The App Tray
The app tray holds all of your spare apps. You open the tray by clicking or dragging on the bottom of the screen, depending on which version of Android you're using. In some versions of Android, this looks like a drawer or a tab button, as in Figure 2-3, and you use a dragging motion to pull open the drawer. In others, it looks like a series of small squares clustered together, and you only need to click. Figure 2-4 shows the open app tray on Android 2.1. Whatever it looks like, it's generally...
Using Android with Windows SkyDrive
One product of Microsoft's embrace of cloud computing is SkyDrive. Part of Windows Live, SkyDrive allows you to upload files from your computer and share them with just about any other device. If you want to share files with your phone, SkyDrive works like a charm. However, it is not a two-way street. You can't upload files from Android to SkyDrive yet. To get started with SkyDrive, go to http skydrive.live.com from your desktop computer. Once you've registered for an account, you can access...
Google Labs Layers
Google Labs is shown in Figure 12-4. It is a collection of experimental features you can turn on and off. They're not always reliable, and they don't always last, but some Google Labs graduates have turned into solid and popular features, such as the public transportation directions in Google Maps. Most main Google products have their own set of Google Labs experiments, and quite often like in Gmail those features just won't work on your phone. Google Maps is an exception. To get to Google...