Effective Use of Mobile Devices for End Users Codemob: Effective Use of Mobile Devices for End-Users
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Effective use of mobile devices for end users CodeMob: Effective use of mobile devices for end-users. Short version. October 2017. http://codemob.eu/. Authors: This publication has been co-funded by the European Commission’s Ersamus+ Programme. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 1 Table of Contents OPERATING SYSTEMS OF SMARTPHONES..............................................5 STRUCTURE, FEATURES AND CHOOSING OF SMARTPHONES...................7 PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF MOBILE PHONES (SCREEN PROTECTOR, COVER/CASE…)................7 EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SMARTPHONES......................................................................10 THE SENSORS........................................................................................................ 10 INTERNAL MEMORY.................................................................................................13 MEMORY CARD...................................................................................................... 14 CAPACITY OF MOBILE PHONES...................................................................................16 APPLICATIONS WHICH MEASURE THE CAPACITY OF MOBILE PHONES...................................17 CHARGING THE MOBILE PHONES, POWER BANK.............................................................20 SETTINGS.........................................................................................21 FIRST USAGE......................................................................................................... 21 iOS................................................................................................................. 21 Android..........................................................................................................21 Windows Phone..............................................................................................21 MANAGING CONTACTS.......................................................................22 IMPORTING, EXPORTING, EDITING, SYNCHRONIZING CONTACTS.........................................22 CREATING NEW CONTACTS (PRIVATE PERSON, BUSINESS, ORGANISATION, HOW TO CREATE AND ARRANGE THE CONTACTS OF THE POSSIBLE WORKPLACES)..............................................26 USAGE OF THE PHONE.......................................................................27 PHONE CALLS, ETIQUETTE OF TELEPHONING, ETIQUETTE OF JOB SEEKING BY PHONES...........27 A LITTLE REVIEW OF THE BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION STANDARD...................................29 APPLICATION SUITABLE FOR FREE CALLS......................................................................31 CONFERENCE CALL.................................................................................................33 CHOOSING KEYBOARDS...........................................................................................34 MAKING PHOTOS, SETTINGS (QUALITY OF PHOTOS, FILE FORMATS), SAVING AND SHARING A SCREENSHOT (AS A JOB SEEKER, WHAT KIND OF PICTURES SHOULD BE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS).................................................................................................36 SETTINGS OF MOBILE INTERNET, CONNECTION..............................................................40 INTERNET SPEED TEST.............................................................................................42 SETTINGS OF WI-FI, CONNECTION..............................................................................43 SETTINGS OF HOT-SPOT, CONNECTION........................................................................45 DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN PHONES, BETWEEN A PHONE AND A COMPUTER, BETWEEN A PHONE AND THE INTERNET (BACKUPS)..................................................................................49 WHAT IS NFC?......................................................................................................51 FINANCES.........................................................................................57 PAYING WITH MOBILE PHONES..................................................................................57 2 MANAGING BANK TRANSACTIONS WITH MOBILE PHONES.................................................58 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES............................................................................61 ONLINE SECURITY...................................................................................................64 Smartphone’s security on the Internet and settings......................................64 SECURITY APPLICATIONS, ANTI-THEFT TOOLS................................................................68 SETTING OF E-MAIL CLIENT.......................................................................................71 SENDING AND RECEIVING E-MAILS.............................................................................74 APPLICATIONS...................................................................................78 GOOGLE PLAY STORE, APP STORE, WINDOWS PHONE STORE........................................78 SECURITY BACKUPS.................................................................................................81 Android..........................................................................................................82 INSTALLING, USING, SETTING, ENABLING, DISABLING, UNINSTALLING APPLICATIONS..............84 WEATHER FORECAST APPLICATIONS............................................................................89 BROWSERS........................................................................................................... 91 COMMUNICATIONAL APPLICATIONS (CHEAP COMMUNICATION)...........................................94 APPLICATIONS FOR SENDING INSTANT MESSAGES..........................................................96 SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS..............................................................................100 SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET (WITH KEY WORDS; PICTURES).......................................102 HOW TO SEARCH? LET’S SEE SOME TRICKS AND SOME OF THE SPECIAL TOOLS.................105 MEDIA APPLICATIONS (LISTENING TO RADIO, MUSIC, BROWSING PHOTOS, WATCHING FILMS, RECORDING SOUNDS, FILMS)..................................................................................107 Music , radio.................................................................................................107 Recordings...................................................................................................109 Photo viewers..............................................................................................111 Media players...............................................................................................113 READING NEWS, NEWSLETTERS (SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, SDI (SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION))....................................................................................................114 BROWSING UP-TO-DATE NEWS................................................................................116 E-BOOK READER, READING BOOKS (SEARCHING FOR DIGITAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE).........119 "APPLICATIONS CONNECTED TO TRAVELLING: ROUTE PLANNING, MAPS, NAVIGATIONAL HARDWARES AND SOFTWARES, APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTERING ROUTES (TRAVELLING TO THE WORKPLACE)"..................................................................................................... 120 Apple Maps and Google Map........................................................................120 Navigation....................................................................................................123 ACCELEROMETER.................................................................................................124 CLOCK AND ITS FUNCTIONS....................................................................................125 QR-CODE READERS..............................................................................................126 NOTES, NOTES PROTECTED BY PASSWORD, DRAWING..................................................127 FILE MANAGERS, (SYSTEMATIC STORAGE OF CVS, COVERING LETTERS, REFERENCES IN THE MOBILE PHONE’S MEMORY).....................................................................................129 OFFICE PROGRAM PACKAGES...................................................................................131 APPLICATIONS FOR PHOTO EDITING (BUT BE HONEST DURING JOB SEEKING).....................133 3 CALENDARS, SCHEDULE, TIME MANAGEMENT.............................................................134 STORING AND SHARING FILES ON THE INTERNET (SYSTEMATIC STORAGE OF CVS, COVERING LETTERS, REFERENCES IN THE MOBILE PHONE’S MEMORY).............................................136 STORING PHOTOS ON THE INTERNET (STORING AND SHARING CV AND REFERENCE PHOTOS) ........................................................................................................................ 140 REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION WITH SMARTPHONES...................................................141 SHOPPING LIST APPLICATIONS, RECEIPT MANAGER APPLICATIONS (HEALTHY FOODS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE CAPACITY FOR WORK)..............................................................................144 PRESERVING HEALTH AND CAPACITY FOR WORK................................145 APPLICATIONS CONNECTED TO SPORT (COMPASS, TRAINING PROGRAMS, ACHIEVEMENT TOOLS, APPLICATIONS CONNECTED TO HIKING IN ORDER TO PRESERVE