Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies

by Dan Gookin

Overview

Welcome to the Galaxy

Popular for both work and play, Android tablets fill a useful niche between smartphone and computer. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab kicks it up a notch, offering both hardware and software technology beyond its competitors. Samsung enhances the basics—web, email, eReader, navigation, music, video, camera—and offers unique tools such as the Bixby assistant and the high-tech S-Pen. Coupled with an envious design, Galaxy Tab is a formidable contender to other devices, offering features you won’t find anywhere else. 

Samsung Galaxy Tab For Dummies helps you take full advantage of everything this sweet device has to offer. Whether you’re looking to keep in touch with friends and family on social media, want a portable way to stay connected to your work, or desire to read the latest potboiler or catch-up with the latest streaming TV drama, the Galaxy Tab makes it possible—and this book shows you how.  

• Set up and start using your new tablet
• Connect with email, video chat, and explore social media
• Play games, enjoy music, watch movies and streaming TV
• Browse digital magazines and enjoy ebooks 

A whole new galaxy awaits! Get ready to soak it all in! 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119466581
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/04/2019
Series:	For Dummies Books
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Dan Gookin combined his love of writing with his gizmo fascination nearly 30 years ago to produce more than 160 informative, entertaining books demystifying technology. Perhaps his most famous is DOS For Dummies, published in 1991, which became the world's fastest-selling computer book and launched the entire For Dummies franchise.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1: A Galaxy at Your Fingertips 5

Chapter 1: Tab Orientation 7

Chapter 2: The On-and-Off Chapter 17

Chapter 3: Galactic Procedures 27

Chapter 4: Text to Type and Edit 41

Chapter 5: Tab Toys and Peripherals 53

Part 2: Tab Communications 61

Chapter 6: All Your Friends in the Galaxy 63

Chapter 7: Mail of the Electronic Kind 73

Chapter 8: Text, Video, and Voice Chat 83

Chapter 9: Web Browsing 91

Chapter 10: Social Networking 101

Part 3: Everything in the Galaxy 109

Chapter 11: From Here to There 111

Chapter 12: It’s a Big, Flat Camera 123

Chapter 13: All the Photos in Your Galaxy 131

Chapter 14: Music Everywhere 143

Chapter 15: What Else Does It Do? 153

Chapter 16: The Google Play Store 167

Part 4: Nuts and Bolts 177

Chapter 17: It’s a Wireless Life 179

Chapter 18: Connect, Share, and Store 187

Chapter 19: Apps and Widgets 199

Chapter 20: Customize Your Tab 211

Chapter 21: Galactic Security 219

Chapter 22: Taking the Tab with You 231

Chapter 23: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 237

Part 5: The Part of Tens 247

Chapter 24: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts 249

Chapter 25: Ten Things to Remember 257

Index 263