Amazing Android Apps for Dummies

✍ Scribed by Begun, Daniel A

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 259
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Find the Android apps that are right for you so you can have fun and get more done!The popularity of Android apps is exploding and this handy guide helps you sort through the thousands of available applications so you can find the ones that are ideal for you. You'll explore a variety of apps in the areas of entertainment, finance, health, food, music, news, weather, photography, reference, dining out, social networking, sports, travel, and more. Author Daniel Begun helps you navigate through this enormous--and potentially overwhelming--array of Android apps.


Holds your hand through the oftentimes overwhelming app selection and shares helpful advice for sorting through the tens of thousands of apps to find the ones that are right for you Helps you uncover which apps are worth the price and what's fabulous for free Provides advice on what apps work best for all your favorite hobbies - from movies to music, sports to social networking, fitness to fun games, and everything in betweenAmazing Android Apps For Dummieswalks you through the process of finding, purchasing, and installing the most appealing apps for your needs.

✦ Table of Contents

Amazing Android Apps For Dummies......Page 1
About the Author......Page 7
Contents at a Glance......Page 13
Table of Contents......Page 15
About This Book......Page 21
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 22
Icons Used in This Book......Page 24
Where to Go from Here......Page 25
Introducing the Android Operating System......Page 26
Dealing with Fragmentation......Page 27
Using Android on Devices Other Than Phones......Page 29
Shopping at the Android Market......Page 31
Buying from Other App Stores......Page 35
Android vs. iPhone......Page 36
Aldiko Book Reader......Page 38
Audible for Android......Page 40
Books WordPlayer......Page 42
Droid Comic Viewer......Page 44
Kindle for Android......Page 46
DailyStrip......Page 48
TinyComics......Page 49
Dolphin Browser HD......Page 50
fring......Page 52
Google Voice......Page 54
K-9 Mail......Page 56
Visual VoiceMail......Page 58
Mr. Number Call Block......Page 60
TiKL – Touch to Talk (PTT)......Page 61
Flash of Genius......Page 62
Kids Numbers and Math......Page 64
LOL Libs......Page 66
Math Workout Pro......Page 68
Preschool Learning......Page 70
The Rescue of Ginger......Page 72
Toddler Lock......Page 73
Doodledroid......Page 74
Gigbox......Page 76
Movies by Flixster......Page 78
PicSay Pro Photo Editor......Page 80
TV.com......Page 82
E! Online......Page 84
TV Guide Mobile......Page 85
Balance Book – Profit Tracker......Page 86
Bloomberg......Page 88
Debt Payoff Planner......Page 90
EasyMoney......Page 92
Pageonce – Money & Bills......Page 94
Karl’s Mortgage Calculator......Page 96
Yahoo! Finance......Page 97
Air Control......Page 98
Angry Birds......Page 100
Labyrinth......Page 102
Real Blackjack......Page 104
Word Drop Pro......Page 106
Bonsai Blast!......Page 108
Shoot U!......Page 109
AllSport GPS......Page 110
BigOven......Page 112
Calorie Counter by FatSecret......Page 114
CardioTrainer......Page 116
iTriage Mobile Health......Page 118
Gentle Alarm......Page 120
White Noise......Page 121
doubleTwist Player......Page 122
Ringdroid......Page 124
Slacker Radio......Page 126
SoundHound......Page 128
TuneWiki Social Media Player......Page 130
Ethereal Dialpad (synthesizer)......Page 132
Scanner Radio......Page 133
Engadget......Page 134
NPR News......Page 136
NubiNews Reader......Page 138
USA Today......Page 140
WeatherBug Elite......Page 142
Hurricane Hub......Page 144
The Weather Channel......Page 145
Adobe Photoshop Express......Page 146
Camera360 Ultimate......Page 148
Foxy Photo Editor......Page 150
Ustream Broadcaster......Page 152
Vignette......Page 154
Photobucket Mobile......Page 156
Time-Lapse......Page 157
Documents To Go......Page 158
Evernote......Page 160
Jorte......Page 162
Thinking Space Pro......Page 164
WordPress......Page 166
ezPDF Reader......Page 168
Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0......Page 169
Google Goggles......Page 170
Google Sky Map......Page 172
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary......Page 174
Recalls.gov......Page 176
WolframAlpha......Page 178
Google Translate......Page 180
Wapedia......Page 181
Amazon.com......Page 182
Grocery IQ......Page 184
Shopper......Page 186
Where......Page 188
Yelp......Page 190
Official eBay Android App......Page 192
Zagat to Go ’10......Page 193
eBuddy Messenger......Page 194
Facebook for Android......Page 196
Family GPS Tracker......Page 198
Foursquare......Page 200
Twidroyd Pro for Twitter......Page 202
DroidIn Pro......Page 204
StumbleUpon......Page 205
GPSCaddy......Page 206
MLB.com At Bat......Page 208
Satski......Page 210
SportsTap......Page 212
Yahoo! Fantasy Football......Page 214
Geocaching......Page 216
Tennis Math......Page 217
Astro File Manager......Page 218
EasyTether......Page 220
Lookout Mobile Security......Page 222
Tasker......Page 224
Vlingo: Words to Action......Page 226
SwiftKey Keyboard......Page 228
Uninstaller Pro......Page 229
Car Finder AR......Page 230
CoPilot Live – North America......Page 232
Google Maps......Page 234
Kayak Flight and Hotel Search......Page 236
Trip Journal......Page 238
NAVIGON MobileNavigator USA......Page 240
Transport Maps 1.6......Page 241
Dropbox......Page 242
MyPhoneExplorer Client......Page 244
Remote Desktop Client......Page 246
Remote VNC Pro......Page 248
WebSharing File/Media Sync......Page 250
LastPass for Dolphin HD *Prem.......Page 252
Wifi Analyzer......Page 253

✦ Subjects

Science;Technology