Take Control of Media on Your iPad

Introduction

One early criticism of the iPad—before the tablet had even been released—was that it seemed to be a decent media player, a "big iPod touch"… but not much else. It played movies and photo slideshows, let you buy and read electronic books, and played music (oh, and managed your email, browsed the Web, organized your calendars and contacts, and did "real work" with Apple's iWork apps for iPad, but those examples were usually glossed over because they didn't fit the big-iPod narrative).

Of course, there's more to the iPad than that, as you know if you own or have used one. The iPad is a bold step forward in terms of how we interact with computers and our important digital information. But you know what? It's also a pretty darn good media ...