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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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