| iPhone: The Missing Manual |  | Author: David Pogue
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 83,698
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 2
Pages: 376
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
ASIN: B0026OR3GW
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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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 Pogues iPhone 2E Tips
The beauty of the new iPhone 3G is that you dont 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 youre connected to the Internet: an E for the vast but dog-slow AT&T Edge network, a 3G icon if youre on the faster but limited-area AT&T third-generation network, and radiating signal bars if youre on Wi-Fi. The tip here: The two cellular icons (E and 3G) disappear whenever youre on Wi-Fi. Thats not a mistake. The iPhone assumes that Wi-Fi is faster and better than any cellular network, and if youre on it, you dont care about E or 3G (and its right).
2) Unfortunately, 3G is a battery hog. If you dont see a 3G icon on your iPhone 3Gs status bar, then youre not in a 3G hot spot, and youre not getting any benefit from the phones 3G radio. By turning it off, youll double the length of your iPhone 3Gs 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 youre anticipating a long day and you cant risk the battery dying halfway through, it might be worth doing. After all, most 3G phones dont 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 Im, dont, cant, and so on. Type im, dont, cant, and so on. The iPhone proposes Im, dont, or cant, so you can just tap the Space bar to fix the word and continue.
5) To produce an accented character (like é, ë, è, ê, 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 youve engaged the silencer switch on the side, the iPhone still sounds any alarm youve 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? Heres 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 youd 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 dont 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 youve indulged yourself by downloading some goodies from the App Store, then you may find yourself wondering where youre supposed to adjust their preferences. Turns out they often get stashed away in a completely different programin Settings. Thats where Apple encourages software authors to locate their own setting screens. For example, heres 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) Dont type http://www or .com when entering Web addresses. Safari is smart enough to know that most Web addresses use that formatso 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) Dont type .net, .org, or .edu, either. Safaris 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 youve 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 photos location in Google Earth). Unfortunately, the iPhone strips away the geotags whenever you send a photo by e-mail. Thats a good argument for using the free downloadable program AirMe instead of the iPhones 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 moreFigure 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 moviesTake the iPhone online -- learn how to get online, use email, browse the Web, and use the GPSGo 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 programsTeeming 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.
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 iPhone review February 17, 2010
Ellen Gilmore
This is a fabulous book that SHOULD have come with the phone! Couldn't do without it!! Many thanks.
very well written and helpful February 7, 2010
JerandJan (Florida)
This book has been a "lifesaver" for every little problem or issue I have had with the iphone. It answers all the questions in simple basic English. Don't leave home without it-----
We were lost without it! November 16, 2009
D. Burke
We bought our new iPhones days before leaving for a 2 week Fl vacation. I had bought this book prior to getting the phones so we could learn all about our phones while on vacation.
I tried in vain to figure out how to send emails with a comcast account and it just wouldn't work. Picked up the book which told me to change the port and voila! There is nooooo way I could have figured that out since I didn't have a computer with me and wouldn't have been able to go online to read the forums.
This book has been great for us. We read the first few chapters and then used the book only when we got stuck.
I will say that it offers a great way to save on battery life! While not using 3G I turn it off and it is amazing how much the battery life is exttended.
It is a wonderful resource and set up in such a way that you don't have to read the entire book to be able to get setup and running with your new iPhone.
It's a must for every iPhone owner!
iPhone How to use it! November 14, 2009
Bill A. Belt (Dallas, Texas)
If you are already a wizard at using the iPhoen then you may find this book rather primitive. However, if you are like me and find there are far r too many buttons on that i Phone then you more than likely will find this book very useful. We have purchased two since the i Phone came out. Make sure you are ordering the latest edition. Once you glance through this book you will soon get the hang to using many features on the i Phone.
 iPhone the missing manual September 27, 2009
Joe R. Villalobos
I found the book easy to read and contained all the information I needed plus more much much more.iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers the iPhone 3G
I would also like to add that my purchase of a Kindle for my wife was one of the best presenta I could have given her. So if you or someone you know enjoys reading consider The Kindle as present for them.Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
Thank You.
Joe Villalobos
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