Karch Android for Work

Productivity for Professionals
1. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-3001-4
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Android is new, Android is open, and Android is fun. It's also serious about business. Android for Work shows you how to harness the power of Android to stay productive and take your office on the road. This book also sheds light on the often daunting task of finding the right Android phone for the business user. Whether this is your first smartphone, your first Android smartphone, or your first attempt to make your phone into a productivity tool, Android for Work gets you started. You'll learn how to manage email and tasks, but you'll also learn how to weed through the sea of games to find specialized productivity tools for a variety of professions. For those that are more interested in an enterprise wide deployment, the book includes an appendix of information on administering Android phones, creating custom interfaces, and creating specialized apps for your enterprise. You'll also learn more about integrating Android with other Google Apps for enterprise.

Marziah Karch takes a special delight in the challenge of explaining new gadgets and complex technology to beginning audiences. She is the author of multiple books on technology topics. Marziah writes for About.com and GeekMom.com. Her articles have also appeared in Wired magazine.Marziah was a senior educational technologist for Johnson County Community College in the Kansas City metro area for 14 years before she began working as a senior instructional designer for NWEA in Portland, Oregon. She holds a Master's in instructional design and is a doctoral student in Library and Information Management. When she's not feeding her geek side with new gadgets or writing about technology, Marziah enjoys keeping Portland weird with her husband and two children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karch, Marziah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;1
2;Copyright Page;2
3;Table of Contents;4
4;About the Author;12
5;About the Technical Reviewer;13
6;Acknowledgments;14
7;Preface;15
8;Chapter 1 Buying and Activating an Android Phone;16
8.1;The History of Android;16
8.2;Selecting the Right Phone;18
8.3;Android Phone Variations;18
8.3.1;HTC and Sense;18
8.3.2;Motorola and MOTOBLUR;19
8.3.3;Sony Ericsson and UX;20
8.3.4;The Google Phone;20
8.3.5;Touchscreen vs. Keyboard;21
8.3.6;Phone Optics;22
8.4;Android Devices That Aren’t Phones;22
8.4.1;Android Readers;23
8.4.2;Multimedia Players;23
8.4.3;Netbooks;23
8.4.4;Microwaves, Washing Machines, and Printers (Oh My!);23
8.4.5;Understanding Phone Plans;24
8.4.5.1;Activating Your Phone;25
8.4.5.2;Using Google Accounts;26
8.4.5.3;Setting Up Exchange;27
8.4.5.3.1;POP Access;27
8.4.5.3.2;Outlook Web Access;27
8.4.5.3.3;Access Using Third-Party Apps;28
8.5;Summary;28
9;Chapter 2 Using Your Phone for the First Time;29
9.1;SIM Cards;29
9.2;Physical Buttons;30
9.2.1;Home;30
9.2.2;Back;31
9.2.3;Search;31
9.2.4;Menu;31
9.2.5;Scroll/Select;31
9.2.6;Volume;31
9.2.7;Camera;32
9.3;Navigating the Touchscreen;32
9.3.1;Home Screen, Sweet Home Screen;33
9.3.2;The App Tray;34
