iPhoneTM 3G Portable Genius
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You don’t have to be a genius to use an iPhone 3G. But if you want to get the very most out of yours, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work and start ramping up the pace. Want to e-mail attachments twice as fast? Talk and browse at the same time? Quickly locate the nearest coffee shop? Sync your iPhone 3G with multiple computers? You’ll find cool and useful Genius tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of easy-to-access shortcuts and tools that will save you loads of time and let you enjoy your new iPhone 3G to the max.
Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has written or cowritten more than four dozen books that have sold more than two million copies worldwide, including MySpace Visual Quick Tips and Computers Simplified, 7th Edition. Paul encourages all readers to drop by his Web site, www.mcfedries.com. David Pabian is a freelance writer and Mac enthusiast. A self-taught Mac expert and early adopter, he can often be found troubleshooting all things Mac for his family and friends.
Portable GENIUS
Fun, hip, and straightforward, the new Portable Genius series gives forward-thinking Apple users useful information in handy, compact books that are easy to navigate and don’t skimp on the essentials. Collect the whole series and make the most of your Apple digital lifestyle.Amazon.com Review
You love your iPhone 3G and you’ve found out that it’s mighty simple to use out-of-the-box, but you might not know that some of its most useful and powerful features are hidden away in obscure parts of the system. You’ve found out that your iPhone 3G doesn’t get in your way when you’re trying to be productive or creative, but sometimes it will do something (or force you to do something) that just makes you want to scratch your head in wonderment. You’ve found out that your iPhone 3G’s robust design makes it a reliable device day after day, but even the best-built machines can have problems.
When you come upon the iPhone 3G’s dark side, you might consider making an appointment with your local Apple Store’s Genius Bar, and more often than not the on-duty genius will give you good advice on how to overcome the iPhone 3G’s limitations, work around its annoyances, and fix its failures. The Genius Bar is a great thing, but it isn’t exactly a convenient thing. You can’t just drop by to get help; you have to make an appointment; you have to drag yourself down to the store, perhaps wait for your genius, get the problem looked at, and then make your way back home; and in some cases you may need to leave your iPhone 3G for a while (No!) to get the problem checked out and hopefully resolved.
What you really need is a version of the Genius Bar that’s easier to access, more convenient, and doesn’t require tons of time or leaving your iPhone 3G in the hands of a stranger. What you really need is a “portable” genius that enables you to be more productive and solve problems wherever you and your iPhone 3G happen to be.
Welcome, therefore, to iPhone 3G Portable Genius. This book is like a mini Genius Bar all wrapped up in an easy to use, easy to access, and eminently portable format. In this book you learn how to get more out of your iPhone 3G by learning how to access all the really powerful and timesaving features that aren’t obvious at a casual glance. In this book you learn how to avoid your iPhone 3G’s more annoying character traits and, in those cases where such behavior can’t be avoided, you learn how to work around it. In this book you learn how to prevent iPhone 3G problems from occurring, and just in case your preventative measures are for naught, you learn how to fix many common problems yourself.
This book is for iPhone 3G users who know the basics but want to take their iPhone 3G education to a higher level. It’s a book for people who want to be more productive, more efficient, more creative, and more self-sufficient (at least as far as the iPhone 3G goes, anyway). It’s a book for people who use their iPhone 3G every day, but would like to incorporate it into more of their day to day activities. It’s a book we had a blast writing, so we think it’s a book you’ll enjoy reading.
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Out of the box, the iPhone is a wonderful device, with simplicity being one of its greatest strengths. But under the hood, there are incredibly powerful features that can make you really productive – this book is required reading to get the most out of your new iPhone 3G. In addition to plenty of information on the basics of use, it’s loaded with information on the not so obvious, or hidden, features. For example it provides info on special gestures in Safari to make navigation easier, or that Safari can also do RSS feeds. Every other major application is covered as well with many tips to help you get the most from them, such as creating ringtones with GarageBand, customizing your Mail inbox, to using MobileMe. This a very well done and thorough treatment of all things iPhone, and despite being a technical person who uses a Mac everyday, it helped me discover plenty to get the most from my iPhone!
