Help Me! Guide to Android for Seniors: Introduction to Android Phones and Tablets for Beginners

I know I have very good intelligence and a lifetime of success, but I also know I have something akin to dyslexia when it comes to mastering computer skills. It is of almost zero help for me to have a guru sit down at my computer, give me a quick explanation, and the let his/her fingers fly over the keys and, Voila! See--I have been taught! Not so. I require someone who is an expert, who also has fabulous verbal skill, has a great deal of patience, and allows me to stumble and make mistakes until my brain and body connect and I have developed a new skill. Sadly, very few talented people can discipline themselves to teach this way. If I can find an excellent book of explanations, especially if there are many clear screen shots in color so I can absorb what happens with each keystroke, I CAN learn. Dummy books often supply this kind of teaching/learning. However, I didn't get much help from several Dummy books, but did have success with this book. I have a very specific way in which I can learn computer technology and books like this are helping me to master a smart phone, in this case, an Android. I don't specifically require large print, but with books in a large print format, the information on a single page is often just enough for me to absorb as a comfortable step in mastering this skill. I am definitely not dyslexic, but very shortly after I tried to learn how to use my first computer, I adopted the screen name "Computer Dyslexic." If the shoe fits...... I wish I could give books like this ten stars. Nancy, 71 and still learning.

None of the things that I want to do, some should be fairly simple. It really is a basic book geared mostly to the phone, and little about the things I needed to know.

Help Me! Guide to Android for Seniors by Charles Hughes, March 2015, can be a useful help to Seniors learning to use for the fist time an Android cell phone. Positive aspects : it is for beginners and starts from scratch, only 54 pages in large print easy on the eyes, goes right to the procedure required without spending time on philosophy, text is not crowded and leaves plenty of space on the page. Here are the main subdivisions : 1. Introduction to Android pages 5-11 2.Making calls pages 12-16 3. Managing contacts pages 17-21 4. Text Messaging pages 22-29 5.Managing Pictures and Videos pages 30-33 6.Using the web browser pages 34-37 7. Managing Emails pages 38-41 8.Managing Applications pages 42-47 9. Tips and tricks pages 48-53 10. Troubleshooting pages 54-58 Unwelcome aspects : completely in black and white text, even for the icons; icons are small and tend to be blurred like a bad photocopy, very generic as it covers all cell phones using the Android system.No special sections for the various brands like LG,Samsung, and others.

This turned out to be a GREAT gift for my mom. She actually had me order her several more!! This book is priceless, a great gift for any age!!

Not recommended at all!!! Very few pictures, print is too small. The few pictures that are included are black and white. Not useful at all for seniors. I bought it for my 80 year old father and he said he did not like it at all, quickly lost interest. A guide for seniors needs to have larger print, has to be very simple to follow with plenty of color photos. Remember most seniors do not have much experience with technology and computers. Guide has to be more visual. You are better off buying one of those guides by BDM that appear at the newsstand every few months which have plenty of color photos.

Brief and simple. But the presentation needs a lot of improvement. I just cannot figure out which icon is what and they are very faint to begin with.

My father over age of 75 had a lot of problems understanding how to use his android phone and could hardly remember what he wqs shown by me. He loves to read, so this book helped him a lot as he could always check the book to see what to do.

It did say "for beginners", "introduction" and "for seniors", however I've come across much more detailed and informative books for beginners. This book did an adequate job of giving a description, but, be aware or advised, the most telling part is the first line of the title: "HELP ME!" If you, or the person that you're buying it for is in desperation mode (i.e. "computers scare me" or similar, this book is probably not for you. Again, very very very basic. For seniors aspect: it's only 50 pages long, with huge spacing and giant font. If it wasn't so inexpensive, I'd return it.

This is a brilliant and most useful guide as purchasing a new smart phone does not usually come with an instruction booklet.

As a total novice to the android operating system I found the Help Me book somewhat helpful. It is very basic and I believe a bit dated but it got me started.

It was a Christmas gift and not used by me

Worth the money

as a starter with smart phones,i found this book a huge help.as it points you in the right direction. well worth the money,thank you.