9.3.3;The Long Click;34
9.3.4;Switching Between Portrait and Landscape;35
9.3.5;Using the Virtual Keyboard;36
9.3.6;Zooming In and Out;37
9.3.7;Speaker Phone;37
9.4;Security Settings;37
9.5;International Settings;38
9.5.1;Calling Outside the United States;39
9.5.2;International SIM Cards;39
9.6;Summary;40
10;Chapter 3 Going Online with Android;41
10.1;Understanding Connection;41
10.1.1;Wi-Fi;41
10.1.2;Bluetooth;42
10.1.3;GPS;43
10.1.4;EDGE, CDMA, and 3G;43
10.1.5;WiMAX and 4G;43
10.1.6;Roaming;44
10.2;Troubleshooting Connections;44
10.2.1;Cisco WLC Login;45
10.3;Managing Power;45
10.4;Connecting Securely;45
10.4.1;VPN and SSL;46
10.4.2;VNC;48
10.5;Android’s Web Browser;48
10.5.1;Basic Web Navigation;48
10.5.2;Using Bookmarks;49
10.5.3;Adding Shortcuts to Your Home Screen;50
10.5.4;Navigating Multiple Pages;51
10.6;Summary;52
11;Chapter 4 Android Calling;53
11.1;Using the Dialer;53
11.1.1;Dialer App Anatomy;53
11.1.2;Calling;54
11.1.3;Browsing Call History;55
11.2;Managing Your Contacts;55
11.2.1;Adding Contacts on Your Phone;56
11.2.2;Deleting Contacts;57
11.2.3;Favorites;57
11.3;Personalizing Contacts;58
11.3.1;Customizing Ringtones;58
11.3.2;Pictures;58
11.3.3;Shortcuts;59
11.3.4;Folders;60
11.4;Voicemail Basics;60
11.4.1;Visual Voicemail;60
11.4.2;Straight to Voicemail;60
11.4.3;To Google Voice or Not to Google Voice;61
11.4.4;How to Get a Google Voice Account;62
11.4.5;Selecting a Google Voice Phone Number;62
11.4.6;Using Your Own Phone Number;62
11.4.7;Free Text Messages;62
11.4.8;Visual Voicemail and Transcription;62
11.4.9;International Calling;63
11.4.10;Conference Calls;63
11.4.11;Personalized Actions;64
11.4.12;Toggling Between Google Voice and Your Cell Number;64
11.4.13;Disadvantages of Using Google Voice;64
11.5;Summary;64
12;Chapter 5 Managing Texting;65
12.1;Texting Basics;65
12.1.1;Sending;66
12.1.2;Autocomplete;67
12.1.3;Receiving;68
12.1.4;Forwarding;68
12.1.5;Multimedia and MMS;69
12.1.6;Settings;69
12.2;Going Beyond the Defaults;70
12.2.1;Texting vs. IM;70
12.2.2;Google Voice;71
12.2.3;chompSMS;71
12.2.4;SMS Gateway and Outlook;72
12.3;Twitter and Texting;72
12.4;Texting for Charity;72
12.5;Texting Google;73
12.5.1;GOOG 411;73
12.6;Voice to Text;73
12.7;Texting and Security;73
12.8;Summary;74
13;Chapter 6 Wrangling Your E-mail;75
13.1;Getting to Know Gmail;76
13.1.1;Inbox and Archive;77
13.1.2;Labels;78
13.1.3;Creating and Deleting Labels;78
13.1.4;Automatic Filters;79
13.1.5;The Settings Menu;79
13.1.5.1;General Settings;79
13.1.5.2;Accounts;80
13.1.5.3;Forwarding and POP/IMAP;80
13.1.5.4;Labs, Themes, and Offline;80
13.2;Understanding Gmail Mobile;81
13.2.1;Web Version from Your Phone;81
13.2.2;Sending and Replying to E-mail;82
13.2.3;Search;84
13.2.4;Custom Signatures;84
13.2.5;Notifications;84
13.2.6;Labels;84
13.2.7;Confirm Delete;85
13.2.8;Talk and Other Missing Gmail Features;85
13.2.8.1;Task List;85
13.2.8.2;Buzz;85
13.2.9;Multiple Google Accounts;85
13.2.10;Deleting Accounts;86
13.3;The Email App;87
13.4;Reading Attachments;88
13.5;Exchange Accounts on Android;89
13.5.1;Outlook Web Access;89
13.5.2;Third-Party Apps;89
13.6;Lotus Notes;90
13.7;Summary;90
14;Chapter 7 The Calendar;92
