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9781449396862

Droid X2

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    9781449396862

  • ISBN10:

    1449396860

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-10-05
  • Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

Whether you're just getting started with your Droid X2, or want to dig deeper into all the amazing things it can do, this book's got you covered. Learn how to get online, shop, keep in touch, take and share photos, enjoy streaming music and video, and much more. Packed with illustrations, this engaging book helps you with everything from setup to troubleshooting, with lots of expert tips and tricks along the way. Get organized. Import your contacts and sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange. Go online. Get your phone to act as a portable hotspot or as a modem to get your laptop online. Play music. Purchase music from Amazon and sync your Droid X with Windows Media Player and iTunes. Shoot photos and video. Edit and share your photos, and use them as desktop or icon images; record video and share it with your friends. Connect to Google Maps. Use geotagging and get turn-by-turn directions.

Author Biography

Preston Gralla is the author of more than 40 books, including Missing Manuals on Droid X, Droid 2, Xoom, and Galaxy Tab. He's the editor of WindowsDevCenter.com and OnDotNet, and a contributing editor to Computerworld.

Table of Contents

The Missing Creditsp. ix
Introductionp. xv
The Guided Tourp. 1
Power/Lock Keyp. 1
Headset Jackp. 4
About the Screenp. 4
Status Bar Iconsp. 5
Notification Lightp. 8
The Four Keysp. 9
Micro USB Portp. 13
HDMI Portp. 14
Ringer Volumep. 14
Microphonep. 15
SD Card and Batteryp. 15
Camerap. 17
Charging Cable and AC Adapterp. 17
Home Screenp. 13
The Droid X Panesp. 23
Controlling the Droid X2 with Your Fingersp. 32
Typing and Textingp. 35
The Keyboardsp. 35
Using the Multi-Touch Keyboardp. 37
Using the Swype Keyboardp. 45
Copying and Pasting Textp. 49
Searching Your Droid X2p. 52
Voice Searchp. 56
Text Messagingp. 58
Phone Callsp. 67
Placing a Phone Callp. 67
Dialing a Callp. 69
Managing Contactsp. 75
Designating Favoritesp. 78
Answering Callsp. 78
Conference Callingp. 80
Visual Voicemailp. 82
Call Waitingp. 85
Call Forwardingp. 86
Caller IDp. 87
Bluetooth Earpiecesp. 87
Musicp. 91
Where to Get Musicp. 92
Using the Music Appp. 93
Playing Your Musicp. 97
Creating Playlistsp. 100
More Music Optionsp. 103
Using Your Droid X2 While Playing Musicp. 106
Playing Music and Media on Other Devicesp. 106
Google Music Cloud Playerp. 108
Camera, Photos, and Videop. 111
Opening the Galleryp. 111
Editing Photos, Slideshows, and Morep. 117
Working with Multiple Photosp. 122
Videos in the Galleryp. 123
How the Droid X Gallery Differs from the Droid X2'sp. 124
Taking Still Photosp. 126
Customizing Your Photo Shootingp. 129
Photo Settingsp. 131
Taking Videop. 132
Using HDMI to View Photos and Videos on a TV or Monitorp. 134
YouTubep. 134
Maps, Navigation, and Other Droid X2 Appsp. 139
Mapsp. 139
Weatherp. 156
Reading Newsp. 158
Calculatorp. 164
Calendarp. 167
Using the Calendarp. 167
Calendar and Geolocationp. 178
Google Calendar on the Webp. 180
Synchronizing Your Calendar with Outlookp. 181
Corporate Calendar and Microsoft Exchangep. 182
Getting Online: Wi-Fi, 3G, and Mobile Hot Spotsp. 183
How the Droid X2 Gets Onlinep. 184
Connecting via Wi-Fip. 184
Turning Your Droid X2 into a Wi-Fi Hot Spotp. 190
Airplane Modep. 194
The Webp. 197
The Droid X2's Browserp. 198
Basic Navigation and Managing Windowsp. 199
Navigating a Web Pagep. 199
Multiple Windowsp. 201
Web Pages Designed for Mobile Phonesp. 202
The Address Barp. 202
Bookmarksp. 204
Most Visited and History Listsp. 208
Tapping Linksp. 211
Saving Online Imagesp. 212
Finding Text, Copying Text, Getting Page Information, and Morep. 214
Getting the Facts with RSSp. 216
Online Privacy and Securityp. 217
Using Other Browsersp. 219
Email, Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, and the Universal Inboxp. 221
Understanding Email on the Droid X2p. 221
Setting Up Gmailp. 222
Reading Mail in Gmailp. 223
Replying and Forwarding in Gmailp. 227
Understanding Gmail's Organizationp. 228
Managing Incoming Mail in Gmailp. 229
Writing Messages in Gmailp. 233
Working with Labels and Searchp. 235
Searching Gmailp. 237
Setting Up Email Accountsp. 238
Reading Mailp. 241
Handling Attachments and Pictures in Emailp. 243
Managing Mailp. 246
Creating and Sending Mailp. 246
The Universal Inboxp. 248
Using Web-Based Mail Programsp. 249
Facebook and Twitter on the Droid X2p. 250
Downloading and Using Appsp. 257
The Droid X2's Free and Easy Approach to Appsp. 257
Apps and Multitaskingp. 258
Where to Get Appsp. 260
Using Marketp. 261
Downloading from the Webp. 266
Downloading and Using a Bar Code Scannerp. 268
Updating Appsp. 269
Managing, Sharing, and Uninstalling Appsp. 271
Putting an App on the Home Screen or Panesp. 274
Troubleshooting Appsp. 276
Six Great Appsp. 276
Syncing and Transferring Music, Videos, Pictures, and Other Filesp. 279
Connecting Your Droid X2 to Your Computerp. 279
Transferring Files Using Your PCp. 281
Transferring Files Using Your Macp. 283
Transferring Music, Videos, and Pictures from a PC Using Windows Media Playerp. 285
Transferring Music, Videos, and Pictures to Your PCp. 292
Transferring Pictures to Your PC in Bulkp. 293
Using the Droid X2 Files Applicationp. 295
Checking Space on Your SD Cardp. 297
Taking the Droid X2 to Workp. 299
Setting Up Your Droid X2 with Your Company Accountp. 299
Virtual Private Networking (VPN)p. 301
Using Google Docsp. 303
Microsoft Officep. 307
Controlling the Droid X2 with Your Voicep. 309
Two Ways to Control the Droid X2 by Voicep. 309
Using the Magic of Voice Actionsp. 310
What You Can Do with Voice Actionsp. 311
Using Voice Commandsp. 315
What Can You Control with Your Voice?p. 317
Training the Droid X2 to Obeyp. 319
Setting Voice Commands Optionsp. 320
Settingsp. 323
Wireless & Networksp. 323
Call Settingsp. 328
Soundp. 330
Displayp. 333
Battery and Data Managerp. 335
HDMIp. 341
Backup Assistantp. 341
Location & Securityp. 342
Accountsp. 344
Applicationsp. 347
Privacyp. 350
Storagep. 351
Language & Keyboardp. 353
Voice Input & Outputp. 354
Accessibilityp. 356
Date & Timep. 357
About Phonep. 357
Setup and Signupp. 359
Accessoriesp. 363
Troubleshooting and Maintenancep. 365
Indexp. 373
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