Covers Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy Tab devices. Shows various settings as well as how to download ebooks from OverDrive onto your device.

1. Becoming Attached to your
Android
Presented by Kathy Petlewski
Plymouth District Library
2014

2. Topics We’ll Cover
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Various Makes and Models of Androids
The Android Operating System
Looking at the various desktops
Making sense of the Settings
Enabling WiFi
Shopping in the Google Play Store & Samsung
Apps
• Downloading ebooks to your device.

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab series
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Galaxy Tab/Tab 7.0 (2010)
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
Galaxy Tab 7.7 (2011)
Galaxy Tab 8.9 (Oct 2011)
Galaxy Tab 10.1 (2011)
Galaxy Tab 2 (7” & 10.1”)
Galaxy Tab 3 (7”, 8” & 10.1”) 2013
Galaxy Tab Pro (8.4”, 10.1” & 12.2”)

4. Samsung Galaxy Note Series
• Galaxy Note 8.0 –
Android 4.1 upgradable
to 4.2
• Galaxy Note 10.1 –
Android 4.0 upgradable
to 4.1
• Galaxy Note 10.1, 2014
Edition – Android 4.3
Jelly Bean

5. Google Nexus Tablets
• Nexus 7 – 2012
Version, developed with Asus.
Released with Android 4.1.
• Nexus 10 – Oct.
2012, manufactured by
Samsung
• Nexus 7, 2nd
generation, released July
2013. Released with Android
4.3.

6. Android Operating System
• Android 2.3 – Gingerbread (December 2010)
• Android 3.0 – Honeycomb (February 2011)
• Android 4.0-4.0.4 – Ice Cream Sandwich (October
2011)
• Android 4.1-4.3 – Jelly Bean (July 2012)
• Android 4.4 – KitKat (September 2013)

7. Common Features of Android
Tablets
• Users have the ability to customize the look and feel
of their devices.
• Shop and download applications from the Google
Play Store.
• Download e-books from OverDrive in the EPUB
format.
• Browse the Internet, read e-mail, use social media
sites such as Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.
• Play music, watch movies, and view photos.

8. Android Apps vs. Widgets
• “Apps are conventional programs that occupy the
entire screen when opened. Applications added to
the Home screen appear as icons. To open an
app, tap its icon.”
• “Widgets are single-purpose miniprograms. Widgets
added to the Home screen appear as icons that you
can tap to open or as tiles that you can resize to open
part or all of the Home screen.”
• (taken from Google Nexus 7 Tablet by Chris Fehily, page 21.)

9. Looking at Google Nexus

10. Nexus Apps & Widgets

11. Nexus Settings Screen

12. Information About Your Nexus
• When I clicked on
System Update, it told
me to update to
Android Version 4.4.2
“which improves
performance and
stability and fixes bugs.”

13. Shopping in the Google Play Store

14. Samsung Galaxy Tab

15. Widgets & Apps for Galaxy Tab

16. Galaxy Tab Settings

17. Apps – Google & Samsung

18. Samsung Galaxy Note 8

19. Galaxy Note Special Feature
• Use the Galaxy Note’s
special stylus called the
“S pen” to
draw, scribble notes, or
write on the screen and
then save to your
tablet.
• Choose from a number
of different templates.

20. Apps & Widgets for the Note

21. Galaxy Note Settings

22. Downloading ebooks for Androids

23. Choose Overdrive App

24. Select the Plymouth District Library

25. Going to the MCLS Site

26. Settings and Searching for e-Books

27. Starting the Checkout Process

28. Starting the Download

29. Authorizing Adobe Digital Editions
• The first time you
download from
OverDrive, you must
authorize with Adobe
Digital Editions.
• This is a free
process, but be sure to
write down your ID for
safekeeping.

30. Completing the Download

31. Things to Remember
• You must have your Wi-Fi enabled to surf web, download
ebooks and get to the Google Play Store or Samsung Apps.
• You will have to a username and password for Adobe Digital
Editions the first time you download from OverDrive. This is a
free registration.
• It’s a “Use it or Lose it” set of skills. The more you use it, the
more comfortable you will become with it.

32. Time for Questions & Comments
Thanks for attending !