Working with Your Xoom's Home Screens
Whatever you do with your Motorola Xoom, you always start at the screen you see when you first turn it on. Your Xoom's main screen is called the home screen, shown in the following figure. [more…]
Navigating the Xoom's Navigation Buttons
You'll become well acquainted with your Motorola Xoom screen's bottom-left corner, as it contains the buttons you'll touch most often. Here they are, from left to right: [more…]
Controlling Your Xoom's Touchscreen
Although you can plug a USB keyboard or mouse into your Xoom's micro-USB port using a special adapter, you control your Xoom mostly by touching its screen in different ways. [more…]
Password Protecting Your Xoom
You might store all sorts of personal information and images on your Motorola Xoom, and until you add a password to it, anybody can pick it up and start snooping. Be sure to password protect your Xoom [more…]
Handy Tips for Using Your Xoom
Your Motorola Xoom gives you a large screen on which to display all your books, magazines, newspapers, movies, and digital photos. Here are a few things that can keep you working — and playing — on your [more…]
For Seniors: Reasons to Own a Laptop, Netbook, or Tablet
Should you purchase a laptop, netbook, or tablet? As a senior, you may have already thought of reasons to buy, such as e-mailing friends or browsing the Internet. However, laptops, netbooks, and tablets [more…]
For Seniors: Buying the Right Tablet
Buying a tablet is not often an impulse decision. Before you decide to purchase a tablet, there are several things you might want to consider first.
Laptops and netbooks are portable computers, although [more…]
For Seniors: Difference between Laptops and Tablets
Laptops and netbooks, however similar, are quite different than tablets. The most popular tablet is the Apple iPad, although companies such as Dell, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, and Motorola have brought [more…]
For Seniors: Tablet Buying Decisions: Which Operating System?
When deciding which tablet to buy, you must consider the operating system it uses. Most tablets use a mobileoperating system (OS) similar (or identical) to operating systems used on smartphones. The OS [more…]
For Seniors: Use a Tablet Touchscreen and Keyboard
You interact with a tablet through its touchscreen and onscreen keyboard. Using a tablet’s touchscreen or onscreen keyboard, you provide input with your finger or a stylus rather than a mouse. [more…]
For Seniors: Tablet Buying Decisions: Wireless or 3G Internet?
Tablets offer two ways to go online: wirelessly or through a 3G (cellular) connection. Your Internet connection choice affects not only your overall cost but also the convenience and reliability of the [more…]
For Seniors: Tablet Buying Decisions: Which Apps?
A tablet's operating system controls which applications can run on the tablet, because those apps must be compatible with the operating system your tablet uses. So if you choose an Android tablet, you [more…]
Nexus 7 Home Screens
The main screen on the Google Nexus 7 is the Home screen. You actually have five Home screen panels to adorn with icons and widgets. [more…]
Nexus 7 Icon Buttons
To get the most from your Google Nexus 7, get to know these important icon buttons, including the navigation buttons found at the bottom of the touchscreen. [more…]
Basic Nexus 7 Touchscreen Operations
It takes a certain finesse to work the Google Nexus 7 touchscreen. Here are some common operations you can perform using your fingers on your tablet: [more…]
Nexus 7 Tricks to Remember
Here is an assortment of handy, time-saving tricks for you to keep in mind while you use, abuse, or excuse your Google Nexus 7 tablet: [more…]
Nexus 7 For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The Google Nexus 7 is a complex piece of electronics — delightful, inspirational, intimidating. If you want to get the most from your tablet, some gentle hand-holding and careful explanation are required [more…]
