iPhone and iPad Tips of the Week - Tweaking Safari and Utilizing iBooks
Posted 10/21/2010 at 5:04pm
| by David W. Martin

This week's tips will show you some interesting things you can do in Safari and iBooks on your favorite iOS device. Plus, you'll get a tip on how to download Apple's free iPad User Guide and read it using iBooks.
Open Safari Web Links in a New Page
Safari on your iOS devices can support multiple webpages at the same time. So when you're viewing a page currently that you don't want to leave, but you want to check out a link in another tab, you totally can.
Simply tap and hold the link until you see an option window pop-up. Select Open in New Page and Safari will open it in a new window leaving the original window intact.
Navigate between all the open Web pages using the button that looks like two over lapping pieces of paper at the top of the Safari screen.

Compatibility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Customize iBooks
Page turning can be sped up a bit by altering what happens when you tap the left margin while reading a book in iBooks. You can set iBooks to go to either way when you tap the left margin. If you are a super speedy reade--like me--you'll appreciate this tip a whole lot.
Set it up by launching the Settings app, tap iBooks under the Apps section, select Tap Left Margin, and then select either Previous Page or Next Page.

Compatbility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Turn on Safari AutoFill
This time saving tip is especially handy if you hate to type the same old information over and over again. You can turn this feature on so that iOS will remember your contact info, names, and passwords.
Set it up by launching the Settings app, tap Safari, tap AutoFill, and turn Use Contact Info and Names and Passwords on. You can tap My Info to select the contact information you wish to use from your contact list.

Compatbility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
iPad User Guide
The iPad doesn't come with a whole lot inside the box it ships in, which means it doesn't come with a user manual either. However, you can download Apple's official iPad User Guide in e-book format from the iBookstore. Just visit the iBookstore and search for iPad User Guide.
It's a free download so install it on your iPad as a handy reference guide.

Compatbility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.