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With the release of the latest iPhone offering being only a few weeks ago there are bound to be questions about such a sophisticated device. The iPhone 3G Portable Genius was the answer, with the easy-to-understand tips and tricks, while not being so simple to miss information.
I have owned an iPhone since June 2007 and was still finding abilities of the phone. Now that I have read through this book it has opened my eyes to many aspects of the phone I didn’t know existed.
For instance, I know it syncs to computers, but didn’t know you can micro-manage this process and even sync up your iCal calendar. Since I found this out I have been more productive while mobile, so for that one tip the book was well worth it.
That being said, this book isn’t just some couple page tip sheet. Each tip or concept is explained in depth and with various examples. You will even find notes of warning and concern, like the fact that an ignored call going straight to voicemail alerts the other party you bailed on them.
Whether you recently purchased an iPhone 3G (which I recommend) or still have an original iPhone, this book is for you. You’d think the 3G would be so much more feature-packed, but Apple allows you to update an original iPhone to the 2.0 software that the 3G ships with.
I am certain this book will introduce you to a ton of new features contained within many “secret” and buried screens on your iPhone.
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The iPhone 3G Portable Genius is an excellent guide to maximizing the capabilities of the iPhone. The material is presented in an intuitive, and logical, fashion and the directions are easy to follow. I learned more in two hours with the iPhone 3G Portable Genius than I had absorbed over a period of several months.
If you own either version of the iPhone and are interested in making the most of it for your particular needs, you will find the Portable Genius extremely helpful. The screen shots which are included in every chapter are thoughtfully designed and easily comprehended learning tools. Paul McFedries and David Pabian have created a comprehensive and functional guide which I will keep close at hand and share with friends and family.
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I consider myself pretty tech suave and have been watching the iPhone 3g from when it just started as a rumor until I had one of my own. Being one to keep an eye on the cellphone market, I believe that the iPhone 3G blows away all other hand-helds available right now.
The reason the iPhone 3G (and the original iPhone) is so ahead of the competition is because of the Cocoa Mobile developing platform Apple has created. The interface on the phone is so intuitive that everything just makes sense and it is done in a way that is less hassle than Windows Mobile, PalmOS, etc.
With that being said there are a lot of features that both the common consumer and the tech-head will miss in the iPhone’s software. Anyone who is looking to really explore the full features of the iPhone and iPhone 3G should pick up iPhone 3G Portable Genius. After reading it I find myself having to explain new shortcuts and gestures to my friends and find my own experience more knowledgeable and complete.
Part of the reason I enjoy this book is because it really goes into why the software behaves like it does and has accompanying screen shots for all its sections. On top of that, don’t-miss tips are highlighted in their own bubbles so they don’t get lost in the main body text. Combine that with a good chapter layout and Portable Genius becomes a great reference manual to have on hand.
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I am a self-confessed Apple lover and part-time geek. Living in the UK, I was one of the first Brits to get by grubby paws on the original iPhone – a mere 3 days after it went on sale in the US. Of course, I had to upgrade it to a 16GB version when that was released, and again when the iPhone 3G came out. In short, I think the iPhone is a mighty fine phone indeed.
As an architecture, the iPhone is particularly clever – you can update it when Apple release updates, which means that your phone might have more functionality in the evening than it did in the morning – how many phones do that for you? The downside of this is that the iPhone changes constantly, and while some of the upgraded things are announced loudly, it takes a lot of dedication to become a full-on power user of the iPhone.
One way of doing that is to go to the Apple store and listen to their seminars, but frankly, I don’t really fancy travelling across town to get to the apple store: I’ve got better things to do with my evenings – and for those living outside London, it’s not really an option. Which is why McFedries and Pabian’s iPhone 3G Portale Genius book is such an amazing find. Here, you get all the inside information from people who really know what they are talking about, because they’ve used the phone as power-users, researched all its functionality, and manage to impart the knowledge in a rather clever way, too.
Using simple step-by-step instructions, lots of insight, and an easy-to-read writing style, this book is a fabulous find.
True geeks won’t need it, of course, but despite being one of those, I have to confess I learned quite a few new tricks from it – and if I manage to talk my mom into buying an iPhone, then this book will be her welcoming present into the iPhone universe… If only to stop her from asking me all the mundane questions
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