Android tablets for dummies - Dan Gookin

Learn to:

• Navigate the touchscreen, surf the web, and manage email


• Read ebooks, play games and music, and watch videos


• Update your social media sites and use the builtin camera

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Welcome, Android! Heres Dan Gookins guide to making the most of your terrific tablet

Remember all those science fiction movies about how one day, youd have a robot to assist you? Well, its not a robot
its an Android. And with Dan Gookins helpful advice, you can train it to do your bidding. Learn how to talk to it, use the navigation system, text, send email, take photos, video chat, create and print documents, and much more.

• A tasty tablet
  find out whether yours is the Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean operating system and how to set it up


• Its touching
  use the touchscreen to tap apps, type text, browse the web, check your email, and update your social media


• Can we talk?
  explore Google Talk, set up a Skype account, and video chat with friends anywhere


• All the things it is
  locate businesses, take photos and video, manage your pictures, play music, enjoy a game, and update your calendar


• Hit the road
  learn how to prepare your tablet for travel, protect it, and secure your data on the go

Open the book and find:

• How and why to set up a Google account


• Why your tablet needs a home


• Tips for using the address book


• Web browsing advice


• How your tablet can tell you where you are


• WiFi and cellular pros and cons


• Ways to keep your Android tablet happy


• How to use your tablet for phone calls and video chats


• Solutions to common problems


• Ten fantastic free apps