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iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers the iPhone 3G | 
| Author: David Pogue
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: Book
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Format: Illustrated
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Edition: 2
Pages: 376
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0596521677
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
EAN: 9780596521677
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Written by New York Times columnist and Missing Manual series creator David Pogue, this first-to-market update shows readers and tire kickers everything they need to know to get the most out of their new Apple iPhone. As beautiful as the product it covers, this full-color book helps readers accomplish everything from Web browsing to watching videos.
Author David Pogue s iPhone 2E Tips
The beauty of the new iPhone 3G is that you don t need one. Almost all of the juicy stuff actually comes with the iPhone 2.0 software and the online App Store, both of which run perfectly well on the old iPhone as well. That, incidentally, is also the beauty of iPhone: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition. It covers both the old and the new iPhones, because it covers the 2.0 software, the iPhone App Store, and so on. Here are a few of my favorite tips from the book:
1) At the top of the screen, little icons indicate how you re connected to the Internet: an E for the vast but dog-slow AT&T Edge network, a 3G icon if you re on the faster but limited-area AT&T third-generation network, and radiating signal bars if you re on Wi-Fi. The tip here: The two cellular icons (E and 3G) disappear whenever you re on Wi-Fi. That s not a mistake. The iPhone assumes that Wi-Fi is faster and better than any cellular network, and if you re on it, you don t care about E or 3G (and it s right).
2) Unfortunately, 3G is a battery hog. If you don t see a 3G icon on your iPhone 3G s status bar, then you re not in a 3G hot spot, and you re not getting any benefit from the phone s 3G radio. By turning it off, you ll double the length of your iPhone 3G s battery power, from 5 hours of talk time to 10. To do so, from the Home screen, tap Settings->General->Network-> Enable 3G Off. Yes, this is sort of a hassle, but if you re anticipating a long day and you can t risk the battery dying halfway through, it might be worth doing. After all, most 3G phones don t even let you turn off their 3G circuitry.
3) More ways to save power: turn off more features. In Settings, you can turn off Bluetooth; Wi-Fi; GPS; "push" data; and the cellphone radio. Each saves you another bit of power.
4) When typing on the on-screen keyboard, you can save time by deliberately leaving out the apostrophe in contractions like I m, don t, can t, and so on. Type im, dont, cant, and so on. The iPhone proposes I m, don t, or can t, so you can just tap the Space bar to fix the word and continue.
5) To produce an accented character (like e, e, e, e, and so on), keep your finger pressed on that key for 1 second. A palette of accented alternatives appears; slide onto the one you want. (Keys that sprout these alternative versions: E, Y, U, I, O, S, L, Z, C, N, ?, ', ", $, and !.)
6) Even if you ve engaged the silencer switch on the side, the iPhone still sounds any alarm you ve set. Good to know.
7) You probably already know that you can rearrange your Home screen, and even set up multiple Home screens (up to 9). Just hold your finger down on any one icon until they all begin to wiggle. Now you can drag them to rearrange them (even onto the Dock of four special icons at the bottom), or drag off to the right to create a new Home screen. And what if, in the process of downloading and then deleting new App store programs, you wind up with unsightly gaps on your Home screens? Here s a quick way to consolidate them onto a smaller number of full Home screens, without gaps: tap Settings->General-> Reset->Reset Home Screen Layout. If you d put 10 programs on each of four Home screens, you wind up with only two screens, each packed with 20 icons. Any leftover blank pages are eliminated.
8) If you come to the iPhone from another, lesser GSM phone, your phone book may be stored on its little SIM card instead of in the phone itself . In that case, you don t have to retype all of those names and numbers to bring them into your iPhone. In Settings->Contacts, the new Import SIM Contacts button can do the job for you. (The results may not be pretty. For example, some phones store all address-book data in CAPITAL LETTERS.)
9) If you ve indulged yourself by downloading some goodies from the App Store, then you may find yourself wondering where you re supposed to adjust their preferences. Turns out they often get stashed away in a completely different program in Settings. That s where Apple encourages software authors to locate their own setting screens. For example, here s where you can edit your screen name and password for the AIM chat program, change how many days worth of news you want the NY Times Reader to display, and so on.
10) Don t type http://www or .com when entering Web addresses. Safari is smart enough to know that most Web addresses use that format so you can leave all that stuff out, and it will supply them automatically. Instead of http://www.cnn.com, for example, just type cnn and hit Go.
11) Don t type .net, .org, or .edu, either. Safari s secret pop-up menu of canned URL choices can save you four keyboard-taps apiece. To see it, hold your finger down on the .com button. Then tap the common suffix you want.
12) The iPhone can now geotag the photos you take with it. Geotagging means, "embedding your latitude and longitude information into a photo when you take it." After all, every digital picture you ve ever taken comes with its time and date invisibly embedded in its file; why not its location? So the good news is that the iPhone can geotag every photo you take. How you get to see this information, is a bit trickier. Once the photos are synced to your computer, you can view the geotag information in iPhoto (the Get Info command reveals latitude and longitude), Preview (the Inspector window shows a map), Picasa (use the Tools->Geotag menu to see the photo s location in Google Earth). Unfortunately, the iPhone strips away the geotags whenever you send a photo by e-mail. That s a good argument for using the free downloadable program AirMe instead of the iPhone s built-in camera program. It avoids that geotag-stripping problem and many others.
Product Description
The new iPhone 3G is here, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it 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. 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 offumbling around, take advantage of this device with the manual that should have been in the box. It's your call.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Before I Could Just Make Calls December 26, 2008
Kendra Barrett
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved my iPhone from the moment I got it, but I am not very tech savvy and really did not understand it all.
This book was recommened to me by a friend and it was a great recommendation. No more poking around and stumbling to see what I could do with the iPhone.
The book is easy to read with good illustrations to supplement the text and the author is amusing while conveying tech knowledge - it is not ddry or boring.
High recommended.
Great iPhone Reference ! December 25, 2008
Mark Reed
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book gives you all the tips you need to fully utilize the iPhone.
The iPhone doesn't have a manual as such, so this really fills in the gaps.
This should be with the phone December 8, 2008
Kachadurian (Traverse City, MI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You don't know what you can do with your iPhone until you read this book. It isn't ground breaking, it just fills you in on the little stuff no one tells you. The tips on using the touch keyboard alone are worth the price of the book.
So glad I bought this December 7, 2008
Karen Russell (Norco, Ca)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had my Iphone 3G for about 2 weeks before I came across this book. I bought this one over the others because of what the other reviewers were saying.From the first 2 chapters I had already learned so much more. 3 weeks later I'm finished with the book and have learned so many tips/tricks. The book was easy to follow and the humor made it so enjoyable. I've already told others about it and they too are now ordering a copy for themselves. This a must have for Iphone users.
Karen Russell
 Easy to follow, and pretty complete, but pretty basic November 22, 2008
Michael S. Wolfson (Mile High City)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought this book was very easy to follow, and well organized. This book is exactly what it says it is, a user manual for the iPhone. It covers all the basic functionality, and includes a few tips and tricks that you might not know about otherwise.
For the most part, I find the iPhone very easy to use, and wonder why anyone would need directions on how to do some of the things this book covers. However, if you would like to discover how to really use your iPhone, or just want a more complete guide to all the features this book will be useful.
If you are a technical person, and would like to dive deeper into the workings of the phone (perhaps start developing applications, or learn about some of the more complex features), this book will be too simplistic for your needs.
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