Tour of a Geek's iPad mini - Fall 2014

**My iPad Mini 3 Experience**

I'm currently using my iPad Mini 3 in Gold, and I have to say that it's been a great experience so far. The app store has a wide variety of apps available, and I've found some really useful ones that I use on a daily basis.

One of the first apps I went to was **Ask Me Anything Series**, which is exactly what I wanted with my series. It allows me to organize my photos into albums, and it does a great job so far. I'm really happy with this app, and I think it's been worth paying for.

Next, I decided to explore the app store again and see if there were any other apps that caught my eye. I went to **Amazon**, which is basically Amazon shopping through the convenience of an iOS device. I've had trouble navigating through this app because I'm sitting on the side, but it's basically what you'd expect from a mobile version of Amazon.

I also stumbled upon **The App Store** (also known as "Halloween Melissa"), which is actually called Horror Story. It's a free download, and I've only watched the first episode. The acting is very cheesy, but I'm not really going to argue about that because one it's free, and two it's actually pretty creepy if you watch it with headphones on.

I also have **Drop Cam**, which is a security camera app that allows me to keep an eye on my cat while I'm away. My drop cam is currently turned off, but I can turn it on by using this little settings icon and turning the camera on. It's really convenient to use, and I love it.

I also have **Simple Cam**, which is another security camera app that allows me to view live feeds on both my iPad mini and my iPhone. This camera has a wide angle view, and I really enjoy it. I've uploaded my review on this about a month ago, and overall, it's an excellent camera.

Next up is **Flipa**, which is an iPhone-only app that allows you to sell and purchase established websites and domain names, as well as mobile apps. This app actually posted an article all about Flipa recently on Brand Rocket, so I'll link you guys to that below.

I also have a few games installed on my iPad Mini 3, including **Angry Birds**, **Transformers: Fingers**, **Kenny Crush Soda** (which I've yet to open), and **Free Fall** (which I've yet to open). I also play **Big Time**, which I'll be going into more detail about in a future video.

Finally, I have some other apps that I don't use as often, including my Apple folder. This folder contains all of Apple's apps that I usually don't open on a daily basis, such as my calendar, find my iPhone, iTunes Store, New Stand Game Center, iBooks, reminders, Maps, Facetime, videos, and Find My Friends.

Last but not least, I have my main dock, which are easily my most used apps. Down here we have **Mail** (which I actually use every single day), **Messages** (also known as iMessage), which is still not native for iOS 7 or iOS 8 so you still have that kind of fat oldish look if that makes sense but basically it's not flat, which kind of disappoints me. However, apparently a flat version of Tweetbot for the iPad is in the works.

