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iPhone: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

Covers the iPhone 3G

By
David Pogue
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Released:
August 2008
Pages:
376
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Description
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.
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Table of Contents

  1. The Phone as Phone

    1. Chapter 1 The Guided Tour

      1. Sleep Switch (On/Off)
      2. SIM Card Slot
      3. Audio Jack
      4. The Screen
      5. Screen Icons
      6. Home Button
      7. Silencer Switch, Volume Keys
      8. The Bottom and the Back
      9. In the Box
      10. Seven Basic Finger Techniques
      11. The Keyboard
      12. Charging the iPhone
      13. Battery Life Tips
      14. Rearranging the Home Screen

    2. Chapter 2 Phone Calls

      1. Making Calls
      2. Answering Calls
      3. Fun with Phone Calls
      4. Editing the Contacts List
      5. Favorites List
      6. Recents List
      7. The Keypad
      8. Overseas Calling

    3. Chapter 3 Fancy Phone Tricks

      1. Visual Voicemail
      2. SMS Text Messages
      3. Chat Programs
      4. Call Waiting
      5. Call Forwarding
      6. Caller ID
      7. Bluetooth Earpieces and Car Kits

  2. The iPhone as iPod

    1. Chapter 4 Music and Video

      1. List Land
      2. Other Lists
      3. Customizing List Land
      4. Cover Flow
      5. The Now Playing Screen (Music)
      6. Controlling Playback (Music)
      7. Multi(music)tasking
      8. Controlling Playback (Video)
      9. Zoom/Unzoom
      10. Familiar iPod Features
      11. The Wi-Fi iTunes Store

    2. Chapter 5 Photos and Camera

      1. Opening Photos
      2. Flicking, Rotating, Zooming, and Panning
      3. Deleting Photos
      4. Photo Controls
      5. Photo Wallpaper
      6. Photos by Email—and by Text Message
      7. Headshots for Contacts
      8. The Camera
      9. Photos to Your Web Gallery
      10. Capturing the Screen
      11. Geotagging

  3. The iPhone Online

    1. Chapter 6 Getting Online

      1. A Tale of Three Networks
      2. Sequence of Connections
      3. The List of Hot Spots
      4. Commercial Hot Spots
      5. How to Turn Off 3G
      6. Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi Off Mode

    2. Chapter 7 The Web

      1. Safari Tour
      2. Zooming and Scrolling
      3. The Address Bar
      4. Bookmarks
      5. Web Clips
      6. The History List
      7. Tapping Links
      8. Saving Graphics
      9. Searching the Web
      10. Audio and Video on the Web
      11. Manipulating Multiple Pages
      12. RSS: The Missing Manual
      13. Web Security
      14. Web Applications
      15. Web-Application Launchers

    3. Chapter 8 Email

      1. Setting Up Your Account
      2. The "Two-Mailbox Problem"
      3. Reading Mail
      4. What to Do with a Message
      5. Writing Messages
      6. Surviving Email Overload

  4. iphone_apps

    1. Chapter 9 Maps and Apps

      1. Calendar
      2. YouTube
      3. Stocks
      4. Maps
      5. Weather
      6. Clock
      7. Calculator
      8. Notes

    2. Chapter 10 Custom Ringtones

      1. iTunes Ringtones
      2. GarageBand Ringtonesa

    3. Chapter 11 The App Store

      1. Welcome to App Heaven
      2. Two Ways to the App Store
      3. Shopping in iTunes
      4. Organizing Apps
      5. App Updates
      6. Troubleshooting Apps

  5. Beyond iPhone

    1. Chapter 12 iTunes for iPhoners

      1. The iTunes Window: What's Where
      2. Five Ways to Get Music
      3. Playlists
      4. Authorizing Computers
      5. Geeks' Nook: File Formats
      6. TV, Movies, and Movie Rentals
      7. Controlling it All — From Your iPhone

    2. Chapter 13 Syncing the iPhone

      1. Automatic Syncing
      2. Manual Syncing
      3. Eight Tabs to Glory
      4. Info Tab (Contacts, Calendars, Settings)
      5. The Ringtones Tab
      6. The Music Tab
      7. The Photos Tab (Computer→iPhone)
      8. The Podcasts Tab
      9. The Video Tab
      10. The Applications Tab
      11. One iPhone, Multiple Computers
      12. One Computer, Multiple iPhones
      13. Conflicts
      14. One-Way Emergency Sync
      15. Backing Up the iPhone

    3. Chapter 14 MobileMe

      1. The Setup
      2. MobileMe on the iPhone
      3. MobileMe Photos

    4. Chapter 15 The Corporate iPhone

      1. The Perks
      2. Setup
      3. Exchange + MobileMe
      4. A Word on Troubleshooting
      5. Virtual Private Networking (VPN)

    5. Chapter 16 Settings

      1. Airplane Mode
      2. Wi-Fi
      3. Fetch New Data
      4. Carrier
      5. Sounds
      6. Brightness
      7. Wallpaper
      8. General
      9. Mail, Contacts, Calendars
      10. Phone
      11. Safari
      12. iPod
      13. Photos
      14. App Store Preferences

  6. Appendixes

    1. Appendix Setup and Signup

      1. Activation
      2. AT&T Fringe Cases
      3. Upgrading an Original iPhone

    2. Appendix Accessories

      1. Proper Shopping for the iPhone
      2. Protecting Your iPhone
      3. Making the iPhone Heard
      4. Power to the iPhone
      5. Double-Dipping: iPod Accessories

    3. Appendix Troubleshooting and Maintenance

      1. First Rule: Install the Updates
      2. Reset: Six Degrees of Desperation
      3. iPhone Doesn't Turn On
      4. Doesn't Show Up in iTunes
      5. Phone and Internet Problems
      6. Email Problems
      7. Problems That Aren't Really Problems
      8. iPod Problems
      9. Warranty and Repair
      10. Where to Go From Here
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    Product Details
    Title:
    iPhone: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
    By:
    David Pogue
    Publisher:
    O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
    Formats:
    • Print
    • Ebook
    • Safari Books Online
    Print Release:
    August 2008
    Ebook Release:
    August 2008
    Pages:
    376
    Print ISBN:
    978-0-596-52167-7
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-52167-7
    Ebook ISBN:
    978-0-596-15396-0
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-15396-1
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    About the Author

    1. David Pogue

      David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

      David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.

      View David Pogue's full profile page.

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