I received an iPad question from a student named Ronald who wrote asking:

“How do I use the iPad to talk to and visually see my son on the screen.
 I live in Pittsburgh and he lives in Houston Texas.
   Thanks,  Ron”

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 Answering Question About How to Video Chat with Facetime App on iPad
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An owner of my iPad tutorial app named Doug Brown sent the following question in via the “Ask iPad Question” feature of the app:

“It’s taking many hours to download movies to my iPad! Is that normal? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks. “

 

Hi Doug, I’d like to help with your question, but I need a few more details.

First off, are you talking about movies you’ve purchased through the iTunes app? The files can be quite large and normally will take a little while to download.

Also, are you trying to get several movies at once? If so, you may be causing a “traffic jam” by trying to get too many at once.

Are you doing this on WiFi, or do you have a 3G iPad and are trying to download over the cell phone 3G network?

WiFi is *much* faster, and you should also try to avoid downloading a lot over 3G because the cell companies often hit you with extra fees if you do (they’re very stingy).

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 iPad Question About Downloading Movies Taking a Long Time
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Basic Tips for iPad – the new app that teaches you how to use the iPad in quick & easy video lessons is now available in the App Store. Watch the video for a tour of how the app works:
Basic Tips for iPad Over 75 quick & easy lessons teaching you how to use the iPad come with the app with more on the way, plus special “ask a question” feature and more. You can use the link above to go straight to the app in the App Store (or on the iTunes program on your computer) or open the store and search for my name, Worth Godwin to find the iPad training app as well as others.

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Just a few days ago, the Video Training Course for iPhone was approved in the App Store — I developed the iPhone course first, and the Video Training Course for iPad is going to have the same structure & same style of easy video lessons. Because of the obvious similarities, I wanted to post this quick video look at my new “how to use the iPhone” app, so you can see what you’ll be able to expect in the “how to use the iPad” app when it’s released in a few weeks:

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 Preview of the Video Training Course for iPad
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