14.1;Using the Web-Based Google Calendar;92
14.1.1;Views;93
14.1.2;Multiple Calendars;94
14.1.3;Adding Calendars;94
14.1.4;Sharing Your Calendar;95
14.1.5;Deleting Calendars;96
14.1.6;Google Apps Team Edition;96
14.1.7;Adding Events;96
14.1.8;Adding Guests;97
14.2;Importing and Exporting Calendars;97
14.3;Syncing Calendars with Exchange;97
14.3.1;Exchange Syncing on Android 2.2;98
14.4;Using Google Calendar on Android;98
14.4.1;Tasks;99
14.4.2;Adding Events;101
14.4.3;Deleting and Editing Events;102
14.4.4;Inviting Attendees and Accepting Invitations;103
14.4.5;Managing Your Calendars;103
14.4.6;Setting Alerts, Alarms, and Reminders;103
14.4.7;Additional Phone Options;103
14.5;Using Other Calendar Apps;104
14.6;Summary;105
15;Chapter 8 Android in a Microsoft World;106
15.1;Using Android with Exchange Servers;106
15.1.1;Exchange Calendar Options;107
15.2;Using Android with SharePoint Servers;107
15.3;Using Android with Windows SkyDrive;108
15.4;Third-Party Solutions for Handling Office Documents;109
15.4.1;QuickOffice;109
15.4.2;DataViz Documents To Go;110
15.4.3;ThinkFree Mobile Office;110
15.5;Managing Downloads;111
15.5.1;Emailing Files;112
15.6;Microsoft Office and Web Apps;112
15.7;OneNote vs. Evernote;113
15.8;Google Docs;114
15.9;Summary;115
16;Chapter 9 Photos and Video;116
16.1;Understanding Your Camera;116
16.1.1;Megapixels and Image Size;117
16.1.2;Zoom and Focus;117
16.2;Taking a Picture;118
16.3;Selecting the Optimal Settings;120
16.4;Shooting Video;122
16.5;The Gallery;124
16.6;Using Picasa;126
16.7;Sharing Photos;127
16.8;Using Photos As Wallpaper and Widgets;128
16.9;Using Photos for Contact Icons;129
16.10;Copying Photos to Your Computer;129
16.11;Uploading to YouTube;129
16.12;Editing Photos;130
16.12.1;Photoshop Mobile;130
16.12.2;PicSay;131
16.12.3;Other Photo Apps;132
16.13;Printing;133
16.14;Summary;133
17;Chapter 10 Web Browsing;134
17.1;Android’s Web Browser;134
17.1.1;Anatomy of a Browser;135
17.1.2;Basic Navigation;136
17.2;Navigating Multiple Windows;137
17.3;Bookmarks;138
17.3.1;Most Visited and History;139
17.3.2;Adding Bookmarks to Your Home Screen;140
17.4;Searching the Web;140
17.4.1;Voice Search;141
17.4.2;Searching Within Results;142
17.5;Browser Settings;143
17.5.1;Flash;144
17.6;Alternative Browsers;145
17.6.1;Opera Mini;145
17.6.2;Dolphin;146
17.6.3;Skyfire;147
17.6.4;Steel;147
17.7;Tethering and Portable Hotspots;147
17.7.1;Creating Portable Hotspots in Android 2.2;147
17.7.2;Tethering in Android 2.1 and Earlier;149
17.8;Summary;151
18;Chapterv 11 Social Media and Work;152
18.1;Twitter and Microblogs;153
18.1.1;The Mechanics and Culture of Twitter;153
18.1.1.1;Retweets;154
18.1.1.2;Hashtags;154
18.1.1.3;URL Shorteners;154
18.1.1.4;TwitPic;154
18.1.1.5;Direct Messages;155
18.1.2;Finding Twitter Apps;155
18.1.3;Yammer;157
18.1.4;Other Microblogs;158
18.2;Social Bookmarking;159
18.3;Facebook;160
18.3.1;Creating Fan Pages;160
18.3.2;Facebook Apps;161
18.4;LinkedIn;162
18.5;Blogging;163
18.5.1;Phone Posts;164
18.5.2;WordPress;164
18.6;Bump;165
18.7;Buzz;166
18.8;Cross-Posting;167
18.9;Readers;168
18.10;Summary;170
19;Chapter 12 Maps and Mobile;171
19.1;Understanding Google Maps;172
19.1.1;Driving Directions;172
