An iPad isn’t necessarily easy for a non-computer owner

I’ve recently helped someone with a new iPad get setup so they can download from the AppStore and Amazon for Kindle books.

Some people think that the iPad is the answer for people who don’t use / can’t use a computer.

Here’s the sequence:-

  1. Activate iPad. This requires a computer with iTunes installed.
  2. Connect to Wifi
  3. Set-up free email account and you can’t do this for gMail from the iPad - you have to use a desktop browser!
  4. Configure e-mail
  5. Add new Apple ID, verify via email
  6. Download Kindle app
  7. Open Kindle
  8. Create Amazon account
  9. Add iPad to account
  10. Download / buy books

Yeh, dead easy isn’t it?

(ps. I managed to help this individual using my MacBook Pro to activate and my iPad + SkyFire to setup accounts I couldn’t on their mobile safari.)