Chapter 23. Utilities: Clock, Calculator, and Weather

The DROID is useful for a great number of tasks, and it comes preloaded with several powerful and interesting utilities. One of the nice aspects about having a DROID is that many of its simplest and easiest-to-use apps and abilities are things that you will find yourself using quite frequently.

In this chapter, we will walk you through how to use several such apps and features, including your clock, the built-in Calculator app, and the Weather app. Specifically, we will show you how to set the clock's alarms, including how to use the snooze feature and dismiss alarms. We will also show you how to use both the Basic and Advanced modes of the built-in calculator. Finally, we will show you, not ...

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