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Google on the Go

THE EASY, FUN, PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GOOGLE ANDROID PHONES!

So you’ve got one of those hot new Android-powered phones? Awesome! Now, get the most out of it with Google on the Go! This friendly, easy book shows exactly how to use your phone to make your life more productive, more efficient, and more fun!

Making calls? Playing MP3s? Sending Gmail? Taking pictures? It’s all covered here—one step at a time, in plain English. There’s no faster way to master the great Google tools built into your new phone: calendar, messaging, web browsing, chat, Google Maps, YouTube, you name it!

Want to customize your phone? Here’s how. Need to troubleshoot a problem? No sweat: you’ll find easy, step-by-step directions. Whether you’re using the T-Mobile G1 or another Android-powered smartphone, this book answers all your questions so you can harness the power of Google applications and tools in the palm of your hand.

 • Set up your Google Android phone fast!

 • Quickly master phone basics, from speakerphone to call waiting

 • Transfer contacts from your computer or another phone

 • Add new Calendar appointments and reminders

 • Make the most of your free Gmail account

 • Take photos, and send them instantly to your contacts

 • Watch videos and upload them to YouTube

 • Find practically anything with Google Search

 • Use Google Talk’s handy chat features

 • Get directions and traffic info with Google Maps… even use GPS!

 • Install new software tools and even start writing your own

 • Fix the most common problems with service and hardware

John Eddy is a long-time gadget hobbyist who has spent most of his career helping everyday people use technology, in roles ranging from product support to moderation of online forums.

Patricia DiGiacomo Eddy is an accomplished technology author and mobile phone geek whose books include Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, The
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to OneNote, and Access 2003: VBA Programmer’s Reference.

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The Busy Coder’s Guide to Advanced Android Development picks up where its predecessor left off, covering yet more topics of interest to the professional Android application developer. If you need to use sensors, create home screen widgets, play back media, take pictures with the camera, or implement sophisticated services, this book will be a helpful guide. With all sample source code available for download from the CommonsWare Web site — as are the samples from all of CommonsWare’s Android books — you can try out the book examples yourself and continue your education further. CommonsWare even has a support Google Group for readers, to help answer questions about the book materials and examples.

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Pro Android is the first book that includes coverage of the new Google Android 1.5 SDK (including the branch formerly called Cupcake). This essential book covers the fundamentals of building applications for embedded devices thru through to advanced concepts, such as, custom 3D components.

• Takes a pragmatic approach to developing Google Android applications.
• Examines the Android Virtual Device; the Input-Method Framework, special development considerations for touch screen vs. keyboard/traditional input, Voice Recognition, and Live Folders,
• Covers the Android media APIs (Media APIs, WI-FI APIs, etc), including the new simplified OpenGL, improved Media Framework and more.

With Android 1.5 and this book that includes Android 1.5 coverage, developersyou should will be able to build leading edge mobile applications ranging from Games to Google Apps like add-ons to Google Docs and more—no matter the device interface. Extend and run APIs of the new Google Chrome browser/WebOS on G1, G2 and other forthcoming next generation Google Phones and other Android enabled devices and Netbooks.

What you’ll learn

• What is Android and how to use Android to build Java-based mobile applications for Google Phones with touch screen or keyboard,thanks to Cupcake’s inclusion as of Android 1.5.
• Create applications that run on either or both touch and keyboard screens.
• How to design and architect a variety of mobile phone and device applications using Google’s Android SDK.
• Build Multimedia and even Game applications using Android’s Media APIs, improved Media Framework and Simplified OpenGL.
• How to use Android’s Location Based Services, Networking (WI-FI APIs) and Security.

Who is this book for?

This book is for professional software engineers/programmers looking to move their ideas and applications into the mobile space with Android. The author assumes the reader has a passable understanding of Java. They should be able to write classes and handle basic inheritance structures. This book also targets hobbyist developers looking to get their feet wet in the complex minefield of mobile software.

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This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick’s most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into separate occupation zones. The dizzying The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) posits a future in which competing hallucinogens proffer different brands of virtual reality. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), about a bounty hunter in search of escaped androids in a postapocalyptic future, was the basis for the movie Blade Runner. Ubik (1969), with its future world of psychic espionage agents and cryogenically frozen patients inhabiting an illusory “half-life,” pursues Dick’s theme of simulated realities and false perceptions to ever more disturbing conclusions. As with most of Dick’s novels, no plot summary can suggest the mesmerizing and constantly surprising texture of these astonishing books.

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Web Geek’s Guide to the Android-Enabled Phone

Covers Android 1.5

Make the Most of Your Android-Enabled Phone!

Out of the way BlackBerry. Move over iPhone. There’s a more intelligent alternative to the same old smartphone. Google’s Android mobile phone platform has all the capabilities of these phones and more. With this book, you’ll unlock every bit of power that’s built into the Android phone and learn how to take advantage of the incredibly innovative Android applications pouring into the marketplace. You’ll even learn how to build (and sell) your own new applications.

You’ll begin with a quick, practical tour of the first Android phone–the T-Mobile G1. You won’t just learn how to use your Android phone’s built-in applications, you’ll also learn tips and tricks that’ll make you a power user, fast! From email and YouTube to Google Maps and GPS, if Android can do it, this book will help you do it even better. Are you inspired by Android’s great apps? Create your own! This book gets you started with a complete introduction to Google’s powerful, free Android development toolset!

Covers all this, and more…

• Get online with Android’s built-in web browser
• Connect via Gmail Mobile–or any other email service you like
• Use Android’s core applications, including Contacts, Calendar, Alarm,
  Calculator, and Camera
• Have fun with Android: from music and video to the hottest games
• Add new capabilities to your Android phone using third-party applications
• Build your own Android applications including: design tips, tools, coding
  explanations, and instructions for publishing via the Android market
• Learn time-saving Android keyboard shortcuts
• Troubleshoot problems with your Android phone, step-by-step

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