How to do Everything with Your Palm (TM) Handheld, Third Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072225289 ISBN 13: 9780072225280

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2002

Synopsis

A guide to the Palm handheld and its accessories. The authors demonstrate how to use the Palm to the maximum, for work, checking email, surfing, playing games and more. This third edition includes coverage of the Palm OS 5.

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Review:

This guide takes the approach that handheld computers based on the Palm operating system are so user-friendly and crash-proof that it's useless to spend a lot of time telling you how to get it to work. Rather, How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld is more of a taskmaster, leading you through such productivity tips as tracking expenses, planning trips, and using the Palm as a business productivity software suite.

Though the book is weighted heavily toward the PalmPilot, it is targeted toward users of all devices based on the Palm OS, such as the IBM WorkPad, the Qualcomm pdQ, and the Handspring Visor, to which the authors devote an entire chapter. What Dave Johnson and Rick Broida do best is explain how to get the most out of those features you probably gave only a cursory glance to.

Most users probably create to-do lists on their Palm handhelds, but how many of them import those lists into other applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel? Both programs build tables based on to-do list data. Palm handhelds also come with an applet called Sun Compass, which could come in handy when you're on the road.

Given that so many people use their PalmPilots as glorified address books, the tips Johnson and Broida supply are highly useful. How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld will show you how to make these popular devices the ultimate productivity tools. --John Frederick Moore

From the Back Cover:

Maximize your Palm's potential by accessing essential and in-depth information on all of your handheld PC's features--including Palm accessories and third-party software. Written by a pair of savvy authors steeped in leading-edge handheld technology, "How To Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld, Third Edition will help you work smarter, play better, and do more with your Palm handheld than you ever thought possible. Learn to use the core applications more effectively, discover amazing business and entertainment software, and go online for e-mail and Web browsing. Plus, protect your data with robust security, and take advantage of new and exciting multimedia features.Manage addresses, appointments, expenses, tasks and memos Organize in the home or office with Palm Desktop and Microsoft Outlook Learn to install new software--including OS 5--and beam programs to other handheld users HotSync anywhere with infrared, modem, Bluetooth, or cable Use Graffiti more effectively with undocumented alternative gestures Customize Date Book with alarms, privacy features, repeating events, and more Create memos, task lists, electronic business cards, and much more Use third-party utilities to extend the capabilities of your Palm, Visor, Treo, Clie, or other handheld PC Supercharge your Palm into a complete laptop replacement with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint compatibility Optimize your PDA for the road with applications, charging solutions, and more

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072225289
• ISBN 13: 9780072225280
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 440