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By David Pogue
August 2008
Pages: 376
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-52167-7 |
ISBN 13: 9780596521677
Press Release
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
The new iPhone 3G is here, and bestselling author David Pogue is back with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. With its faster downloads, touch-screen iPod, and best-ever mobile Web browser, the new affordable iPhone is packed with possibilities. But without an objective guide like this one, you'll never unlock all it can do for you. Each custom designed page helps you accomplish specific tasks for everything from web browsing, to new apps, to watching videos.
Full Description
In this new edition, there are new chapters on the App Store, with special troubleshooting and sycning issues with iTunes; Apple's new MobileMe service, and what it means to the iPhone; and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync compatibility.
Each custom designed page in iPhone: The Missing Manual helps you accomplish specific tasks with complete step-by-step instructions for everything from scheduling to web browsing to watching videos. You'll learn how to:
- Use the iPhone as a phone -- get a guided tour of 3G's phone features and learn how much time you can save with things like Visual Voicemail, contact searching, and more
- Figure out what 3G means and how it affects battery life, internet speed, and even phone call audio quality.
- Treat the iPhone as an iPod -- listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and movies
- Take the iPhone online -- learn how to get online, use email, browse the Web, and use the GPS
- Go beyond the iPhone -- discover how to use iPhone with iTunes, sync it with your calendar, and learn about The App Store where you can pick from hundreds of iPhone-friendly programs
Teeming with high-quality color graphics and filled with humor, tips, tricks, and surprises, iPhone: The Missing Manual quickly teaches you how to set up, accessorize, and troubleshoot your iPhone. Instead of fumbling around, take advantage of this device with the manual that should have been in the box. It's your call.
Featured customer reviews
Read the 'Missing Manual' on your iPhone, September 19 2008
I just purchased this book today and am enjoying reading it.
There are several ways you can get this onto your iPhone to read it at your leisure. If you choose to buy the electronic version you are able to download 3 different formats. One format is PDF which you can read on the iPhone several different ways. One is to email it to yourself as an attachment and read it within the Mail app. A second way to use a file storarge app like DataCase or (free) AirSharing. You can then transfer the PDF to a file folder on your iPhone and open it up for reading within the DataCase or AirSharing apps. The disadvantage with PDFs is that the hyperlinks within the PDF don't work and the only way to move to a new section is to scroll down starting from the beginning. This quickly gets tedious in a 200+ page book.
A better way is to use the EPUB file format. This has the advantage that you can pull up a chapter outline and jump to those sections directly. You can use the (free) Stanza app to read EPUB files on the iPhone. On a Mac you can transfer the file from your computer to the iPhone by placing in within your 'Sites' folder and activating Personal Web Sharing in the System Preferences. When you select 'Personal Web Sharing' the URL to your Sites folder will be listed. You can then transfer the file by opening the Stanza app on the iPhone and selecing 'Download book at URL' option under the tools icon on the Library page.
Hope this helps!
Media reviews
"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
-- Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post
"Do you have an iPhone 3G? If you do, then this book is for you. Author David Pogue, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that is designed to serve as the iPhone manual."
-- John R. Vacca, Amazon.com
"A product manual you won't be able to put down. I wound up reading the book cover to cover—or at least, from the beginning of the file to the end of the file (I was using the PDF version). In the end, I would gladly have paid the $24.99 cover price($16.49 at Amazon) just for the book's excellent collection of time-saving tips for heavy iPhone users."
-- Wade Roush, Xconomy
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"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
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