Fire Tablets For Dummies

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Muir Nancy C.. Fire Tablets For Dummies

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I. Getting Started with Fire Tablets

Chapter 1. Getting an Overview of Fire Tablets

Checking Out the Four Fire Tablet Models

What’s New in the Latest Fire Tablets

Key Features of Fire Tablets

Chapter 2. Firing Up Your Fire Tablet

Get Going with Your Fire Tablet

Getting to Know the Interface

Using a Micro USB Cable to Transfer Data

Chapter 3. Exploring Fire Tablet Quick Settings

Opening Quick Settings

Finding Other Settings

Chapter 4. Setting Up Your Fire

Understanding Accounts

Setting Up Wireless and Networks

Choosing Settings for Notifications and Quiet Time

Controlling Display and Sounds

New and Improved Accessibility Features

Making Security & Privacy Settings

Working with Power-Management Features

Chapter 5. Fire Tablets and Your Family

Scoping Out the Fire HD Kids Edition

Setting Up Profiles

Exploring FreeTime Unlimited

Using Family Library

Working with Parental Controls

Part II. Taking the Leap Online

Chapter 6. Going Shopping

Managing Your Amazon Account

Visiting the Amazon Appstore

Buying Content

Shopping for Anything Else

Chapter 7. Going Online

Getting Online by Using Wi-Fi

Browsing the Internet with Silk

Choosing Privacy Settings

Working with Email

Sending Email to Your Kindle Account

Part III. Having Fun and Getting Productive

Chapter 8. Taking Advantage of the Ereader Extraordinaire

So Many Things to Read!

Reading Books

Diving In with Immersion Reading

X-Ray for Books

Managing Publications

Buying and Reading Periodicals

Reading Docs on Fire Tablets

Chapter 9. Playing Music

Exploring the Music Library

Searching for Music

Importing Music to the Cloud

Playing Music

Chapter 10. Playing with Video and Cameras

Streaming Versus Downloading

Looking at Your Videos Library

Opening and Playing a Video

Using Second Screen and Display Mirroring

Using X-Ray for Video and Music

Taking and Viewing Photos and Video

Chapter 11. Going Social

Managing Contacts

Using Integrated Facebook and Twitter

Making Calls with Skype

Chapter 12. Getting Productive

Understanding Fire Docs

Getting Docs onto Fire Tablets

Understanding Document File Formats

Working with WPS Office

Staying on Time with Calendar

Using the New Oxford American Dictionary

Part IV. The Part of Tens

Chapter 13. Ten Great Tips for Your Tablet

Changing Your Fire Tablet’s Name

Removing Apps from the Carousel

Performing a Hard Reset

Encrypting Your Data

Accessing Apps from Other Sources

Using the Clock App

Uninstalling or Force-Stopping an App

Viewing How Much Storage You Have Available

Closing All Tabs in Silk

Including Original Message Contents in an Email Reply

Chapter 14. Ten (or so) Great Fire Apps

Sketch Book Mobile

Family Budget Count Free

Bloomberg

Convertr

Wifi Analyzer

Contre Jour

Where’s My Perry?

Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story

Chess Free

Solitaire Free Pack

Real Racing 3

About the Author

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Amazon’s Fire tablets provide a very affordable way to get at all kinds of media, from music and videos to books and colorful magazines. Any of the four tablet models also allow you to browse the Internet, connect to your Facebook account, make video calls via Skype, take photos, check your email, and read documents. The portability of both the 6- and 7-inch models makes them incredibly useful for people on the go. The 8.9-inch model is still pretty darn portable, and adds several features that are useful to those who want the most feature-rich tablet experience from Amazon.

In this book, I introduce you to all the cool Fire tablet features, providing tips and advice for getting the most out of these ingenious little devices. I help you find your way around the attractive and easy-to-use interface, provide advice about getting the most out of the Amazon Cloud Drive for storing and managing content, and even recommend some neat apps that make your Fire tablet more functional and fun. Finally, a complete chapter on using a Fire tablet to connect with and protect your family shows you features that integrate into your household.

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You may have opted for a tablet to watch movies and read books on the run. You might think it's a good way to browse business documents and check email on your next plane trip. You might have one or more computers and be very computer savvy, or you might hate computers and figure that a Fire tablet gives you all the computing power you need to browse the Internet and read ebooks. Perhaps you see the Fire HD Kids Edition tablet as a great way to direct and monitor your child’s computer learning experience.

Fire users come in all types. I don't assume in this book that you're a computer whiz, but I do assume that you have a passing understanding of how to copy a file and plug in a USB cable. I'm guessing you've browsed the Internet at least a few times and heard of Wi-Fi, which is what you use to go online with a Fire tablet (unless you purchased the LTE version, which uses a cellular connection just like your phone). Other than that, you don't need a lot of technical background to get the most out of this book.

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