Android Phones for Dummies - Softcover

Learn to:

• Set up, configure, get connected, and start enjoying your Android phone
• Shoot photos and video, play games, and listen to music
• Keep in touch using email, texts, and social media

Don't let that amazing Android intimidate you! Here's the simple, straightforward scoop

How can something called a smartphone make you feel so dumb? Well, nobody can solve that problem better than Dan Gookin! Here's the friendly, jargon-free guide to everything your Android can do, from texting and email to shooting video, updating social media, downloading apps, networking via Wi-Fi, and more. Oh—and you can even make phone calls!

• Meet your Android Phone — master basic setup, lock and unlock the screen, use the touchscreen, work with apps, and get onscreen keyboard typing tips
• Keep up with your friends — manage your address book, make and receive calls, choose a texting app, and configure email
• Go places — use Maps to navigate roads and locate restaurants and businesses near you
• Let's hang out — talk or video chat with friends on a Google Hangout, make Skype calls, tweet, and update Facebook

Open the book and find:

• Hints for snapping pictures, editing images and sharing photos
• How to get music, create a playlist and delete tunes from your device
• Instructions on activating and connecting your Bluetooth
• Tips for downloading apps and adding widgets to your home screen
• How to customize the phone's home screen, lock screen, display, keyboard and audio
• How to cut, copy, and paste text
• Tips on using a USB connection to synchronize your goodies
• Info for using maps and navigation

Dan Gookin skyrocketed to fame, or at least headed in that direction, when he wrote the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, in 1991. He has penned more than 130 books explaining technology in understandable and entertaining ways, with 12 million copies in print translated into over 30 languages.