To conclude, I've really enjoyed using my iPad Mini 3, and I think it's been worth paying for. Each app has its own unique features and uses, and I'm happy to have them all installed on my device.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys who are you David the Franco here from David the franco.com I have had my iPad Mini 3 for almost two months now but I have yet to give you a tour of what I use on my iPad Mini so that's exactly what today's video is all about but before I get into that let me just say this real quick I'm using my iPad Mini 3 much more as a productivity device than I ever did with my iPad Mini to or any previous iPads for that matter there's just something about it it's going gold with a white bezel has inspired me to try new things from using pixel Mater to iMessage to taking notes more often as simple as it sounds I really enjoy taking notes on my iPad Mini now and then picking up those notes on my Mac or my iPhone so I'm just throwing that out there I don't know if you guys care about that detail but I just really appreciate this device very much and it's my favorite purchase of this year and now with all that said enjoy the tour okay so jumping right into the tour of my iPad Mini 3 in Gold 16 GB Wi-Fi as you can see I have everything organized into just one page well because I'm just a very organized kind of person and I really don't like clutter all right so starting out with the first row of my iPad Mini we have Pandora which is my preferred music streaming service I would use Spotify but it's a little out of my price range right now especially considering how much I already enjoy Pandora with that said I am very interested in using Spotify Premium in the future next up is podcasts and I am a huge fan of podcasts the one I listen to most right now are Ask Gary ve social media marketing the serone show smart passive income and internet business Mastery this one I don't really listen to all that much what is it called this is your life and honestly I've kind of been meaning to get rid of it still though the podcast I'm listening to right now I absolutely enjoy very much next up is my photos app which actually I do use for productivity reasons here is my pixel Mater album with all of my pixel Mater exports of which I will share eventually but more recently I have my videos album this album is currently used exclusively for my count ony Christmas 2014 series and considering it's a front-facing camera on this iPad Mini I think the video quality is pretty great I mean it's not exactly 1080p video but hey 720p it's good enough for YouTube especially if you factor in compression next up is pixel Manor I swear by this app nowadays it is just an overall fantastic app and as you can see I've done quite a bit of work in it lately of which again I promise I will share with you guys in the near future next up is pad gram this is basically Instagram for the iPad now unfortunately there is no official Instagram client for the iPad available yet but I got to say padr does an excellent job it allows you to view your Instagram gallery and feed all within this nice tiled interface and it also lets you upload directly from the iPad and it's basically a featur rich app and I believe it is free so it's definitely worth checking out next up is YouTube I don't even need to open up YouTube you guys already know what that is so let's jump right into Netflix I am a proud Netflix addict I use it each and every day on my Apple TV and sometimes on my iPad Mini if I'm traveling and as you can see American Horror Story is right on the front page and yes I did just add it to my list so I will start watching that very soon but generally I use Netflix to watch movies but easily my favorite thing on Netflix is the office I am a huge huge huge fan of the office me tap season 3 from over here I'm just doing this from a side angle so it's not exactly easy to see but you guys get the point Netflix I love it I swear by it and I'm extremely happy with it and speaking of Netflix my next favorite streaming service at least in terms of video is HBO Go I am a huge fan of HBO Go and sometimes HBO GO has better movies than Netflix does but sometimes Netflix has better movies than HBO GO does honestly it's very fair and balanced and it's nice having the choice between both next up is my notes app which I will not open because that has Christmas gifts and all that stuff in it and just in case my family watches this I don't want to take the chance so let's move on to Wordpress honestly I don't use this app that much because I prefer to edit and compose blog posts and pages and all that good stuff using an actual computer yes the iPad is a computer but you guys get my drift however with that said it is nice having the convenience of accessing brand rockets and its posts and its pages and all its content through the use of my iPad Mini next up is quick litics which is basically Google analytics on iOS so I will not open that and bore you guys with the details but hey it's interesting to me and then we have file manager which I actually just installed this week primarily for the purpose of my ask me anything video because this is what automatically opens zip files via my email client now this app is free so it's a bit limited on features but it does allow me to organize my photos into albums and that's exactly what I want with my ask me anything series and I got to say it does a great job so going back to my home screen let's go into Amazon now if you don't know what Amazon is I'll be shocked which is why I'm not going to go into detail about this app but hey it's basically Amazon shopping through the convenience of an iOS device and I'm having trouble navigating here because I'm sitting on the side but you guys get the point it's Amazon it's all good stuff then there's the App Store I don't need to bother opening that this is called haunting Melissa actually turn this up a bit so you guys can get some audio this is basically a Horror Story on your iPad Mini now I've only watched the first episode episode two has been available for a while now I just haven't gotten around to watching it the acting is very cheesy but I'm not really going to argue that because one it's free and two it's actually pretty creepy if you watch this with headphones on so check it out again it's called haunting Melissa I downloaded it around Halloween time yes I realized it's basically Christmas but still eventually I