2 great books that teach you how to get the most out of your iPad2

All about your New iPad 2

Two great books that show you how to get the most out of your iPad2

My New iPad 2 is your guide to getting the most from Apple's latest magical creation. Best-selling author Wallace Wang's patient, step-by-step instructions will have you using your new iPad to:

Find your way using the Maps app and the iPad's compass

Get organized with the Notes, Calendar, and Contacts apps

Set up your email accounts and browse the Web

Listen to music, read ebooks, and take videos and photos

Use FaceTime to talk face-to-face with distant friends and relatives

Shop on iTunes and the App Store for the best new music, apps, movies, games, and books

Set parental controls, use a secret passcode, and encrypt your backups for maximum privacy

Discover the hundreds of amazing things your iPad can do with My New iPad 2.

here are five top-secret touch gestures to help make the most of your iPad.

5 Top Secret Tips from the Author

Trying to get through a bunch of email quickly? Archive or delete unimportant messages quickly by swiping on their subject-line in the Mail app. Need to make room for new stuff? The swipe-to-delete gesture works in several other apps like Videos and iBooks, too.
Browsing Safari when a bad song comes on? Double-click the home button, swipe the icons to the right, and press fast-forward in the iPod controls. (You can even get these iPod controls while your iPad is locked!)
Reading an article in Safari? Double-tap a column of text to zoom into it perfectly. Once you’re finished, jump back to the top of the page by tapping the very top of the iPad’s screen (the status bar).
Shake your iPad to undo a cut, paste, or even a bit of typing. Just be gentle!
Prefer playing music through your computer speakers, but reading the news on the iPad? You can control iTunes playing on your Mac or PC by using the free remote app from Apple.

Wallace Wang is the author of numerous best-selling computer books including Steal This Computer Book, Steal This File Sharing Book, My New Mac, and The Book of Nero (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

====================================

New York Times tech columnist and iPad expert Jude Biersdorfer shows you how to get the most out of this sleek tablet to surf the Web, send and receive email, watch movies and TV shows, read eBooks, listen to music, play games, and even do a little iWork. It's the book that should have been in the box.

The important stuff you need to know

Learn undocumented tips and tricks. Get the lowdown on cool iPad secrets

Build and play your media library. Fill up your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, photos, music videos, audiobooks, and podcasts

Get online. Connect through Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+3G—on both GSM and CDMA networks

Discover state-of-the-art e-reading. Buy and read books and magazines in full color

Consolidate your email accounts. Read email from your personal and work accounts

Shop iTunes and the App Store. Navigate Apple's media emporiums, and learn how to get free music, video, books, and apps

About the Author

J.D. Biersdorfer is a best-selling, veteran Missing Manual author. J.D. wrote Best iPad Apps and iPad: The Missing Manual (First Edition), and co-wrote iPod: The Missing Manual and iPhoto: The Missing Manual, and is the author of Netbooks: The Missing Manual, Google: The Missing Manual, and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book. She has authored a weekly technology column for the The New York Times since 1998.