Google Account Services

Your Google Account is good for more than just Gmail, and you can fine-tune the services you use with each account.

If you purchase apps in the Android Market, you'll use your Google Account and Google Checkout to complete the transaction. The default email account on your tablet is Gmail, and the default calendar is Google Calendar.

Here are a few of the Google services you'll get to know as you use your tablet:

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Gmail is a free Web-based email service, arguably the best free email service out there. I'll go over Gmail in more detail in a later chapter.

Google Voice is a service that allows you to use a single phone number ...

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