: If you purchased an iPad with a cellular connection and plan on using it to browse the internet, you need to sign up for a data plan. You can do so by launching the Settings app and tapping Cellular Data.

: If you didn't restore from an iOS backup, you won't have any music, video, podcasts, photos, or books on your iPad. You can remedy that by connecting to your iTunes library: Just plug your device into your computer via its included USB cable. (Once you've completed this initial sync, you can also set up wireless local syncing; for more information.)

: Your iPad comes with a bunch of cool built-in apps, but you may want to reach to third-party programs for more interesting fare. The App Store, which you can access on your device or via iTunes on your computer, features more than 200,000 downloadable apps customized for your iPad, and more than 350,000 other apps meant to run on an iPhone but that can work on your iPad, too.

To explore the store on your iPad, tap the blue App Store icon on your home screen. The store is divided into six sections: Featured (Apple's special picks), Genius (personalized recommendations), Categories (all iPad apps, sorted by label), Top 25 (the top-purchased and downloaded iPad apps), Purchased (all apps you've bought with your Apple ID), and Updates (any third-party updates and patches will show up here for you to download). Featured and Top 25 are both great places to start looking for recommended apps, and you can search the entire App Store by tapping on the Search tab.

Don't forget to download , Apple's ebook reader, either. You can do so by going to the App Store and searching for "iBooks."