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Note:Sidecar is a Continuity feature. To use Continuity features, your devices must have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on, and meet system requirements. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Select the name of your iPad on the right, then do one of the following:Click the “Use as” pop-up menu, then choose whether you want to use your iPad as the main display or to mirror or extend your display.

Do any of the following:Move windows from Mac to iPad:Drag a window to the edge of the screen until the pointer appears on your iPad. Or while using an app, choose Window > Move to iPad.

Move windows from iPad to Mac:Drag a window to the edge of the screen until the pointer appears on your Mac. Or while using an app, choose Window > Move Window Back to Mac.

Use Apple Pencil on iPad:With your Apple Pencil, tap to select items such as menu commands, checkboxes, or files. If your Apple Pencil supports it (and you selected the option in Displays settings), you can double-tap the lower section of your Apple Pencil to switch drawing tools in some apps. See the Apple Support article Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad.

Use gestures on iPad:Use basic gestures, such as tap, swipe, scroll, and zoom, as well as gestures for entering and editing text. See the iPad User Guide.

It’s thinner, faster, comes in gold, reads your fingerprints … and it’s an iPad. Android or Windows lovers may denounce Apple’s iPhones for a bunch of reasons, and plenty of them are valid, but when it comes to tablets, it’s hard to fault the king. The iPad Air 2 is the alpha male of slates.

No matter what your priorities when shopping for a new tablet this year — hardware design, comfort, interface, ease of use, app selection, or camera quality — the iPad Air 2 kicks more ass than any other tablet. It leads in all of these categories. The only area Apple can really be bested in is price, with the iPad starting at $500 and rising rapidly into the stratosphere. But thanks to the $400 iPad Air, there are options for those hoping to save money.

To know why we like the iPad Air 2 so much, read on. To skip straight to bashing me for being an Apple lover, the comments section is at the end of the review.

The iPad Air 2 (or iPad 6, if you’re counting) finally delivers on the promise of an air-thin tablet. You can’t get much thinner than this. Last year’s Air shed about an inch off its waist and weighed in at a single pound, losing a quarter of its beer belly. This year, Apple has shed its water weight. The new iPad is a quarter-inch thin and just 15 ounces. Damn does it look cut.

If you thought the 2013 iPad Air felt a little “airy” inside, you were right: The LCD screen was a distance from the glass and there was actual space inside its shell. This year, Apple mastered Tetris. It has fit the most components into the thinnest space imaginable. Holding the iPad Air 2 is so pleasant that it’s making us wonder why we loved iPad Mini-sized tablets more.

Thanks to the svelte new look, the high-resolution LCD screen looks more like a bright, colorful, moving magazine. It’s beautiful and has some of the deepest blacks (that means black that looks black, not just dark gray) we’ve seen on LCD.

With a heavy heart, we say goodbye to the Mute/Rotation switch, which has been a staple of all iPhones and iPads since the dawn of iOS. This switch was a helpful quick toggle for the screen and sounds, and something few Android or Windows devices offered. The iPad Mini 3 still has one, but in the Air 2, it’s vanished in Apple’s attempt to liposuction nanometers. Thankfully, you can now lock rotation and mute in the Control Center, whch you pull up by swiping from the bottom of the screen. It’s not as fun as flipping a switch, but it gets the job done.

Speaker quality has gone down (again) with this new iPad too. Speaker sound on iPads peaked on the 3 and 4. Last year’s iPad Air had a notable decline in audio fidelity and this new iPad makes music sound more like a radio broadcast than a CD. You’ll want to invest in headphones or a Bluetooth speaker if you want clear audio. Compared to any other tablet, iPad Air 2 sounds good, but compared to its predecessors, music sounds tinny and flat, the audio equivalent of a blurry YouTube video.

Since we’re quoting Spider-Man, we should also note that the iPad Air 2 does have a significantly faster processor than the iPad Mini 3 or iPad Air. Apple’s new 64-bit A8X ARM chip really makes the Air 2 more of a Thor than a Hulk. Though it’s thinner than even the new iPhone 6 or iPad Mini 3, it’s far more powerful: The 3D Mark benchmark test clocked the Air 2 around 25 percent higher than the Air, breaking 20,000, and its Geekbench score is 4400 to the 2013 Air’s 2600.

Do these high scores matter? Not really. If you’re a fiend for processing power, you probably own a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 already. For the rest of us, the new iPad will stay speedy a year longer than last year’s iPad. Both of them play Angry Birds Transformers without lag. And if you haven’t played that game yet, check it out. It’s different than previous Angry Birds. It has Transformers.

The only major problem with the specs is the paltry 16GB of internal memory (10GB usable). Apple hasn’t raised this base amount in years, leaving all iPhone and iPad buyers shelling out $100 to upgrade to 64GB. And we highly recommend that you pay: If not, you’ll run out of space or encounter a 7GB iOS 9 upgrade in a year that you can’t find the room for. Apple is really gypping its fans here. Hey Tim! Cut the crap and kill the 16GB units next year!

For a full review of the teeny-weeny changes, read our iOS 8 review, but the addition worth noting is Apple Pay. By adding a credit card to the Passbook app, and adding a fingerprint sensor to the Touch ID security system, the iPad can make purchases online and in retail stores (if you have a cellular-enabled model, that is, which cost $130 more). We have no plans to take our iPad to the store to start buying groceries with, but judging by the number of people we see taking photos with an iPad, some of you probably will.

As always, we should note that the reason the iPad’s app selection is better than Android and Windows tablets is that Apple requires developers to make custom apps for it. There are more than 675,000 iPad-specific apps available. There are plenty of Android apps, but many of them aren’t optimized for tablets.

You will look goofy taking tourist shots of something with your iPad Air 2. You will. But you will take better shots than anyone else holding up a giant tablet.

The Air 2 has an improved 8-megapixel camera on its rear, much like that in the iPhone 6. In some early comparison shots, it appears a step above last year’s 5-megapixel shooter when it comes to low light and light balancing. Thanks to the extra megapixels, shots will have more detail as well.

The new camera can take better slo-mo and timelapse shots than older devices, and the 1.2-megapixel front camera will suffice for some grainy video chats or selfies.

Apple is still selling last year’s Air for a $100 discount, which leads to the big question: Should you buy it? The frugal among you (and for a fan of Apple, that’s very relative) should have no hesitation buying this tablet. If you want the best iPad deal around, we recommend an iPad Mini 2 for $350 with a 32GB upgrade for an extra $100. 16GB isn’t enough! In fact, no matter what model you buy, pay extra to get the 64 or 32GB version.

