My iPhone (2nd Edition) Review

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I had been using the basic features on my iPhone intuitively... flipping once in a while through the thin booklet and the PDF file that Apple provides as a user manual. After a month, I decided that to make the most out of my purchase I had to more proactively learn about all the features.
The presentation in this book is clean and stylish. It's also very clear -- THE INSTRUCTIONS are detailed and ACCOMPANIED BY SCREENSHOTS, which are LABELED WITH NUMBERS that correspond to each step. There's no way to get lost.
It's comprehensive. For instance, there's a section on iTunes and iPod, which is especially useful for the complete novice who need step-by-step instructions about building playlists, finding podcasts, etc. (The Dummies book is limited in this area; there's a separate "iPod & iTunes for Dummies" book.)
If you're already familiar with certain features or there are some you're not interested in learning about, the book is arranged in such a way that you can skip ahead or hop from one section to another. There's an index, of course, but the Table of Contents is as helpful because the headings and subheadings are straightforward, instead of cutesy titles.
The only thing that the Dummies book has extra is a list of ten web resources at the end. They probably have more informational nuggets spread around, but I personally found it unencouraging to wade through all the text. In this book (My iPhone), every page has screenshots and you can see every step illustrated -- it's very visual.
I found a typo on page 94 ("Inlcude" for "Include"), and the iPhone seems to have added a few modifications to the map functions since it first came out. You can find out about those on page 81 of Apple's PDF guide. No biggies. The traffic icon is no longer a car, and there's an icon for finding your approximate location on the map you're looking at.
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My iPhone, Second EditionStep-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone photos so that you can see exactly what to do.Help when you run into the few iPhone limitations.Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone.Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include: • How to use all the essential features of iPhone 3G such as the cell phone, visual voice mail, conference calling, and contact information. • How to add network connections and switch between them; surf the web using full-featured web pages just like on a computer; and receive and manage your email, from all your accounts, including Microsoft Exchange, wherever you are. • How to configure MobileMe to keep all your contacts, email, and events current on your device wirelessly. • How to use an iPod and and iTunes 8 to listen to music and podcasts or watch movies, TV shows, and music videos. • How to take quality photos and view them, email them, or transfer them to a computer. • How to find, download, install, manage, and use thousands of iPhone applications. • How use Maps to find any location, plan a route to it, and then track your route with GPS. • How to customize the way iPhone looks and works with your own wallpaper, Home screen button layouts, ringtones from your favorites songs, and more.CATEGORY: Apple Digital Media COVERS: Apple iPhoneUSER LEVEL: Beginning-IntermediateQuote from front cover."As easy as the iPhone is to admire and use, Miser unlocks all of its secrets and offers frank, useful advice for getting the most out of the most amazing product of this century (so far!)."–Mark A. Kellner, Technology Columnist, The Washington Times

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