Your iPad is a device that can do many of the same functions as your computer
. It has enough features that it can almost replace a laptop and is a bit easier to carry around with you since it's light weight. Sometimes the iPad has problems with getting email. Find out what you can do that will help you with this issue if it's happening on your device.
First, make sure that you have an active internet connection. At times, your email might not work simple because there is no internet. Check your 3g connection if you have one or your wifi. The best way to do this is to open your browser and search for something seeing if the connective is active.
Be sure that you set your email up properly for the device. There is quite a bit of information that needs to be correct else your email won't download to your iPad.
One of the most common mistakes is typing in the password wrong. This is something that should be done each time you check your email. If the password is wrong, which it often is, you can't get your email. Try again carefully checking the password to be sure it's right.
Do you have the right incoming mail server? This is something that your email service should provide you. Some use a standard version of "mail" as the subdomain while others do not.
Do you have the right SMTP mail server on the device? Many times this is going to be different than the incoming mail server address. You can't use both in both places.
You need to test your email settings on a different device to be sure that it's not an issue with the settings versus it being your iPad. You could have the wrong information, your host could be down, or your email might not let you check for mail this was as it's not set up like this.