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IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking at the big picture

Touring the outside of the iPad

Checking out the iPad’s apps

Congratulations! You’ve selected one of the most incredible handheld devices we’ve ever seen. The iPad is a killer audio and video player, a great e-book reader, a powerful Internet communications device, a superb handheld gaming device, a still and video camera, and a platform for more than 4 million apps at the time this was written — and probably more by the time you read this.

Following are all the iPad models covered in this book — because they all run iPadOS!

 iPad: iPad Air 2 (2014), iPad 9.7-inch (2017), iPad 10.2-inch (2019)

 iPad mini: iPad mini 4 (2015), iPad mini (2019)

 iPad Pro: iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2015), iPad Pro 9.7-inch (2016), iPad Pro 2nd generation 12.9-inch (2017), iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017), iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation (2018), and iPad Pro 11-inch (2019)

Note that because the five original full-sized iPads and the first three iPad mini models do not support iPadOS, they're not covered in this book. If you’re the owner of one of those models, you can still find a lot of handy information here, but some things might look or work differently. You might want to rummage around for a previous edition of this book.

Moving right along, in this chapter, we offer a gentle introduction to all the pieces that make up your iPad, plus overviews of its revolutionary hardware and software features.