Android Smartphones Made Easy: The Beginners Guide Made For Beginners: 10 (Computers Made Easy)
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**UPDATED FOR 2025** Within the last decade, smartphones have gone from something only technically savvy people enjoyed to a daily device that can be used by anyone from children to grandparents. These days you are in the minority if you don't have a smartphone and are missing out on all the wonderful things you can do with them. As these smartphones keep getting more advanced, some people may find it hard to keep up with everything they can do and how to do even the simplest of tasks. Not everyone is a tech genius and since our smartphones generally don't come with instruction guides we are left to figure it out on our own. The goal of this book is to get you up and running on your smartphone without confusing you in the process or making you feel like a dummy. Whether you are just getting started using a smartphone or have had one for some time and would like to become more proficient in its operation this book will help you do so. Its written so people with no experience can easily grasp the concepts and people with experience can gain some new skills and sharpen the ones they already have. Most importantly its filled with pictures to help explain these concepts so you aren't left guessing how the words you are reading actually relate to using your phone. The chapters in the book cover the following topics: Chapter 1 – What is a Smartphone Chapter 2 – Setting Up Your New Phone Chapter 3 – The Home Screen Chapter 4 – Notifications Chapter 5 – Installing Apps Chapter 6 – Setting Up Email Chapter 7 – Browsing the Internet Chapter 8 – Taking Pictures and Video Chapter 9 – Listening to Music Chapter 10 – Contacts Chapter 11 – Making Phone Calls Chapter 12 – Texting Chapter 13 – Configuring Your Phone's Settings Chapter 14 – Navigation Chapter 15 – Security Chapter 16 – Tips and Tricks About the Author James Bernstein has been working with various companies in the IT field for over 20 years, managing technologies such as SAN and NAS storage, VMware, backups, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Networking, Microsoft Office, Exchange, and more. He has obtained certifications from Microsoft, VMware, CompTIA, ShoreTel, and SNIA, and continues to strive to learn new technologies to further his knowledge on a variety of subjects. He is also the founder of the website OnlineComputerTips.com, which offers its readers valuable information on topics such as Windows, networking, hardware, software, and troubleshooting. Jim writes much of the content himself and adds new content on a regular basis. The site was started in 2005 and is still going strong today. Review: Good for Smartphone Beginner - This book has excellent basic information for those who, like myself, are new to smartphones. There's a lot to learn on these little dingos, and if you don't want to be last in the sheepdip, then you need something to get you shorn and pointed in the right direction. Talking to myself here: the basic Android stuff is roughly the same for all Android models; as a rule, it's only in the more advanced details that you'll find variation. Review: Good for basic set ups of most phones - Covers the basic of setting up your smart phone and some of the more common features and functions of most phones . If you want to know more about your particular phone I would either suggest doing some in depth online research or finding a book about your phone.
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D**R
Good for Smartphone Beginner
This book has excellent basic information for those who, like myself, are new to smartphones. There's a lot to learn on these little dingos, and if you don't want to be last in the sheepdip, then you need something to get you shorn and pointed in the right direction. Talking to myself here: the basic Android stuff is roughly the same for all Android models; as a rule, it's only in the more advanced details that you'll find variation.
A**N
Good for basic set ups of most phones
Covers the basic of setting up your smart phone and some of the more common features and functions of most phones . If you want to know more about your particular phone I would either suggest doing some in depth online research or finding a book about your phone.
B**H
A little complicated
I bought this for a pensioner who'd never owned a smartphone before. I had a quick look through the pages before I handed the book over and it didn't seem to be basic enough. Although the book was classed as second hand it was in 'as new' condition. I was very impressed by this.
C**N
Really Useful
I have had a smartphone for years but I did not know how to work it. This book is easy to read and full of useful tips.
H**2
Great book
Great book , perfect for a technophobe like myself. Well written easy to understand.
M**E
hopeless for novices
I bought this for my brother-in-law who has no knowledge or experience of the internet or smart phones and simply wanted to use his new Android phone to send text messages. He is elderly but is mentally unimpaired, and tells me he found the book useless. He still can't operate his new 'phone, and says the two pages devoted to texts in this whole book rely on a knowledge of internet requirements and don't explain why his 'phone won't let him send texts. A waste of money.
T**Y
Great for newcomers
As someone new to smartphones I found this book very helpful.
D**T
Not so Up to date
I thought this book would be the bees knee's But I can function must of the activity and never used an android system and it is not written well for people who do not understand computer eg Android functioning mobile/computes.
E**D
Very disappointing
First of all, the physical book is too big. The font is big and the photos are gigantic. And there's not much in there. Take the chapter on security, for example (likely the most important chapter in any book on cell phones). There's only 62 SENTENCES in the entire chapter. I have books on my shelves that have 62 PAGES in a chapter. And zero mention of VPN...zero. I was also hoping for something on the folder system within my phone, which I find confusing. But there's nothing.
C**N
Solid introduction
This is so much easier to use than the instruction manual. If you are putting off getting a smartphone because you think they are difficult to learn and use, then you need to read this book.
S**S
I understand it
east to read and illustrations very helpful
S**S
Book title is accurate. It is aimed at first time Android smart phone user.
Because I have had my smartphone for awhile, this was almost too simplistic for me. But I started with this because I felt that a "Smartphone for Dummies" would be too sophisticated for me and my very basic smartphone. When I upgrade to newer phone, I will be ready for a "Dummies" book.
A**R
Visit a cell phone store for questions on how to use your Android phone
Book is well written and organized. Did not help me much as I don't have a basic understanding of Android anything. Cell phones are changing so fast and seems there are so many different operating systems in use that almost any book is going to be out of date before is can be published and distributed. Best to take your cell phone to a cell phone store and ask for help in how to use it.
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