Samsung Galaxy S 4 For Dummies

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Introducing Google’s Play Store

In This Chapter

Getting to know Play Store

Finding Play Store on your phone

Seeing what Play Store has to offer

Downloading and installing Facebook for Android

Rating and uninstalling apps

One of the things that makes smartphones (like the phones based upon the Google Android platform) different from regular cellphones is that you can download better applications than what comes standard on the phone. Most traditional cellphones come with a few simple games and basic applications. Smartphones usually come with better games and applications. For example, on your Galaxy S 4 phone, you get a more sophisticated contact manager, an application that can play digital music (MP3s), basic maps, and texting tools.

To boot, you can download even better applications and games for phones based on the Google Android platform. Many applications are available for ...