iPhone: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
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Book Reviews of iPhone: The Missing Manual
Book Review: A must for all iPhone owners
Summary: 5 Stars
WARNING.....if you don't have an iPhone, don't buy this book because it will make you immediately go out and want to buy one.
This is THE must book for all iPhone owners. I had no idea that the iPhone had so many functions, and best of all it taught me things that I would never have figured out on my own - ever. Apple provided very limited documentation and the iPhone and basic functions are so easy to figure out I will bet most people will not go to the Apple website and print out the manual- http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone/ - and really miss out on what the iPhone has in that great, technomagical, small package.
The book is easy reading with lots of pictures. Very well written and fun to read.
The phone is an expensive investment when you consider that you can get free cell phones from carriers. Buy this book and get maximum return on your investment and maximize what it can do for you.
Book Review: 5 Star for the Novice iPhoner - Pass if you know a lot already
Summary: 5 Stars
The book itself is written well and pictures are everywhere - always a good thing with tech books. Who the book is written for though? I would say novice iPhone users who feel they just HAVE to have a book. My mom loves this book and finds it helps her out a lot. Of course - she didn't even know how to input a persons phone number in her last cell phone. For those with basic cell phone knowledge, the iPhone's interface just made sense and didn't require a manual. This book is just that - a manual. It is still entertaining to read, but the amount of tricks you would expect to find in this are not there. This was my first "Missing Manual" book I've picked up, and now I realize it isn't for everyone. In the books defense - it is out only months after the iPhone's release. Pogue got his review iPhone in early June. And most importantly the book is updated via a website with new information about software updates and new features.Book Review: iPhone - The Unmissable Manual
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Book Review: Fantastic iPhone resource
Summary: 5 Stars
As easy to use as the iPhone is it still has some secrets up it's sleeve and this is where "iPhone: The Missing Manual" comes in really handy. The book goes step by step through the basics of the phone, mail, browsing and the iPod functionality, as well as all of the other handy applications. And with each of those I found something I had missed along the way.
In addition to handling the basics he also has a lot of handy tips about special numbers to dial, the differences in the various email services, and handy keyboard shortcuts that have allowed me to get much more out of the phone.
This book is definitely worth the money, and I think it's a must have for anyone who has just bought an iPhone. If it's worth several hundred dollars to get the phone. It's worth another $14 to find out how to use it right.
Book Review: JUST WHEN I THOUGHT (HOPED) I KNEW IT ALL . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
For the past few months I've had a-well, I might as well call it what it is-an obsession with the/my iPhone. I was beginning to feel pretty smug about how much I knew about the device.
But since I'm also a fan of David Pogue (never miss his columns nor his weekly e-mails), I decided to buy this book (if only to learn that I had nothing else TO learn about how to do everything the iPhone Can do).
(I'm kidding about feeling smug; I was just comfortable that I"d been getting the most out of my iPhone.)
WOW! Was I wrong!?! This book is incredible! I picked up 4 or 5 new "tips" from the first dozen pages. And lots more since.
Buy it . . . unless you were on the team that designed the iPhone.