iPhone: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
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Book Reviews of iPhone: The Missing Manual
Book Review: Missing Tricks?!? Honestly now!
Summary: 2 Stars
You have to be kidding me people. Honestly, if you're on the internet right now ordering items on Amazon chances are you know HOW to use the internet. So if you really want to know how to do something there's another thing called GOOGLE. Would you rather wait 2 days to get this book or receive a million hits on the answers you're looking for? Well if you have money to burn and by that I mean you've donated to charity regularly, paid off your bills and what not, and feel like you have nothing better to do with your money besides saving it, then by all means feed into this. Is it helpful? A tad if anything. In this day and age where everyone is Web savvy, why spend money when you don't have too? If you're on Amazon to begin with it's because you want to SAVE money. That said I'm not bashing the book just the logic behind getting it. GOOGLE, people.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: Good, not great.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good book that goes over the basic functions of the iPhone. The thing is, there really isn't much more in here that you can't get from the PDF file from Apple's website. Also, most of the items covered are VERY basic and can be figured out just by playing with the phone.
The book is well written, easy to read and understand with good illustrations. For a basic hard copy of a users manual, it's pretty darn good. It is now a little outdated with the newest iPhone software update in January 2008 and does not contain any information as to that update, and as of today does not have any updates online at David Pogue's website for the book.
If you want a basic "how to use the iPhone" book, this is great. If you want a "how to use my iPhone to hack Norad" book, this is not it.
Book Review: Initially skeptical
Summary: 4 Stars
I was not expecting too much, and when I brought this book home, my husband immediately claimed I could find it all on the .Mac site. Of course, I had tried that already. But, in fact, we had not known about a bunch of neat features of the apps and the best links that provide workarounds for some of the limitations of the iPhone. For example, the "list" link I have started using is better than the link app on my earlier pda, and it is also accessible (and private) from anywhere including my office. Just having someone do the work to screen the links first, is more than worth the price. But recommended links, hidden features... really, this book has improved our daily lives. However, it isn't distilled, and you have to read through things that are quite obvious to get to the info.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.