| Introduction |
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PART 1 YOUR PHONE IN THE ANDROID UNIVERSE |
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Chapter 1 Why Android? What's the Deal? |
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The Many Flavors (Versions) of Android |
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Reasons That People Choose Android |
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Why You Need a Google Account |
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Accessing apps and settings |
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5G? LTE? 4G? VoLTE? Whaaat? |
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A Word about Privacy and Security |
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The terms of service can be tricky |
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Marsha's sage advice about privacy |
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Chapter 2 Buying Your Android Smartphone and Accessories |
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Investigate First -- Then Make a Buying Decision |
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Looking at a phone's physical features |
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Reviewing before making a decision |
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Considering an older model |
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Choosing where to buy your phone |
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Consider Your Carrier Choice |
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Checking out the carrier's coverage area |
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Finding senior discounts on carrier service |
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You Need a Few Accessories, Too |
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Power charging blocks -- volts and watts matter |
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Chapter 3 Activating and Connecting Your Phone |
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Turn On Your Phone for the First Time |
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Setting up a Google account |
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Restoring data from an older phone |
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Learn Android Smartphone Symbols and Gestures |
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Recognizing common Android icons |
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Meeting the top status bar |
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Exploiting screen navigation and gestures |
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PART 2 GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR ANDROID SMARTPHONE |
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Chapter 4 Safety First: Making Your New Phone Private |
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Checking out the screen locking options |
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Following the lock screen setup process |
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Place Owner Information On the Lock Screen |
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Designating Emergency or ICE contacts |
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Providing medical information |
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Chapter 5 Personalizing Your Handset |
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Hardware Buttons and What They Do |
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Move App Shortcuts to the Home Screen |
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Deal with Preinstalled Applications (or Bloatware) |
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Get the News (and Other Media) You Can Use |
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Customize the Home Screen with Widgets |
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Chapter 6 Android Typing Tricks with Google's Gboard |
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Make the Keyboard Decision |
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Selecting a keyboard to use |
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Exploring keyboards you have (or can have) |
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Check Out Keyboard Contenders |
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Gboard, the official Google keyboard |
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Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard |
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Speak Words with Voice Typing |
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Extended Keyboard and Special Characters |
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Delete, Copy, and Paste Text |
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Print Messages, Documents, and Web Pages |
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Chapter 7 Handling Notifications and Google Assistant |
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Meet the Android Notifications Window Shade |
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Recognizing notification types and settings |
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Disabling notifications (or not) |
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Controlling notifications via settings |
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Having fun with notifications, or not |
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Taming Google Discover news feed |
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Manage Your Phone with the Window Shade Quick Settings |
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The first-up Quick Settings |
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The full cast of Quick Settings |
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Get the 411 from Google Assistant |
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Knowing what you can do with Google Assistant |
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Installing or deactivating Google Assistant |
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PART 3 LET'S START COMMUNICATING |
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Chapter 8 Chatting via Voice or Video |
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Making international calls from your phone |
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Calling internationally with no contract |
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Get Voicemail Transcriptions |
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Reply to an Incoming Call by Sending a Text |
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Using a built-in ringtone |
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Downloading a custom ringtone |
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Activating a downloaded ringtone |
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Spend Face Time with Family and Friends |
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Chapter 9 Keeping Track of Friends and Appointments |
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Establish Your Phone's Contacts |
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Starting out right with Google Contacts |
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Importing old address books |
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Add a Contact in Other Ways |
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Importing contacts from texts |
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Adding a contact from the call log |
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Type In a Full Contact in the Contacts App |
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Customize, Delete, and Update Contacts |
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Energize Your Calendar App |
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Add Calendar Events from Gmail |
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Chapter 10 Texting with Poise and Character |
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Compare Types of Text Messaging |
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Turning on RCS chat features |
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Using third-party chat apps |
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Dress Up Texts in Google Messages |
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The Text Message Bar and Emoji |
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Find Even More Texting Options |
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Share Photos and Videos in Texts |
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Manipulate the Text in Your Message |
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Schedule a Text Message for Later Delivery |
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Act on Text Messages You Receive |
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Share and Print Documents, Email Messages, and Web Pages |
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Chapter 11 Managing Email with the Gmail App |
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Revealing the Gmail app's main menu |
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Tending to mailbox organization |
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Scoping out the main mailbox |
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Adding an email signature |
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Creating a Vacation Responder email |
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Perform Basic Gmail tasks |
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A table of common email tasks |
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Printing an email from Gmail |
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Link to Other Apps and Gmail Settings |
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Chapter 12 Choosing and Using a Smartphone Camera |
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Examine Smartphone Cameras and Brands |
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Paying the right amount of attention to reviews |
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Phones with camera brand collaborations |
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Take a Camera-Spec Safari |
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Enough megapixel, but not too much |
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Home in on subjects with zoom |
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Exercise Your Android Camera's Capabilities |
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Just point-and-shoot either stills or video |
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Add interest with your camera's tools |
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Expand your reach with Google Lens |
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Access camera features on the scrolling menu |
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Discovering the Pro settings |
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Applying the Pro settings |
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Applying the photo editor's tools |
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Playing with filters, colors, and more |
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PART 4 EXPLORING ANDROID APPS |
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Chapter 13 Preinstalled Tools You Want to Use |
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Take a Shortcut to Features with Android Quick Settings |
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Customizing the Quick Settings |
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Meeting popular Quick Settings |
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Quick Settings That Offer Valuable Options |
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Sharing with "close" friends |
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Phone-Resident Android Apps |
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Staying on task with Google Calendar |
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Frequenting the Google Play Store |
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Chapter 14 Google Mobile Services Apps for Android |
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Finding your way to an appointment |
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Employing the Directions screen options |
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Take Note(s) with Google Keep |
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Chapter 15 Apps You Might Like in Google Play Store |
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Establish App Privacy Permissions |
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Connect to Radio (Yes, Radio), Podcasts, and Music |
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Configuring your speakers' volume |
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Making a wired connection |
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Using a Bluetooth connection |
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Find Favorite and Fun Apps -- a Consensus |
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Radio, podcasts, and music |
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Try Out the Android Accessibility Suite |
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PART 5 ANDROID TODAY AND TOMORROW |
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Chapter 16 Marsha's MUST-DO Things for Your Phone |
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Make the Orientation Decision |
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Use Your Home Wi-Fi for Calls and Browsing |
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Practice Safety When Using Public Connections |
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Use a VPN to secure public Wi-Fi connections |
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Beware of charging a phone from a public port |
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Set Up Emergency Call and SOS |
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Establishing SOS messaging |
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Activating Emergency mode |
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Manage Home Screen App Shortcuts |
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Chapter 17 Android 12 and Beyond: The OS Evolution |
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Find Helpful New Features in Android 12 |
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Make purchasing faster with GPay |
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Poke around in Android 12 |
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Meet the Soothing Android 12 User Experience |
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