eReaders like the Nook are growing in popularity as presents over the holiday season. They’re perfect gifts for people who love to read because they can store books, comics, and news feeds in a small, easy to carry place. However, there are a lot of other things that your Nook Samsung can do that you may not know about.

Personalizing Tweaks

When you’re looking for electronics, customizations and personalization mean a lot to people. You don’t want to have a laptop that won’t allow you to change the background or move your aps around. You likewise will want to make your Nook Samsung something that belongs to you. You can change the wallpaper easily enough, but you can also go in and remove the large active shelf that takes up half your homepage if you choose to according to Mobil Read.com. While you will not be able to replace that area with anything else, you can remove the shelf and replace it with a wallpaper of your choosing. To do this you need to access the settings menu, go to applications, and then uncheck all of the options that would show up on your ″active shelf″. Doing this removes those items from being seen and will give you a home page that appears clean.

Multitasking

You can also listen to music while you read. Creating a playlist on your Nook is simple, according to Dear Author.com. First you need to get your music collection onto your Nook by either using your music application or dragging and dropping. The drag and drop method requires you to tether your Nook to a computer, open your files up, and drag them from the computer to the Nook. Many music apps have cloud sharing methods that negate the need for physically transferring files. Once the music that you want is on your Nook, just open your player app and find a song you want to add to your reading playlist. Tap and hold that song, that will bring up a menu that allows you to add the song to a playlist. To change the order of songs, all you need to do is drag the songs up and down to shuffle the order.

While you’re reading, you can also change the margins on your books. Though some people like the whole screen to be taken up by words, many people enjoy a different view. The Nook margins adjust so you can read however you choose. To do this, touch the page anywhere and hold. A menu bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. You can then pick the text selection and open up another window. Here you can adjust the screen settings however you like. This includes the text, margins, colors, and night mode.

The Tech Tricks

You can open a web browser from your Nook easily by way of the settings menu according to Good Reader.com. The settings menu will also allow you to connect your social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Access to these features is totally free, however you do need to be able to access the Internet to get full use of them. Make sure that you turn your WiFi on and log into a hotspot or wireless connection. It’s also worth mentioning that the Nook does not have the ability to access the Internet like a phone does. You will need to be around an Internet connection for the browser or social links to work.

However, once you’re online, you can also install the Android version of a personal assistant. This application is called, appropriately, ″Assistant″ and provides a variety of services such as calling hands-free, looking up locations, and scheduling. It can all be accessed without need of a third party microphone as the one that comes stock on your Nook is of good quality.

Another neat trick that the Nook does is screenshots. This is excellent if you want to share pages of a book with a friend or need to save a certain section of text for your homework. To take a picture, you just need to hold down the ″Home″ button and the down volume button at the same time. This will then take a picture of anything currently displayed on the screen.

Many people who look at the Nook are concerned with the lack of an obvious ″back″ button. Swiping left in the status bar at the bottom of your reading page performs the same function as a back button. Swiping to the right part of the screen can bring you forward.

Multi-function in One Device

Today people expect their technology to be multi-function and the Nook is no different. In the effort to create a perfect traveling companion, Samsung made it able to perform many of the same functions that a tablet can. You can browse the Internet, take screenshots, and do personal note keeping. Technology is meant to be explored and the experience should be suited to a variety of users.