19.2;Map Layers;174
19.2.1;Traffic;174
19.2.2;Satellite;175
19.2.3;Buzz;175
19.2.4;Google Labs Layers;175
19.3;Location Sharing with Latitude;176
19.4;Location Details;177
19.4.1;Starring Locations;178
19.4.2;Google Street View;179
19.5;Using Your Phone for GPS Navigation;179
19.5.1;Car Home;180
19.6;Email and Text Directions;180
19.7;GOOG 411;181
19.8;Making Your Own Maps;181
19.9;Location-Sensing Social Media and Games;182
19.9.1;Foursquare;183
19.9.2;Gowalla;184
19.10;Summary;184
20;Chapter 13 The Remaining Android Apps;185
20.1;Calculator;185
20.2;Search;186
20.3;Gesture Search;187
20.4;Goggles;188
20.5;Alarm Clock;189
20.5.1;Powerful Alarm Options;190
20.5.2;Analog Clock Widget;191
20.6;YouTube;192
20.6.1;Logging into Your YouTube Account;193
20.6.2;Browsing Videos;193
20.6.3;Ratings, Sharing, Comments, and Flags;194
20.6.4;Playing Videos;194
20.7;Music;195
20.8;News and Weather;196
20.9;HTC Sense;197
20.10;MOTOBLUR;198
20.11;Summary;198
21;Chapter 14 The Android Market;199
21.1;QR Codes;199
21.2;Browsing the Android Market;200
21.2.1;Navigating by Category;202
21.2.2;Comment Differences in Android 2.2;203
21.3;Paying for Apps;204
21.4;Downloading Apps;205
21.5;Installing Apps;206
21.6;Uninstalling Apps;207
21.7;Updating Apps;208
21.7.1;Rating and Commenting;209
21.8;Installing Apps Outside the Android Market;210
21.9;Eleven Must-Have Apps;211
21.9.1;ShopSavvy;212
21.9.2;Lookout Mobile;213
21.9.3;Mint.com;214
21.9.4;Cooking Capsules Taster;215
21.9.5;Evernote;216
21.9.6;Pandora;217
21.9.7;Toddler Lock;218
21.9.8;New York Times;219
21.9.9;Google Voice;220
21.9.10;WikiMobile Encyclopedia (Bonfire);221
21.9.11;Yelp;222
21.10;Summary;222
22;Chapter 15 General Business Applications;223
22.1;Document Tools;223
22.2;Printing;226
22.3;File Management;227
22.4;Virus Protection, Backups, and Security;229
22.5;Presentation Software;231
22.6;Web Conferencing;233
22.7;Note Taking;234
22.8;E-mail Management;236
22.9;To-Do Lists;238
22.10;Expenses and Finance;240
22.11;Travel;242
22.12;Summary;243
23;Chapter 16 Specialized Apps for Professionals;244
23.1;Health and Medicine;244
23.2;Law and Legal;246
23.3;Real Estate;248
23.4;Sales and CRM;250
23.5;Retail;251
23.6;Finance;254
23.7;Project Management;256
23.8;Education and Training;258
23.9;Social Media;260
23.10;Information Technology;262
23.11;Other Apps;264
23.12;Summary;265
24;Chapter 17 Advanced Customization and Troubleshooting;266
24.1;Advanced Widgets;266
24.2;Themes;267
24.2.1;Skinnable Widgets;268
24.2.2;Live Wallpapers;269
24.3;Managing Battery-Draining Activities;270
24.4;Over-the-Air Updates;272
24.5;Alternatives to OTA;273
24.6;Rooting Android;273
24.6.1;Jailbreaking;274
24.7;Resetting Your Phone;275
24.7.1;Soft Reset;275
24.7.2;Hard Reset;275
24.7.3;Reset Recovery;276
24.8;Screen Captures from Android;276
24.9;Summary;277
25;Appendix A Resources for Managing Enterprise-Wide Android Deployment;278
26;Appendix B Resources for Developing Android Apps;280
26.1;Google App Inventor;280
26.2;Web Resources for Android;281
26.3;Apress Books on Android;282
26.4;Cross-Platform Development;283
26.5;Apress Titles for Cross-Platform Development;284
26.6;Other Resources for Android;284
27;Index;286