Galaxy S4: The Missing Manual

by Preston Gralla

Overview

Galaxy S4 is amazing right out of the box, but if you want to get the most of out your S4 or S4 Mini, start here. With clear instructions and savvy advice from technology expert Preston Gralla, you’ll learn how to go online, play games, listen to music, watch movies & TV, monitor your health, and answer calls with a wave of your hand.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Be connected. Browse the Web, manage email, and download apps through WiFi or S4’s 3G/4G network.
• Navigate without touch. Use Air Gestures with your hand, or scroll with your eyes using Smart Screen.
• Find new ways to link up. Chat, videochat, and add photos, video, or entire slideshows to text messages.
• Get together with Group Play. Play games or share pictures, documents, and music with others nearby.
• Create amazing images. Shoot and edit photos and videos—and combine images from the front and back cameras.
• Keep music in the cloud. Use Google Play Music to store and access tunes.
• Check your schedule. Sync the S4 with your Google and Outlook calendars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449316303
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/06/2013
Series:	Missing Manual Series
Pages:	482
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Preston Gralla is the author of more than 40 books that have been translated into 20 languages, including Galaxy S 5 The Missing Manual, Windows 8 Hacks, NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual, The Big Book of Windows Hacks, How the Internet Works, and How Wireless Works. He is a contributing editor to Computerworld, a blogger for ITWorld, and was a founding editor and then editorial director of PC/Computing, executive editor for CNet/ZDNet, and the founding managing editor of PC Week.
He has written about technology for many national newspapers and magazines, including USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News (for whom he wrote a technology column), PC World, and numerous others. As a widely recognized technology expert, he has made many television and radio appearances, including on the CBS Early Show, MSNBC, ABC World News Now, and National Public Radio. Under his editorship, PC/Computing was a finalist for General Excellence in the National Magazine Awards. He has also won the “Best Feature in a Computing Publication” award from the Computer Press Association.
Gralla is also the recipient of a Fiction Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife (his two children have flown the coop). He welcomes feedback about his books by email at [e-mail].

Table of Contents

• The Missing Credits
• Introduction
• Part I: The Basics
  • Chapter 1: The Guided Tour
  • Chapter 2: Typing, Texting, and Searching
  • Chapter 3: Phone Calls
• Part II: The Built-In Features
  • Chapter 4: Music
  • Chapter 5: Camera, Photos, and Video
  • Chapter 6: Maps and Navigation
  • Chapter 7: Calendar
• Part III: The Galaxy S4 Online
  • Chapter 8: Getting Online: WiFi, 3G/4G, and Mobile Hotspots
  • Chapter 9: The Web
  • Chapter 10: Email and Gmail
  • Chapter 11: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Chat, and Videochat
  • Chapter 12: Downloading and Using Apps
• Part IV: Advanced Features
  • Chapter 13: Transferring Music, Videos, Pictures, and Other Files, and Using Group Play
  • Chapter 14: Taking the Galaxy S4 to Work
  • Chapter 15: Google Now and Voice Search and Control
  • Chapter 16: Settings
• Part V: Appendixes
  • Setup and Signup
  • Accessories
  • Troubleshooting and Maintenance