Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 For Dummies E-Book

Dan Gookin

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

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Beschreibung

A full-color reference for getting the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1! A vast improvement over the original Galaxy Tab, the 10.1 uses the latest version of the Android operating system and is a 4G LTE mobile device. These upgrades--along with many others, including the better screen quality, better web browsing with Flash, and better multitasking capabilities--are all covered in this fun and friendly guide to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Everything from how-to topics to the most useful features to helpful tricks and techniques, this practical guide shows you how to get the most out of this cutting-edge device. * Details how the Galaxy Tab 10.1 goes one step further than the iPad with phone communications plus video chat and conferencing * Explains in detail how to find your way around the Galaxy Tab 10.1 * Covers e-mailing, web browsing, using the digital library, connecting with friends in the galaxy, taking photos with the camera, and enjoying music * Highlights how to customize your Galaxy Tab 10.1 so that it's right for your needs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 For Dummies is must-have reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the basics and explore another galaxy of tablet computing!

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Samsung Galaxy Tab® 10.1 For Dummies®

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About the Author

Dan Gookin has been writing about technology for over 20 years. He combines his love of writing with his gizmo fascination to create books that are informative, entertaining, and not boring. Having written more than 120 titles with millions of copies in print translated into over 30 languages, Dan can attest that his method of crafting computer tomes seems to work.

Perhaps his most famous title is the original DOS For Dummies, published in 1991. It became the world’s fastest-selling computer book, at one time moving more copies per week than the New York Times #1 bestseller (though as a reference, it could not be listed on the NYT Bestseller list). From that book spawned the entire line of For Dummies books, which remains a publishing phenomenon to this day.

Dan’s most popular titles include PCs For Dummies, Droid X For Dummies, Word For Dummies, and Laptops For Dummies. He also maintains the vast and helpful website, www.wambooli.com.

Dan holds a degree in Communications/Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Presently, he lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he enjoys spending time with his sons playing video games inside while they watch the gentle woods of Idaho.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

How to Use This Book

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: The Galaxy in Your Hands

Part II: The Communications Tab

Part III: The Everything Tab

Part IV: Nuts & Bolts

Part V: The Part of Tens

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: The Galaxy in Your Hands

Chapter 1: Welcome to Tablet Land

Set Up Your Galaxy Tab

Opening the box

Charging the battery

Know Your Way around the Galaxy

Finding things on the Tab

Removing and inserting the MicroSD card

Getting optional accessories

Where to Keep Your Tab

Making a home for the Tab

Taking the Galaxy Tab with you

Chapter 2: Galaxy Tab On and Off

Hello, Tab

Turning on your Galaxy Tab (for the first time)

