Thank you Keith for the link for us two old "techies" or not! trying to get to grips with our i'pads :)I will also look for the magazine in Smiths...
Today I have made some more progress and bought an album from i.tunes that I have wanted for a long time but could not find anywhere so was very happy with that, and also the sound on the i.pad is brilliant.... so for me it is baby steps...
H if you go to the apps store there are lots of free ones including facebook, I just sat one day and downloaded all the free apps that I thought I may use, that was really easy, you click on the app and I think it says install just click on that and there will be a little bar that slowly fills up the more it completes the download, if it is an app you have to pay for the price will be there...
I have also bought from Ebay a cover which I can stand the thing in and it came with one of those "pen" things, that makes it far easier as the i.pad does not keep turning itself around when I am holding it and also the "pen" thing is far better for me having long nails as I kept making mistakes when "tapping" things