Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies

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!

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

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.

• Set up and start using your new tablet
• Use email and send text messages to stay in touch
• Play games, watch movies, and read books

Enter the Galaxy and fall in love

The Galaxy Tab is an amazing gizmo. Part smartphone, part computer, and all remarkable, your Samsung Galaxy Tab is loaded with cool new features like the DeX desktop and a high-tech S-pen. Add navigation, music, video, and camera capabilities and you have just about everything your heart desires. And this book is your guide to the Galaxy! Learn to network your tablet, add apps and widgets, navigate with Maps, chat with Skype, and take your communication, entertainment, work, and play to a stellar level.

Inside...

• Galaxy set-up and navigation
• Creating and editing text
• Managing contacts and email
• Placing a phone call with Hangouts™
• Your social (media) life
• Finding your way
• Shooting photos and videos
• Keeping your Tab secure