About our trusted experts
Andy Zahn has been writing for Lifewire since 2021 and has experience reviewing a wide variety of electronics from tablets to gaming PCs.
Daniel Nations has over 20 years of experience in the computer industry. He specializes in Apple products, including the iPad.
Ajay Kumar joined Dotdash in November 2021 and brings with him nearly a decade of experience in tech journalism and digital publishing. He is an expert in consumer electronics, including Apple’s iPad.
Jeremy Laukkonen is a tech writer and the creator of a popular blog and video game startup. He specializes in consumer technology, including tablets like the iPad.
Jordan Oloman is a Newcastle-based tech writer whose work has appeared in PC Gamer, TechRadar, Eurogamer, IGN, and GamesRadar. His areas of expertise include Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
Sandra Stafford is a writer who specializes in tech and writes about all sorts of gadgets, including the Apple iPad. She praised the iPad mini as a great replacement for an e-reader.
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Display
One of the advantages of buying an iPad is that you can be sure that within the time they were released they are certain to have one of the best screens among comparable tablets. The top end iPad Pro, of course, has the best display, but even a base model iPad screen looks great.
drawing pad
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Previously iPad App of the Week in 12 countries! (http://drawingpadapp.com/apple-features-drawing-pad-as-ipad-app-of-the-week)
Drawing Pad is a mobile art studio for all ages! Create your own art using photo-realistic crayons, markers, paint brushes, colored pencils, stickers, roller pens and more!
■ ACCOLADES
Winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award (bit.ly/parents-choice)
Featured on nytimes.com (bit.ly/nytimes-drawingpad)
Featured on usatoday.com (usat.ly/2x5xrKx)
Featured on the iLounge 2021 Buyer’s Guide 100 Essential Apps of 2021!
Featured by iLounge as First runner up to kids’ iPad App of the Year!
Featured on Gizmodo’s 2021 Gift Guide (bit.ly/gizmodo-drawingpad)
Featured in November 2021 MacWorld Magazine in the UK 4 out of 5 stars
Awarded Editor’s Choice Award from Children’s Technology Review
■ IN BOOKS
Featured in the book “iPad Apps for Kids for Dummies” — by Jinny Gudmundsen
Featured in the O’Reilly book “Best iPad Apps” — by Peter Meyers
■ IN MUSEUMS
As seen in the Star Studio Exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art! (bit.ly/ima-museum)
■ QUOTES
«Drawing Pad is a fantastic drawing app!»
9to5mac.com
“Wonderful chalk tools! You can almost taste the dust!”
Mickey Paraskevas, Illustrator and Creator of the Maggie and the Ferocious Beast TV show.
«Drawing Pad is a fun and easy to use iPad art app for kids and adults alike. It has very visual menus giving you instant access to a broad range of useful art tools. There are amazing features for kids including downloadable colouring books and additional advanced features for more ambitious artists.»
Kyle Lambert — Artist — www.kylelambert.com
■ HOW TO USE DRAWING PAD
Watch the video inside the App! (or drawingpadapp.com/tutorial)
Tap a tool, choose a color, and start drawing. It’s really that simple.
Your artwork is automatically saved in the Drawing Pad album.
For brush options like size and spacing, tap the brush thumbnail at the bottom of the drawer.
Import photo backgrounds by first tapping the stationary icon in the drawer, then the filmstrip.
Import photo stickers by first tapping the sticker icon, then the stack of photos. Use one finger to move your photo and two fingers to rotate and resize.
Blender tool allows you to soften and blend colors!
■ SHARING OPTIONS
Export to the Device Camera Roll, print via AirPrint, share via Email, and other favorite apps like Instagram & Facebook. Even assign your artwork to a contact in your address book!
■ ALL THESE TOOLS ARE INCLUDED!
Crayons
Markers
Paint Brushes
Colored Pencils
Sketch Pencils
Roller Stamp Pens
Erasures
Stickers
Construction Paper
Blenders
Text Sticker Tool
Photo Background Import
Photo Stickers
Gradient Brushes & Crayons
Advanced Brush Control
Color wheel and Gradient Panel
Pinch Zoom
Autosave
Two Coloring Books
■ EXTRA FUN
Download extra coloring books via in app purchase!
Restore prior «Coloring Book in app purchases» by tapping the «Redeem prior purchase» button on the Coloring Book store details page. See drawingpadapp.com/restore
■ DEMONSTRATION
Video at http://drawingpadapp.com
■ CONTACT
Email us at «support» -at- «drawingpadapp.com»
BUY NOW!
