Chapter 16

It's a Wireless Life

In This Chapter

arrow Using the cellular data network

arrow Enabling Wi-Fi

arrow Connecting to a Wi-Fi network

arrow Accessing hidden networks

arrow Using Bluetooth

arrow Pairing a Bluetooth device

What exactly is portable? Back in the olden days, the boys in Marketing would say that bolting a handle to just about anything made it portable. Even a rhinoceros would be portable if he had a handle. Well, and the legs, they kind of make the rhino portable, I suppose. But my point is that to be portable requires more than just a handle; it requires a complete lack of wires.

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Your Samsung Galaxy Tab’s battery allows it to wander away from a wall socket. The digital cellular signal offers Internet access pretty much all over. Other types of wireless communications are available, including Wi-Fi ...

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