iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers the iPhone 3G (Missing Manual)
$16.49
LOVE IT LOVE IT - Great book, took it on the plane and read it from over to cover. Tons of terrific helps/hints for the IPhone. I ve been recommending it to everyone that has an IPhone. It s a must have manual. Easy to read, easy to understand.
iPhone - The Unmissable Manual - David Pogue s independant manual for the iPhone is, quite simply, a book you have to read if you have an iPhone - or are thinking of getting one. When you invest in an iPhone, one of the first things you ll notice as you open the box is the absence of a conventional instruction manual - especially after the ever-increasingly thick tomes supplied with Nokia et al. So whereas the iPhone is extremely user-friendly, it s accompanying leaflet is derisory if you really want to get the best from Apple s baby. In an easy-to-read and logical layout, the Missing Manual addresses all the questions you re ever likely to raise about iPhones and answers them. Now all we need is a Volume Two to do the same for the Version Two, 3G iPhone when it is (finally) released - and if Mr. Apple is reading this in Apple valley, US of A, please send me a 3G, V2 iPhone as soon as you can - after you ve sent one to Mt. Pogue!
Useful - I found many things in the book that I would not have found on my own. Very useful.
This is THE book to get on iPhone - I finally coughed up the $500 for the coveted iPhone, and swallowed the bitter pill of having to be indentured to a cell phone company for another 2 years. And I couldn t be more thrilled with the purchase! I LOVE my iPhone - some would say a little too much. However, my newfound love affair wouldn t be nearly as sweet if I hadn t also shelled out the $14 for iPhone: The Missing Manual. While I would never consider myself a technogeek, I am not un-savvy in the ways of Apple computers, software and iPods. I ve been using Apple products for 15-20 years. So, I was a bit concerned that this book might be a bit too much along the lines of How To Turn On Your iPhone -- you know, basic stuff I d already figured out. I was delighted to find that this book is chock full of hidden (and not so hidden) tricks and workarounds. Some of this stuff I would have NEVER figured out on my own. It s made my iPhone so much more useful and fun. Some examples: * How to send photos to your friend s cell phones. For some reason unknown to me, Apple didn t enable this phone to send photos directly to other cell phones. (possibly because this is more of an awesome iPod with a great phone feature, not the other way around.) Pogue gives the easy workaround, as well as the email addresses to make it happen. * Great tips on how to use Maps. This has become an app that I use much more than I thought I would, simply because it s sooo much more in-depth and useful than I ever imagined it would be. The app isn t very intuitive, however. If I hadn t read and re-read this section in the book, I would be totally missing out on this powerful application.* IF you don t want to be locked in to a 2-year agreement with ATT, BUY THIS BOOK BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR iPHONE!! Yep, there s a workaround for that, too!This book is easy to read, and it s easy to remember and immediately apply its tips and tricks.
What a Waste! - I was skeptical about this book from the beginning. I mean, you take something as simple and intuitive as an iPhone and there really is no need for it. Tricks? What tricks? I discovered most of the tricks in Pogue s manual in about a week of playing around with the thing on my own. I was so disgusted with the lack of substance in this book that I sent it back to Amazon the same day I got it. I like David Pogue s columns, but I am extremely disappointed in this book.