Five tips to get the most from your new android tablet

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Five Tips To Get The Most From Your
New Android Tablet
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Get On Googles Cloud

• No tablet is designed to run without a connection
  to the cloud, and the vast majority of Android
  tablets are tied to a Google account. While it is
  possible to run an Android device without logging
  on to Mountain Views services, the assumption
  from the first-party apps (and many third-party
  apps) is that using Android means you are using
  Google.
• Setting up your Google account gives you
  immediate access to your Gmail, Contacts, and
  Calendar appointments on your tablet with no more
  setting up required. Youll also be able to back
  up your tablet to the Google Account, and photos
  can be set to back up to your Google account as
  they are taken.
• Your Google Account is also used to identify
  yourself to the Google Play App store for
  downloading and purchasing applications and
  games. This will also be set up with your
  details, so opening Google Play is the easiest
  way to extend your tablets capabilities.

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Google Is Not The Only Cloud

• Unlike Apples iPad, your Android tablet is not
  as flexible in using other cloud service
  providers. The graceful on-boarding process for
  Google account users is simply not there for
  other providers, requiring you to perform manual
  set-ups for alternative calendars, email, and the
  PIM suites. Its worthwhile doing a quick search
  in the Google Play store for your cloud service
  to see if there are any apps to improve the
  process (Microsoft provides an Outlook client,
  for example, alongside a OneDrive client).
• This is a natural result of Googles focus with
  Android to monetize the user base which
  limits the initial setup options for alternative
  clouds. The increased focus on applications means
  that these cloud providers will find it easier to
  provide an app to bring their users on board via
  Android.

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Be Patient For The Lollipop OS Update

• Although Google has released the latest version
  of Android to manufacturers, that doesnt mean
  youll be able to install Android 5.0 (codename
  Lollipop) onto your tablet over the festive
  break. The release of the new OS by Google still
  needs to be tweaked by each manufacturer (in many
  cases for each device), before it becomes
  available. If you have a cellular enabled tablet,
  the carrier will want to pass the hardware
  through certification as well.
• That means for all the talk of Lollipop, its
  unlikely that youll see the latest vision of
  Android on your Christmas smartphone unless you
  have a Nexus device, or Samsung brings the update
  to the Note 4 as quickly as is has to the Galaxy
  S5 family in Europe.
• OS updates on Android are a bit hit and miss, but
  because of the wide range of configurations,
  Android apps are far more forgiving in terms of
  what OS you need. A new Christmas Android
  tablet should be able to run the vast majority of
  titles.

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Watch Out For Data

• If you have a tablet with cellular data, be aware
  that Android can rapidly eat through your data
  allowance if you are not careful. While its fine
  to let the data run free on wi-fi, youll want to
  restrict your data usage when out and about.
  Short of switching off mobile data (which defeats
  the purpose of a tablet with 3G or 4G
  capability), look under the options in the Data
  Usage part of the settings. Here youll find my
  wallets favourite Android setting of restrict
  background data. Now when using cellular data,
  apps will only pull down data when they are in
  the foreground and you can see them doing so. If
  a tablet is all about getting work done while you
  are on the move, this is the option that gives
  you confidence.

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Its All About The Apps

• Android is primarily focused on downloading and
  running extra software. The open nature of the OS
  means that applications can be more tightly
  integrated to the system, but there is a more lax
  attitude to consistent UIs over the apps.
• Depending on the manufacturer, your tablet may
  have some social networks already installed. In
  any case, I would recommend that you install the
  main social networks of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr,
  and LinkedIn to your tablet, and configure their
  notifications so you never miss anything
  from your circles.
• Ive already mentioned the Outlook application to
  give you access to Microsofts cloud services, so
  users of services such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Bo
  x, should set up the Android clients for their
  own data.
• Tablets are great for creating content on. Out of
  the box you should have Google Drive and the
  three office based apps (Google Docs, Google
  Sheets, and Google Slides), but there are
  third-party alternatives. For a long time, users
  have chosen Documents To Go for their office
  apps, and DataViz continues to support it.
• Not forgetting the beast of them all in Microsoft
  Office, which allows you to access, view,
  and edit, your office documents.

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