What about the rest of you? The only additions to the Air 2 over the Air are processing power, gold coloring, that Touch ID sensor (and you don’t need that, honestly), and its thin new attitude. Are those upgrades worth $100? If they are, go for the best and latest.

The iPad Air 2 is a worthy new iPad. It doesn’t reinvent the market, but it does perfect it. This is as close to Steve Jobs original vision for an iPad as we can imagine. It’s a fantastic tablet and outshines everything else out there in almost every meaningful way.

The downsides are the meager 16GB of memory, which won’t get you far, and its speakers. But even with these issues, the iPad Air 2 still outshines all rivals.

If you travel with a laptop and iPad, you need this app. I needed a second screen, but Duet gives me even more. Full gesture support, customizable shortcuts, Touch Bar, tons of resolution options, and very little battery power. How is this all in one app?

Co-workers can’t believe I can share my desktop on my iPad and my iPhone. Look no further. This is a terrific addition to any office, remote or otherwise.

With the new Air feature that allows remote access to a laptop or desktop computer from anywhere in the world (with internet access), this app has become even more essential.

I just love this app. Especially when I am travelling for work an working from the company branches. Then I use my iPad as second monitor for Outlook, Lync and other chat while I use the laptop big screen for remote desktop to my workstation at the main office. :)

And then it went and did so with the iPad Air 2. You can talk all you like about what counts as "too thin" but there"s no denying that this tablet is a feat of engineering that for the time pushed the limits of what makes a premium slate. Plus, unlike the iPhone 6 Plus it doesn"t bend either!

Not only that, but the relentless desire to make the thing thinner has resulted in a better screen too, as the layers that make up the backlight, touchscreen digitizer and LCD screen are so close that Apple now claims there is zero air in between them.

Since its arrival though, Apple has launched a new fleet of slates, with the iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 (2018) taking up position at the top of the firm"s tablet offering and the iPad 9.7 launching as budget option.

Update:Apple has announced thatiPadOS 15, the newest version of its iPad-dedicated operating system, will work on the second-gen iPad Air, so you"ll get features like seamless multitasking, an app library and home screen widgets that can be placed anywhere.

The launch of Apple"s new Pro slates and iPad 9.7 have resulted in the lowering of the iPad Air 2 price which now starts at around $399 (£379, AU$569) - originally $499 (£399, AU$699) - for the 32GB, Wi-Fi only model.

You can"t buy the iPad Air 2 directly from Apple anymore, but you can find it at other retailers around the world and if you take your time to search around you"ll likely find it even cheaper than the prices above.

The iPad Air 2 feels like a very solid tablet that can be held easily for hours without it getting uncomfortable. The iPad Air 2 is hardly a big tablet, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is both smaller and lighter with the same size display.

Where the Apple device wins though is the overall packaging. Samsung"s option is good, but clearly an assemblage of distinct parts. The plastic back, the larger-bezelled screen and the rim are all competing parts, where the iPad Air 2 is a complete package, smooth and easy to hold in one hand.

Does the iPad Air 2"s design warrant the high price tag? Yes, more than any other tablet on the market. It brings a premium build, quality finish, great looks and while it doesn"t need to be this thin, the structure doesn"t seem to have had an effect on the actual performance of the tablet, and does add something in the palm.Check out our selection of the best iPad Air 2 cases

But somehow, the combination of the above, plus the improved screen and Touch ID, has created a very complete package. Not one that I"d ever recommend to those that have the iPad Air, but definitely a brilliant jump for anyone coming from the iPad 3 or earlier.

The 437g weight is more important than the thickness, in fairness. The width of the thing is largely unnoticeable in the hand, especially when we"re talking millimetres, and is more of a marketing tool.

On top of that, it"s closer than ever to perfect when it comes to being a laptop replacement when teamed with a Bluetooth keyboard. The reduced weight and thickness enhance the tablet"s elegance and portability, and that pushes the iPad Air 2 further into consideration.

I"m not as bothered about it on the iPad Air 2, mostly because I don"t feel the need to secure my tablet as much as my phone. I take it out of the house less, I pull it out of the bag less, and generally don"t worry about security on it as much.

It"s still a great feature - I was confused when Apple didn"t include it on the original iPad Air - but given the fact that the iPad is an unwieldy substitute for a credit card, it"s not vital here.

It would be nice to have the Mail app use Touch ID, and then I could get rid of it on the lock screen. I"m already considering turning it off, as it"s more cumbersome to press given the dimensions here, and the fact the tablet mostly stays at home.

Apple Pay has now launched in both the US and UK. You can use it on the iPad Air 2 but only on purchases within the App Store itself: don"t go lugging it out of the house and try to buy your shopping with it.

The big change here appears to be to the battery life - it"s no coincidence that the graphical capabilities of the Air 2 are 2.5x that of the Air, and that means stuff can be run more efficiently.

There"s also the ability to use the touchscreen more effectively - the response time of the touch is much increased here, and browsing with the iPad Air 2 is a pleasurable experience.

The iPad Air screen was pretty neat in itself, with resolution of 1,536 x 2,048. The Air 2 has kept that sharpness, but because the internal layers of the screen are laminated together, there is less air between the components (in fact, Apple says there"s no air whatsoever) which leads to deeper blacks and more vibrant colors. Pictures really come alive when viewed on the iPad Air 2, markedly so compared to its predecessor.

Laboratory testing at DisplayMate Technologies compared the iPad Air 2 with its predecessor, as well as the iPad Mini 3 to explore the difference. As you can see from the graph above, the average screen reflection on the iPad Air 2 is down to 2.5 per cent compared to the 6.5 per cent recorded by the iPad Air.

Apple would like you to believe that you can watch anything without difficulty, but that"s not the case. However, the reflections are much diminished, and it"s a satisfying step forward on the screen front.

I"ll return to this in more depth later in the review, but it is one of the key features. Apple has bundled an 8MP iSight camera on the rear of the new iPad Air, and thanks to the A8X chip, the tablet can now also take slow motion video, like the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

The interface on the iPad Air 2 is something that will be familiar to anyone who"s used an Apple product in the past. It was the first device (along with the iPad mini 3) to run iOS 8.1 right out of the box.

