Introduction | p. 1 |
Who Is This Book For? | p. 1 |
What Is the Open Handset Alliance? | p. 1 |
What Is Android? | p. 2 |
What Does Open Source Mean? | p. 2 |
G1 Features | p. 2 |
About This Book | p. 3 |
Getting the 411 | p. 4 |
The Phone Basics | p. 5 |
Setting Up the Phone | p. 5 |
Using an Existing Google Account | p. 5 |
Creating a New Google Account | p. 6 |
Navigating the Phone's Screens | p. 7 |
Making and Answering Calls | p. 9 |
Speakerphone | p. 10 |
Conference Calling | p. 11 |
Call Waiting | p. 11 |
Configuring Calling Features | p. 12 |
Fixed Dialing Number | p. 13 |
Voicemail | p. 14 |
Call Forwarding | p. 14 |
Caller ID | p. 15 |
Call Waiting | p. 15 |
Operator Selection | p. 16 |
Managing Voicemail | p. 16 |
Date/Time Settings and Alarms | p. 17 |
Setting the Date and Time | p. 17 |
Setting an Alarm | p. 18 |
Snooze | p. 20 |
Deleting an Alarm | p. 21 |
Text Messaging | p. 21 |
Sending a Text Message | p. 21 |
Configuring Text Messaging Alert Settings | p. 22 |
Viewing a Received Message | p. 22 |
Customizing Your Phone | p. 23 |
Sound Settings | p. 23 |
Display Settings | p. 25 |
Autocorrect Options | p. 25 |
Customizing Your Home Screen | p. 26 |
Wallpaper | p. 26 |
Shortcuts | p. 27 |
Widgets | p. 29 |
Working with Contacts | p. 31 |
What Are Contacts? | p. 31 |
Viewing Your Contacts | p. 31 |
Adding a New Contact | p. 33 |
Editing an Existing Contact | p. 34 |
Calling a Contact | p. 36 |
Sending a Contact a Text Message | p. 37 |
Mapping a Contact's Address | p. 38 |
Setting Up Favorite Contacts | p. 39 |
Transferring Contacts from Another Phone | p. 39 |
Transferring Contacts from Your Computer | p. 40 |
Deleting a Contact | p. 40 |
What About All That Other Stuff? | p. 41 |
Using Your Calendar | p. 43 |
Viewing Your Calendar | p. 43 |
Viewing Other Calendars | p. 45 |
Creating a New Appointment | p. 46 |
Viewing Your Agenda | p. 48 |
Reminder Settings and Other Options | p. 49 |
Set Alerts & Notifications | p. 49 |
Select Ringtone | p. 50 |
Vibrate | p. 50 |
Set Default Reminder | p. 51 |
Some Tasks You Can't Perform from the Phone | p. 51 |
Creating a Second Calendar | p. 52 |
Sharing an Existing Calendar | p. 53 |
Adding a Public Calendar | p. 53 |
Inviting People to a Meeting | p. 54 |
Working with Email | p. 55 |
Overview of Gmail | p. 55 |
Reading Email | p. 55 |
Sending a New Message | p. 60 |
Replying to or Forwarding a Message | p. 61 |
Archiving an Email | p. 61 |
All About Labels | p. 62 |
Applying Labels to Received Mail Automatically | p. 63 |
Customizing Gmail Settings | p. 64 |
General Settings | p. 64 |
Notification Settings | p. 65 |
Connecting to Other Email Accounts | p. 66 |
Reading Email | p. 67 |
Sending a New Message | p. 68 |
Replying to or Forwarding a Message | p. 69 |
Deleting a Message | p. 69 |
Switching Between Multiple Accounts | p. 69 |
Removing an Account | p. 69 |
Taking Pictures | p. 71 |
Taking Pictures with Your Phone | p. 71 |
Save | p. 72 |
Set As | p. 72 |
Share | p. 74 |
Delete | p. 76 |
Camera Settings | p. 76 |
Viewing Pictures You've Taken | p. 76 |
Viewing a Slideshow of Your Pictures | p. 78 |
Basic Picture Options | p. 79 |
Advanced Picture Options | p. 79 |
Customizing Picture Settings | p. 81 |
Picture Size | p. 81 |
