run through the steps for giving your demo, below, once or twice

before you give your demo and you’ll be ready to go If you’ll be giving

a demo without an Internet connection, be sure to run through the demo sans Internet in advance, so you know what to skip or explain differently

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GIVE YOUR DEMO

Although I’ve written the instructions below as though you’ll be per-forming the actions, it’s best if you let the person you are demoing to run the touchscreen, since touching the iPad is a huge part of under-standing why it’s so compelling

Tabletop Tip

If you give your demo while sitting at a table, face to face with your friend, you’ll likely set the iPad on the table flat with the

status bar closest to you and Dock closest to your friend, meaning that you’ll be viewing the iPad upside down Note that if you try to

control the iPad from this position, your finger will be at a reverse

angle from usual and the iPad won’t be all that responsive

You can counter this by tilting your finger as though it were the other way round Practice helps

iPod and Music

Observe that many people think the iPad is just a big iPod touch Open the iPod app Browse around in the app and play some music Show off

the Now Playing view and look at an album or genre list (Figure 33)

Figure 33: To see a list of songs in a genre, tap the Genre button

on the tab bar at the bottom of the main iPod screen and then tap

a genre’s icon In this screenshot, I’m viewing my New Age song list and I’ve tapped the first song, Celestial Soda Pop, to play it

Talk about how you can listen just on the internal speakers, with

headphones, or with external speakers Leave the music playing at

an enjoyable, but low, volume, as you continue with the demo

iBooks and Ebooks

There are few different things you can do with regard to ebooks, but here’s how I like to run my demos:

1 Open iBooks, and then tap the free ebook that comes with iBooks,

Winnie-the-Pooh Drag with your finger to turn the pages slowly

while watching the subtle, gorgeous special effects In portrait

orientation, turn pages from the corners to see what happens

Rotate the iPad to see what happens Read the “To Her” dedication

on page 7 (Figure 34)

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Figure 34: In portrait view, slowly drag a page from the corner to

watch the fun effects The “To Her” dedication is charming and

fur-ther cements Winnie-the-Pooh as a good choice for the free ebook

that comes with iBooks

2 Click the Store button at the top left of the main iBooks screen to access the iBookstore Open the Free section The organization of the iBookstore may change from time to time, but right now you can