Since launch Apple has applied some significant updates to its platform with iOS 9 first, and now the iPad Air 2 sports the latest version of Apple"s operating system - iOS 12.

This could change in mid-2019 when Apple releases iPadOS, its new operating system for tablets that"s set to overhaul the way you use your iPad. It brings new features like gestures and improved markup, so look out for that if you"re a huge iPad fan.

Between iOS 8 and now plenty has been added and changed. iOS 8 and 9 are covered below in our original review, but key updates that have since arrived include Apple"s Files app, new emoji, drag and drop, a redesigned App Store, a revamped Control Center, grouped notifications, Siri Shortcuts and screen time reports, among many other things.

This all helps ensure that the iPad Air 2 still feels current and useful, despite now being quite old by tablet standards. Below you"ll find our more detailed impressions of the interface based on previous software - though much of this will still apply.

One iOS 9 feature exclusive to iPad owners is proper multitasking, enabled through three new modes. The first of these is Slide Out, which dedicates around a third of the screen to a second app. Then there"s Picture-in-picture, which puts a window at the corner of the screen ideal for watching videos in while continuing to interact with other apps.

Perhaps most useful of all though is Split View, which at launch was only available for the iPad Air 2 and lets you run two apps side by side, with each getting half the screen.

I won"t run through the impressive tweaks that run through iOS 8, as they"re ably covered in my colleague Matt Swider"s iOS 8 review, but suffice to say that everything is much slicker on the iPad. Got an iMessage? The notification from the top of the screen lets you answer it without having to exit the app.

Want to switch the Air 2 on silent? (This one is important as the hardware switch allowing you to do just that has disappeared) Then it"s a quick trip into the Control Center, found at the bottom of any screen on the tablet - although it can be something of a nightmare trying to pull it up when swiping skywards from the home button.

But anyway - you can look at the rest of that yourselves in the dedicated review - and iOS 8 works superbly on the iPad Air 2 and the update to iOS 9 improves things even further. What I want to talk about is the improved touchscreen responsiveness: it"s brilliant.

Clearly a response to Google"s constant refinement to its Android software (which began with Project Butter in Jelly Bean and really made a difference to touching the front glass of Android devices) the iPad Air 2 features a much more responsive touch panel which makes it much simpler to register swipes through.

And talking of stepping up - it"s done something magical to that A8X chipset at the heart of the tablet. It"s nearly 40% faster than the competition, including the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and all the other top smartphones. In the GeekBench 3 tests, the iPad Air 2 averaged 4,500, compared to around 2,800 for any big handset you can think of.

Apple promised big upgrades, but this is so huge that I have to wonder if there"s some kind of optimization here - although the faster speed under the finger and smooth graphics (Zen Garden, for instance, runs much more smoothly on the Air 2 than the iPhone 6 Plus) show the improvements are evident in normal use too.

That said, Apple has since outdone itself several times over, most recently with the A12 Bionic in the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, and the A12X Bionic in the iPad Pro 11.

Apple decided to go for design over battery life with the iPad Air 2, and while this is a bugbear of mine when it comes smartphones I don"t mind it here, it"s less of a hindrance in a tablet.

The screen is still as hungry as ever before, as the battery test was pretty power-sucking compared to its rivals. The iPad mini 2 only took down 16% in the looped video test the previous year (a Full HD 90 minute video from 100% at full brightness), where the iPad Air 2 went down by 21%.

It"s not a terrible result though - while you"ll lose about 20% watching streamed video at full brightness over 80 minutes" use, the general power consumption when out and about is bordering on negligible.

Like the selfie phenomenon, the idea of bringing a tablet as main camera to important events suddenly seems to be acceptable. I"ve seen people taking pictures of a bride walking down the aisle with an iPad mini, and missed a big goal at a football match because someone thought it the right time to try and take a picture of themselves on a tablet.

No. Use a phone screen if you must, or even get a proper camera. But don"t use a tablet. While you"ll get acceptable shots with the iPad Air 2, and the resolution gives a clearer picture, it"s still not a great experience - and you break a basic law of civilization in the process.

There"s time lapse mode, burst mode (front and back cameras) and a larger panorama mode making it easy to take wider pictures of over 40MP using the tablet screen.

I don"t mind the idea of using this for time lapse, as the larger screen and longer battery are actually pretty handy for setting up a shot - but why you"d have a tablet at a beautiful landscape which might require a panorama is beyond me. Group shots, maybe.

The other win here is the built in editing suite in the Photos app - it"s good on the iPhone, but with the larger screen it"s great for touching up photos.

The new iCloud shared photo stream is also a really handy way of sharing photos between an iPhone and an iPad - simply have both devices logged into the same iCloud account, favorite something on one and it will instantly appear on the other.

The overall camera prowess of the iPad Air 2 isn"t that bad, but it"s nothing special. In side by side comparisons with the iPad Air, the photos have very little difference bar sharpness, and the low light capabilities are nothing to write home about, and certainly not in the iPhone 6"s league.

Originally you got to choose between 16GB, 64GB and 128GB models, but Apple has since ditched the first two and replaced them with a 32GB iPad Air 2. Of course, even more recently it has ditched the Air 2 entirely, so you"ll be relying on third-party retailers to get it in any capacity.

If you"re not using the iPad Air 2 for movies or TV shows, then you"re really missing out. It"s a great device for a marathon movie session thanks to being light with a less reflective screen and improved color and contrast ratios.

The single speaker is impressively powerful too - I wouldn"t have thought with the thickness shaved, the mono speaker would be any good, but it"s rich, strong and really pumps out the bass on the new iPad.

Both of these are easy to play, the choice is fairly vast and while the selection isn"t particularly strong (there surely have to be more game titles coming soon that take advantage of the sheer number of sensors, GPU performance and Metal, which allows a stronger and slicker game play performance on the iPad) it will only get better - plus there are plenty of kids" games to pass off to your children if you"re brave enough with your new tablet.

Some summaries are easy to write. 2013"s iPad Air, for example: a stunning tablet, with an obvious case for winning the first 5 star review I"d given to such a device.

But I remember wondering how that could be topped, whether Apple would just give it a tiny push and call it all-new (like it did with the iPad mini 3, lest we forget).

The challenge is even greater here, as not only does Apple have to top its own lofty goal, but also beat off the much-improved competition from Samsung, Google/HTC and Sony. So how has the iPad Air 2 fared? Well, very well.

