I have never used a smart phone so I'm not smart I guess, lol

It just arrived. I tried turning it on. There are absolutely no directions on what to do when you take it out of the box. I made a video. I'm trying to upload to youtube so I can show you what it looks like.

The little pamphlet it comes with (of course they must think I know what to do with this thing) talks about wi fi and getting your email. But it doesn't say what to do when you take it out of the box.

So I have it standing on it's little stand and I plugged it in the wall and I would imagine it's charging up. It's on it's little stand. It's a beautiful little thing but I would just like to know how many hours do I keep this plugged in? Do I do this every day?

I plugged it in at 9:30 am.

HELP!!!! lol And as soon as I can upload this video you'll see it.

Melody

Okay (and I posted a response to you but it's not showing up and I don't know why).

I just got it. No instructions on what to do when taking it out of the box. I tried turning it on. No power so I gather it has to be charged. I plugged it into the wall.

How long do I do this? do I do this every day? I have NO CLUE.

lol

Here's the tablet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHCyBsZHQ0

Thanks much Melody

Well, this is FASCINATING. I went to my tutorial that I have on my PC desktop and read some instructions. I am to keep it plugged in for approx 3 hours and it should give me a 10 hour charge.

It also had diagrams of the on/off, something called a Kensington lock (what is that)? and I have one question to begin with.

Since this is all about tapping, etc. (and I've never done that because I've never used a touch screen before) it says to tap (not hold) the power button to put it in sleep mode and to wake it up.

Is the power button the same as the on/off thing?

I WILL learn this thing yet!!

loll

Oh, this is so exciting!!!

lol, Melody

haha, it prob has an off\pn button but to wake these up you just tap the screen or just quickly hit the on\off button (not hold).....

I will watch the video when I am not projecting my Internet over a 60" screen in public...

did you find the manual online yet?
http://www.userguidemanual.com/googl...k-user-manual/

Okay, this is what I learned how to do so far.

Turn it on.
Look at the icons.
Tap the word wi fi settings.

All these people come up (some with locks next to them) some with no locks. But I can't tell if I am connected.

Also, when I do the keyboard (I learned this) and try to go to youtube and tap the word youtube, I don't go to youtube, it just brings up some screen that talks about youtube.

I guess I'm not sure if I'm connected yet.

I have MUCH to learn.

Tomorrow I am going around the corner to the computer store and hope they show me how to get a wi fi connection.

Then....I'll think about buying a router.

I just want to learn first.

lol

Melody

If you can go to places online then it is connected.
The ones without locks are the ones you can use, unless you get passwords for the others.

Could you tap on the unlocked ones - it might tell you if you are connected or it will ask/say connect to?

If you open the chrome browser I think it should look just like on your computer.. open chrome and type something in to see if goes there or brings up anything..

And the video I saw on you tube showed an icon for settings, that might be the place to explore.

Didn't see any chrome browser. Did see any browser but then I don't know what I'm doing.

What I DID do was click on the wi fi settings, tapped where it was unlocked. It said I was connected. But I want to know WHY, when I type in youtube.com, or facebook, it doesn't take me there. It takes me to places that MENTION these words, not the actual website (Or at least it doesn't look like the website).

I find this very confusing.

Oh, under the wi fi thing it now says

Connected to linksys (I had chosen that because it was unlocked).

And on the left it idicated linksys and has the word connected under it.

So exactly how do I leave this particular screen to find a way to access the internet. This says CONNECTED, but I don't know how to go anwhere on the internet.

I wish I had someone standing next to me showing me step by step.

Melody

This is what I did just now.

Because it said I was connected, I went to the upper left (where the little house icon is), and tapped on that and I saw a google url thing up top. I typed in youtube.com and hit go and it brings me to options in Google.

There are no icons for youtube or facebook on the screen (like my desktop right?)

So how does one go anywhere on the internet? Am I supposed to get a special app and tap the app and IS THAT HOW ONE GETS ON THE INTERNET?

If I could just learn this, I think I could do this thing

Melody

How do you get rid of the virtual keyboard?

Melody