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1. Books: Try iBooks, Kindle, Stanza, or Bluefire Reader
   1. Read at least a whole chapter or a whole article.
   2. Try changing the font size, typeface, screen rotation.
   3. Bookmark some pages.
   4. Highlight passages and take some notes.
   5. In iBooks, try switching collections between books and PDFs. There are samples of both for you to try.
   6. In iBooks, you can download free samples and free ebooks without being signed in. Give that a try, if you like.
   7. In Stanza, try browsing the bookstores and download a free title (does not require an account).
2. PDFs (journal articles or books):
   1. Try the GoodReader app. Look under "web downloads/browse the web" or "enter URL" to navigate to the URL of a PDF online.
   2. Within GoodReader, try bookmarking, annotating, highlighting, switching between full view and text-only view.
   3. Try reading some PDFs in the iBooks app (tap Collections/PDFs). 
   4. Try reading some PDFs in the BlueFire app.
3. News & Magazine apps:
   1. Try the Flipboard app. Add some sections, such as Nature or Science. (tap "add a section," browse through the list of sources)
   2. Try the New Yorker app. There is one issue already purchased for you to try. (Jan. 24, 2011)
   3. Try Alice Lite for an example of a multimedia app (enhanced ebook).
4. Open the Notes app and try typing with the virtual keyboard. Hint... prop the iPad up an an angle for easier typing.
5. Try the web browser (Safari).
   1. Try searching Barton, Vera, or DSpace. Since there are no MIT certificates on the iPad, you can enter your MIT username and password on the Touchstone screen when you are accessing licensed content.
   2. Try searching Vera to find and opening a PDF.
6. Multimedia:
   1. Try the Videos app. Some MIT Open Courseware lectures are already downloaded to the iPad.
   2. Try searching the iTunes app, iTunes University section. Look for content from universities. You can download them to the iPad without being signed in. Later watch those videos in the Video app. (or iPod, if audio only)
   3. Try watching a video one of these apps: PBS, TED, YouTube.
   4. There is a bookmark for MIT TechTV via the mobile web, on one of the iPad's screens. Use that to visit TechTV videos. Try the multi-touch gesture to expand a video to full screen. (after you hit the play button)
7. MIT apps:
   1. Try MIT Mobile app.
   2. Try LectureHall from MIT OCW.
   3. Try the MIT Technology Review app.
8. Other library apps and web sites:
   1. Try Wolfram Alpha app.
   2. Try the WorldCat MIT mobile site (bookmarked on home screen).
   3. Try Naxos Music library. Either sign in on your computer first with instructions from our blog, or try the samples in "listen for free."

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