Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies
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Electronic mail is handled by two apps on your tablet: Gmail and Email. The Gmail app hooks directly into your Google Gmail account. It’s a copy of all the Gmail you send, receive, and archive, just as you could access on the Internet by using a web browser.

You can also use the Email app to connect with non-Gmail electronic mail, such as the standard mail service provided by your ISP or a web-based e-mail system such as Yahoo! Mail or Windows Live Mail.

Regardless of the app, electronic mail on your tablet works just like it does on a computer: You can receive mail, create messages, forward e-mail, send messages to a group of contacts, and work with attachments, for example. As long as there’s an Internet connection, e-mail works just peachy.

  • Both the Gmail and Email apps are located on the Apps screen. The tablet may also come with app shortcuts on the Home screen.

  • The Email app can be configured to handle multiple e-mail accounts.

  • Although you can use the tablet’s web browser app to visit the Gmail website, you should use the Gmail app to pick up your Gmail.

  • If you forget your Gmail password, visit Forgot Password.

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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.

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