How to do Everything with Your Zire Handheld [Paperback]

Rick Broida (Author), Dave Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072229306 | ISBN-13: 978-0072229301 | Publication Date: March 14, 2003 | Edition: 1

This friendly, solutions-oriented guide is filled with step-by-step examples that illustrate how to set up and navigate your Zire, and make the most of the hardware, built-in applications, and third-party tools. Each chapter begins with the specific how-to topics that will be covered. Within the chapter, each topic is accompanied by a solid, easy-to-follow walkthrough of the process.

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From the Back Cover

That's a lot of power for one pocket! Learn to take full advantage of your Zire handheld to manage addresses, appointments, expenses, and tasks, write memos, take notes, play games, read books and documents, and plenty more. Handheld gurus Dave Johnson and Rick Broida introduce you to all the unique features of Zire in a friendly, step-by-step format. Once you get a handle on navigation and configuration of your device, you'll learn to run core applications, work with beaming technology, and effectively use the Palm Desktop. Finally, this handy resource helps you find and use amazing third-party software, which allows you to do things with your Zire that you never imagined possible!

• Learn what makes your Zire unique
• Get a complete guided tour of the hardware
• Master Graffiti to enter data into your Zire
• Beam appointments, business cards, and various data to other PDAs
• Track homework and take class notes
• Maximize useful features like the Address Book, Date Book, Memo Pad, and To Do List
• Swap information between your Zire and a PC
• Use your Zire to play games, read e-books, and have fun
• Compose music or use your Zire to learn to play an instrument

About the Author

Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) is a mobile computing editor for CMP Media, and Rick Broida (Commerce Township, MI) is the founder and former editor of Handheld Computing, the first and only print magazine designed expressly for Palm OS users. They are the best-selling authors of How to Do Everything with Your Palm and How to Do Everything with Your Visor

Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) has written many books since 1990 including Digital Photography Answers, and is a frequent contributor for PC Computing, Home Office computing, and Family PC. He is currently a mobile computing editor at Planet IT, an online magazine published by CMP Media.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (March 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072229306
• ISBN-13: 978-0072229301
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,549,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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93 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discovering the Zire, July 11, 2003

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Roberts French - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to do Everything with Your Zire Handheld (Paperback)

The Palm Zire is the workhorse of PDAs, It comes with two MB of memory amd can display up to fifteen shades of gray; and it is gloriously inexpensive. For many of us the Zire is all that is needed, and then some. (I have a few thousand entries on mine, plus some third-party applications, plus a book of poetry - Billy Collins, "Nine Horses"), and so far have used only about half the available memory.

The Zire is also delightfully simple to use. In order to realize its full capabilities, however, some help is needed; and that is where this book comes in. Written with admirable clarity and refreshing humor, "How to do Everything with your Zire Handheld" is the complete guide to the Zire. It explains the basics and much, much more. I regard it as essential reading for anyone with a Zire. It has helped me immensely. I have no doubt that it will help others.

In short, if you have a Zire, trust me: you need this book. Both informative and entertaining, "How to do Everything with your Zire Handheld"is a superb exploration of the humble Zire's extraordinary abilities. Until I read it, I had no idea that the Zire could do so much so well. It made me realize that the Zire is even more of a bargain that I had thought.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zire handheld, January 27, 2009

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Lois E. Danielson (Hagerman, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to do Everything with Your Zire Handheld (Paperback)

I have an older Palm which is still working. I liked it so much I bought this Zire..Love it.