Apple MC497LL/A manual Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts, Setting Up MobileMe Accounts

Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

iPad works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular Internet-based email, contacts, and calendar service providers. If you don’t already have an email account, you can get a free account online at www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, or www.aol.com. To try a free MobileMe trial, go to www.apple.com/mobileme.

For information about setting up a Microsoft Exchange account in a corporate environment, see “Setting Up Microsoft Exchange Accounts” on page 159.

Setting Up MobileMe Accounts

To use MobileMe on iPad, you can set up a MobileMe Free Account or a MobileMe Paid Subscription.

A MobileMe Free Account lets you use Find My iPad—a feature that helps you locate your iPad if it’s been lost or stolen, and protect the information on it (not available in all countries or regions). See “Security Features” on page 44.

A MobileMe Paid Subscription lets you use Find My iPad, plus the following features: ÂÂ Mail account at me.com

ÂÂ Over-the-air contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and notes syncing ÂÂ MobileMe Gallery for sharing photos and videos

ÂÂ MobileMe iDisk for storing and sharing files

You can get a free MobileMe trial account at www.apple.com/mobileme.

A MobileMe Free Account is available to any customer with an iPad running iOS 4.2 or later. If you’ve already created an Apple ID for the App Store or Game Center, you can use the same Apple ID to set up your MobileMe account. You can create a new account if you don’t already have one.

Set up a MobileMe Free Account:

1In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2Tap Add Account, then tap MobileMe.

3Enter your Apple ID and password, or tap Create Free Apple ID.

4Follow the onscreen instructions. Verify your email address if required.

5Confirm that Find My iPad is turned on.

Set up a MobileMe Paid Subscription:

1In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2Tap Add Account, then tap MobileMe.

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