Chapter 4
Three Ways to Install Apps
In the last chapter, we looked at some of the bonus content you could download and purchase from owning a Samsung Galaxy Tab. In this chapter, we’ll get to the heart of installing and buying apps. We’ll look at not one, not two, but three ways to purchase and install apps with relative safety.
Android’s Unwalled App Garden
You may have heard Apple iOS referred to as a “walled garden,” because you can only purchase or install apps from the Apple App Store on your iPhone or iPad unless you take drastic measures to “jailbreak” or “root” the device and defeat the default limitation on your phone or tablet. There are some good reasons why Apple limits you to only the App Store. They test every app for safety ...
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