Turning on your Galaxy Tab

Working the various lock screens

Unlocking the Tab

Account Creation and Configuration

Setting up a Google account

Attaching your Google account to the Galaxy Tab

Goodbye, Tab

Locking the Tab

Controlling the lock timeout

Turning off the Galaxy Tab

Chapter 3: Find Your Way around the Galaxy

Basic Operations

Touching the touchscreen

Changing the orientation

Controlling the volume

Behold the Home Screen

Touring the Home screen

Accessing multiple Home screens

Using the icon buttons

Home Screen Chores

Starting an app

Accessing a widget

Reviewing notifications

Making Quick Settings

Popping up the Mini-Apps

Visiting the Apps Menu

Reviewing recent apps

Taking a screen cap

Chapter 4: Typing and Text on the Tab

The Old Hunt-and-Peck

Using the onscreen keyboard

Accessing other symbols

Typing duties

Using predictive text

Text Editing

Moving the cursor

Selecting text

Selecting text on a web page

Cutting, copying, and pasting

Galaxy Tab Dictation

Activating voice input on the keyboard

Using voice input

Uttering s**** words

Part II: The Communications Tab

Chapter 5: You Have Friends

Meet the Contacts App

Using the Contacts app

Sorting your contacts

Searching contacts

All Your Friends in the Galaxy Tab

Adding contacts

Editing a contact

Manage Your Friends

Joining identical contacts

Separating contacts

Removing a contact

Chapter 6: Mail of the Electronic Kind

Galactic E-Mail

Setting up an Email account

Adding even more e-mail accounts

You’ve Got E-Mail

Getting a new message

Checking the inbox

Reading an e-mail message

Write That Message

Composing a new message

Sending e-mail to a contact

Message Attachments

Dealing with attachments

Sending an attachment

E-Mail Configuration

Creating a signature

Configuring the manual delete option

Setting the primary e-mail account

Chapter 7: Tablet Web Browsing

Mobile Web Browsing

Viewing the web

Visiting a web page

Browsing back and forth

Using bookmarks

Managing web pages in multiple tabs

Searching the web

Sharing a page

Saving a web page

The Art of Downloading

Grabbing an image from a web page

Downloading a file

Reviewing your downloads

Browser Controls and Settings

Setting a home page

Changing the way the web looks

Setting privacy and security options

Chapter 8: The Digital Social Life

In Your Facebook

Setting up your Facebook account

Getting the Facebook app

Running Facebook on your Galaxy Tab

Setting your status

Uploading a picture to Facebook

Configuring the Facebook app

Tweet Suite

Setting up Twitter

Tweeting

Even More Social Networking

Chapter 9: Phone Calls and Video Chat

Google Can Talk and Look and Listen

Using Google Talk

Getting friends on Google Talk

Typing at your friends

Talking and video chat

Connect to the World with Skype

Obtaining a Skype account

Getting Skype for the Galaxy Tab

Managing your Skype status

Building your Skype Contacts list

Chatting with another Skype user

Speaking on Skype (voice chat)

Seeing on Skype (video call)

Making a Skype phone call

Part III: The Everything Tab

Chapter 10: Getting from Here to There

There’s a Map for That

Using the Maps app

Adding layers

It Knows Where You Are

Finding out where you are

Helping others find your location

Find Things

Looking for a specific address

Finding a business, restaurant, or point of interest

Making a favorite place

Locating a contact

The Galaxy Tab Is Your Copilot

Getting directions

Navigating to your destination

Adding a navigation widget to the Home screen

Where Are Your Friends?

Chapter 11: It’s a Big, Flat Camera

The Galaxy Tab Camera

Snapping a pic

Deleting an image immediately after you take it

Setting the flash

Changing the resolution

Doing a self-portrait

Taking a panoramic shot

Setting the image’s location

Adjusting the camera

Live from Your Galaxy Tab, It’s Video!

Recording video

Setting video quality

Shedding some light on your subject

Shooting yourself

Uploading and sharing video

Chapter 12: Galaxy Gallery

Where Your Pictures Lurk

Visiting the Gallery

Looking at an album

Viewing a picture or video

Finding out where you took a picture

Assigning an image to a contact

Setting an image as wallpaper

Edit and Manage the Gallery

Cropping an image

Deleting pictures and videos

Rotating pictures

Selecting multiple pictures and videos

Set Your Pics and Vids Free

Accessing your Picasa account

Printing your pictures

Posting your video to YouTube

Sharing with the Share menu

Chapter 13: The Galaxy Is Alive with the Sound of Music

Your Hit Parade

Browsing your Music library

Playing a tune

Being the life of the party

Add Some Music to Your Life

Borrowing music from your computer

Buying music at the Google Play Store

Organize Your Music

Reviewing your playlists

Creating your own playlists

Removing unwanted music

Soap, No Soap, Galaxy Radio

Chapter 14: Your Digital Library

Why Don’t You Read It on the Road?

Google Does Books

Using the Play Books app

Reading a Play Books eBook

Buying books

The Kindle eBook Reader

Obtaining the Kindle app

Getting some Kindle reading material

Reading on your Galaxy Tab

Chapter 15: What Else Does It Do?