Picture Sort | p. 82 |
Confirm Deletions | p. 82 |
Slideshow Interval | p. 82 |
Slideshow Transition | p. 82 |
Repeat Slideshow | p. 83 |
Shuffle Slides | p. 83 |
Using Your Android-Powered Phone as a Personal Media Player | p. 85 |
Listening to Your Music | p. 85 |
Playing Music | p. 86 |
Creating and Using Playlists | p. 89 |
Party Shuffle | p. 94 |
Removing Songs from Your Library | p. 94 |
Purchasing New Songs | p. 94 |
Using Songs as Ringtones | p. 96 |
Copying Songs to Your Phone | p. 98 |
Watching Videos | p. 99 |
The Joy of YouTube | p. 99 |
Playing a YouTube Video | p. 100 |
YouTube Categories | p. 102 |
Searching for YouTube Videos | p. 102 |
Accessing Video Details | p. 103 |
Commenting on Videos | p. 104 |
Choosing Your Favorite Videos | p. 105 |
Sharing Videos | p. 105 |
Accessing YouTube Settings | p. 106 |
Using the Internet | p. 107 |
Accessing the Browser | p. 107 |
Opening a Website by Typing a URL | p. 108 |
Viewing More Than One Website at a Time | p. 109 |
Checking a Page for Content Updates | p. 110 |
Moving Through History | p. 110 |
There's No Place Like Home | p. 110 |
Sharing Web Pages with Others | p. 111 |
Zooming to a Better View | p. 112 |
Creating and Using Bookmarks | p. 113 |
Google Search | p. 113 |
Searching for Websites | p. 113 |
Searching for Images | p. 114 |
Local Searches | p. 115 |
Searching for News | p. 115 |
Advanced Web Browser Settings | p. 115 |
Managing Your History | p. 116 |
Finding Your Downloads | p. 116 |
Browser Settings | p. 118 |
Using the Rest of the Google Application Suite | p. 123 |
Google Talk | p. 123 |
Adding Friends | p. 125 |
Chatting with a Friend | p. 125 |
More IM Fun | p. 126 |
Friends List Options | p. 126 |
Instant Messaging Settings | p. 127 |
Other Instant Message Programs | p. 128 |
Adding an Account | p. 129 |
Frequent Chatting | p. 130 |
Removing an Account | p. 131 |
Google Maps | p. 132 |
Viewing a Map | p. 133 |
Searching for a Location | p. 141 |
Using Google Maps with GPS | p. 142 |
Getting Directions | p. 142 |
Other Google Applications | p. 144 |
Google Reader | p. 145 |
Google Docs | p. 147 |
Adding New Applications | p. 149 |
Finding and Installing New Applications | p. 150 |
Using ShopSavvy | p. 153 |
Using Shazam | p. 157 |
Managing Your Applications | p. 159 |
Adding Applications to Your Home Screen | p. 160 |
Find More Applications Using Search | p. 160 |
Uninstalling Unwanted Applications | p. 161 |
Using Wi-Fi | p. 165 |
Setting Up Wi-Fi | p. 166 |
Other Wireless Options | p. 169 |
Enabling Bluetooth | p. 170 |
Airplane Mode | p. 170 |
The Professor and Mary Ann: Mobile Networks | p. 171 |
Security | p. 173 |
SIM Card Lock | p. 173 |
Screen Lock | p. 174 |
Starting Over-Completely | p. 175 |
An Open-Source Platform | p. 177 |
Creating Applications for Your Phone | p. 177 |
Installing the SDK | p. 179 |
Resources | p. 182 |
Troubleshooting | p. 183 |
Service Issues | p. 183 |
Hardware and Software Issues | p. 184 |
My Phone Is Slower Than Molasses in January | p. 185 |
My Phone Crashed | p. 187 |
My Phone Won't Do Anything | p. 187 |
I Dropped My Phone in Water | p. 187 |
Resetting Your Phone | p. 188 |
Getting Help | p. 189 |
Index | p. 191 |
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