Rosemary Hattersley - Hudl for Dummies

Hudl For Dummies

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Chapter 1

In This Chapter

Exploring whats in the Hudl box

Examining the controls

Charging and turning on the Hudl for the first time

Youre ready to dive in and start using your Hudl, but how to begin? In this chapter you take a look at its designs and controls so you know what to tap or press when.

The Hudl is a tablet computer that runs the Android mobile operating system. It has a high-resolution 7in touchscreen. Rather than using a keyboard to type what you want to do, you do most things on the Hudl by tapping its screen. Dont worry the Hudls screen is pretty resilient and made from scratch-resistant glass, so you wont damage it by tapping it. Because it doesnt have a separate keyboard, the Hudl is very light and small. It weighs just 320g and measures 194x128x11mm.

The Hudl is powered by a quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. You get 16GB of storage space, which is ample for storing photos, music, videos and books, but you can easily add more storage or copy items to your computer when you dont need them on the Hudl.

Although the Hudl doesnt have a keyboard in the traditional sense, it has an onscreen keyboard that pops up whenever it thinks you need to type something. Youll soon get the hang of using this keyboard, as its pretty similar to any other keyboard, really, as you see in Chapter .

The Android software includes tools known as apps that let you do many things that you might think youd need a computer for. Accessing the Internet, sending email messages, watching videos, listening to music, having video chats with your nan you can do all this on your Hudl without needing anything extra. The Hudl is so small and light that you can take it everywhere with you. And because the Hudl is Wi-Fienabled and knows where you are at all times, it can tell you things that are relevant to you and your current location.

Your Hudl can do lots of other clever things, too. For some of these things, youll need to install an app. You discover more about apps in Chapter .

Whenever I recommend installing an app, I let you know whether it costs anything and explain how to use it.

Your Hudl comes in a neat cardboard box with a cable and charger in separate cardboard compartments. The box also contains several bits of paper, which you may be tempted to simply ignore or perhaps throw away.

Those leaflets arent there to fill otherwise empty space, however. The 123 leaflet (see Figure .

Figure 1-1: The leaflets inside the Hudls box contain important setup information.

The white-and-blue brochure is a discount booklet that includes a voucher for a years free broadband Internet access. Youll need Internet access to make full use of your Hudl, so this voucher could come in very useful. The booklet also includes discounts on shopping and entertainment, so its well worth keeping hold of. Youll be able to take advantage of all these discounts as soon as youve set up your Hudl with a user account and, if you want to, added your Tesco Clubcard details (see Chapter ).

Getting to Know the Hudls Controls

When you first take your Hudl out the box, youll notice a sheet of transparent plastic on the screen pointing out the locations of some of the most important elements. You wont be able to consult this overlay when you start using the Hudl, however, as itll get in the way of the touchscreen. The visual guide in Figure should help.