Chapter 4

Your Friends

In This Chapter

arrow Exploring the People app

arrow Searching and sorting your contacts

arrow Adding new contacts

arrow Sharing contacts with Android Beam

arrow Editing contacts

arrow Putting a picture on a contact

arrow Deleting contacts

Back in the old days, it was important to keep a few vital phone numbers in your head. These days, phone numbers aren’t enough. That’s because you have more than one way to get hold of someone: e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates, and voice communications over the Internet — plus video chat. Trust me: No matter how brilliant you are, you can’t keep all these various contact points and information tidbits in your head.

Coming to the rescue is an app on your Nexus 7 called, simply, People. It’s your tablet’s address book, your list of contacts. You can ...

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