Tag Archives: iPhone

Q. Is it possible to connect a USB thumb drive to an iPad?

A. The iPad doesn’t have a USB port so you may think you can’t use a USB stick but actually you can. First you get an Apple USB 3.0 Camera Connection Kit for Lightning, which gives you USB 3.0 A … Continue reading

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Q. How do you organize emails on an iPad?

How do you organize emails on an iPad or iPhone? You have a gazillion mail messages in your Inbox and you want get them sorted into folders. Background: The iPad and iPhone operating system iOS does not have a user-accessible … Continue reading

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What are your pictures doing still on your SD card?

Every week it seems I read about someone who lost their camera, bungled an OS upgrade on their tablet, or had a phone stolen, and they are lamenting “There’s three years of irreplaceable family photos on it, of great sentimental … Continue reading

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Q. What is a Retina Display?

“Retina” is Apple’s marketing name for a high resolution LCD display for smartphones (iPhone), tablets (iPad), media players (iPod Touch) and future products such as computer monitors and iMacs. What does “Retina” mean? The term Retina refers to the assumption … Continue reading

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iPad + Wireless + portable storage = Wi-Drive

One criticism of Apple’s popular iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) is that they don’t have Secure Digital flash memory card slots. This means that to back up the data from an iOS device or to access additional data … Continue reading

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iPhone for blind users: CBC Radio feature

Interesting audio article from CBC Radio : Spark on iPhone accessibilty for blind users www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/04/repeat-of-spark-125-may-1-4-2011/ using the VoiceOver feature from Apple support.apple.com/kb/HT3598 Nora Young interviews Austin Seraphin, who says what makes it work is the tight integration between the iOS, … Continue reading

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