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Beginning at the Beginning
In This Chapter
▶ Turning on your phone
▶ Making sense of cellular billing
▶ Charging the phone and managing battery life
▶ Navigating around the phone
▶ Turning your phone off and putting it to sleep
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indows Phone 7 is an operating system for mobile phones. Unlike
Apple’s iPhone operating system, which is available only on the
iPhone itself, several manufacturers will offer phones based on the Windows
Phone 7 operating system, each with its own subtle variation. Microsoft has
closely defined many of the key features that need to be there regard-
less of the manufacturer, which means that almost all the infor-
mation in this book will apply to your phone, regardless of
the phone manufacturer or your cellular carrier.
In this chapter, I fill you in on the basics of using
your new device. You start by turning on your
phone (I told you I was covering the basics!). Then
I explain how cellular carriers work and tell you
what to expect from your cellphone bill. I guide you
through charging your phone and getting the most
out of your phone’s battery. I give you a basic tour
of your phone’s buttons and other features. And I
end by telling you how to turn off your phone or put
it to sleep.
If you’re not new to cellphones in general and smart-
phones in particular, you may want to skip this chapter. If the
term smartphone is foreign to you, you probably haven’t used one
before, and reading this chapter won’t hurt. A smartphone is a cellphone on
which you can download and run applications.
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