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Introduction to Android Smartphones
Refresher courses

Introduction to Android Smartphones

You have an Android Smartphone (Samsung, Oppo, Nokia, Huawei, etc) and would like to use it to its full potential!

Come and join our Introduction to Smartphone classes – 2 hours per week for 5 weeks with one-on-one coaching and a course handbook. Course numbers are limited.

How much will it Cost?

The course fee is $75. In addition, for new members, there is a $30 Tauranga SeniorNet annual subscription. Fees are to be paid one week before classes start. Payment can be made at the office (cash or EFTPOS available) – alternatively, online banking can be used. Refer to the How to Join menu above for details.

This course covers:

how to make and answer phone calls
how to send and receive text messages
how to email
exploring Apps (applications – for example, Herald, Stuff, Gaspy, WhatsApp, games, etc)
how to take photos and videos and how to save them to your laptop or computer or USB stick or send to another device

We do not cover Facebook.

If you have an iPhone, this course is not for you – instead, see separate information on the Intro to the iPhone course.

Refresher courses for Android phones

These are additional sessions for those who have completed one of the above courses and who want to explore their device in more depth and get their questions answered. Look in the above Timetables menu for the Upskill Android Phones courses.

The duration for a refresher course is 3 weeks, for 2 hours each week, and the cost is $45.