The Controls on Your Droid X. The Droid X attempts to intimidate you with some new terms for its features and controls, not to mention that you may not be aware of all its available hardware features.
These control terms are the same as the ones used in whatever scant Droid X documentation exists: Power button: Turns the phone off or on; found on top of the phone. Speaker: Makes noise, especially during solemn, ceremonial moments when you forget to turn the Droid off. Volume buttons: You adjust the phone's volume by using the Volume button on the phone's right side.
The Volume buttons also serve as a Zoom function when using the Droid X as a camera. Noise-cancelling microphones: Help reduce background noise, which means that you hear people on the phone more clearly, and they hear you more clearly. How to Adjust Your Droid X's Camera. Your Droid X is more phone than camera — still, it has various camera adjustments you can make in its Camera app.
You can find those Droid camera adjustment controls in a couple of places: On the screen when the Camera app first starts When you press the Menu soft button while using the Camera app Though you have many camera settings to make, here are a few items worthy of note: Scenes: Preconfigure the Droid X camera for taking certain types of pictures. After touching the Scenes button, swipe the options left or right. Single Shot: Normal camera mode. How to Use the YouTube App on Your Droid X.
To view the mayhem on YouTube from your Droid X, or to contribute something yourself, use the YouTube app.
Like all apps on the Droid X, you can find the YouTube app on the Applications Tray (which you access by touching the Launcher button on the Home screen). Use the YouTube app to view YouTube videos instead of using the Browser app to visit the YouTube Web site. Here are the basics for using the YouTube app on your Droid: To search for a video: Touch the Search button, then type or dictate what you want to search for and peruse the results. To view a video: Touch the video's name or icon in the list. Videos in the YouTube app play in Landscape mode, so tilt your phone to the left to see the videos in their proper orientation. Press the Back soft button to return to the main YouTube app after watching a video or if you tire of a video and need to return to the main screen out of boredom. Because you have a Google account, you also have a YouTube account.
How to Listen to the Radio on Your Droid X. With the proper software installed on your Droid X, your phone can also be used as a radio.
Whether you're in the mood for good old FM radio or something from the Internet, your Droid has you covered. Listening to FM radio The Droid X ships with the app FM Radio, which magically pulls radio signals from the air and puts them into your ear. Start using the FM Radio app: Plug a headset into your Droid X.If you forget, the app reminds you. After the FM Radio app does the initial scan for radio stations, you can use the app to listen to broadcast FM radio on your phone. Streaming music from the Internet Though they're not broadcast radio stations, some sources on the Internet — Internet radio — play music.
Pandora Radio: Lets you select music based on your mood and customizes what you listen to according to your feedback. Both apps are available at the Android Market. The Controls on Your Droid X.