will watch it so next up is drop cam my drop cam is currently turned off I believe but I can turn it on by using this little settings icon and turning the camera on it's really hard to do this from the side and give that a second to turn on and there you go my camera is now on bring that into full screen and this is currently sitting in my kitchen so this allows me to keep an eye on my cat hence the water bowl and the food bowl while I'm away for maybe a day or two at a time and it's very convenient I love it and speaking of security cameras closely simple cam now I uploaded my review on this about a month ago and I got to say overall it is an excellent camera just like the dropkin this camera is currently off so let's turn that on wait for that to pop up and well there you have it there is a nice wide angle View view of my living room and I really enjoy this camera especially considering I can view live feeds on both my iPad mini and my iPhone it's just very neat so next up is flipper which is an iPhone only app hence it not working in landscape if you guys don't know what flipa is it's basically a Marketplace that allows you to sell and purchase established websites and domain names and even mobile apps and actually I posted an article all about flipper recently on brand rocket so I'll link you guys to that right below next up is games honestly I don't use my iPad that often for games but I do have anger birds transformers M fingers which I have yet to even open Kenny Crush soda or whatever it's called and actually I've yet to open that either and the same exact goes for this Frozen game freef fall I think it's called and finally big time I've been playing that a lot lately I'm not going to go into detail right now but if all works out expect more details in a future video and now finally making it to my Apple folder this folder contains all of Apple's apps that I usually don't open on a daily basis such as my calendar find my iPhone iTunes Store New Stand Game Center iBooks reminders Maps Facetime videos find my friends photo booth contacts clock tips camera which actually is open every day I kind of just swipe up and open it from here which in my opinion is a lot quicker then we have music pages and finally airport utility for just you know working on my AirPort Extreme router and now finally last but not least my main dock these are easily my most used apps right down here we have mail messages which I actually use every single day on here now I'm not sure why I never used to use iMessage on my old iPad mini but now I am obsessed with using iMessage on my iPhone my iPad and my Mac it's just a great experience all around and extremely extremely convenient then we have Safari tweetbot which is still not native for iOS 7 or iOS 8 so you still have that kind of fat oldish look if that makes sense but basically it's not flat which kind of disappoints me but apparently a flat version of tweetbot for the iPad is in the works and then we have Facebook and then finally settings so guys that is it that is my iPad Mini 3 in Gold again 16 gab Wi-Fi I really hope you guys enjoyed this and of course as always if you have any questions or comments feel free to post them Below in the comments I am constantly reading your feedback so thank thank you guys so much for your support and I will see you in my next video peacehey guys who are you David the Franco here from David the franco.com I have had my iPad Mini 3 for almost two months now but I have yet to give you a tour of what I use on my iPad Mini so that's exactly what today's video is all about but before I get into that let me just say this real quick I'm using my iPad Mini 3 much more as a productivity device than I ever did with my iPad Mini to or any previous iPads for that matter there's just something about it it's going gold with a white bezel has inspired me to try new things from using pixel Mater to iMessage to taking notes more often as simple as it sounds I really enjoy taking notes on my iPad Mini now and then picking up those notes on my Mac or my iPhone so I'm just throwing that out there I don't know if you guys care about that detail but I just really appreciate this device very much and it's my favorite purchase of this year and now with all that said enjoy the tour okay so jumping right into the tour of my iPad Mini 3 in Gold 16 GB Wi-Fi as you can see I have everything organized into just one page well because I'm just a very organized kind of person and I really don't like clutter all right so starting out with the first row of my iPad Mini we have Pandora which is my preferred music streaming service I would use Spotify but it's a little out of my price range right now especially considering how much I already enjoy Pandora with that said I am very interested in using Spotify Premium in the future next up is podcasts and I am a huge fan of podcasts the one I listen to most right now are Ask Gary ve social media marketing the serone show smart passive income and internet business Mastery this one I don't really listen to all that much what is it called this is your life and honestly I've kind of been meaning to get rid of it still though the podcast I'm listening to right now I absolutely enjoy very much next up is my photos app which actually I do use for productivity reasons here is my pixel Mater album with all of my pixel Mater exports of which I will share eventually but more recently I have my videos album this album is currently used exclusively for my count ony Christmas 2014 series and considering it's a front-facing camera on this iPad Mini I think the video quality is pretty great I mean it's not exactly 1080p video but hey 720p it's good enough for YouTube especially if you factor in compression next up is pixel Manor I swear by this app nowadays it is just an overall fantastic app and as you can see I've done quite a bit of work in it lately of which again I promise I will share with you guys in the near future next up is pad gram this is basically Instagram for the iPad now unfortunately there is no official Instagram client for the iPad available yet but I got to say padr does an excellent job it allows you to view your Instagram gallery and feed all within this nice tiled interface and it also lets you upload directly from the iPad and it's basically a featur rich app and I believe it is free so it's definitely worth checking out next up is YouTube I don't even need to open up YouTube you guys