Hi everyone,
I hope you're having a wonderful break. I am writing because Apple released their ios 4.2 update for the iPad a few days ago. This new update allows for many new features, including multitasking, wireless printing, the use of folders, a new game system, a search for text feature in Safari, changing fonts in the Notes app, and many many other updates.
To install the update, you must first update your iTunes to the newest version, and then plug in and sync your iPad. It might ask you to update immediately, or you might have to go to the "search for updates" feature on the "summary" section of your iPad in iTunes. Installing the update will probably take about a half-hour.
This update is not required, so if your'e not interested or not comfortable, it's not necessary. However, a number of us have been frustrated with the lack of multitasking and some other features, and it might be useful to know how some of the features work if your'e writing about them in the iPad Report (or to continue to explore the device over the next two weeks).
NOTE: I was confused how to multitask after installing the update, so I'm going to explain it here. When you have an app open, you just double tap the home button, and a little menu at the bottom opens up. It shows the apps that you've opened recently and are still running in the background. This won't work with all apps (some don't support the feature yet), but should work with most.
Again, hope break is going well for y'all!
EDIT: This page currently discusses some of the features of the update.
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