Hello...new to the forum & soon to be new to ipad. I just ordered an Apple Certified Refurbished 16gb iPad 2. I currently only own Droids...Acer Iconia A500, Motorola Droid Bionic, Viewsonic gTablet, and the Original Motorola Droid. I bought the iPad because I'm a teacher and my school uses primarily iPads for staff & students. As much as I love Android, the Apple Appstore has far more apps dealing with education. I'm looking to use the iPad for grading & attendance...but I also will use many of the fitness apps in the appstore (I teach physical education). I'm still primarily a Droid (I know I'll get flamed!) but I am smart enough to see that each format has it's pluses & minuses. I'm hoping now to have the best of both worlds!

I've learned a lot in regards to Android...rooting (jailbreaking), flashing roms, tweaking internal settings, etc from forums such as this. I'm hoping all of you can teach me some of the same as those wonderful members of the Droid Community!


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Hi and welcome to the Forum!

The IPad Forum is a community of members from all walks of life and from all over the world coming together to share our experiences and to help each other learn about this wonderful piece of technology the Ipad. There is a wealth of information already here in the many threads we have so doing some searches will answer most of the questions you have. If then you cannot find the answer you are seeking then by all means post your question. There are many friendly and informed members here only too willing to help you.

We also have our own App - It is a very simple app to navigate.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discu...412896524?mt=8
Reading the IPad manual is a great place to start so please download a copy of these.
http://www.support.apple.com/manuals/ipad/
2 very informative threads from which you will learn many tips and shortcuts for the IPad.
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-gener...dont-know.html
iOS5 Tips and Tricks
We have rules like any Community so please read these also
Forum rules - everybody please read!!

Once again we welcome you here and are so pleased you have joined us!

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I guess I got the standard welcome! :-) Thanks

Yes you did,
But at least I didn't 'Flame' you
There is a lot of info in those links I posted, you'll learn so much from them alone. Enjoy!

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Sorry leelai...I didn't mean to be too sarcastic...I just figured not too many people here would welcome me with open arms with "Android" in the subject line...so I got the "automated response". I checked the links out prior to posting...yes they are very useful...thanks for sharing them!

Welcome aboard. I have an Ipad 2 and a Droid X for a phone... I won't give up my X for anything so don't feel alone.

Originally Posted by mikespe

Sorry leelai...I didn't mean to be too sarcastic...I just figured not too many people here would welcome me with open arms with "Android" in the subject line...so I got the "automated response". I checked the links out prior to posting...yes they are very useful...thanks for sharing them!

I didn't really think you were being sarcastic, there are many members here with Android phones, it's cool, we welcome everyone. That's the welcome I give all new members, it's not automated. I'm sure others will welcome you here also, we are a very friendly Forum as I'm sure you will find.

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