Amazon Fire Phone For Dummies

Chapter 16

Other Things It Does

In This Chapter

Setting alarms

Using the calculator

Checking your schedule

Adding an event

Playing games

Reading eBooks

Renting and watching videos

The first few primitive cell phones featured mini-programs. Today these programs are called apps, but they’re nothing new. I remember a Tetris game I played on one of my first cell phones. The phone also had an address book, a scheduler, and even an alarm clock. Back then, such things were imaginative and impressive.

Today, the myriad apps that come with a cell phone are still imaginative and impressive. They demonstrate the versatility of the device. A piece of technology such as the Fire phone is about more ...