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Droids Made Simple: For the Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, and Droid 2 Global
Copyright © 2010 by Martin Trautschold, Gary Mazo, and Marziah Karch
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Summary of Contents for DROID 2 Global
Page 1: ...DROIDS Made Simple MartinTrautschold Gary Mazo Marziah Karch DROIDS ...
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Page 61: ...INTRODUCTION 36 ...
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Page 121: ...CHAPTER 2 Typing Voice Copy and Search 96 ...
Page 151: ...CHAPTER 4 Other Sync Methods 126 ...
Page 213: ...CHAPTER 7 Making Phone Calls 188 ...
Page 245: ...CHAPTER 9 Email on Your DROID 220 ...
Page 349: ...CHAPTER 15 Viewing Videos TV Shows and More 324 ...
Page 367: ...CHAPTER 16 New Media Reading Newspapers Magazines and E books 342 ...
Page 415: ...CHAPTER 18 Taking Photos and Videos 390 ...
Page 493: ...CHAPTER 21 Working With Notes and Documents 468 ...
Page 529: ...CHAPTER 24 Troubleshooting 504 ...
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Page 581: ...APPENDIX DRIOD App Guide 556 ...
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