Chapter 3
The Android Tour
In This Chapter
Using the touchscreen
Working with navigation icons
Setting the phone’s volume
Changing the phone orientation
Viewing Home screen pages
Checking notifications
Running and switching apps
Decades ago, the most powerful computers had the most buttons, knobs, and dials. Those room-size computers that ran the 1960 census had hundreds of switches and controls. Back then it would have been easy to assume that a powerful computer of the future would have thousands of switches and controls. The reality is far different.
Today, smart devices like your Android phone are basically bereft of buttons. Despite its seemingly endless potential, your phone is a simple device. The touchscreen is the main control. That’s probably not what folks expected back in ...
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