The Complete PalmPilot Guide [Paperback]

Calvin O. Parker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1558285865 | ISBN-13: 978-1558285866 | Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Edition: Book&Disc

The Complete PalmPilot^™ Guide If you have a PalmPilot you know what all the buzz is about. This PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) from 3Com has revolutionized the handheld computing market—and it can revolutionize your life! To-do lists, email, daily and weekly calendars, basic spreadsheets, a memo pad, a calculator, your favorite computer game—all this and more can reside on a pocket-size machine not much larger than a pack of playing cards. But as handy as the PalmPilot is, there are a few things that don't come in the box—namely information on all the things your PalmPilot can do and a slew of PalmPilot shareware. That's where The Complete PalmPilot Guide comes in. Written by a PalmPilot devotee who maintains a PalmPilot FAQ Web site and two newsgroups, this guide provides essential tips and tricks that every PalmPilot user should know.

• My screen presses aren't registering. What should I do?
• I've just lost all my data on my PalmPilot—now what? How do I perform a HotSync?
• Is the 1MB PalmPilot faster than the 512K version?

You'll find answers to these and dozens of other common (and not-so-common) PalmPilot questions in this handy guide. You'll also get a thorough run-down and review of all the major commercial and shareware/freeware applications, and inside tips on installing and using these programs, as well as a CD-ROM containing over 140 shareware and freeware applications—including games, productivity tools, spreadsheets, and more. Make the most of this handy device with The Complete PalmPilot Guide! You Get Over 140 Shareware and Freeware Applications on the enclosed CD, including

• Q-Mate—a finance application that's compatible with Quicken
• Doc e-text reader—an application that lets you read text of any size
• Klondike—a solitaire card game
• J-File—a shareware database application
• ReDo 2—program that allows you to create repeating To Do's
• Tricorder—scan for intelligent life (just like they did on Star Trek)

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About the Author

CALVIN O. PARKER is a database administrator with Sterling Software. He spent nine years working for the U.S. Air Force as a programmer and database administrator. Calvin, a PalmPilot devotee, maintains a Web site for PalmPilot users and runs two PalmPilot newsgroups.

Product Details

• Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; Book&Disc edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558285865
• ISBN-13: 978-1558285866
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,492,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty basic and getting out of date..., July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete PalmPilot Guide (Paperback)

Potential readers should be aware of two facts about the first edition: (1) There is NO mention of the Palm III or O.S. 3; happily, much of what is true of the Palm Pilot carries over to the Palm III, but how is one to know what?; (2) Some 183 pages of the 320 pages of text (57% of the book!!) is devoted to descriptions of third party software. (3) In many cases SEVERAL versions of the shareware/freeware have come and gone since the version numbers mentioned in the text. More current information is readily available on the web. (4) Many problems in Chapter 4 (Troubleshooting...) refer to long dead versions of the operating system. [New problems await you ;)] In short, a ho-hum, sort of like reading about Lotus 1a, or WordPerfect 5.1, or dBaseII.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Incomplete Disappointment, July 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete PalmPilot Guide (Paperback)

I purchased this book and was roundly disappointed by its muddy writing and neverending review of out-of-date software. I felt misled and humiliated for spending money on this book when most of what comprises the text can be found for free on the internet.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A very bacic book, January 5, 2000

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R. Alexander "oswald06" (Carson City, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete PalmPilot Guide (Paperback)

The Complete Palm Pilot is a very simplistic manual that is written for a computer beginner using the Palm Pilot. It lacks detailed information on basic concepts including "graffiti" and other details that even a novice will need. A major part of the manual is devoted to a very basic descriptions of add-on programs. In summery, this book is too simple for even beginners and I do not recommend it.