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Android For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Android For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Dan Gookin
September 2020
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
8h 1m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Telephone Stuff

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Calling someone

check Phoning in an emergency

check Getting a call

check Dismissing calls

check Using text message rejection

check Handling multiple calls

check Setting up a conference call

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell beat a host of competitors to the patent office and has since been credited with the invention of the telephone. Other great dates in phone history are 1878, when the busy signal was invented; 1896, when the Clayton household added a second line for their teenage daughter; and 1902, when the extension cord was patented to allow for simultaneous talking and pacing.

In the modern world, a phone call is only a minor feature of the device known as an Android phone. Yet the namesake feature offers a host of handy calling tools, all fully patented or in current legal ...

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