Everyone has heard the hype surrounding the iPad. Some love it; some hate it. If you’re one who looks at it as a helpful tool, you will find the advice from this article to be useful.

If you love to utilize your iPad for media, your battery life can deplete fast. A simple way to get more play time out of each charge of the battery is to use a low screen brightness setting. You’ll likely notice that maximum brightness is not necessary to use your iPad.

Did you know that you can create folders on your iPad? To start, hold your finger over and app until it jiggles. Then drag the jiggling app onto another icon and let go. You will then have a folder with both applications together, sporting the same of the application category. You can easily rename this folder.

If your iPad freezes, perform a soft reset to reboot your device. For a soft reset, you will need to simultaneously hold the home button and power button for several seconds. This will cause the device to restart. If you just want to force an app to close, hold down just the home button for a few seconds.

The email app will show you the first two lines of an email’s text unless you change this setting. You may want to be able to see more content. Head to “settings” and hit “mail.” Go to Mail, pick Contacts and then tap Calender. Then, preview mail options to change the lines.

It does not matter if you believe the iPad is nothing more than a large gaming device or something more, you can choose to make it more. This article is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to learning about iPad usability. Continue to learn and you will understand it all soon.