Android Fully Loaded by Huddleston, Rob -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction 1 Android Basics

Which Version of Android Do I Have? Setting Up Your Android Device Getting a Google Account What Makes a Good Password? Synching Your Device with Your Account Accessories The Home Screen The Applications Launcher Organizing Your Applications The Notifications Bar The Action Bar Device Settings Wireless and Network Settings Ringtones Silencing Your Ringtone Orientation and the Accelerometer Lock Your Device Storage Text Input Device Information Charging

2 Applications

Using the Android Market Searching for Applications Downloading and Installing Free Applications Paying for Applications Amazon Appstore for Android Downloading and Installing Applications from Other Sources Keeping Applications Up to Date

3 Your Home Screens

Adding Application Shortcuts to Your Home Screens Pre-Honeycomb Adding Application Shortcuts to Your Home Screens in Honeycomb Adding Widgets to Your Home Screen Organize Your Home Screen Shortcuts with Folders Changing the Wallpaper

4 The Phone

Adding Contacts Managing Contacts on Your Computer Organizing Contacts into Groups Calling a Contact Manually Dialing Numbers Using Favorites Speed Dial Using the Recent List Voice Dialing Calling from the Browser Using the Speaker Phone Conference Calling Google Voice

5 21st Century Communication

Switching to Gmail Accessing Gmail on Your Device Getting Other E-mail on Your Device Instant Messaging Texting Social Networking

6 Managing Your Time

Google Calendar To-Do List Alarm Clock

7 Maps

Using Google Maps Search in Maps Getting Directions Getting There without a Car Throw Away Your GPS Device View Live Traffic Other Layers Driving with Your Phone Street View Google Places Install a Compass Find Out Where You Were with My Tracks Use Google Earth

8 Music

Preparing Music for Your Phone Downloading Music to Your device Purchasing Music via Amazon MP3 Listening to Music Creating Playlists Google Music Adding a Home Screen Widget for Music Using Songs as Ringtones and Notification Sounds Listening to Internet Radio Identifying Music with Shazam Downloading and Listening to Podcasts

9 Taking Pictures

Using Your Device’s Camera Viewing Your Pictures Sharing Your Pictures Downloading Pictures to Your Computer Find Out Where You Took a Picture Edit Pictures on Your Device

10 Video

Capturing Video on Your Device Viewing Your Videos Sharing Your Video Preparing a Video to Upload to Your Phone Upload a Video to Your Phone Watch Streaming Content on Your Device Video Chat GoogleTV: Android On Your TV

11 The Web

Surfing the Web on Your Device Searching the Web Use Flash Player to View the Whole Web Using Browser Windows on your Phone Bookmark Sites Change the Home Page Installing a Different Browser Desktop Browsing from Your Device

12 Documents

PDF Working with Google Docs Working with Microsoft Office Documents Reading e-Books

13 Games

Puzzle Games Classic Board Games Action Games Card Games Games that Take Advantage of Your Phone’s Abilities Classic Games Web-based Games

14 Other Cool Apps

Stargazing with Google Sky Maps Finding Local Businesses WHERE Getting Movie and TV Information with IMDb Creating Shopping Lists Calculating Tips Taking Notes with Evernote Planning Trips with Kayak Keeping Track of the Weather with WeatherBug Researching with Wapedia and Wikimobile Finding Recipes Following Your Favorite Sports Teams Scanning Barcodes Translating with Google Translate Searching with Gesture Search Getting News with Pulse Taking Credit Cards with Square

15 Troubleshooting

Killing Apps Forcing a Reboot Formatting Your SD Card Booting into Recovery Mode Rooting

16 Advanced Topics

Managing Your Phone’s Power Settings Get Your Computer Online with Your Phone Downloading the Android SDK Turning on USB Debugging Taking Screenshots