It"s not just lighter, it"s perceptibly lighter. I originally wrote here that I thought there was no way tablets can get any thinner, without some genius move in engineering. Of course, they did, but not by much - the iPad Pro 11 is 5.9mm thick to the iPad Air 2"s 6.1mm.

I really like the improved screen, and there will probably be a few smug faces over in South Korea looking at the fact colors seem more vibrant on the new iPad Air 2, rather than focusing on natural hues.

The 16GB option was too small, but Apple has now ditched that giving you 32GB and 128GB models which suit this slate much better and makes the entry level option far more approachable.

The dislikes are beyond nitpicking: the slow motion video is capped at 120fps (although that is irritating as 240fps on the iPhone 6, a less powerful device, is actually awesome) and you can"t get text messages, only iMessages, on the tablet.

Apple has improved on perfection with the iPad Air 2, making something that anyone using a tablet from 2012 or earlier should be thinking very strongly about upgrading to.

The combination of power, better screen, improved design and upgraded OS make this a very, very compelling device - and that"s before getting into the fact the app ecosystem is so much stronger than on Android.

Apple has drawn on all its strengths to make a tablet that seems to have no flaws, and it remained the best tablet for a long time. In fact, even in 2018 it"s still pretty good.

The good news for you tablet fans out there is that even if you"re not a fan of the iPad Air 2, or want to make sure you"re getting the best value for money, there are plenty of other decent options, such as the following:

Apple doesn"t sell the iPad Air 2 - or even the iPad Pro 9.7 - anymore, but it does still sell a 9.7-inch slate, namely the iPad 9.7 launched in 2018.

This is a budget slate by Apple"s standards, but still a little pricier than the aging Air 2. It goes a long way towards justifying its price tag though, with a faster chipset, a better screen and Apple Pencil support.

As Samsung"s thinnest tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2 is easy to tote around. Its 9.7-inch model"s weight fits in between the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4. Its 8-inch tablet is even lighter.

The iPad Pro 9.7 looks, sounds and performs better than the iPad Air 2 in every way, though you have to look a little closer to realize any of these changes on the outside. It"ll also cost you quite a lot more.

Its color-rich display impresses with white-balance adapting screen technology and its four speakers drown out the audio of other tablets I have used.

The iPad Pro 9.7 is more than an a simple specs bump a year and a half after the iPad Air 2, but it"s not quite the laptop replacement that Apple poses it to be.

If there"s any non-Apple tablet that makes as strong a first impression as the iPad Air 2 it"s the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet. At 6.1mm thick it"s just as thin and at 392g it"s even lighter.

The polycarbonate build of the slate isn"t quite as impressive as the iPad Air 2"s aluminium unibody, but the Xperia Z4 Tablet is perhaps more durable with water and dust resistance added into the mix.

There"s a whole lot of power here too and a gorgeous 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 display, which beats the iPad Air 2 for pixel density. Yet despite all this tech it"s still got a heft battery life.

It launched with a premium price tag and Sony"s UI isn"t the best we"ve come across, but the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet is still easily one of the best iPad Air 2 alternatives around.

Of course there"s always the option from the previous year to check out. What you get for your smaller spend is a less vibrant screen, a heavier device and a slower chipset at the heart, without the benefit of Touch ID.

It"s quite a lot to lose as Apple has touched up and tinkered with nearly every element to make the Air 2 a real step forward, but for the cash you"re still getting a brilliant tablet that"s now playing at a more palatable budget level.

It"s got all the same iOS 12 upgrades too, so while you don"t get slow motion video, a lot of other treats will appear. A slightly older but my no means unworthy tablet.Apple iPad Air 2: Price Comparison

In the following steps, you"ll have to use a hairdryer to remove the stickers securing the touch screen to the rear panel of the iPad Air WiFi. Do not heat up the screen, this could damage it.

With a large screen, a fast-enough processor, and Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard support, the 9th-gen iPad offers the features that most tablet users need.

The 9th-generation Apple iPad—the standard, 10.2-inch model that Apple officially calls the “iPad (9th generation)”—is still the best all-around tablet for most people. Its combination of performance, features, hardware quality, app selection, and accessories makes it superior to any other company’s tablets, and at its base price it offers a better value than almost anything else Apple sells. The iPad Air and the iPad Pro models boast better performance and larger and nicer screens, and the iPad mini is smaller and easier to hold, but the regular iPad is good enough for most people.

Since this tablet uses exactly the same design, all cases and Smart Connector accessories that work with the 7th- and 8th-generation iPads also work with the 9th-gen version, and vice versa.

We think the base 64 GB of storage is enough for most people, too, especially considering that Apple’s ecosystem encourages you to store your photos and other media in the cloud and to stream your music and videos. But if you plan to use a lot of apps or to store a lot of photos, music, or videos on the iPad itself, spending more (typically $150 more) on the 256 GB version may be worthwhile. We don’t love that there’s no 128 GB option in between, but 64 GB still allows for a good number of apps, documents, and other media.

Despite its smaller screen, the 9th-generation iPad is just a shade thicker and heavier than the 11-inch iPad Pro or the 10.9-inch 5th-generation iPad Air. If you’re considering an upgrade from an iPad you already have, this model looks and feels exactly like the 8th-generation version, and a lot like the 10.5-inch iPad Pro from 2017 or the 3rd-generation iPad Air. Like all those older models, it supports the 1st-generation Apple Pencil and the Apple Smart Keyboard. Because the Smart Keyboard uses Apple’s Smart Connector (the three dots on the left edge of the tablet) to communicate with the iPad, the keyboard doesn’t need its own battery, and you don’t need to fiddle with Bluetooth to get it working. And since this tablet uses exactly the same design, all cases and Smart Connector accessories that work with the 7th- and 8th-generation iPads also work with the 9th-gen version, and vice versa.

Apple’s iPad Pro, iPad Air, and the new 10th-gen iPad have fancy borderless screens and face-scanning cameras, and the 9th-generation iPad now looks dated by comparison, with a 10.2-inch touchscreen surrounded by relatively slim borders on the sides and relatively thick ones above and below, plus Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner embedded below the screen. As on previous iPads, the screen on this version has an oleophobic coating that resists fingerprints and makes wiping off skin oil and other grime easier, and the tablet is light enough for an adult to hold comfortably in one hand. Thankfully, Apple added an antireflective coating, something that previous iPad screens have been missing. This is also the first “basic” iPad to support True Tone, Apple’s system for adjusting the screen’s color temperature based on the ambient light in your surroundings. It’s not a necessary feature, and you may very well prefer it turned off, but it’s there if you want it.

