Windows Phone 7 Made Simple

by MSL Made Simple Learning, Jon Westfall

Overview

With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has created a completely new smartphone operating system that focuses on allowing users to be productive with their smartphone in new ways, while offering seamless integration and use of Microsoft Office Mobile as well as other productivity apps available in the Microsoft App Store.

Windows Phone 7 Made Simple offers a clear, visual, step-by-step approach to using your Windows Phone 7 smartphone, no matter what the manufacturer. Author Jon Westfall is an expert in mobile devices, recognized by Microsoft as a "Most Valuable Professional" with experience teaching both businesses and consumers. This book will get you started with the basics and then teach you tricks and shortcuts that will save you time and help you maximize your productivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430233138
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	08/18/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Jon Westfall is associate director for research and technology with the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. As a researcher and technologist working in New York City, his work focuses on how individuals make economic and public policy decisions, as well as consumer behavior.?In addition to his research, he also maintains an active career in information technology, where he has worked as a consultant since 1997, founding his own firm,?Bug Jr. Systems. As a consultant, he has developed custom software solutions (including native Windows 32 applications, Windows .NET applications, ASP,?ASP.NET, and PHP web applications), and served as a senior network and systems architect and administrator (on both Windows and Unix networks, and hybrids). He also writes for the Thoughts Media Network, serving as executive editor of Android Thoughts, and news editor of Windows Phone Thoughts. He has been recognized as a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional"?in Windows Mobile/Windows Phone since 2008, and holds a Ph.D. in cognitive experimental psychology.

Table of Contents

1. Setting Up Your Windows Phone
2. Making Phone Calls
3. Setting Up Accounts
4. Using Email
5. Setting Up and Using Facebook and Twitter
6. Customizing Your Phone
7. Setting Up Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
8. Managing and Securing Your Phone
9. Searching Your Phone and Using Speech
10. Connecting With People: Using the People Live Tile
11. Setting Alarms and Reminders
12. Using and Customizing the Calendar
13. Using Text Messaging
14. Surfing the Web with Internet Explorer
15. Taking Pictures and Putting Them Online
16. Using Windows Live Services
17. Using Microsoft OneNote Mobile
18. Using Microsoft Office Word Mobile
19. Using Microsoft Office Excel Mobile
20. Using Microsoft PowerPoint Mobile
21. Connecting to SharePoint
22. Using Maps
23. Connecting to the Zune Software
24. Using Your Phone with Xbox LIVE
25. Exploring the Marketplace
26. Updating Your Phone
27. Resources to Explore