• Settings > Cellular > Scroll down to the Cellular Data section
  Here, you’ll find out how much data your apps have used during the “current period.” FYI: The current period is not your billing cycle; it’s referring to your last reset. You can scroll down to the bottom to see the beginning date of your last reset. You should tap on “Reset Statistics” on the billing plan start date to keep tabs on your data usage.

Alternatively, a 3rd-party app like ‘s DataMan app can automatically inform you when you hit up to 4 preset percentages of your monthly data plan.

To configure DataMan:Ìýinstall app, launch, swipe screen right-to-left, Select Data Plan, enter monthly start date and data cap*. Done. There is no need to leave the DataMan app running.

*Tip: The monthly start date varies with each Data Plan. If your Data usage is paid for by ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, your Data Plan starts on the 2nd of each month.

Potential sources of Excessive Data Usage 

Email, texting, and even web-browsing use low to moderate amounts of your Data Cap. Here are a few larger consumers of data:

• Streaming movies. Watching a streaming move (e.g. NetFlix, YouTube, Vimeo) can easily consume over an 1GB/hour — ensure you are on WiFi first!
• Video conferencing — Skype Video Conferencing uses more data than Skype Audio. Use Skype Audio unless you are on WiFi.
• Audio Streaming inadvertently left on. Apps like TuneIn let you stream Audio from the Internet and continue streaming in the background while you read your mail or browse the Internet. Ensure you turn them off when you are done. We had one instance where someone inadvertently streamed audio in the background for a month, exceeding their 6GB data cap!
• Online multi-player games — ensure you are on WiFi, unless you know that the data consumption for that specific game is low.
• Inadvertently thinking you’re on WiFi when you’re not — always look for the WiFi indicator on the upper-left hand corner of your iOS display. Or just keep cellular data set to OFF until you explicitly choose to use it. (See TipÌý²ú±ð±ô´Ç·É)

Tip: Or Just Disable (cellular) data until you need it!

• From the Home screen:
  • ¾±±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:ÌýSettings > Cellular > Cellular Data
    
  • ¾±±Ê²¹»å:ÌýSettings > Cellular Data
• Slide the toggle next to Cellular Data to off. This will disable all cellular data traffic until it’s enabled again.

No problem. Just restore your old iPad/iPhone to factory settings first:

• iCloud: Remove your device from Find My iPhone
• What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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To add apps (or songs) to your iPad or iPhone, you need an iTunes account. Setting up an iTunes account, normally requires setting up a method of payment—e.g. a credit card or an iTunes gift card:

Without a Credit Card

However you may wish to create a iTunes account, just so you can use the free 5GB of cloud backup that Apple provides iOS users. Or you may wish to create a 2nd iTunes account so you can from one of your iOS devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad) to a 2nd of your iOS devices—something you can’t do if they have the same iTunes account. Here’s how:

Before you buy an iPad, smartphone, tablet or laptop, consider contacting the iTeam to set up a consultation. We can assist you with choosing which model, how much memory, and whether to go with WiFi or 3G. We may even recommend against an iPad or an iPhone for your situation!

Smartphone and Tablet Purchasing Advice: Consider where you will get your technical support, advice on applications, and help with workflow. If you have the “right” device but no support, is it really the “right” device?

We can walk you through:

• Tablet
  Do you have one already?
  What works/doesn’t work for you?
  What do you want/hope to use it for?
  WiFi or 3G?
• Smartphone
  Do you have one already?
  What works/doesn’t work for you?
  Are you considering changing?
• Laptop
  Are you using a laptop?
  Is it your sole computer?
  Windows or Mac?
  Are you considering changing?
• Work environment
  What applications do you use?
  What tablet, computer OS, and/or smartphone does:
  …your administrative assistant (if you have one) use?
  …your manager use?
  …do your colleagues use?

Using my iPad, I would like to:

1. …Display PowerPoint files
   In this case the iTeam suggests that you Print or Save As… the PowerPoint file to a ±Ê¶Ù¹óÌýon the PC or Mac you used to create it. And then that you transfer the resulting PDF file (e.g. via email or , etc.) to your iPad.This method will result in a higher-fidelity version of your PowerPoint presentation, than using the iPad’s built-in capability to view PowerPoint files. Of course, the downside is that your PDF presentation is no longer easily editable.
2. …Edit a PowerPoint file
   Microsoft has yet to release MS Office for the iPad. The iTeam has tried a variety of 3rd-party MS Office equivalents for the iPad and currently suggests or .Reference:Ìýcarleton.ca/iteam/howto/#msoffice

   N.B. Depending on the complexity of the PowerPoint file, there may be some rendering problems. And editing may cause some further loss in the file.

3. …Create a presentation
   If you are creating a presentation on your iPad from scratch, consider Apple’s Keynote App ( | ).Note: If you also have a reliable network connection while creating your presentation, you might also consider a cloud-based, presentation app such as .
   Reference: , Will Kelly, Techrepublic.com March 25 2013.

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