 | Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com | The first edition of "The iPhone Book" was chosen by Amazon's editors as their Computer/Technology Book of the Year. This new version of the book, totally updated and expanded for the 3G iPhone, was chosen by Amazon as one of their "Top 10 Must-Have Books" in their annual list of the most "gift-worthy" books of the holiday season.
Here's why this book has become such a hit with iPhone users around the world: it's not a “Tell-me-all-about-it” book, which has in-depth discussions on everything from wireless network protocols to advanced compression codes. Instead it's a “show-me-how-to-do-it” book, that skips all the confusing techno-jargon and just tells you, in plain simple English, exactly how to use the iPhone features you want to use most.
The book’s layout is brilliant, with each page covering just one single topic, so finding the information you need is quick and easy, with a large full-color photo on each page so you can see exactly how it works.
In this book, you'll learn:
• How to set up and manage your email the right way from the start
• How to take advantage of the iPhone's Web features (including important tips that help you avoid frustration, and get you where you want to go fast!)
• How to download and install applications from Apple's online App Store
• The key trouble-shooting tips you've got to know
• How to get your favorite photos onto your iPhone, tips for using its built-in camera, and how to make the most of the iPhone's surprisingly powerful photo features
• The tips you've got to know to use your iPhone's built-in iPod features, including watching videos, podcasts, TV shows and movies (you're going to amazed at some of the cool things you can do)
• How to use the iPhone's built-in applications to organize your life (you'll learn things in this chapter you didn't know the iPhone could do!)
• The top 20 tips for the iPhone's phone feature that will make you fall in love with it (you'll never want to use any other phone again)
• Plus so much more, including a special bonus chapter called "iPhone Killer Tips" where you'll learn those hidden secrets that you'll be passing on to your iPhone friends (and they will be amazed!).
The iPhone Book is from Scott Kelby, the award-winning author of the smash bestseller, The iPod Book, who teams up once again with gadget guru, and iPhone authority, Terry White to put together a book that is an awful lot like the iPhone itself—simple to use and fun to learn.
In this major update to the book, Scott and Terry added even more tips, more tricks, and made it even easier by focusing on just the most useful and most requested features (without all the techno-babble) so you can start really using your iPhone today!
BONUS VIDEO: The authors put together a special in-depth video just for readers of the book where they not only share their favorite iPhone accessories, but they share even more of those hidden little time-saving tips that can make all the difference in the world.
If you've been waiting for a book that focuses on just the most important, most useful, and most fun stuff about your iPhone—you’ve found it.
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Average Customer Rating:   Nice Book this is a pretty good book, it takes you through the basics and has some neat tricks and tips. It is a well put together book with illustrations and I think it would be a good addition for anyone wanting to learn more about the Iphone. Wonderful short but sweet guide to the iPhone I bought this book as a heads up on the functional capabilities of the iPhone. It has been a treasure. Believe it or not, I recommended my wife read this book and I highly recommend it. BASIC but well done This book is pretty basic if you have used your iPhone 3G or 3GS for any length of time. I would have preferred more tips & tricks and Apps recommended.
Nicely designed though. Must Have for Iphone Users If you are farely clueless with your iPhone and need some help this is a great help. it gives u step by step instructions on the basics u need to know. Like it says This is the book Apple should have put in the box!!!! Incredibly Useful and Informative, but jokes can be distracting I am the type that buys "How To" books for education and information on things I do not know how to do myself. The iPhone Book is very useful and informative. It begins with the basics and goes into more detailed and practical applications, increasing my understanding of how the phone works so I can take advantage of its impressive features. It does a great job at simply outlining what you CAN'T do on the phone either so you don't waste valuable time trying to find out something doesn't work or exist on the phone.
The layout of the book is easy to follow and pictures are very valuable. You can see detailed graphics that accurately show what the narrative is talking about versus some books that read more like an instruction manual that assumes you already know what they are talking about. In short, the book is made for people with basic knowledge but not I.T. experts.
My two criticisms of this book, however, are the fact that sometimes it is overly simplistic in the descriptions of how things should work. For example, a few of the "iTips" just don't work, for ME at least. The text implies it's "as simple as that." But if it doesn't do what it says is supposed to happen, that's it. You just have to move on... frustrated.
And the second, more important, criticism of the book is the unnecessary desire to be humorous. I don't need jokes in How To books. I found the frequent quips and asides to be incredibly distracting and not funny. Just stick with the facts and information and leave jokes to comedians.
Otherwise, it's a very handy and important book for anyone who owns an iPhone. |  |
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