New ipad help

I just got my first iPad and it is the mini retina 64 gigs. I don't what to do with it?
What can I/should I do with it?
Is this a good investment?
I have 7.0.4 do I need to update the software
Is this the best iPad or should I take it back for a better one? I don't want ppl to make fun of me saying my ipad is not as good as theirs.
Is 64 gigs enough space to do stuff like photos? All I do is photos, music, only card games and browse the web with many bookmarks and favorites.
How do I download apps for the iPad because I don't want apps for the iPhone.
Is this basically just an iPhone? Because I have the 4s already.
How can I get internet on it without wifi. I can transfer internet from my iPhone to the ipad?

yes, it is a good machine.  It will do anything a full size pad will do, just on a smaller screen.  You pad is as good as anybody elses....
I like a bigger screen, I have a pad.  My wife likes the smaller size, she has a mini.
Download apps just like you do on your phone from the app store.  It will run ipad only apps, that your phone wont.  It is a lot better for reading and viewing, and for me, any writing etc that are hard for fat thumbs on small screens. 
The wifi in the pad will grab any wifi signal that is open for acess, like starbucks etc.  And your i phone can generate a hotspot for you to use, providing your call carrier has set your account up for it.  (AT&T charges some additional $$ for that feature - but a lot less than a whole additional account would cost, not to mention the additional cost for the cell equipped mini.
and yes,  - get updated to 7.1.1, or your facetime will likely not work.

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    I have just set up my new ipad and trying tto download my purchased music....
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    I have been on my itunes on my PC and is downloading the music fine but I want it to download on my ipad
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    Hi, AliiDizzle.
    Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities. 
    I would start with closing all applications in multitasking and restarting the device.  Once this is done test downloading content again. 
    iOS: Force an app to close
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    Can't connect to the iTunes Store
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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  • HT4623 hello i canot download aps onto my new ipad ,help.

    Hello. can you help.canot download APPS to my new ipad. HELP.

    If there are multiple apps trying to download at once, only one can download at a time and the rest say "Waiting" until it is then their turn. Try this. Double tap the icon of the Waiting app, and it should resume the download.
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    • After restart, the Waiting should be gone.
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  • Trade my iPad 2 for new iPad - help

    I want the new iPad. Can I trade in my iPad 2

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    Buy My Tronics  http://www.buymytronics.com/
    Sell Your iPad http://www.sellyourmac.com/mac-product-guides/ipad.html
    Totem http://www.hellototem.com/
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  • Error logging in on my new ipad - HELP!!!!

    HI!
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    Philly_Phan wrote:
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  • TS2446 Forgot my security questions answer. Got new iPad,,,help

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  • HT1430 i CAN'T ACTIVATE MY VERIZON CELLULAR ON NEW IPAD-HELP?

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  • HT5953 Transfer Books from iTunes to iBooks on a new iPad, iBooks is empty

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  • I recently connected my new ipad to my itunes, but now itunes will not recognise my ipod classic, and 50gig of music has gone. ipad connects ok but no longer ipod which has been there for two years! help!!!

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  • I want to transfer a movie I have downloaded from itunes to my new IPAD. I have been on the itunes help menu, it tells me to look under 'devices' tab for IPAD. BUT there is no 'devices' tab and it does not list my new IPAD. Help!

    I want to transfer a movie I have bought in itunes to my new IPAD. I have been trying to work how to do this for 3 days now. I have accessed all the itunes help and forums and wiki online. They all tell me to go to the DEVICES tab on itunes and select IPAD then sync. YUP seem simple, BUT there is not DEVICES tab listed on my itunes and it does not list IPAD. Years ago I set up my IPOD no problem and that is listed, but not the new IPAD. Can anyone help? I would love to be able to actually watch films on my IPAD!! thanks

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  • TS1398 Purchased new iPad and have no Internet access.  I purchased a plan for a hot spot but when I try to do any type of search it says not connected.  I have connectivity with my phone with the same carrier. Help

    I purchased a new iPad and bought a wireless plan with Verizon but can not get the settings to connect or look for a wifi connection.  I can connect to our house wifi but it will not connect on its own. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • The glass on my new ipad air was broken one day. I have had it for about a month. 1 day I took it out of its case as usual and the screen was splintered at the top and cracked downwards.  It had not received any bangs, or been dropped or anything.  Help!

