For the average person, you will likely have more than one email address going to your Android phone.
Below is a run through on how-to set up a basic non-Google email on your Android device. Some email providers may need special server or port settings. If you follow these steps, this will explain how to input those settings.
Are you in the market for a new Android phone? Well Google is helping you out with their phone Gallery.
You can select up to 3 different devices and compare the specs. You can see what phones are available currently on each carrier, by country or by manufacturer.
Take a look at your choices here.
The widgets on your Android phone can be very handy to use. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what a widget is, they offer some features of an application. They are more than a shortcut, but not quite the full application.
Many of the Android widgets come in varying sizes and layouts so you choose how much space they will take up. Some 3rd-party Android applications will have a widget, others will not.
Adding a widget to your screen is only a few step process. Below is a quick walk through on adding a widget. [Read more...]
Whether you use Bluetooth or just hate typing everything, the voice search application on your Android device is top notch.
For times when you may not know how to spell something or when you shouldn’t be typing, the voice controlled searching and composing on the Android devices is amazing. [Read more...]
One of the first things you will need to do when get your Android device, is to sign in with your Gmail account. If you don’t have an account, this poses a problem because, if you don’t have a Gmail account you can’t get any apps from the Android Market.
You can create an account either by going to Gmail.com and filling out the information, or by opening the Market or Gmail application on your device. Below is a walk through on your device.
Starting next week, every Thursday we will post an article on a basic operation for Android devices. Some of the topic may be a little too basic for some. If you are just getting your first Android device, the series will hopefully help ease you into the main applications of the Android operating system.
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If you miss one of the Android Basics posts, they can be found in the Android Basics category tab.