Apple stopped supporting the original iPad in 2011, but if you still have one, it's not completely useless. It can still perform many of the everyday tasks you'd normally do with a laptop or desktop PC. Here are a few uses for your first-generation iPad.
Can you use the first iPad in 2022?
The modern couch potato doesn’t just sit in front of the box, mindlessly watching something on TV. Multitasking is commonplace: surfing the web, checking Facebook, or even live-tweeting commentary on the pilot of a new TV show. And let’s not forget looking up that familiar face on IMDB. Your old first-generation iPad can handle all of this with relative ease, although not as fast as current-generation devices.
The iPad has always been a great e-reader. You can use the Kindle app to read e-books you buy from Amazon. Barnes & Noble, Google, and others also have iOS apps. While not as light as the iPad Mini, the original iPad still serves as a capable tablet and bedside reader.
Most people don’t like taking expensive electronics on vacation, but they also don’t like relying on a phone’s smaller screen as their only digital output. The original iPad still plays movies just fine, and is more than adequate for searching the web and staying connected. And if you leave it behind or it gets stolen, it won’t hurt as much as losing your brand-new iPad.