The 9th-generation iPad is fast enough to serve as a laptop replacement, if you don’t mind the smallish screen. This model uses Apple’s A13 processor, the same as in 2019’s iPhone 11 and 2020’s iPhone SE. This processor is three generations newer than the A10 in the 6th- and 7th-generation iPads, and you’re likely to notice the speed difference in everyday tasks and 3D games if you’re upgrading from one of those models, but the differences compared with the A12 processor in the 8th-gen iPad are pretty minimal. If you currently have an even older iPad, such as 2014’s iPad Air 2 or 2017’s 5th-generation iPad, the performance improvements will feel dramatic. And with 3 GB of RAM in this iPad—up from 2 GB in older generations—everyday interactions such as switching between apps or Safari tabs will feel much more responsive than on older iPads because the apps and tabs don’t have to reload every time you switch away from them and then back.

Even though the iPad’s rear camera is not as good as those of the iPad Pro models, it’s pretty good for a tablet and fine for taking occasional photos or scanning documents in good lighting. The 8-megapixel back camera lets you shoot panoramas, snap multiple photos in burst mode, and record slow-motion and time-lapse videos. You also get software video stabilization, though you don’t get the iPad Pro’s camera flash, wide-color photo capture, or ultrawide lens; if you need a smartphone-class camera in a tablet, check out the iPad Pro instead. The front-facing camera, on the other hand, is more comparable to that of the Pro-level devices and includes one of our favorite iPad Pro features: Center Stage. The ultrawide 12-megapixel camera tracks people in the frame, allowing you to move around while on a video call without walking out of the picture. It works quite well.

Apple advertises the iPad as having the same battery life as the rest of its tablet family: up to 10 hours of use on Wi-Fi or up to nine hours of use on cellular data. When we ran the battery test in the Geekbench 4 benchmarking app, the 9th-generation iPad lasted an impressive 13 hours 57 minutes, about 20 minutes longer than the previous version and more than three hours longer than the 7th-generation iPad. The actual battery life you get depends on what you’re using your tablet for, but in any case the new iPad lasts longer than its predecessor despite being significantly faster.

One of the biggest benefits of the Apple ecosystem is the constantly improving software, which appears even on older hardware. The 9th-gen iPad will receive new features via iPadOS (formerly iOS) updates for many years, and it includes iPadOS multitasking features that make new iPads more capable than older ones; like the iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPad Pro, the 10.2-inch iPad can open three applications on the screen at once.

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Apple"s iPad Pro tablets (7/10, WIRED Review) are the largest it offers. There are two sizes: 11 inches and 12.9 inches. The latter is in a class of its own. You just can"t find many other large slates, and the size is especially nice if you plan to make it your canvas with the Apple Pencil. Even more distinctive is the display. The 12.9-incher is the only iPad to use Apple"s mini LED display backlighting technology. It"s still LCD, but it adds thousands more LEDs to illuminate the screen in zones, delivering better contrast, dynamic range, and higher brightness. It"s an excellent display.

The 2022 models use the same M2 chip that"s inside the new MacBook Air. The software still needs to catch up to make use of all that power, but improvements in iPadOS 16 (like Stage Manager, which allows you to adjust app windows and group them together) make these machines more versatile. These are the only iPads with Face ID, ProMotion—which offers a 120-Hz screen refresh rate for smoother scrolling—four speakers for better sound quality, and more microphones to pick up your voice more clearly. It also packs Center Stage on the front-facing camera, while the rear camera is joined by an ultrawide sensor for snapping sweeping landscapes and a lidar sensor for augmented reality features. There"s an exclusive Hover Mode for the second-gen Apple Pencil too; you"ll see a preview of what the stylus will do when you hover it over the screen, which is handy when you"re mixing watercolors and want to see a preview before you tap the glass. It"s compatible with the Magic Keyboard and the Smart Keyboard.

Unless you really need the M2 chip and Apple Pencil hover feature, we recommend saving your money and opting for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with M1 from 2020 instead ($900 on Amazon). Those eyeing the 11-inch version should go for the M1-powered iPad Air, which is often on sale for $520.

This article is about the line of tablet computers by Apple Inc. For the first-generation iPad, see iPad (1st generation). For the type of mobile computer, see Tablet computer. For the different types of iPads and other uses, see iPad (disambiguation). For the eye-protector, see Eyepad.

The iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple Inc. The iPad was conceived before the related iPhone but the iPhone was developed and released first. Speculation about the development, operating system, and release of the original iPad began in 2002 prior to its introduction on January 20, 2010. The iPad range consists of the original iPad lineup and the flagship products iPad Mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro.

The iPhone"s iOS operating system (OS) was initially used for the iPad but in September 2019, its OS was switched to a fork of iOS called iPadOS that has better support for the device"s hardware and its user interface is customized for the tablets" larger screens. The iPad"s App Store is subject to application and content approval. Many older devices are susceptible to jailbreaking, which circumvents these restrictions. The original iPad was well-received for its software and was recognized as one of the most-influential inventions of 2010.

As of the third quarter of 2021, iPad had a market share of 34.6%; beside personal use, the iPad is used in the business, education, healthcare, and technology sectors. There are two variants of iPad; one has only Wi-Fi and one has support for cellular networks. Accessories include the Apple Pencil, Smart Case, Smart Keyboard, Smart Keyboard Folio, Magic Keyboard, and several adapters.

Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs said in a 1983 speech: "What we want to do is we want to put an incredibly great computer in a book that you can carry around with you and learn how to use in 20 minutes... and we really want to do it with a radio link in it so you don"t have to hook up to anything and you"re in communication with all of these larger databases and other computers".

In May 2004, Apple filed a design trademark patent in Europe for a handheld computer, hypothetically referencing the iPad, beginning a new round of speculation that led to a 2003 report of Apple-affiliated manufacturer Quanta leaking Apple"s orders for wireless displays. In May 2005, Apple filed US Design Patent No. D504,889 that included an illustration depicting a man touching and using a tablet device. In August 2008, Apple filed a 50-page patent application that includes an illustration of hands touching and gesturing on a tablet computer. In September 2009, Taiwan Economic News, citing "industry sources", reported the tablet computer Apple was working on would be announced in February 2010, although the announcement was made in that year"s January.

