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You can download an app for free called onlive. Register your email at onlive.com and use it to log into your onlive desktop app. You get Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint,

• Answered by Suzie S from Marysville
• Mar 6, 2013
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No.

The iPad (third and fourth gen) uses a 12 watt charger. The 12 watt charger will charge all iOS devices (All iPads, all iPods, all iPhones - just plug in the right cable - 30 pin or Lightning).

The iPad and iPad 2 use a 10 watt charger. This will charge iPad, iPad 2 and all iPhones and iPods with the right cable attached (30 pin or lightning). It will not effectively charge a New iPad (third and fourth gen).

The iPhone and iPods use a 5 watt charger. This will charge all iPhones and iPods with the right cable attached (30 pin or lightning). It will not effectively charge any iPad.

Basically, one can charge any device with the 12 watt charger as it is powerful enough to charge the most demanding and least demanding iOS devices.

One can purchase a 12 watt or 5 watt adaptor at the Apple Store or Apple Store OnLine. Don't worry, all the new adaptors look different from each other so you won't grab the wrong one on your way out the door for vacation!

The lower wattage adaptors are best suited for the devices with which they came.

Rule of Thumb: A lower wattage adaptor will NOT charge a device that demands a higher wattage adaptor but it is perfectly safe to plug in a higher wattage adaptor into your devices that use lower wattage units.

Please note that the iPod shuffle uses a special mini jack/USB cable - not a 30 pin or Lightning.

• Answered by Sassy S from Kansas City
• May 13, 2013
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Not Directly, However there are many options including: Skype, Vonage, Facetime, etc

• Answered by Todd B from Hudson
• Dec 19, 2012
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Yes :)

• Answered by John E
• Nov 14, 2012
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here are two ways,

either download the kindle app from the app store, sign in with your amazon account and download purchased books from archived items.

or search with safari for amazon cloud reader. this is a web app that runs in safari. sign in with your amazon account and bookmark the page. books can be stored on the iPad, using cloud reader for offline viewing

• Answered by Jack H from Swansea
• Jun 24, 2012
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Yes it could. If you get the iPad with retina display with 32 or 64 gb, you can fit many documents and essays (if you're a college/high school student) with numbers or pages, and presentations with keynote. If touch keyboards aren't your thing, you could always buy the Logitech magnetic keyboard for less than $100. If you want a MacBook Pro feel for a cheaper price, get the black. If you want the look of a MacBooks air, get the white. If you want the most portable option, get the iPad mini, it has a keyboard accessory too. Hope this helps :)

• Answered by Jenna C from Newmarket
• Jun 10, 2013
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There is a Kindle app, but with better experience, there's a free iBooks app, personally much better than Kindle. If she's thinking of getting an iPad, I strongly suggest it. My sister had her iPad 2 for 2 years and mine (iPad 3) is having its first anniversary on June 3rd, and still works like a charm and has a very smooth experience and AMAZING apps, better than on Android tablets. Worth it!

• Answered by Blaz S
• May 20, 2013
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You do not need a cable to connect your iPad mini to Apple TV. Just download the Remote App from App Store and while your iPad Mini and Apple TV are on the same network, you can control Apple TV from your iPad MIni.

It is very useful, as the Ipad screen becoes a giant Trackpad for Apple TV and you can type using the on screen keyboard.

• Answered by Oguz A from Fairfax
• Mar 12, 2013
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Natively, there is no support for Microsoft Office documents on an iDevice (I don't think there has been on any smart phone or mobile computing platform other than perhaps microsoft's own, mostly failed historically, offerings). Of course, natively there is no support for iWorks or iLife files either so it's not just Microsoft.

That said, there are software applications produced to bridge this gap.

The longest standing and probably most well known Office Access Application has been Documents to Go by DataViz, who've produced Office compatibility software since the time of the Palm Pilot for pretty much every mobile computing platform you can think of. The software is $10 on the app store and it works on iPhone and iPad. There is a premium version with more features for slightly more.

If you don't HAVE to work in Office but just need an office suite the iWorks suite of tools (Apple produced) does a good job also, each of them are available on your iDevices also.

This said, in my humble opinion, an iPad is NOT a replacement for a laptop. If the vast majority of what you want to do is "intel" based (you are using outlook for e-mail, word/excel exclusively for your work, or other windows only applications) you are probably better off NOT trying to retrofit what you're doing and try to find some way to have the iPad work for you.

Do some research on google for the applications you use and what is available through the app store.

Keep in mind though that for the amount of money you're going to spend on an iPad, Bluetooth Keyboard, and Case to carry them, you can also buy a very nice workable laptop that will do everything you want it to do how you want it to do it. It may not be as portable, but it will likely be more functional.

IMO: iPads are accessories in ADDITION to Laptops, not in replacement of them, unless all of your work is primarily done on apps you can download to your iDevice.

• Answered by Douglas W from O Fallon
• Apr 25, 2012
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