Nexus tablets for dummies / by Dan Gookin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gookin, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Androids.

Smartphones.

Tablet computers.

Android (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]

Summary:

Leverage the power of Google's revolutionary Nexus tablet with help from Dan Gookin and For Dummies Google's Nexus tablet is gaining market share at a rapid rate and offers a fantastic feature set at a price that is sure to please gamers, movie-watchers, e-book fans, and casual tablet users alike. Legendary For Dummies author Dan Gookin reviews all your tablet's features in this friendly guide, showing you just how to take advantage of the Nexus tablet you know and love. From using the built-in web browser to buying and downloading e-books, watching streaming vide

Contents:

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: Getting Started with Nexus Tablets; Chapter 1: Behold the Nexus; Nexus 7 Setup; Know Your Gizmo; It's a Turn-On; It's a Turn-Off; Where to Keep Your Nexus 7; Chapter 2: How It Works; Basic Operations; There's No Place Like Home Screen; Common Activities; Chapter 3: Text Typing and Editing; The Old Hunt-and-Peck; Text Editing; Voice Input; Part II: Keep in Touch; Chapter 4: Your Friends

Meet the PeopleEven More Friends; Manage Your Friends; Chapter 5: Messages of the Electronic Kind; Tablet E-Mail; You've Got E-Mail; A Message That You Create; E-Mail Configuration; Chapter 6: On the Web; Nexus 7 Web Browsing; The Art of Downloading; Chrome Controls and Settings; Chapter 7: Your Digital Social Life; Google Wants You to Use Google+; Your Life on Facebook; The Tweet Life; Even More Social Networking; Chapter 8: Text Chat, Video Chat, and Phone Calls; Let's Hang Out; Connect to the World with Skype; Part III: But Wait - There's More!; Chapter 9: There's a Map for That

A Map That Needs No FoldingFind Things; Nexus 7 the Navigator; Chapter 10: Picture This; Behold the Camera App; Where Pictures Lurk; Image Management; Chapter 11: Name That Tune; Listen Here; Add Some Music to Your Life; Organize Your Music; Music from the Stream; Chapter 12: Amazing Feats; It's a Clock; It's a Large Calculator; It's a Calendar; It's a Game Machine; It's an eBook Reader; It's Google Now; It's Your Video Entertainment; Chapter 13: More Apps at the Play Store; Welcome to the Play Store; App Management; Part IV: Nuts and Bolts; Chapter 14: To Be Wireless

Wireless Networking WizardryThe Bluetooth Experience; Android Beam It to Me; Chapter 15: Connect and Share; The USB Connection; Files Back and Forth; Chapter 16: On the Road; You Can Take It with You; The Nexus 7 Travels Abroad; Chapter 17: Customize Your Nexus Tablet; Home Screen Decorating; Nexus Security; Various Adjustments; Chapter 18: Maintenance and Troubleshooting; The Maintenance Chore; Battery Care and Feeding; Help and Troubleshooting; Valuable Nexus 7 Q&A; Part V: The Part of Tens; Chapter 19: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts; Widgets on the Lock Screen

Summon a Recently Opened AppFriendly Friend Buttons; Add a Contact Widget; Watch the Tablet Dream; Add Settings Shortcut Widgets; Add Spice to Dictation; Enter Location Information for Your Events; Use the Task Manager; Check Your Data Usage; Chapter 20: Ten Things to Remember; Use Dictation; Landscape Orientation; Orientation Lock; Use the Keyboard Suggestions; Things That Consume Lots of Battery Juice; Use a Docking Stand; Make Phone Calls; Mind Your Schedule; Snap a Pic of That Contact; The Search Command; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 29, 2013).

ISBN:

1-118-77245-8

OCLC:

862610333