10 essential iPad features you need to start using

I was recently given an iPad with an extremely cracked screen. One of the reasons I wanted it was to replace the screen. I am really terrible at it, and do NOT do it for other folks, but, if I have one to practice on, then I might attempt it. I bought the replacement for this particular iPad 4 on Amazon for about $16, which makes it cheap enough for me to try. If you are patient and interested, you might give it a try yourself. If you have great eyesight and really tiny hands also, that will help. I have neither.
That got me interested in iPad tips and I particularly like this macworld article included here.​ I don't agree with the opening statement as I do think that the iPad is a good laptop replacement for many people.
​(Brian)

The iPad isn’t really the laptop replacement Apple wants us to think it is, but anyone who outright dismisses it as a productivity device shouldn’t be taken too seriously, either. The iPad can feel magical when you have the knowledge of the right tricks at hand. Once you’ve mastered them, works sometimes feels fun. It may not be a MacBook, but you’d be wrong to dismiss it as giant iPhone.
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Here’s a little introduction to the wizardry Apple conceals beneath the familiar facade of iOS. Some tips basically amount to refreshers of the tutorials, but other bits may make you whisper, “Wow.” (I’m speaking from my own experience.) Once you’ve got these tools at your disposal, you’ll understand why Apple has such a ridiculous lead in the tablet market.

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