4. Surf’s Up! Using the Internet

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You’re going to be spending a lot of time online with your iPad. With it, browsing the Web is easy, fast, and fun—and touching websites to control them is way better than using a mouse. Here’s what you’ll learn in this chapter:

The two kinds of iPads

• Using the iPad web browser

Why some sites and videos don’t work

• Being safe on the Internet

Awesome apps

One of the best things about the iPad is getting to use the Internet in all sorts of places—in bed, on the couch, in school, and out and about. But you can do that on a laptop with Wi-Fi, too, so what’s so special about the iPad? Three things: its shape, ...

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