7. Fun with Media

The past several chapters are rather utilitarian, focusing on tools like email, messaging, and contacts. Now it’s time to let your hair down a little. In this chapter, I run down all the multimedia options that are available on the Droid, including photos, music, and movies. Let’s have some fun, shall we?

Note

Numerous third-party applications that play (and record) multimedia are available from the Android Market. This chapter focuses on the applications that are preinstalled on the Droid; I cover third-party applications and the Android Market in Chapter 8.

Camera

A very useful feature of most modern smartphones is the built-in camera. It’s incredibly convenient to be able to whip out your phone and snap a photo on demand. ...

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