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How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld
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Author: Dave Johnson, Rick Broida
List Price: $24.99
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ISBN: 0072191007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (15 January, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 79,083
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Good Info. Out of Date
I just purchased a Palm m515 and ordered this book as a help to get me started. The book covers a lot of information, but is for older models of PDAs. It is out of date. So if your looking for material for a new model PDA, look for a newer edition book.
Rating: 2 out of 5
First 300 pages are no better than Palm's documentation
The first half of the book cover many generalities and obvious points, most of which could be read from your Palm's manuals. It also covers many models, so you may not be sure exactly what applies to your toy.The second half of the book covers a lot of communication issues, independent add-on applications, security, and other in-depth topics. It does a good job explaining the security options available in Palm's newer OS and all of the permutations for sharing/protecting different levels of information.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Chris Seibold MyMac.com Book Review
...How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld is pretty much what it says: a book all about the Palm OS (not just Palm Pilots but any PDA that runs the palm operating system). The authors, Dave Johnson and Rick Broida, clearly love the Palm OS...in the same way a lot of Mac users love the Mac. In this book you'll find a nice defense of the Palm OS and all the instructions for using said miracle of miniaturization.The first two thirds of How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld are pretty standard fair. Mostly how to do this and that with your Palm PDA...How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld really comes into it's own around chapter fourteen. The chapter is entitled "How to use you Palm as a laptop Replacement"...you'd be surprised with just how close you can come...other niftiness abounds system hacks for avoiding the capital letter stroke, hacks to use that leftover flash memory and methods to print to just about any printer with an IrDA port. Those are just a few of the enclosed tips that make the book worth having for the...power Palm users. The style of the book is perhaps it's most appealing feature. Sure it's full of pictures and useful instructions...This keeps the book light and enjoyable instead of devolving into a monotone how to manual. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the reasons to try something or the reasons to not try something are presented with equal weight with the consequences noted. All factors noted How to Everything with Your Palm Handheld is an engaging (for an instruction manual) and useful read. Bottom Line: This is not a ground breaking book (perhaps it was three editions ago) and most if not all of the information is available elsewhere. Yet owing to the writing style and advanced user tips How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld would be a useful addition to any Palm user's library from novice to just short of Palm OS programmer. MacMice Rating: 4 out of 5
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