The iPad"s concept predates that of the iPhone, although the iPhone was developed and released before the iPad.Jonathan Ive devised an industrial design of a stylus-based tablet, the Macintosh Folio, which led to the development of a larger tablet prototype project codenamed K48 that Apple began in 2004. Ive sought to develop the tablet first but came to an agreement with Jobs the iPhone was more important and should be prioritized.

The first generation of iPad was announced on January 20, 2010,3G-capable version was released on April 30.GHz Apple A4 central processing unit (CPU) with 256 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM) and a PowerVR SGX535 graphics processing unit (GPU). It has four buttons; a home button that directs the user to its homepage, a wake-and-sleep button, and two volume-control buttons. Its multi-touch-based display has a resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels.

The second generation of iPad was announced on March 2, 2011, and released on March 11. It is 33% thinner and 15% lighter than its predecessor, and uses a dual-core Apple A5 chip consisting of a twice-as-fast CPU and a nine-times-faster GPU. It has one camera each on the front and the back, both of which support Apple"s video-telephony service, FaceTime. Apple slimmed the iPad by eliminating the display"s stamped-sheet-metal frame, using thinner glass for the screen overlay, and eliminating some space between the display and battery.

The third generation of iPad was announced on March 7, 2012, and released on March 16.Apple A5X chip embedded with quad-core graphics. Its Retina display is 2,048 by 1,536 pixels and its pixels are 50% denser than those of standard displays. Unlike the iPhone and iPod Touch"s built-in applications, which work in portrait, landscape-left and landscape-right orientations, the iPad"s built-in applications support the upside-down orientation of the device. Consequently, the device has no "native" orientation; only the relative position of the home button changes.

The fourth generation of iPad was announced on October 23, 2012, and released on November 2. It has an Apple A6X chip, improved LTE and WiFi connectivity, a five-megapixel, rear-facing camera that is capable of recording 1080p videos, and a 720p front-facing FaceTime HD camera. Its display has a resolution of 2,048 by 1,536 pixels.

The fifth generation of iPad was announced on March 21, 2017, and released on March 24. It uses an Apple A9 chip with an accompanying M9 motion coprocessor, and its cameras can capture low-light and HD-quality shots. Despite using the same Apple A9 and M9 processors as the 2015 iPhone 6S, it lacks support of the always-on "Hey Siri" voice recognition, a feature advertised as being made possible by low-power processing in those chips.

The sixth generation of iPad was announced and released on March 27, 2018. It uses a dual-core Apple A10 Fusion chip and feature a 1080p and 30fps rear mounted 8-megapixel iSight camera, and a 720p Facetime HD camera. It was the first non-Pro iPad to support the Apple Pencil. It also had faster FaceTime HD, LTE connectivity, Touch ID, and multitask functionalities.

The seventh generation of iPad was announced on September 10, 2019, and released on September 25. It uses a 64-bit Apple A10 Fusion chip, with a 4-core CPU and 6-core GPU. Its slightly larger 10.2" Retina Display has a resolution of 2,160 × 1,620 (3.5 million pixels). It added support for the Smart Keyboard accessory.

The eighth generation of iPad was announced on September 15, 2020, and released on September 18. It uses an Apple A12 Bionic chip, which has a 40 percent faster 6-core CPU and a 2-times faster 4-core GPU than its predecessor. The Apple A12 also included an embedded Neural Engine, and is capable of processing 5 trillion operations per second. Its Retina Display had a resolution of 1668 by 2388 pixels.

The ninth generation of iPad was announced and released on September 14, 2021. It uses an Apple A13 Bionic chip, which has a 20% faster CPU and GPU and an embedded, artificial intelligence–immersed Neural Engine.color temperature according to the ambient lighting.

The 10th-generation iPad was announced on October 18, 2022, with pre-orders starting immediately and availability set for October 26. It uses the Apple A14 Bionic chip, has a larger 10.9-inch screen, and replaces the Lightning connector with USB-C. Unlike all previous models in the iPad range, as well as the sixth-generation iPad Pro announced the same day, this model"s front-facing camera is placed along the device"s long edge, making it more suitable for video calling applications. Despite having a USB-C connector, it is not compatible with the second-generation Apple Pencil that can be used with all other USB-C iPads, instead using the first-generation Pencil with a USB-C-to-Lightning adapter, which will be included with new Pencil purchases.

The first generation of the flagship, smaller iPad Mini was announced on October 23, 2012, and released on November 2. It uses a dual-core Apple A5 chip, and has hardware resembling that of the second generation of iPad. It has a FaceTime HD camera, a 5-megapixel iSight camera, an ultrafast wireless LTE range, and a 802.11a/b/g/n standard Wifi connectivity. It targets the emerging sector of mini tablets, such as Kindle Fire and Nexus 7.

The second generation of iPad Mini was announced on October 22, 2013, and released on November 12. Its hardware resembles that of the first generation of iPad Air. (below)

The third generation of iPad Mini was announced on October 16, 2014, and released on October 22. It uses an Apple A7 chip with an embedded M7 motion coprocessor, and its 7.9-inch Retina screen display has a resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels. It includes a 1080p HD camera, a FaceTime HD camera, and a 5-megapixel iSight camera.

The fourth generation of iPad Mini was announced and released on September 9, 2015. It uses a dual-core Apple A8 chip with an embedded Apple M8 motion coprocessor. Its headphone jack was re-positioned with the removal of a mute switch.

The fifth generation of iPad Mini was announced and released on March 18, 2019. It uses an Apple A12 Bionic chip, with a 3-times faster CPU and a 9-times faster GPU than its predecessor. It features a Truetone-based Retina screen display with 25% wider Color and higher pixel density.

The sixth generation of iPad Mini was announced and released on September 24, 2021. It uses an Apple A15 Bionic chip, with a 40% faster 6-core CPU and 80% faster 5-core GPU. Its 16-core Neural Engine and AI accelerators within the CPU delivers a 2x boost of AI performance. Its 12-megapixel Ultra Wide front camera featured Apple"s "Center Stage Mode" technology, while its 12-megapixel back camera had larger apertures, True Tone flash, and Smart HDR automatic shadow and highlight recovery. It includes a USB-C port, capable of transferring up to 5 gigabits per second of data; improved landscape stereo speakers; and a brighter Liquid Retina Display.

