Samsung Galaxy S 4 For Dummies Author: Bill Hughes | Language: English | ISBN:
1118642228 | Format: PDF
Samsung Galaxy S 4 For Dummies Description
Explore a world of possibilities with your Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone
Everything’s more exciting when you’ve got the Galaxy in your hand. Let For Dummies be your guide to getting the most out of your Galaxy S 4. You’ll cruise through the smartphone basics and set up process before moving on to the fun stuff like staying in touch with e-mail and texting, surfing the web, navigating with maps, shooting and sharing photos and video, watching movies, listening to music, and so much more. Whether you’re entering the smartphone world for the first time or just moving up to the Galaxy S 4, you’ll stay on course with this one-of-a-kind reference.
- Provides easy-to-understand advice to help you find your way around your Galaxy S 4 smartphone, get to know all the built-in features, and start making calls
- Explains the Galaxy S 4 features using full-color screenshots and images and step-by-step instructions on accessing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail, texting, taking photos, recording videos, downloading apps, managing your calendar, and organizing your contacts
- Shows you easy ways to customize your Galaxy S 4 for your needs with cool apps and accessories
You’ll experience the world in a whole new way with this spectacular smartphone and Samsung Galaxy S 4 For Dummies by your side!
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (June 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1118642228
- ISBN-13: 978-1118642221
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This review will make comments on both the format and the content.
On the format, I read the Kindle version of this book on my Kindle Paperwhite (2012 version). The graphics were readable and the pagination was reasonable, so overall it was one of the better-formatted books I have seen on Kindle. One of the advantages of this format is that you can have the book available to you when you run into something on the phone and need to consult the reference "right now" rather than waiting until you return home to look up the answer in the paperback edition.
On the content, there are a lot of tips, divided into five sections: Getting Started, Communications, Internet, Entertainment, and Productivity. I tried to understand some of the less-positive reviews, and I think that they come down to organization. No one complained that the tips were inaccurate, but everyone approaches the phone from a different perspective and so has different expectations. I will admit that I found some of the tips, such has where to find the button to turn on the phone, to be extremely basic -- but others, such as adding your (non-mobile) contact number to the lock screen so that someone who finds your lost phone can actually contact you, were "ah ha!" moments for me.
In retrospect, considering my experience and some of the other reviewers' comments, I would suggest a different organizational model for future books, divided into two major sections. The first section would be the "getting set up" material. Some of the basic material should be eliminated or gathered into an "if your carrier didn't tell you this when you bought the phone, march right back and make a salesperson show you" section.
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