JETech iPad Mini 3 Case

First we went to the Apple store on one of our morning walks at Tyson’s Corner Mall. I wanted to replace my husband’s very old iPad mini 3 cover because it was shredded and not even holding the device in the case any more - so much so that the iPad fell out and the corner was dented. But when I checked on line at the Apple store I couldn’t figure out if the cases they had would fit the old mini 3 - hence, the reason for the visit. And I was right - the cases they had were suited only for the latest models. Since we needed a couple of items anyway, I checked Amazon to see what they might have. I found a similar case from JETech made for this model. And it was really cheap compared to any apple case. When it arrived I was happy to finally replace the old beat up cover. The case looked the same, but obviously it was not the same. It was much lighter and flimsier, but does the job. Until my husband decides to replace his current mini, this is good enough to get him through for at least a little while longer. 

iPad Fixed by Burping It!

We have several Apple devices in our house. It started with a basic IPhone many years back, then blossomed with the first iPad back in 2010, a second and third iPad (primarily used for my digital artwork), then an iPad mini for my husband, and several iPhones since. My current phone is an 8Plus and my husband got my old 6Plus. Along the way we have gifted a few iPads as far away as England and France. I’m pretty familiar with troubleshooting the devices, but we were stumped with my husband’s iPad mini. He uses it constantly for reading, solitaire, and surfing. It’s also been dropped several times. Lately it’s been locking up where he has needed to hard reset it several times during the day. The issue wasn’t storage, and it was becoming irritating. We deleted a lot of junk from his device anyway. It was getting to the point where I thought we may have to take a trip to the Apple store to see if they could figure it out or we would need to purchase a new device. So on the sly my husband searched for alternate troubleshooting options and came across “burping” the iPad. I thought he was kidding - but he wasn’t. He said he wrapped the iPad face down in a towel, layed it on his lap and tapped on it clockwise for at least a minute covering the entire backside. That was two days ago. Since that time he has had no problem with his device acting up whereas before he was messing with it at least 2-3 times per day. It must be something mechanical that suddenly fell back in to place or just plain luck. For whatever reason my husband seems to be able to figure out whatever isn’t working. This approach was quite unexpected, but definitely worth trying. 

LIT Digital Art Zazzle Store - Sold IPad Mini Cover

I set up a Zazzle shop in 2013 or so. It's an opportunity to post my digital art, and if anyone is interested, they can purchase the images on a huge variety of products. That's what makes digital art so much fun - the options are limitless apart form the traditional mat and frame. For quite some time I have not been able to add new images to the shop and have been too lazy to call and get it fixed. So I am tickled pink when I receive an email saying someone has purchased one of my images. This time it was of the Sussex spaniel on an iPad mini cover and the buyer was from France. Since most of my work is custom pet portraits through Etsy, it always amazes me that these shops have such a reach to customers all over the world. Other purchases were from the UK, and Germany, along with places in the US. But what thrills me the most is that there are literally millions of images to sort through on this site, and even if a handful of people like mine so much to purchase an image, I am so pleased! So that reminds me that I really need to get this website working for me again so I can upload the most recent digital works - and there are a lot of them! Thanks for looking! 

iPad Mini 3

My husband inherited my original iPad when I got the iPad 2. I also have an iPad air 2 for all my digital art work, and I use my back up iPad for a lot of other digital art stuff. Lately he has been mentioning the fact that his iPad is really slow, and he can't watch YouTube, among other things. He primarily uses his for the Internet and reading books and magazines, and accessing our home email. Yesterday we talked about having another option for him that could also provide additional service if it was ever needed. So today we went to the apple store and got him a iPad mini 3 with cellular. Since none of our iPads has the cellular option, we thought it would be good to have not only a smaller device that I could carry in my purse, but also have Internet access if we are traveling and away from our wifi. The easy part was purchasing the device and setting it up in the store. The time consuming part is getting everything else set up with all the required passwords and back to a state where his old one was. Of course not everything goes completely smooth, but the essential stuff is there and the rest can be addressed as we see the need. Now we are the proud owners of four iPads, two working phones, and two laptops. I have to admit that the mini feels better than the iPad in the hand because of it's size and I'm sure has a lot of nice features. So my husband should hang on to his original iPad in case I get any ideas. I love gadgets - now we have another one. How about that iPhone 6?