The original 2010 iPad ran iPhone OS 3.2, renamed iOS later that year with the release of iOS 4. Over time, as the entire family of iOS devices evolved, iOS on iPad gradually gained features not available on iPhone, such as picture–in–picture and mul

We’re hearing that a future iPad — maybe not the very next model, but likely within a year — could use miniLED screen tech. As we covered in last month’s How It Works (MF #351), miniLEDs will deliver a wider colour gamut and higher contrast ratio tha

IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to use your iPad to help you sleep YOU’LL NEED An iPad with iPadOS When it comes to your health and fitness, sleep is as important as exercise. The average adult needs between seven and nine hours of s

If you have trouble falling asleep, try changing the temperature of your lounge and bedroom lights. Use warmer colours like yellow, orange and red. Cooler colours like blue and green can trick the body into thinking it’s daytime, and suppress product

IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to add more icons to your Home Screen and more useful widgets YOU’LL NEED An iPad running iPadOS For what feels like an eternity the iPad has relied on presenting an interface that looks just like an e

IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to find your way around with an iPad and plan routes YOU’LL NEED iPadOS and the Maps app You may believe that Maps has been added to the iPad just because it is so prevalent and useful on the iPhone, but

When Apple unveiled iPad in January 2010, skeptics scoffed. It was just a giant iPod touch, they said. In a way, sure, it was — but it was also a wondrous breakthrough device that became category–defining. At the launch, Steve Jobs sat back in an arm

IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to create groups, set nicknames and add relationships YOU’LL NEED An iPad running iPadOS, a Mac with macOS Catalina Apple’s built-in Contacts application is home to all the phone numbers, email IDs and

The original iPad was essentially a handheld 9.7–inch XGA (1024x768 pixel) screen with built–in storage (16GB, 32GB, or 64GB) but little else — not even a camera, at first. It was a mere 13mm thick, weighed just 680g, and had an impressive 10 hours o

Some apps, such as WhatsApp, work with CallKit, so you can use Siri to call via that app. Tell Siri “call [name] with WhatsApp audio” and Siri will initiate an audio call with that app. If Siri doesn’t pronounce a contact’s name correctly, correct it

More than 1m iPads sold in less than a month from release. iPhone took around three months to sell its first million. At the start of 2012, iPad accounted for nearly 60% of global tablet shipments. In November 2012, at the launch of iPad mini and fou

IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to store your notes digitally on an endless notebook YOU’LL NEED The Rocketbook app and a physical notebook from www. getrocketbook.com When it comes to writing and digitising your notes there are mult

The original iPad started strongly, selling 300,000 on the opening weekend, 3.27m in the first quarter, then 32m in Apple’s fiscal year 2011. Because it’s a consumer device, iPad sales always spike in the US winter holiday quarter, and on the releas

People say that video games rot the brain, but many app games can actually help you improve your concentration and other mental skills. In fact, there’s an entire industry of ‘brain training’ apps that use games and tests to exercise the mind and im

We know Apple makes great ads. Some iPad commercials over the years have just sold the sizzle, but at key points Apple’s ads masterfully encapsulate the key selling points… • Introducing iPad (2010): “What is iPad? iPad is thin. iPad is beautiful.

Hope floats, and so does the iPad Pro when it’s docked with the Magic Keyboard. We’ve long wondered what was so “magical” about Apple’s Magic Keyboard branding, as the company’s used the name for desktop and laptop keyboards, and here, when the iPad

Far from being for entertainment alone, iPad has transformed many workplaces and entire industries. It’s widely used for inventory control and point–of–sale; in restaurants your server is likely to take your order on one; it’s everywhere in IT, mark

5 minutes All of the new text-editing gestures in iOS 13 and iPadOS An iPad with iPadOS 13 (some work on older software) Selecting and editing text has always been a bit easier on the Mac than on iPad thanks to the keyboard shortcuts you have  at yo

30 minutes How to build shortcuts in iPadOS The Shortcuts app, an iPad running iOS 12 or later Apple’s Shortcuts app is a powerhouse of automation and customisation. With it, you can do everything from asking Siri to take notes you dictate, to creat

5 minutes How to record, edit, and share voice memos iPadOS 13 or later, something to make sounds with Voice Memos is one of our favourite, most–used apps. We use it to record our rambling thoughts and ideas when we’re  out and about, and we use it

Ever since the days of CAD, computers have been a useful helper for renovating your home. In the last few years, things have taken a real step up, though (and we don’t just mean because we had some new stairs put in). The arrival of augmented reality

From £769 FROM Apple, apple.com/uk FEATURES 11 or 12.9in Retina display; A12Z Bionic chip; 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB storage; Wi-Fi (add £130 for mobile connectivity) The new iPad Pro features only a select set of improvements over the previous ver