Chapter 5. Camera, Photos, and Video

The Droid X2’s 4.3-inch screen is larger than that of other smartphones for a good reason—it’s designed for displaying photos and videos, and for capturing them as well. It has a built-in 5-megapixel camera, so you can take photos in very high resolution. And it also has a built-in camcorder that can take and play back HD (high definition) video.

That’s right, you’ve got more than just a phone in your pocket—you’ve got a multimedia marvel as well. You can even connect it to a TV or other display and watch HD videos or view your high-resolution photos.

This chapter gives you all the details about taking and viewing photos and videos with your Droid X2, viewing pictures and videos transferred to your Droid X2 from your computer, and viewing photos and videos from your Droid X2 on TVs and other monitors.

There are five ways to get photos or videos into your Droid X2:

  • Transferring them from your PC or Mac (see Chapter 12 for details).

  • Taking a photo using the Droid X2’s built-in camera.

  • Downloading them from the Web.

  • Getting them by email.

  • Friends’ postings on social networking sites like Facebook.

No matter how you get them, though, you view them in the same way, by using the Gallery app. Here’s how to use it:

Note

The Droid X’s gallery differs in several key ways from the Droid X2 gallery, including the screens you see when you open it, and options available to you when you open and view pictures. In addition, there’s no integration with ...

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