Stay in touch with smart technology
TOUCHSCREEN technology is great, no doubt about it, and in a few years it’s likely that everyone will have figured out exactly how to work their new tablet. In the meantime, they probably need extra help.
Tablets have really caught on in the past few years, not just with young “techies” but with everyone from children to grandparents.
And it’s hardly surprising when you look at what you can do with iPads, Hudls, Kindle Fires and other tablets. You can browse the internet, read news, look for recipes, view excerpts from sporting events, check your email, video call family and friends anywhere in the world ( often for free), watch TV or films and listen to music. The list goes on.
Unlike a PC or laptop, tablets are light and easy to carry when you are out and about.
In many ways they are also simpler to use than a PC because they are designed to be more user friendly.
However, the claim that you don’t need a manual to use a touchscreen often does not reflect the experience people who are new to these devices have.
MORE often they find that the hidden “tricks” are not at all obvious. There are no buttons that you can try out on a touchscreen in the way you can with a PC.
Invisible options such as “swiping” in from the side of the screen still have to be learned and unless someone tells you how, such features remain baffling.
That’s where a newly- published guide comes in. It doesn’t assume you’re an expert or “techie”. It takes things from the start and explains them step by step.
Author Tim Wakeling has helped thousands get to grips with their touchscreens, PCs or laptops since setting up the publishing firm The Helpful Book Company 10 years ago. He’s learnt how to explain things in plain English for the less technical and uses plenty of illustrations.
Anyone who’s struggled with a tablet will find it does not have to be hard once explained simply and that these devices just don’t “go wrong” as some people fear.
More than 50,000 people have used one of Wakeling’s easy- toread books to help master their computer and the firm has gained a great reputation with its customers.
There are separate books for the iPad and Android- based tablets such as the Kindle Fire, Hudl, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Sony Xperia, Nexus, in fact anything else running Android.
An information pack available helps explain how to tell which version a customer has, to make sure they get the right book.
The books are only available directly from the publisher. Information: For details call The Helpful Book Company on 01229 777606 and ask for a free information pack.