The first generation of iPad Air was announced on October 22, 2013, and released on November 1. It used an Apple A7 chip with an embedded Apple M7 Motion coprocessor; the chip included over a billion transistors and comprised a 2x faster CPU and GPU. It debuted the 80211n-based MINO technology used in its Wi-Fi connectivity, and it had an extended range of LTE telecommunication. It also came with a Retina Display.

The second generation of iPad Air was announced on October 16, 2014, and released on October 22. It used an Apple A8X chip with a 2.5x faster CPU. Its 8MP iSight Camera had 1.12-micron pixels and a f/2.4 aperture, while its FaceTime Camera had f/2.2 aperture and 81% light capacity. Its display had a revised 56% lower reflective rate. It also had an extended range of LTE telecommunication service.

The third generation of iPad Air was announced on March 18, 2019, and released on March 25. It used an Apple A12 Bionic with an embedded Neural Engine, 6-core CPU and 4-core GPU. Its 866 Mbit/s WiFi connectivity are LTE-based, and it is equipped with a 1080p HD video camera.

The fourth generation of iPad Air was announced on September 15, 2020, and released on October 23. It used an Apple A14 Bionic chip, which comprised 11.9 billion transistors, a 40% faster 6-core CPU, a 30% faster 4-core GPU, and an embedded Neural Engine that can process 11 trillion operations per second. Its 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Screen display has a resolution of 2360 by 1640 pixels (3.8 million pixels). Its front 7-megapixel Facetime Camera is of 1080p and 60 fps, while its 12-megapixel webcam featured 8 aperture, 4K, 60fps, and video stabilization.

The first generation of the high-end and professional flagship iPad Pro was announced on September 9, 2015, and released on November 11, (12.9-inch version) and March 31 (9.7-inch).It used an Apple A9X chip, with a 2x higher memory bandwidth and a 1.8x faster CPU than its predecessor. It audio system consisted of 4 audio ports and its volume were more 3x more efficient than the second generation of iPad Air, and its 12-inch screen display had a resolution of 2732 by 2043 pixels.

The second generation of iPad Pro was announced on June 5, 2017, and was released on June 13. It used an Apple A10X chip, with a 6-core CPU and 12-core GPU. It can process 120 Hz HDR quality medias, 2x higher quality than its predecessor. Its ultra-low reflective Retina Display featured a 50% optimized True Tone technology (which automatically adjust the screen accordingly to its ambient color and brightness rates), Wide Color Integration, and up to 500 nit brightness rates. It also had a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 7-megapixel front-facing camera.

The third generation of iPad Pro was announced on October 30, 2018, and released on November 7, and it is the first iPad to support 1TB of storage. It used a 7 nm Apple A12X Bionic chip, which comprised 11 billion transistors, an 8-core CPU, 7-core GPU and an embedded Neural Engine capable of processing 5 trillion operations per second. Apple replaced the Touch ID fingerprint recognition biometric authentication with its facial counterpart, Face ID.

The fourth generation of iPad Pro was announced and released on March 18, 2020. It used an Apple A12Z chip, with an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU. Its Gibt-class Wi-Fi connectivity is 60% faster than that of its predecessor. It introduced a 10-megapixel ultra-wide camera, alongside its 12-megapixel wide camera, capable of capturing 4k video. These cameras allow it to capture medias with wider visibility, and its audio system automatically detects and attracts any orientation nearby.

The fifth generation of iPad Pro was announced on April 20, 2021 and released on May 21. It used an innovative desktop-class Apple M1 chip, which comprised a 40% faster 8-core CPU, a 4x faster 8-core GPU, and a 4x higher bandwidth. It featured a ƒ/1.8 aperture 12-megapixel wide-angle pro camera (captures high quality shots) and a ƒ/2.4 aperture 10-megapixel ultrawide camera (captures enhanced Augmented Reality interactive experience). It debuted Apple"s "Center Stage mode" technology, which pinpoints the positions of the users and automatically tracks the camera view accordingly to perspectivally centralize them. The 12.9-inch version had a mini LED-based Liquid Retina XDR display, compared to the 11-inch model"s lesser IPS LCD-based Liquid Retina display.

The iPad comes in two variants: Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi with cellular support. Unlike the iPhone, the cellular variant did not support voice calls and text messages, but only data connectivity; it also had an additional micro-SIM circuit slot attached on the side. The 3G-based iPad is compatible with any GSM carrier, unlike the iPhone which is usually sold locked" to specific carriers.T-Mobile was limited to slower EDGE cellular speeds because T-Mobile"s network at the time used different frequencies.

The second generation of iPad introduced a third tier of CDMA support from Verizon, which is available separately from the AT&T-based version.nano-SIM circuit slot,LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25 and CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B.

Apple extended the range of cellular compatibilities worldwide with the release of the fifth generation of iPad and the second generation of iPad Mini, worldwide and all major carriers across North America. The iPad Air and iPad Mini come in two cellular sub-variants, all of which featured nano-SIMs, quad-band GSM, penta-band UMTS, and dual-band CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and B. One supports LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25 and 26, and the other supports LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20 and TD-LTE bands 38, 39 and 40.

Apple offers many iPad accessories, ranging from keyboards, styluses, cases, to adapters; a 10 W power adapter is bundled with the device.USB Type A and one of SD card reader; these adapters can transfer photographs and videos and connect USB audio card and MIDI keyboard.

Apple"s list of accessories included the Apple Pencil ― a wireless stylus pen, Smart Cover ― a magnetic screen protector that align to the face of an iPad with three folds that is convertible into a stand, Smart Case ― a fine case combining the functions of a Smart Cover and a back-protection case, Smart Keyboard Folio ― an externally-paired keyboard and a combination of a Smart Case and its predecessor, a Smart Keyboard, Magic Keyboard, ― an externally-paired keyboard similar to the formers but with integrated trackpads which the Smart Keyboard Folio and Smart Keyboard lack.

Since its introduction in 2010, the iPad runs on the iPhone"s iOS mobile operating system, but it was later replaced with an optimized derivation, iPadOS, in September 2019. It shares the former"s development environment and many of its applications and features. The iPad is compatible with nearly every iPhone application through iOS, and developers can optimize these applications to take full advantage of the iPad"s software. They used iOS SDK, a software development kit.

iOS devices boot to the homescreen, the primary navigation and information "hub" on iOS devices, analogous to the desktop found on personal computers. iOS homescreens are typically made up of app icons and widgets; app icons launch the associated app, whereas widgets display live, auto-updating content, such as a weather forecast, the user"s email inbox, or a news ticker directly on the homescreen.

