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iPhone 3GS Portable Genius: Also covers iPhone 3G |  | Author: Paul McFedries
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 258800
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470524227
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
EAN: 9780470524220
ASIN: 0470524227
Publication Date: August 3, 2009
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Product Description
The Genius is in. You don't have to be a genius to use the iPhone 3G or the new iPhone 3G S. But if you want to get the very most out of it, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work. Want to download the hottest new apps from the App Store? Record videos and voice memos? Send photos, videos, maps, and more via MMS? Control calls and tunes by voice? You'll find cool and useful Genius tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of shortcuts and tools that will save you loads of time and let you enjoy your iPhone to the max. Paul McFedries is a Mac expert and full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring computer books since 1991 and he has more than 60 books to his credit. These books include Macs Portable Genius, Switching to a Mac Portable Genius, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs. 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.
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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.
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 Very helpful January 7, 2010
Valerie J. Rosenblum (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A friend of mine told me that when she first bought her IPhone that this book was very informative and helpful. So, when I purchased my IPhone I followed her suggestion. She was correct. The book is easy to read, easy to find answers and gives step by step instructions how to use the phone and its' various apps.
Great Book, Great Tips December 4, 2009
Paul S. (Pennsylvania, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The iPhone 3GS is a marvelous ... almost a miraculous ... device (if I had predicted its features to you just ten years ago you'd have laughed). Out of the box it can do darn near anything. But it's in that little box all by its lonesome: there's scant documentation. The salesman told me it's done that way on purpose: the good folks at Apple want you to play around with it, to go on the web to get a good look "under the hood," to experiment. I figured I'd rather own a "shop manual" to point me in the right direction.
This book far exceeded my expectations. I thought I'd get a book written about the original iPhone, with a couple of chapters tacked on to explore the 3GS. Instead I got a heavyweight ... a full-color book with detailed drawings and step-by-step instructions for using all the iPhone 3GS features it documents. This is a gold mine of useful information, presented in a straightforward, logical manner.
Can you fall in love with a book? This one certainly has made my iPhone experience richer and less painful. A must-have.
Perfect for the new 3GS user November 29, 2009
Dutch Oven Guy (Tallahassee, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book contains all the essential information for the new users. It is well laid out and the index is complete. The little notes and tips that are done in reversed type are hard to read, but that is a minor gripe. If you give an iPhone as a gift, give this book too.
 I Should Have Bought Pogue's The Missing Manual October 6, 2009
John Coley (Lake Martin, AL)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book kind of by mistake. I went to a book chain looking for David Pogue's book on the iphone 3GS in the Missing Manual series. The location I visited didn't have Pogue's book, but they called another location that did. So I drove over there, only to find that they had this book instead. So I bought it anyway. I wish I had not. It is OK but not great. I just bought my iphone so I was in a post purchase high and really wanted something to read. In retrospect I should have ordered Pogue's from Amazon and researched the phone on the web. The Portable Genius book is just OK. It had what you would expect, chapters devoted to different features. But it lacked a really intense index. And I couldn't easily find what I needed. I use this book to look up things when I get stuck. For example, I couldn't find how to lock the iphone screen with this book. I had to look it up online. Maybe it's in there somewhere, but if I can't easily find the answer, what's the point of buying the book? I really enjoyed Pogue's Missing Manual book on the Mac OS X (liked it better than the Dummies, I own both) and also the Missing Manual on iPhoto. Pogue seems to go into more detail, have more tips and tricks, and also (for my mind at least) does a better job of explaining the theory behind the programming so that I can understand holistically rather than memorized discrete tricks.
Bottom line, I don't think The Portable Genius is worth the money. Maybe $9.99. Otherwise, just read the how to online. If you are a book learner, order The Missing Manual.
It doesn't have anything in it you can't figure out in the first 10 minutes of ownership. October 5, 2009
Hythum I. (Portland, OR)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My review title speaks for itself. It's great if you don't feel like messing around with your phone for 10 minutes, though it will take you 45 to read the book.
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