The iPod app lets you choose one or more songs and play them on your iPad. When playing a song, you have three options:
Full screen mode Displays album art on the screen.
Browsing mode Displays album art as a thumbnail image while letting you browse in the iPod app.
Background mode Plays audio in the background while you run another app such as Safari or Contacts.
To see how to switch the iPod app into different modes, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap iPod. The iPod screen appears.
Tap Music in the Library category in the left pane of the iPod window. A complete listing of your songs appears in the right pane.
Tap on a song that you want to hear. The Full screen mode appears, displaying the album art that the song came from.
Tap the screen. Controls appear at the top and bottom of the screen as shown in Figure 23-1.
Tap Return in the lower left. The album art of the currently playing song shrinks to a thumbnail image in the bottom-left corner of the screen, as shown in Figure 23-2. This is the Browsing mode, which lets you browse through the iPod app.
Press the Home button. The Home screen appears while your song continues playing in the background.
Press the Home button twice. A miniature iPod window appears (Background mode), letting you rewind, pause, play, or fast forward as shown in Figure 23-3.
Tap iPod to return to the iPod screen (or tap Close to stay in your current app and leave the music playing in the background). Eventually you'll need to tap the Pause button to stop playing your music.
