If you are the proud owner of an iPad but don’t know exactly what you can do with it to use it at it’s fullest potential, you have stumbled across the right place. We are going to discuss five different things that you can do with your iPad to make it a more useful tool.

1. Buy an External Keyboard & Mouse

For most people, the touch screen keyboard that comes with the iPad just simply doesn’t work. You constantly click the wrong keys and have to go back and edit your sentences. Not only is it difficult to type with, but it leaves even more smudges on your screen!

There is a solution for people that really want to use their iPad for typing purposes. You can actually purchase an external keyboard that plugs right into your iPad, making it much easier to type things out. It will feel as if you are using an actual computer.

Using the touch feature on an ipad is great but using a mouse like a Logitech anywhere mouse mx can make a world of difference. Using a mouse means you don’t even need to touch your ipad. With the combination of your mouse and keyword it is like having your own personal desktop pc.

2. Using Office Apps

Apple has placed several different applications on their iPads to help users to be able to write papers and do other things that they could do on a normal computer. However, the main problem that many people face is the lack of ability to place them on a cloud server for access on another device, such as Google Docs.

By using Documents To Go, QuickOffice, or Office2 HD; you can make it much easier to transfer your documents over to another device. This makes the iPad a much more convenient tool to use for writing or documentation purposes.

3. Synchronize Your Email

You can actually synchronize your email to your iPad so that it will alert and show you when you have a new email. This helps many users reply to emails much faster because they can instantly know when they receive one. There are many tutorials online and on your iPad that can help teach you how to do this.

4. Evernote

Evernote is a useful application that makes it easy to take notes and make lists. If you want to go to the grocery store, you can make a list of what you need on your iPad before heading out. It is easily accessible while you do your shopping, and you never have to worry about scribbled hand writing.

5. Offline Reading

You can download PDFs onto your iPad to make it so that you can read from it. If you are waiting for a bus or just arrive early at an appointment, having an offline book available in case there isn’t any internet can be a life saver!