Your iPad is a source of entertainment and communication but you must know the ways with which you have to use it to derive the most out of it. You can easily use it as a secondary monitor and stream movies from your PC, easily connect it through keyboards and USB speakers and much more. This article will let you know about how you can derive more from your iPad.
Apple has designed and developed the iPad to accommodate hundreds of features and you probably know many out of them. Go through this article and try these features right now on your iPad.
Try doing the following things with your iPad:
Stream movies from your PC
The storage capacity of iPad or other tablets is not large enough to accommodate unlimited number of videos or serials that you download from iTunes. The storage space of the tablet will be consumed with just a couple of videos and after that you won't be able to store anymore. Here this feature of iPad proves to be immensely useful as it allows you to stream video directly from a local or internet-enabled PC to your iPad without consuming space on your tablet.
Use your iPad as a secondary desktop display
The high-resolution display of your iPad could become highly useful to you if you convert it into a secondary desktop display. By using the Air Display app costing around $10, you can easily convert your iPad as the secondary screen for your Mac and thus extend the usability of a desktop. This app is already there on the App Store from where you can easily download it by paying its price.
If you are interested in using this feature of your iPad, you have to download the utility and install it on the computer. Now connect the computer with the system preference of AirDisplay. After you perform the required steps your tablet it will start behaving like secondary screen which you can use it for watching movies and serials.
Your iPad can connect more than a camera
The iPad Camera Connection Kit that costs you around $29 can be used to connect many other things than just a camera. You can easily attach a number of other devices to the adapter's USB port that is usually used to transfer photos or videos from the SD card of your camera.
You can easily attach many USB keyboard without causing any harm to your slate. However, it will show a warning message that it doesn't support the device but you can ignore them without causing any harm. You would be able to use volume and media keys of the keyboard and can also give desktop commands.
The above mentioned are some of the ways by which you can enjoy the hidden features of your iPad. Using these ways you would be able to derive more from your device.
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