{"id":3433,"date":"2012-10-08T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2013-02-10T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T19:57:23","slug":"galaxy-tab-reader-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=3433","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Tab Reader Email"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been getting tons of email regarding my Samsung Galax Tab books!
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\nFirst, I know that the Tab has been updated (as of last month) to Ice Cream Sandwich, or Android version 4.0.4. That operating system isn’t addressed in the book, though I’m working on an update for my Galaxy Tab support site<\/a> here on Wambooli. That update should be coming forthwith.<\/p>\n

Second, I enjoy getting reader mail. My email address is right in the front of every book I’ve written, and I’m happy to answer questions about the book. But please, if you write to me, don’t make me go through the hoops of one of those Anti-Spam filters. I just don’t have time to confirm that I’m a real person when you<\/em> have written to me first. Thank you for respecting my position on that.<\/p>\n

Third, I got a great batch of Galaxy Tab questions that I’ve answered recently. I thought I would share the answers with you here:<\/p>\n

Should you turn the tablet off by powering down at the end of use or just let it go to sleep?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I let mine go to sleep. But:<\/p>\n

Is it okay to leave it pluggrd in to charge overnight?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I keep my Tab in a docking station overnight. The docking station also doubles as an alarm clock, so I can charge the thing while it’s still being useful as a clock. But that’s how I store it. So during the day, I may take it out, keep it with me, do whatever. But when I go do sleep, the Tab goes into its docking stand for a recharge. You don’t even need a docking stand: Just plug in the thing at night. That way it’s alway charged.<\/p>\n

Before I charged overnight, I’d usually find the Tab low on juice whenever I wanted to take it somewhere. So keeping it charged proved a worthy solution. It doesn’t damage the Tab to charge it overnight that way.<\/p>\n

Should you let the battery run all the way down before recharging or can you charge every day regardless of the level?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve heard two schools of thought. The first says that you should always do that in that it extends battery life. The second school says that such a thing is no longer true. Today’s Lithium-Ion batteries are power-managed. Whether you drain them fully or let them charge all the time, the power is managed in such a way that your charging habits don’t affect battery life or performance.<\/p>\n

If you do keep the thing plugged in all the time, however, then it does charge more frequently than if you wait longer between charges. That’s because the battery does, in fact, drain while it’s plugged in. It goes down to about 97 percent or so (depending on the software in charge) and then the battery is recharged. That can happen several times a day, and I do believe it affects battery life. But in the big picture, I don’t know how deleterious that type of charging would be.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that the batteries in any portable device have only a limited lifespan. After anywhere from two to four years (or longer, depending on use), the battery will fail. It’s important to note that some gizmos, such as the Galaxy Tab (and even the iPad), don’t have removable batteries. So I suppose the manufacturer’s intention is for you to get a new device anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, I know that the Tab has been updated (as of last month) to Ice Cream Sandwich, or Android version 4.0.4. That operating system isn’t addressed in the book, though I’m working on an update for my Galaxy Tab support site<\/a> here on Wambooli. That update should be coming forthwith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,10],"class_list":["post-3433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","tag-android","tag-galaxy-tab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4128,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}