Lesson 4. Getting Connected to Wi-Fi, 3G, and Bluetooth
This lesson helps you learn how to get connected—and stay connected—to Wi-Fi hot spots; to 3G cell phone data coverage, if your iPad has 3G support; and to Bluetooth when (and only when) you need it.
3G or Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi is the preferred way to connect your iPad to the Internet. It’s also, usually, the only way for those of us who own an iPad 2 Wi-Fi model rather than an iPad 2 Wi-Fi+3G model.
Wi-Fi is another name for a wireless local area network, or WLAN. A WLAN works via hot spots, the name for a wireless router that sends out and receives radio waves that are modulated to send and receive data to the Internet.
Wi-Fi hot spots are becoming nearly ubiquitous in some people’s lives. There’s ...
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