Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

Where to Get Apps

THE GALAXY S II offers you not just one, not just two, but three different ways to download and install apps:

• Market. Here’s the primary way that most people download and find apps. It’s right on your Home screen. Tap the Market button and it launches. From here you can search for apps, find information about apps, and pay for them.

  

• The Web. You can download and install apps from websites. Visit the site on your Galaxy S II browser, and download from there.

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  In a few cases, you can download an app to your PC or Mac, and it will then be installed on your Galaxy S II when you connect your computer. Generally, this happens if you’ve downloaded an app that works with your PC or Mac, as well as with Android.

• Using a bar code scanner. Of all the amazing tricks the Galaxy S II can do, this one may just be the coolest. A free app gives the Galaxy S II the ability to scan bar codes and QR codes. (QR codes are a special kind of bar code used by smartphones, cameras, and other devices.) After you’ve installed this app, you can use your Galaxy S II to scan a QR code to download other apps. When you’re browsing the Web with your PC or Mac, and you come across a bar or QR code for downloading, just point your Galaxy S II at it, click a button, and the magic begins. The phone grabs and installs the software from the website. For more on bar code scanning, see Downloading and Using ...