Book description
Fully loaded with the latest tricks and tips on your new Android!
Android smartphones are so hot, they're soaring past iPhones on the sales charts. And the second edition of this muscular little book is equally impressive--it's packed with tips and tricks for getting the very most out of your latest-generation Android device. Start Facebooking and tweeting with your Android mobile, scan barcodes to get pricing and product reviews, download your favorite TV shows--the book is positively bursting with practical and fun how-tos. Topics run the gamut from using speech recognition, location-based mapping, and GPS, to setting up your Android as a broadband modem and much more.
Helps you get the most out of your Android smartphone and related technology, including Motorola Droid 2, Motorola Photon 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, LG Optimus 3D, and HTC EVO 3D
Shows you how to put a slew of stuff on your Android: old movies, TV shows, music, spreadsheets, presentations, Word documents, and much more
Covers all the basic features such as web browsing, using Facebook and Twitter, taking photos, playing music, and using e-mail
Offers dozens of high-level tips and tricks, such as using an Android as a broadband modem, barcode scanning, using the GPS, and speech recognition
You won't believe all that you can do with Android smartphones. Get Android Fully Loaded, Second Edition and don't miss a thing!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- About the Author
- Contents
- Introduction
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PART I: The Basics
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1: Android Basics
- WHICH VERSION OF ANDROID DO I HAVE?
- SETTING UP YOUR ANDROID DEVICE
- GETTING A GOOGLE ACCOUNT
- WHAT MAKES A GOOD PASSWORD?
- SYNCHING YOUR DEVICE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
- ACCESSORIES
- THE HOME SCREEN
- THE APPLICATIONS LAUNCHER
- ORGANIZING YOUR APPLICATIONS
- THE NOTIFICATIONS BAR
- THE ACTION BAR
- DEVICE SETTINGS
- WIRELESS AND NETWORK SETTINGS
- SILENCING YOUR RINGTONE
- ORIENTATION AND THE ACCELEROMETER
- LOCK YOUR DEVICE
- STORAGE
- TEXT INPUT
- DEVICE INFORMATION
- CHARGING
- 2: Applications
- 3: Your Home Screens
- 4: The Phone
- 5: 21st Century Communication
- 6: Managing Your Time
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1: Android Basics
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PART II: Maps, Music, Pictures, and the Web
- 7: Maps
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8: Music
- PREPARING MUSIC FOR YOUR PHONE
- DOWNLOADING MUSIC TO YOUR DEVICE
- PURCHASING MUSIC VIA AMAZON MP3
- LISTENING TO MUSIC
- CREATING PLAYLISTS
- GOOGLE MUSIC
- ADDING A HOME SCREEN WIDGET FOR MUSIC
- USING SONGS AS RINGTONES AND NOTIFICATION SOUNDS
- LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO
- IDENTIFYING MUSIC WITH SHAZAM
- DOWNLOADING AND LISTENING TO PODCASTS
- 9: Taking Pictures
- 10: Video
- 11: The Web
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PART III: Working and Playing
- 12: Documents
- 13: Games
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14: Other Cool Apps
- STARGAZING WITH GOOGLE SKY MAPS
- FINDING LOCAL BUSINESSES
- WHERE
- GETTING MOVIE AND TV INFORMATION WITH IMDB
- CREATING SHOPPING LISTS
- CALCULATING TIPS
- TAKING NOTES WITH EVERNOTE
- PLANNING TRIPS WITH KAYAK
- KEEPING TRACK OF THE WEATHER WITH WEATHERBUG
- RESEARCHING WITH WAPEDIA AND WIKIMOBILE
- FINDING RECIPES
- FOLLOWING YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS
- SCANNING BARCODES
- TRANSLATING WITH GOOGLE TRANSLATE
- SEARCHING WITH GESTURE SEARCH
- GETTING NEWS WITH PULSE
- TAKING CREDIT CARDS WITH SQUARE
- 15: Troubleshooting
- 16: Advanced Topics
- Index
Product information
- Title: Android® Fully Loaded, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118173022
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