Chapter 4

Getting Set to Go

In This Chapter

arrow Signing on the first time

arrow Turning on Wi-Fi

arrow Signing up for things

arrow Locking and encrypting information

arrow Making things more accessible

I am not the first, nor will I be the last to point out that human beings have been able to read papyrus, chiseled inscriptions on stones, road signs, hand-illustrated, and then machine-printed books for tens of centuries without the need for batteries and an on-off button. Can we agree with the following? A NOOK tablet is not a book. (Hey, I just might have finally figured out what NOOK means: not a book.)

And because the tablet has so many advanced features, as a user your first interaction with the Tab 4 NOOK (and many later adjustments) involve configuring — setting up — the device so that it looks and acts the way you want.

Being a First Timer

Everybody has a first time, sooner or later. It’s exciting and terrifying and often awkward. But it has to be done, and eventually (often sometime around the second ...

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