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Android tablets for dummies
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Make your Android do your bidding with help from bestselling author Dan Gookin Congratulations on your new Android tablet! Whether you're new to Android or new to tablets altogether, you're about t...
Make your Android do your bidding with help from bestselling author Dan Gookin Congratulations on your new Android tablet! Whether you're new to Android or new to tablets altogether, you're about to experience mobile computing like never before with this fun, full-color guide. Written in the trademark For Dummies style, this light-hearted reference takes a look at those features common to all Android tablets and all the amazing things your Android tablet can do for you. Longtime For Dummies author Dan Gookin walks you through setting up your tablet, navigating the inte
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- Creator
- Dan Gookin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014
- ©2014
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- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781118874196, 1118874196, 1118874013
- OCLC
- ocn881183848
- Includes index.
- English
- Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: The Android Tablet Thing; Chapter 1: That Out-of-the-Box Experience; Initial Procedures; Tablet Exploration; Optional Accessories; Where to Keep Your Tablet; Chapter 2: Android Tablet On and Off; Greetings, Android Tablet; Account Creation and Configuration; The End of Your Android Tablet Day; Chapter 3: How Android Tablets Work; Basic Operations; There's No Place Like Home Screen
- The World of AppsChapter 4: Creating and Editing Text; Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing; Hunt and Peck and Swipe; Android Tablet Dictation; Text Editing; Part II: Stay in Touch; Chapter 5: All Your Friends; The Tablet's Address Book; Even More Friends; Manage Your Friends; Chapter 6: You've Got E-Mail; Android Tablet E-Mail; Message for You!; Write a New E-Mail Message; Message Attachments; E-Mail Configuration; Chapter 7: Tablet Web Browsing; The Web on Your Tablet; The Art of Downloading; Web Browser Controls and Settings; Chapter 8: Digital Social Life; Your Life on Facebook
- The Tweet LifeEven More Social Networking; Chapter 9: Text Chat, Video Chat, and Phone Calls; Can We Hangout?; Connect to the World with Skype; Part III: Omni Tablet; Chapter 10: There's a Map for That; A Map That Needs No Folding; It Knows Where You Are; Find Things; Android the Navigator; The Whole Google Earth; Chapter 11: Everyone Say "Cheese!"; Android Tablet Camera 101; Camera Settings and Options; Chapter 12: Image Management and Madness; Where Your Pictures Lurk; Edit and Manage the Gallery; Set Your Pictures and Videos Free; Chapter 13: Music, Music, Music; Listen Here
- Add Some Music to Your LifeOrganize Your Music; Music from the Stream; Chapter 14: Amazing Tablet Feats; Clock; Calculator; Calendar; Game Machine; Google Now; E-Book Reader; Video Entertainment; Chapter 15: More Apps; Hello, Google Play Store; App Management; Part IV: Nuts and Bolts; Chapter 16: It's a Wireless Life; The Wonderful World of Wireless; Share the Cellular Connection; The Bluetooth World; Android, Beam It to Me; Chapter 17: Connect, Share, and Store; The USB Connection; Files Back and Forth; Android Tablet Storage; The HDMI Connection; Chapter 18: On the Road
- You Can Take It with YouThe Android Tablet Goes Abroad; Chapter 19: Customize Your Android Tablet; Home Screen Decorating; Android Tablet Security; Various Adjustments; Chapter 20: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help; The Maintenance Chore; Battery Care and Feeding; Help and Troubleshooting; Valuable Tablet Q&A; Part V: The Part of Tens; Chapter 21: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts; Quickly Switch Apps; Add Lock Screen Widgets; Choose Default Apps; Avoid Data Surcharges; Make the Tablet Dream; Add Spice to Dictation; Add a Word to the Dictionary; Employ Some Useful Widgets; Add Another User
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