It’s an Alarm Clock

It’s a Very Big Calculator

It’s a Calendar

Browsing your schedule

Reviewing appointments

Creating a new event

It’s Your Video Entertainment

Enjoying YouTube

Buying and renting movies

Making your own movies

It’s Your Game Machine

Chapter 16: A Galaxy of Apps

Welcome to the Play Store

Browsing the Google Play Store

Getting a free app

Buying an app

App Management 101

Reviewing your apps

Sharing an app

Updating an app

Removing downloaded apps

Part IV: Nuts & Bolts

Chapter 17: It’s a Wireless Life

Wireless Networking Wizardry

Using the cellular data network

Understanding Wi-Fi

Activating and deactivating Wi-Fi

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network

A Connection Shared

Creating a mobile hotspot

Sharing the Internet via tethering

The Bluetooth Experience

Understanding Bluetooth

Activating Bluetooth

Connecting to a Bluetooth device

Printing to a Bluetooth printer

Chapter 18: Connect and Share

The USB Connection

Connecting the Galaxy Tab to your PC

Dealing with the USB connection

Disconnecting the Tab from your computer

Files from Here, Files to There

Transferring files to the Galaxy Tab

Copying files to your computer

Using Bluetooth to copy a file

Synchronize with doubleTwist

The Galaxy Tab’s Storage

Reviewing storage stats

Managing files

The HDMI Connection

Chapter 19: Taking Your Tab with You

Before You Go

Galaxy Tab Travel Tips

Into the Wild Blue Yonder

The Galaxy Tab Goes Abroad

Traveling overseas with the Tab

Disabling data roaming

Chapter 20: Customize Your Galaxy Tab

Home Screen Decorating

Hanging new wallpaper

Adding apps to the Home screen

Slapping down widgets

Moving and removing icons and widgets

Managing Home screen pages

Lock Your Galaxy Tab

Finding the locks

Removing a lock

Creating an unlock pattern

Setting a PIN

Assigning a password

Various Galaxy Tab Adjustments

Singing a different tune

Changing visual settings

Chapter 21: Galaxy Tab Health, Happiness, and Maintenance

Regular Galactic Maintenance

Keeping it clean

Backing up your stuff

Updating the system

Battery Care and Feeding

Monitoring the battery

Determining what is sucking up power

Extending battery life

Help and Troubleshooting

Fixing random and annoying problems

Getting support

Valuable Galaxy Tab Q&A

“I can’t turn the Tab on (or off)!”

“The touchscreen doesn’t work!”

“The battery doesn’t charge!”

“The Tab gets so hot that it turns itself off!”

“The Tab doesn’t do Landscape mode!”

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 22: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Discover Which Way Is Up

Summon a Recently Opened App

Stop Unneeded Services

Add Settings Shortcuts to the Home Screen

Add Spice to Dictation

Command the Tab with Your Voice

Create a Contact Screen Shortcut

Find Your Lost Galaxy Tab

Enter Location Information for Your Events

Disable 4G LTE Service

Chapter 23: Ten Things to Remember

Use Dictation

Portrait Orientation

Orientation Lock

Use the Keyboard Suggestions

Things That Consume Lots of Battery Juice

Use a Docking Stand

The Galaxy Tab Can Make Phone Calls

Keep Up with Your Schedule

Snap a Pic of That Contact

The Search Command

Chapter 24: Ten Great Apps

AK Notepad

Angry Birds

Gesture Search

Google Finance

Google Sky Map

Movies

SportsTap

TuneIn Radio

Voice Recorder

Zedge

Cheat Sheet

Introduction

It’s not a cell phone. It’s not a computer. It’s the latest craze: the tablet. It exists somewhere between the traditional computer and the newfangled smart phone. That makes the tablet kind of an oddball, but quite a popular oddball.