Along the top of the screen is a status bar, showing information about the device and its connectivity. The status bar itself contains two elements, the Control Center and the Notification Center.

iPadOS features a multitasking system developed with more capabilities compared to iOS, with features like Slide Over and Split View that make it possible to use multiple different applications simultaneously. Double-clicking the Home Button or swiping up from the bottom of the screen and pausing will display all currently active spaces. Each space can feature a single app, or a Split View featuring two apps. The user can also swipe left or right on the Home Indicator to go between spaces at any time, or swipe left/right with four fingers.

In iPadOS, while using an app, swiping up slightly from the bottom edge of the screen will summon the Dock, where apps stored within can be dragged to different areas of the current space to be opened in either Split View or Slide Over. Dragging an app to the left or right edge of the screen will create a Split View, which will allow both apps to be used side by side. The size of the two apps in Split View can be adjusted by dragging a pill-shaped icon in the center of the vertical divider and dragging the divider all the way to one side of the screen closes the respective app. If the user drags an app from the dock over the current app, it will create a floating window called Slide Over which can be dragged to either the left or right side of the screen. A Slide Over window can be hidden by swiping it off the right side of the screen, and swiping left from the right edge of the screen will restore it. Slide Over apps can also be cycled between by swiping left or right on the Home Indicator in the Slide Over window and pulling up on it will open an app switcher for Slide Over windows. A pill-shaped icon at the top of apps in Split View or Slide Over allows them to be switched in an out of Split View and Slide Over.

The iPad does not employ digital rights management (DRM), but the OS prevents users from copying or transferring certain content outside of Apple"s platform without authorization, such as TV shows, movies, and apps. Also, the iPad"s development model requires anyone creating an app for the iPad to sign a non-disclosure agreement and pay for a developer subscription. Critics argue Apple"s centralized app approval process and control of the platform itself could stifle software innovation. Of particular concern to digital rights advocates is Apple"s ability to remotely disable or delete apps on any iPad at any time.

Like other iOS devices, the iPad can be "jailbroken", depending on which version of iOS or iPadOS it is running, thus allowing applications and programs that are not authorized by Apple to run on the device.Cydia, as well as illegally pirated applications.JailbreakMe 3.0 (released in July 2011),redsn0w

Apple"s App Store, which provides iPhone and iPad applications, imposes censorship of content, which has become an issue for book publishers and magazines seeking to use the platform. The Guardian newspaper described the role of Apple as analogous to that of British magazine distributor WH Smith, which for many years imposed content restrictions.

Due to the exclusion of pornography from the App Store, YouPorn and others changed their video format from Flash to H.264 and HTML5 specifically for the iPad.Valleywag, Steve Jobs claimed that the iPad offers "freedom from porn", leading to many upset replies including Adbustings in Berlin by artist Johannes P. OsterhoffWWDC10.

Media reaction to the original iPad was mixed. The media noted the positive response from fans of the device, with thousands of people queued on the first day of sale in a number of these countries.

The iPad was quickly successful and sold in large numbers after its 2010 launch. Analysts have noted that while Apple"s previous iPod and iPhone launches took some time till taking off, the iPad was commercially popular from the beginning and faced little market competition during its first year.

Media reaction to the announcement of the original iPad was mixed. Walter Mossberg wrote, "It"s about the software, stupid", meaning hardware features and build are less important to the iPad"s success than software and user interface, his first impressions of which were largely positive. Mossberg also called the price "modest" for a device of its capabilities, and praised the ten-hour battery life.Sydney Morning Herald, wrote that the iPad would also compete with proliferating netbooks, most of which use Microsoft Windows.Wall Street analysts, and Apple"s competitors, all of whom were expecting a much higher entry price point.

The media also praised the quantity of applications, as well as the bookstore and other media applications.Android-based tablets,StatCounter estimates, in South America, Africa, most of Asia – many large countries there and in Eastern Europe.The Independent criticized the iPad for not being as readable in bright light as paper but praised it for being able to store large quantities of books.UK release, Adobe Flash support was "annoying."

The iPad had a relatively stable global market share. It received a significant drop in the third quarter of 2012 but gradually recovered, although not as abundant as before. As of the third quarter of 2021, it had a market share of 34.6%.

A survey by Frost & Sullivan shows that iPad usage in office workplaces is linked to the goals of increased employee productivity, reduced paperwork, and increased revenue. The research firm estimates that "The mobile-office application market in North America may reach $6.85 billion in 2015, up from an estimated $1.76 billion [in 2010]."

Since March 2011, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the iPad for in-cockpit use to cut down on the paper consumption in several airlines.Alaska Airlines became the first airline to replace pilots" paper manuals with iPads, weighing 0.68 kg (1.5 lb) compared to 11 kg (24 lb) for the printed flight manuals. It hopes to have fewer back and muscle injuries.

In the healthcare field, iPads and iPhones have been used to help hospitals manage their supply chain. For example, Novation, a healthcare contracting services company, developed VHA PriceLynx (based on the mobile application platform of business intelligence software vendor MicroStrategy), a business intelligence app to help health care organizations manage its purchasing procedures more efficiently and save money for hospitals. Guillermo Ramas of Novation states, "Doctors won"t walk around a hospital with a laptop. With an iPad it"s perfect to walk around the hospital with as long as they have the information they need."

In 2013, Gianna Chien (aged 14) presented to more than 8,000 doctors at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting that the Apple iPad 2 can, in some cases, interfere with life-saving heart devices (pacemakers) because of the magnets inside.electromagnetic interference (EMI) in implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

In the United States, fans attending Super Bowl XLV, the first Super Bowl since the iPad was released, could use an official National Football League (NFL) app to navigate Cowboys Stadium.Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the first NFL club to discontinue the use of paper copies of playbooks, and instead distributed all players their playbook and videos in electronic format via an iPad 2.

The iPad is able to support many music creation applications in addition to the iTunes music playback software. These include sound samplers, guitar and voice effects processors, sequencers for synthesized sounds and sampled loops, virtual synthesizers and drum machines, theremin-style and other touch responsive instruments, drum pads and many more. Gorillaz"s 2010 album, Damon Albarn while on tour with the band.Luna Sea"s 2012 single, "Rouge", was filmed entirely on an iPad.

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