I have a galaxy tab on the sprint network (but not connected to service, using wifi only)
I have never had an android device before, my telephone is a palm pixi (on sprint network). I got tired of waiting for palm to release their tablet and i really wanted an ereader and for the money, the tab is worth much more. There are some things that I either don't know how to do or maybe are not possible. Before I spend hours searching for the how tos, I'd like to find out if any of these things are possible. Feel free to refer me to other areas, etc.
1. I miss universal search!! (from palm), I guess the closest thing is to click on the google search tab, which seems a bit slow and isn't quite the same thing. Is there something like this on android?
2. I have quite a few 'mobi' books. I've connected the tab to the computer and transferred them directly in the built in app for kindle. When I do this, I can see and read the books fine, but when I try to get out of the book, the tab does a little shake, goes black and then finally gives me that force close error. There is only one book I downloaded directly from amazon via the app and it works fine. Is there a better reader out there, is the mobi extension the problem? Any suggestions why this is going on?
3. Is there anyway to use my phone connection to access internet on the tab? I have seen where you can use the galaxy to give your netbook/laptop access, but not the other way around. How about plugging into a computer with internet via the usb cord? (this might be a question for the palm forum, since my phone is pixi)
4. When playing games, is there a way to disable the menu keys? I find that I accidentally press one of those and I am taken back to the main screen and then I have to go back into apps, find the game, press it again (and I don't lose anything I have done in the game, it's just annoying)
5. I use my homes wireless connection for the tab. The connection is secured via passwords, etc. on Allshare, I can see my home computer, but I cannot access any of the videos, songs, etc. that are on my computer, it just says that there are none available. I think this might be due to the security, but I don't see a place to enter in any security information on the app or otherwise get around this.
Is this thing 'rooted'? I find an app that says "my files" and it says "root". I have some experience with modifying my palm phone and don't know if this is something that I should do no the tab or can it be done or is it worth doing.
I know that is a lot! I appreciate any help. Other questions are probably more related to apps or general android things and I will learn a lot.
I know it sounds like I am not satisfied, but I do really like the size, the browsing, watching youtube videos, texting via google, etc.
I have never had an android device before, my telephone is a palm pixi (on sprint network). I got tired of waiting for palm to release their tablet and i really wanted an ereader and for the money, the tab is worth much more. There are some things that I either don't know how to do or maybe are not possible. Before I spend hours searching for the how tos, I'd like to find out if any of these things are possible. Feel free to refer me to other areas, etc.
1. I miss universal search!! (from palm), I guess the closest thing is to click on the google search tab, which seems a bit slow and isn't quite the same thing. Is there something like this on android?
2. I have quite a few 'mobi' books. I've connected the tab to the computer and transferred them directly in the built in app for kindle. When I do this, I can see and read the books fine, but when I try to get out of the book, the tab does a little shake, goes black and then finally gives me that force close error. There is only one book I downloaded directly from amazon via the app and it works fine. Is there a better reader out there, is the mobi extension the problem? Any suggestions why this is going on?
3. Is there anyway to use my phone connection to access internet on the tab? I have seen where you can use the galaxy to give your netbook/laptop access, but not the other way around. How about plugging into a computer with internet via the usb cord? (this might be a question for the palm forum, since my phone is pixi)
4. When playing games, is there a way to disable the menu keys? I find that I accidentally press one of those and I am taken back to the main screen and then I have to go back into apps, find the game, press it again (and I don't lose anything I have done in the game, it's just annoying)
5. I use my homes wireless connection for the tab. The connection is secured via passwords, etc. on Allshare, I can see my home computer, but I cannot access any of the videos, songs, etc. that are on my computer, it just says that there are none available. I think this might be due to the security, but I don't see a place to enter in any security information on the app or otherwise get around this.
Is this thing 'rooted'? I find an app that says "my files" and it says "root". I have some experience with modifying my palm phone and don't know if this is something that I should do no the tab or can it be done or is it worth doing.
I know that is a lot! I appreciate any help. Other questions are probably more related to apps or general android things and I will learn a lot.
I know it sounds like I am not satisfied, but I do really like the size, the browsing, watching youtube videos, texting via google, etc.
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