iPhone: The Missing Manual

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If you have a new iPhone 3GS, or just updated your 3G with iPhone 3.0, iPhone: The Missing Manual, will bring you up to speed quickly. New York Times tech columnist David Pogue gives you a guided tour of every feature, with lots of tips, tricks, and surprises. You’ll learn how to make calls and play songs by voice control, take great photos, keep track of your schedule, and more.This entertaining book offers complete step-by-step instructions for doing everything from setting up and accessorizing your iPhone to troubleshooting. If you want to learn how iPhone 3.0 lets you search your phone, cut, copy, and paste, and lots more, this full-color book is the best, most objective resource available.Use it as a phone — save time with things like Visual Voicemail, contact searching, and moreTreat it as an iPod — listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and moviesTake the iPhone online — get online, browse the Web, read and compose email in landscape, send photos, contacts, audio files, and moreGo beyond the iPhone — use iPhone with iTunes, sync it with your calendar, and learn about the App Store, where you can select from thousands of iPhone appsUnlock the full potential of your iPhone with the book that should have been in the box.Amazon.com Review
The new iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 software have arrived, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. Each custom-designed page helps you use your iPhone for everything from web browsing to watching videos. The iPhone is packed with possibilities, and with this handy book, you can explore them all.

iPhone 3GS Picture-Taking Goodies
by David Pogue

If you have an iPhone 3GS, then you’re in for some extra camera goodness. See the white box in the center of the screen? That’s telling you where the iPhone thinks the most important part of the photo is. That’s where it will focus; that’s what it examines to calculate the overall brightness of the photo (exposure); and that’s the portion that will determine the overall white balance of the scene (that is, the color cast).
But often, dead-center is not the most important part of the photo. The cool thing is that you can tap somewhere else in the scene to move that white square—to make the camera recalculate the focus, exposure, and white balance.
Here’s when you might want to do this tapping:
1) When the whole image looks too dark or too bright. If you tap a dark part of the scene, you’ll see the whole photo brighten up; if you tap a bright part, the whole photo will darken a bit. You’re telling the camera, “Redo your calculations so this part has the best exposure; I don’t really care if the rest of the picture gets brighter or darker.”
2) When the scene has a color cast. If the photo looks, for example, a little bluish or yellowish, tap a different spot in the scene—the one you care most about. The iPhone recomputes its assessment of the white balance.
3) When you’re in macro mode. If the foreground object is very close to the lens—4 to 8 inches away—the iPhone automatically goes into macro (super closeup) mode. In this mode, you can do something really cool: You can defocus the background. The background goes soft, slightly blurry, just like the professional photos you see in magazines. Just make sure you tap the foreground object.

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July 23, 2010 Posted Under iphone

5 Responses to “iPhone: The Missing Manual”

  1. E. Barlow says:
    July 23, 2010 at 3:20 am

    The book was in great condition and got to me quickly. It was a last minute Christmas present, so I was very happy to see it in time! Thank you!
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  2. J. Crute says:
    July 23, 2010 at 5:56 am

    I bought this book for my mother who is 65 and very technologically challenged. The iPhone is her first smart phone. While it’s much easier for her to use than something like a Blackberry, she would still call me every day with a random list of questions. I sent her this book and I haven’t heard another question. She said it answers every issue she has and has even taught her several tricks. The best $16 I’ve spent.
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  3. bird lady says:
    July 23, 2010 at 8:51 am

    for those who like having a manuel in hand, this is the perfect book. entertaining and informative
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  4. Salad Granny says:
    July 23, 2010 at 11:23 am

    This book gives all the info you want but did not get with your phone! Easy to understand and arranged well. Tells many things I would never have figured out without it. Helps with shortcuts too.
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  5. A. Boston says:
    July 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    I saw this book and thought really, what could it tell me that I don’t already know? Apparently, a lot. I like to fiddle around with my gadgets and learn things for myself. I’m not much of a manual person, unless I have a pressing problem or question. I’ve had my iphone 3GS for about 2 months, and felt nimble at maneuvering around the diverse tasks the phone is capable of.

    But I like the idea of getting secret tidbits to make my iphone even more useful, so I figured I’d read this book. It’s a stellar teacher! I myself am very visual, and this book takes you from the “huh??” of normal manuals to the “ohhhhhh!” with it’s full color pages, photos and example pics. Well written without too much techy jargon.

    It taught me ways to brighten my photos, make calls using voice command and how to get real time traffic reports. The only thing I thought it was a little misleading about was ringtones. I have made my own ringtones on my PC from my music mp3/itunes collection — absolutely not a cent spent. But otherwise it was a fun useful read for me, but for others could be epicly helpful if they’re having problems getting a handle on all the features of the iphone. A must read for ANYONE with an iphone.
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