Droid X: The Missing Manual

Introduction

What gives you high-speed Internet access, runs thousands of apps, lets you take high-resolution photos and HD videos (and play them on a TV as well), gives you immediate access to information about all your friends, family, and contacts, handles any email you can throw at it, is a wizard at Facebook and other social networking services…and lets you make and receive phone calls as well?

It’s the Droid X—the smartphone with a big 4.3-inch screen and enough tech specs to make any smartphone lover’s heart skip a beat.

The Droid X brings together superb hardware from Motorola with Google’s powerful, flexible Android operating system. Many people consider the Droid X to be the best smartphone on the planet. If you’re holding this book in your hand, you’re probably among them—or soon will be.

This book will help you get the most out of your Droid X, and there’s a lot you can get out of it, as you’ll see. Whether you’re looking just to get started, or want to dig deep into the phone’s capabilities, this book’s got you covered.

About the Droid X

The Droid X is arguably the hottest smartphone on the market, with good reason. First, there’s the hardware. Motorola gave it a 4.3-inch, high-resolution screen; an 8-megapixel camera; and an HD camcorder. For keeping you connected, the Droid X has antennas for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS.

For its part, Verizon threw in its speedy 3G network, which lets you talk, text, and surf the Web almost anywhere in the U.S. (Anywhere important, anyway.) ...