![]() ![]() And if you envision using this iPad to discover Web content you’d like to read, consider installing apps like Zite ( ) or Flipboard ( ), apps that assemble content from assorted sources you define into reading-optimized, magazine-style layouts. If you plan to use your e-reading iPad to read long-form content you encounter around the Web, you’ll want an app like Instapaper ( ), Pocket ( ), or Readability. You may want to read content from other sources, for which you should of course download the right app. Alternatively, you could stick with the iOS app and simply install the iPad Kindle Store Web app instead. There are plenty of other e-reading apps unless you already own books for another platform (like Kobo or Nook), there’s no need to pursue those.ĭevoted Kindle readers may also want to install the Kindle Cloud Reader Web app it integrates the Kindle bookstore directly, which the App Store app isn’t allowed to do. If you’d like your dedicated e-reading iPad for books, grab Amazon’s Kindle app and Apple’s iBooks app. Put bluntly: Get the apps you need to read the content you want. And if you haven’t already, under General, ensure that the Side Switch is set to Lock Rotation and not Mute you’ll need the former option far more often if you move around as you read. ![]() While you’re in Settings, also consider removing any email or calendar accounts still saved in the Mail, Contacts, Calendars section if this iPad is for reading, there’s no sense letting those apps gobble up extra bandwidth and battery. It’s a fine, battery saving choice, but then you have to remember to turn Airplane mode off again when you want to download more books. ![]() Your other option would be to enable Airplane mode whenever you’re reading-also from the Settings app-which would prevent your iPad from accessing the Internet. Now, any apps that update in the background won’t splash a banner or alert across the screen when they do so. To prevent your iPad’s other apps from interrupting reading time, tap on each in turn, and set the Alert Style to None for every single app. That way, notifications won’t interrupt your reading. iOS 5 lacks a global switch for turning off notifications, so it’s a good thing you deleted a bunch of apps one paragraph ago-now you have less work on the Notifications settings screen.įor each app that can notify you, set the Alert Style to None. Head over to the Settings app and tap on Notifications. Once you’ve removed or hidden away potential app distractions, make sure that even the apps you’re not ready (or, in the case of iOS’s built-in apps, not able) to part with won’t distract you, either. If you’re hesitant to remove perfectly good apps that you just might want at some unspecified time in the future, at least consider combining all those apps into an iOS folder: That folder icon is far less tempting to tap on than, say, the silhouetted linksman gracing the icon of Super Stickman Golf. If this iPad is to function successfully as an e-reader, it can’t hurt to remove Angry Birds, Words With Friends, or Facebook. I would only like to hear from those who have been successful, as internet searches have got me running around in circles, banging my head against brick walls.We’ll talk about which apps you will want on your e-reading iPad shortly, but first let’s talk about which apps you probably won’t need: Any others. I have never previously downloaded apps on any device through the Apple store, so I cannot download 'previous purchases' at all. It has had a factory reset, so I cannot access previously downloaded apps on it. I don't need it for much, but I need to be able to read. I have been gifted an original iPad (IOS 5.1.1). ipa files of IOS 4 and 5 apps, including iBooks! I've put these details down so if anyone else has the same issue, they can find the solution, because not one single solution worked for me, only this combination which was unclear and difficult to piece together, and involved multiple solutions and troubleshooting from many, many different sites! From there, I went to the website and downloaded old. ![]() I have jailbroken the iPad with Absinthe and installed AppSync Unified through Cydia. ![]()
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