iPad and iPad Pro For Dummies, 11th Edition

Chapter 1

Unveiling the iPad

IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking at the big picture

Touring the outside of the iPad

Checking out the iPad’s apps

Congratulations! You’ve selected one of the most incredible handheld devices we’ve ever seen. The iPad is a killer audio and video player, a great e-book reader, a powerful Internet communications device, a superb handheld gaming device, a still and video camera, and a platform for more than 4 million apps at the time this was written — and probably more by the time you read this.

Following are all the iPad models covered in this book — because they all run iPadOS!

• iPad: iPad Air 2 (2014), iPad 9.7-inch (2017), iPad 10.2-inch (2019)
• iPad mini: iPad mini 4 (2015), iPad mini (2019)
• iPad Pro: iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2015), iPad Pro 9.7-inch (2016), iPad Pro 2nd generation 12.9-inch (2017), iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017), iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation (2018), and iPad Pro 11-inch (2019)

Note that because the five original full-sized iPads and the first three iPad mini models do not support iPadOS, they're not covered in this book. If you’re the owner of one ...