Do you have a smartphone or tablet PC with Android? Are there any difficulties with getting started? This book provides a remedy by explaining and introducing Android (versions 6 to 9) and its handling step by step.
Android devices are more popular than ever, and the older generation is also increasingly using tablets and smartphones with this operating system. But as practical as these all-rounders are, they are complex and sophisticated to handle, especially for inexperienced computer users. If you are holding such a device in your hands for the first time, you need the right instructions.
Android Tablets & Smartphones:
The Beginner's Guide & Seniorn – 4th edition
320 pages, paperbound, O’Reilly-Verlag
Price: EUR 19.90
ISBN-10: 3960091435
ISBN-13: 978-3960091431
The four-colour book was written for the users of the entry-level target group – and specifically for the 50Plus age group, who have already worked with computers but do not yet have experience with Android devices, or finally want to know more about it.
The title takes Android 6 to 9 into account, but can also be used for Android 10.
From the content:
Android Basics - Operate your device
Buy and manage apps
Set up Android
Surfing & Internet
E-Mail
Dates, texts and notes
Take photos & edit
Read e-books
Music and videos
Phone & Skype
Useful apps
Settings
An appendix provides assistance if your device does not behave as expected.
Note: The book reflects the Android environment present when writing the manuscript. Google not only releases new Android versions, but also updates the described apps often within a few weeks. At best, these updates will only fix bugs in the apps. Sometimes, however, labels or commands change and occasionally the operation is also adjusted. Of course, the book can never depict such changes that occur after printing. In most cases, however, as an Android user, you should also get along with the instructions in the book with newer app versions.
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