Don’t have an iPad yet? Don’t let it stop you! Great price today! Buy now and tell your friends.
CREDITS:
«Birds,» «Panda Bear,» and «Turtle» by Igor Cheban
instagram.com/icheban
«Dinosaur,» and «Kitten» by Kyle Lambert
www.kylelambert.com
featurepoints
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Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
get console
Get Console is a powerful and complete terminal app that provides physical serial console access to network and other equipment as well as SSHv2, Telnet, Scripting, TFTP Server, full Logging, integration with Dropbox, iCloud and instant Screen Sharing. Please read below for Full information.
Features:
— Serial Connectivity: Use our Airconsole (Serial over Wifi or Bluetooth Low Energy), or Redpark L2-RJ45 and L2-RJ45V physical cables to provide direct Serial Console port access to supported equipment (Adapt L2-RJ45 Cable to DB9, DEX or DB25 with adaptors available at www.get-console.com)
— Full Terminal: Also provides Telnet and SSH(v2) terminal (over Wifi or 3G). VT100 emulation. Supports password authentication, generate or import SSH Keys easily via clipboard
— Multi Session: run concurrent Serial, SSH and Telnet sessions in tabs, and cut/paste between sessions. Each session runs independently and can be backgrounded.
Many Many Advanced Terminal Features:
— Powerful Scripting of terminal sessions allows for automation of many common terminal tasks, including auto-responding to terminal output and auto-upload of log files.
— Easily share your iPad/iPhones terminal window with remote web users to provide remote access to your console sessions — useful for remote support, teaching or for Disaster Recovery
— Connection Manager for organizing Serial / Telnet / SSH saved sessions which can be imported/exported via iTunes
— Free web based conversion utility to convert existing PuTTY and SecureCRT(r) saved connections into Get Console format.
— Fully configurable terminal settings including baud rate, parity, flow control, scroll buffer and column width
— Integrated Cut/Copy/Paste directly from terminal window and slide-out clipboard viewer
— Integrated TFTP Server for WIFI/3G upload and download of files
— Bluetooth Keyboard Support
— Rapid configuration of common configuration tasks via shortcuts (common command drop down) and pre-configured (and user changeable) shortcut buttons
— Free integrated cloud storage on get-console.com or Dropbox.com for log files and configuration scripts — integrates directly into your iPad or iPhone ready for pasting to console window
— full logging of terminal session to individual session files that can be attached to emails, downloaded via iTunes or uploaded to your own repository on the get-console.com website
***NOTE*** Serial Connectivity requires either our Airconsole Adaptor, or a supported Redpark cable to work — part code L2-RJ45V — purchase from www.get-console.com/shop or from redpark.com directly. Does NOT work with Redpark C2 or L2-DB9 cable. If DB9, Null Modem or DB-25 connectivity is required, use an adaptor also available from our website.
notes — sight reading trainer
The app for those who are serious about learning and practicing sight reading!
Use the on screen keyboard or a midi compatible keyboard to learn the right way!
This app is designed to mimic the look and style of real sheet music. This is important when you transition between this app and your music as it will be a natural transition. Another important feature of this app is to read from left to right while having multiple notes on the staff at the same time as it would be with real music. This app does that in the most efficient way possible for the limited screen.
Features
— Simple interface that will allow you to naturally transition from app to sheet music
— Use an on screen keyboard or connect through MIDI to a compatible device
— Very customizable practice options
— Progressive lessons for treble, bass and the grand staff
— Real piano sounds
— Optional visual aids with hints when you are stuck and note values on the keys
Don’t use flashcards to learn to read music when you can learn it the right way.
There are many features planned. Please contact us with any feedback you may have.
Processor
If you’re buying the latest iPad, you really need not concern yourself too much with the processor (also known as the CPU). This is the part of the iPad that determines how many applications you can run, and how well those applications will be able to run.
The processor in a new iPad will be able to handle everything you can throw at it for a good few years. However, it’s a much more important consideration if you’re thinking of buying an older used iPad. An older iPad means an older, slower processor that might struggle to keep up with modern applications.
smartthings
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Storage
A possible disadvantage of iPads is the lack of any convenient form of expandable storage. There’s no microSD card slot, and even the newer models, which start with 64GB of internal storage, are probably going to fill up faster than you think. If you know you’re going to want to store a lot of data on your iPad it’s probably worth springing for the upgraded models with extra storage.
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