Introduction |
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Part I The Basics |
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Which Version of Android Do I Have? |
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Setting Up Your Android Phone |
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Synching Your Phone with Your Account |
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10 | (1) |
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The Applications Launcher |
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12 | (1) |
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Wireless and Network Settings |
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Orientation and the Accelerometer |
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27 | (8) |
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Searching for Applications |
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Downloading and Installing Free Applications |
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Downloading and Installing Applications from Other Sources |
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Keeping Applications Up to Date |
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31 | (1) |
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Uninstalling Applications |
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Chapter 3 Your Home Screens |
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Adding Application Shortcuts to Your Home Screen |
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Adding Widgets to Your Home Screen |
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Organize Your Home Screen Shortcuts with Folders |
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Use Open Home for Further Customization |
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Chapter 4 Actually Using Your Phone as a Phone |
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Managing Contacts on Your Computer |
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Organizing Contacts into Groups |
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Installing the Google Voice App on Your Phone |
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50 | (1) |
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Placing Calls from Your Desktop Computer |
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51 | (1) |
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Other Google Voice Features |
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Chapter 5 21st-Century Communication |
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56 | (5) |
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60 | (1) |
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Importing Your Other Accounts |
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Accessing Gmail on Your Phone |
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61 | (2) |
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Viewing Messages by Label |
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Getting Other E-mail on Your Phone |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Managing Your Time |
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75 | (10) |
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Using the Google Calendar on Your Computer |
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Using Google Calendar on Your Phone |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (1) |
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Part II Maps, Music, Pictures, And The Web |
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88 | (1) |
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Getting There without a Car |
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Throw Away Your GPS Device |
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Find Out Where You Were with My Tracks |
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Preparing Music for Your Phone |
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101 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Downloading Music to Your Phone |
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104 | (1) |
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Purchasing Music via Amazon MP3 |
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105 | (1) |
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Adding a Home Screen Widget for Music |
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Using Songs as Ringtones and Notification Sounds |
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108 | (1) |
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Listening to Internet Radio |
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109 | (1) |
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Identifying Music with Shazam |
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110 | (1) |
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Downloading and Listening to Podcasts |
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Find and Subscribe to a Podcast with Google Listen |
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Manually Add a Podcast to Listen |
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Chapter 9 Taking Pictures |
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Using Your Phone's Camera |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (1) |
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Downloading Pictures to Your Computer |
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Find Out Where You Took a Picture |
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Enabling GPS on Your Camera |
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121 | (1) |
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Using Geotagging on Your Phone |
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122 | (1) |
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Edit Pictures on Your Phone |
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122 | (7) |
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129 | (12) |
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Capturing Video on Your Phone |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Streaming Your Video with Qik |
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132 | (1) |
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Preparing a Video to Upload to Your Phone |
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133 | (5) |
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Upload a Video to Your Phone |
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138 | (1) |
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Watching TV on Your Phone |
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138 | (3) |
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Surfing the Web on Your Phone |
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142 | (1) |
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Searching the Old-Fashioned Way |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Search without Returning to Google |
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143 | (1) |
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Search Outside the Browser |
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Use Flash Player to View the Whole Web |
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146 | (1) |
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Installing a Different Browser |
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147 | (6) |
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Part III Working And Playing |
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153 | (12) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
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Working with Microsoft Office Documents |
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156 | (3) |
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Editing Documents in Quickoffice |
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157 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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Games that Take Advantage of Your Phone's Abilities |
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Chapter 14 Other Cool Apps |
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Stargazing with Google Sky Maps |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (3) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Getting Movie and TV Information with IMDb |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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Taking Notes with Evernote |
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187 | (1) |
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Planning Trips with Kayak |
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188 | (1) |
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Keeping Track of the Weather with WeatherBug |
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189 | (1) |
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Researching with Wapedia and Wikimobile |
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190 | (1) |
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Following Your Favorite Sports Teams |
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Translating with Google Translate |
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Chapter 15 Advanced Topics |
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Managing Your Phone's Power Settings |
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Get Your Computer Online with Your Phone |
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197 | (1) |
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Downloading the Android SDK |
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198 | (1) |
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Index |
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