Android Tablet: Android Tablet

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Android Tablet

This instruction sheet describes what a tablet is, how to turn one on and off and do basic operations with it.

What is a Tablet?

Personal computing started when the pc or personal computer was developed. The first pcs were desk top computers. As electronics and battery technology progressed, it became possible to made smaller, more portable pcs—laptop computers and eventually notebook computers. In recent years there has also been very significant development in telephones resulting in smart phones. These smart phones not only allow one to make telephone calls, but also view text, web pages, pictures, videos and other data on their small screens. Most smart phones also

include a camera which will take photos and videos.

A tablet computer is a combination of the pc and smart phone. They are very portable, typically have a much longer battery life than a laptop computer, have a larger screen than a smart phone. They can connect to the Internet either using wifi (local wireless network) or 3G or 4G (third or fourth generation cellular wireless). Some connect using wifi, some with either wifi or 3G or 4G.

The first tablet computer was the iPad from Apple. It is perhaps currently the most common tablet. However several other companies have developed tablets using the Android operating system. They are becoming more and more popular. The latest version of Android is Android 4 (called Ice Cream Sandwich). It replaced Android 3 (Honeycomb).

The tablet used for this instruction sheet is the Asus Transformer Prime using the Android Ice Cream Sandwich

operating system. However most instructions should work for almost any Android tablet.