Apple Watch for Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) - Softcover

Saltzman, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119776821 ISBN 13: 9781119776826

Publisher: For Dummies

Synopsis

<p><b>Explore the</b><b>&nbsp;vast yet&nbsp;compact&nbsp;world&nbsp;on&nbsp;your wrist!&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</p> <p>So&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve bought an Apple Watch and you&rsquo;ve been having&nbsp;a&nbsp;really&nbsp;great time&nbsp;talking to your wrist, but&nbsp;now you&rsquo;re&nbsp;wondering&nbsp;what&nbsp;other&nbsp;sorts&nbsp;of fun trouble&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;find. For that,&nbsp;the&nbsp;updated&nbsp;edition of&nbsp;<i>Apple Watch&nbsp;For&nbsp;Dummies&nbsp;</i>is&nbsp;your perfect guide,&nbsp;providing a&nbsp;friendly&nbsp;overview of the&nbsp;latest series of Apple Watches on the new OS.&nbsp;Whatever you&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;achieve&mdash;peak&nbsp;health&nbsp;via sleep-tracking&nbsp;and&nbsp;an app-based fitness plan,&nbsp;the ability to&nbsp;navigate your way out of a scary forest at night using&nbsp;the&nbsp;GPS and torch&nbsp;functions,&nbsp;or just&nbsp;a&nbsp;convenient&nbsp;method of finding&nbsp;your&nbsp;iPhone&mdash;everything you need to know about the amazing device on your wrist is right&nbsp;here at your fingertips.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Marc Saltzman&mdash;journalist, lecturer, TV personality, and host of &ldquo;Gear Guide,&rdquo; a tech-focused video that reaches 60 million viewers a year&mdash;expertly guides&nbsp;you through the&nbsp;wrist-based virtual&nbsp;world opened up by&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s compact wonder-gadget,&nbsp;taking you from the basics of the interface and buttons, through to practical applications like Apple Pay, and then on to the nifty&nbsp;stuff, like chatting to friends on Walkie Talkie, checking your blood oxygen levels,&nbsp;or unlocking your hotel room door with a casual flick of your wrist.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: medium; margin-top: 0in; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;" type="disc"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Get au fait with display and buttons&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Keep in touch via calls, texts, and more&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Manage your&nbsp;media, finances, health, work,&nbsp;and more&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Dive into the wonderful world of apps&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Whatever it is you think you&rsquo;ll use your Apple Watch for, you&rsquo;ll end up doing&nbsp;much, much&nbsp;more.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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About the Author

<p><b>Marc Saltzman</b> is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, and consultant as well as a radio and TV personality. He writes for both CNN.com and USAToday.com, and hosts Gear Guide, a tech&#45;focused video spot seen by more than 60 million viewers each year. Marc has appeared on <i>The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood,</i> and others.

From the Back Cover

<ul> <li>Learn about the latest Apple Watch series</li> <li>Customize your Watch to your personal specifications</li> <li>Discover key features of the newest watchOS^&#174;</li> </ul> <p><b>Make friends with the amazing Apple Watch^&#174;</b> <p>Welcome to the Apple Watch. This remarkable bit of wearable technology has so much to offer, and this book introduces you to every feature, from the basics to the latest updates. Create a personalized wellness plan with health and fitness apps. Track your sleep. Put Siri to work and take advantage of super shortcuts. Pay on the fly with Apple Pay. Play music, podcasts, and even movies. Manage your media and listen to audiobooks on the go. Make phone calls. Oh&#151;and tell time. This guide gets you everything you paid for&#33; <p><b>Inside...</b> <ul> <li>Learn Apple Watch basics</li> <li>Explore all the amazing apps</li> <li>Make calls &#38; send texts</li> <li>Send and receive email</li> <li>Use health and fitness features</li> <li>Give Siri^&#174; new tasks</li> <li>Manage movies, music &#38; more</li> <li>Choose third&#45;party apps to try</li> </ul>

From the Inside Flap

• Learn about the latest Apple Watch series
• Customize your Watch to your personal specifications
• Discover key features of the newest watchOS^®

Make friends with the amazing Apple Watch^®

Welcome to the Apple Watch. This remarkable bit of wearable technology has so much to offer, and this book introduces you to every feature, from the basics to the latest updates. Create a personalized wellness plan with health and fitness apps. Track your sleep. Put Siri to work and take advantage of super shortcuts. Pay on the fly with Apple Pay. Play music, podcasts, and even movies. Manage your media and listen to audiobooks on the go. Make phone calls. Oh—and tell time. This guide gets you everything you paid for!

Inside...

• Learn Apple Watch basics
• Explore all the amazing apps
• Make calls & send texts
• Send and receive email
• Use health and fitness features
• Give Siri^® new tasks
• Manage movies, music & more
• Choose third-party apps to try

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119776821
• ISBN 13: 9781119776826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 385