already know what that is so let's jump right into Netflix I am a proud Netflix addict I use it each and every day on my Apple TV and sometimes on my iPad Mini if I'm traveling and as you can see American Horror Story is right on the front page and yes I did just add it to my list so I will start watching that very soon but generally I use Netflix to watch movies but easily my favorite thing on Netflix is the office I am a huge huge huge fan of the office me tap season 3 from over here I'm just doing this from a side angle so it's not exactly easy to see but you guys get the point Netflix I love it I swear by it and I'm extremely happy with it and speaking of Netflix my next favorite streaming service at least in terms of video is HBO Go I am a huge fan of HBO Go and sometimes HBO GO has better movies than Netflix does but sometimes Netflix has better movies than HBO GO does honestly it's very fair and balanced and it's nice having the choice between both next up is my notes app which I will not open because that has Christmas gifts and all that stuff in it and just in case my family watches this I don't want to take the chance so let's move on to Wordpress honestly I don't use this app that much because I prefer to edit and compose blog posts and pages and all that good stuff using an actual computer yes the iPad is a computer but you guys get my drift however with that said it is nice having the convenience of accessing brand rockets and its posts and its pages and all its content through the use of my iPad Mini next up is quick litics which is basically Google analytics on iOS so I will not open that and bore you guys with the details but hey it's interesting to me and then we have file manager which I actually just installed this week primarily for the purpose of my ask me anything video because this is what automatically opens zip files via my email client now this app is free so it's a bit limited on features but it does allow me to organize my photos into albums and that's exactly what I want with my ask me anything series and I got to say it does a great job so going back to my home screen let's go into Amazon now if you don't know what Amazon is I'll be shocked which is why I'm not going to go into detail about this app but hey it's basically Amazon shopping through the convenience of an iOS device and I'm having trouble navigating here because I'm sitting on the side but you guys get the point it's Amazon it's all good stuff then there's the App Store I don't need to bother opening that this is called haunting Melissa actually turn this up a bit so you guys can get some audio this is basically a Horror Story on your iPad Mini now I've only watched the first episode episode two has been available for a while now I just haven't gotten around to watching it the acting is very cheesy but I'm not really going to argue that because one it's free and two it's actually pretty creepy if you watch this with headphones on so check it out again it's called haunting Melissa I downloaded it around Halloween time yes I realized it's basically Christmas but still eventually I will watch it so next up is drop cam my drop cam is currently turned off I believe but I can turn it on by using this little settings icon and turning the camera on it's really hard to do this from the side and give that a second to turn on and there you go my camera is now on bring that into full screen and this is currently sitting in my kitchen so this allows me to keep an eye on my cat hence the water bowl and the food bowl while I'm away for maybe a day or two at a time and it's very convenient I love it and speaking of security cameras closely simple cam now I uploaded my review on this about a month ago and I got to say overall it is an excellent camera just like the dropkin this camera is currently off so let's turn that on wait for that to pop up and well there you have it there is a nice wide angle View view of my living room and I really enjoy this camera especially considering I can view live feeds on both my iPad mini and my iPhone it's just very neat so next up is flipper which is an iPhone only app hence it not working in landscape if you guys don't know what flipa is it's basically a Marketplace that allows you to sell and purchase established websites and domain names and even mobile apps and actually I posted an article all about flipper recently on brand rocket so I'll link you guys to that right below next up is games honestly I don't use my iPad that often for games but I do have anger birds transformers M fingers which I have yet to even open Kenny Crush soda or whatever it's called and actually I've yet to open that either and the same exact goes for this Frozen game freef fall I think it's called and finally big time I've been playing that a lot lately I'm not going to go into detail right now but if all works out expect more details in a future video and now finally making it to my Apple folder this folder contains all of Apple's apps that I usually don't open on a daily basis such as my calendar find my iPhone iTunes Store New Stand Game Center iBooks reminders Maps Facetime videos find my friends photo booth contacts clock tips camera which actually is open every day I kind of just swipe up and open it from here which in my opinion is a lot quicker then we have music pages and finally airport utility for just you know working on my AirPort Extreme router and now finally last but not least my main dock these are easily my most used apps right down here we have mail messages which I actually use every single day on here now I'm not sure why I never used to use iMessage on my old iPad mini but now I am obsessed with using iMessage on my iPhone my iPad and my Mac it's just a great experience all around and extremely extremely convenient then we have Safari tweetbot which is still not native for iOS 7 or iOS 8 so you still have that kind of fat oldish look if that makes sense but basically it's not flat which kind of disappoints me but apparently a flat version of tweetbot for the iPad is in the works and then we have Facebook and then finally settings so guys that is it that is my iPad Mini 3 in Gold again 16 gab Wi-Fi I really hope you guys enjoyed this and of course as always if you have any questions or comments feel free to post them Below in the comments I am constantly reading your feedback so thank thank you guys so much for your support and I will see you in my next video peace\n"