    Hi, I have had my ipad air for about a month.  The other day I took it out of its cover and it was splintered from the top with downward cracks.  It is new and under warranty so I rang the support team.  They told me that it would cost about €120 but could be repaired on the spot and they made me an appointment at the local genius bar.  I got there and they told me that I had dropped it or banged it or something.  I said I had not, they insisted that I must have done.  I repeated several times that I had not - it was obvious they did not believe me, they said I must have done.  They then told me they never repaired or replaced broken glass in any ipads, that the man on the 'Support' had been wrong.  They always replaced the whole ipad at a cost of €300.  I was devastated at not being believed and at the amount of money they were asking for.  I left and rang the support again.  I was told their system was down but to call on monday to get a quote for the reparation, I could send it to my home insurance company and they would undoubtedly cover the repair.  I asked how long this was all going to take because, I was in the middle of a big project and this was taking up my time, and also I needed the ipad for my work.  They told me it would be done in a minute.  I rang on the Monday and I was told it would take up to 5 days to send but probably it would arrive sooner (it is now thursday, I have received nothing).  I then rang my household insurance, a big company - and they told me they had never heard of such a cover.  I asked if this was because I had a very basic policy, they said, no it wasn't that - I didn't have a basic policy I had quite thorough policy, but they didn't know of a policy in any comany that would cover this sort of damage.  I was stunned - yet again I had been given false information and false hope by apple.  Yet again I was let down.  I then decided to do a further investigation on the internet and discovered a long trail of comments on Apple Forum of people who have also had splintering and cracking of the ipad air glass for no reason whatsoever.  Some have commented that the glass could be thinner in order to reduce the weight, some have said that the splintering could be caused by a weakness in the casing at the top where it is plastic (the ones that take sims) that might make it more flexible and therefore liable to crack.
    All of the posts and complaints on the apple forum and elsewhere seem to point to a design fault.  However throughout all this I have been mislead by apple support staff constantly who all say different things, I have virtually been accused of lying by denying that my ipad received any kind of impact by apple staff and I have been left feeling incredibly frustrated and upset by the total lack of any kind of real help by Apple.  All this despite being acomplet apple user in my business for the last 25 years, where I have never come across this attitude towards me as a customer before.
    When the screen on my iphone broke, it was because I fell in the street while I was talking on the telephone, it flew out of my hand and smashed on the pavement.  I was rolling around in agony, while my son was holding up the smashed telephone wailing 'Mama, you've smashed your iphone!!!'  This of course, I blamed on noone but myself - it broke because it fell, I paid an arm and a leg without protest to get it repaired.
    This is not the case with my new ipad air.  It has splintered for no good reason at all - and noone at Apple seems to want to help me or to care!
    I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me if there is anything else I can do to ge this matter resolved?

    If it was a refurb replacing one that was under warranty, the warrany is good until the original warranty expires or 90 days from replacement, whichever is longer. In either event, it should still be covered if you've only had it for a month. (assuming you're in the US here). You can try to restore it as a NEW device rather than restoring from your backup, but this sounds like a hardware failure... I think. I'm not sure what you mean by "the top half of the screen slides". If you mean only the top half is touch sensitive, how can you determine that? You wouldn't be able to slide to unlock if that were the case...
    Sorry, I'm a little confused by that description.

  • When I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for  a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

    I know my passcode is correct but when I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for  a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

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    Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
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    Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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    Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
    I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
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    2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
    3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
    4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
    5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
    6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
    7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
    8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
    If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
     Cheers, Tom

  • ITunes DID recognize new iPad mini, error when updating, now doesn't. Please help. I have a 700 dollar paperweight now.

    Today I bought a brand new iPad mini 2, 32 gb. First, I backed up my old ipad mini to my hard drive. Then, I updated iTunes to the newest version. Then, I plugged in the new iPad mini, went through the set up, iTunes was working fine. I registered the iPad, then it suggested i update the iOS on the iPad. This is where things went south. After a few minutes, it stated "cannot update iOS 7 at this time" or something to that effect. Since that point, iTunes will not recognize the iPad. The iPad shows the "connect to iTunes" screen. When I plug it in, I hear the tone suggesting a new device is connected, but nothing happens. I've tried it in DFU mode, no results. I've tried putting it in recovery mode, nothing happens, just the same screen. I've uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it, following every step suggested through this site/apple support. I even uninstalled and installed an older version of iTunes (10.7) but same result. I've followed all troubleshooting steps, and nothing is working, so please don't suggest the same olf "iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows" page.
    What should I do? Do I have to take this to the geniuses at the store? Will they even be able to help without having access to my computer?

    iPad not appearing in iTunes
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/
    iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
    iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1814
    iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4235
    IOS: Syncing with iTunes
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
    Apple - Support - iPad - Syncing
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/syncing/
    iTunes 10.5 and later: Troubleshooting iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4062
    iOS: “Not enough free space” alert when trying to sync
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
    You may need to delete iTunes on your computer and then reinstall.
    How To Completely Uninstall and Remove All Traces of iTunes
    http://zardozz.com/zz/2008/04/how-to-completely-uninstall-and-remove-all-traces- of-itunes.html/
     Cheers, Tom

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