Palm OS Bible (with CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Glenn Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764534084 | ISBN-13: 978-0764534089 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: First Edition

Packed with insider tips and real-world examples, the Palm OS® Bible covers everything from Graffiti and Date Book basics to software enhancements for e-mail, financial management, OS performance, and much more. Complete with a CD-ROM loaded with great Palm OS applications, it's the one book you need to take your Palm handheld to the max.

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Inside you'll find complete coverage of Palm OS handhelds:

Discover Graffiti enhancements, alternatives, and advanced strokes

Get insider tips on maximizing the built-in organizer functions

Use the HotSync fuction to synchronize your handheld with a Windows or Macintosh computer

Master applications for lists, finances, text, travel, graphics, and games

Learn the secrets of great communication, from faxes to e-mail to Web surfing

Make your handheld run faster and smarter with HackMaster and other utilities

Create your own custom Palm OS apps with Pendragon Forms

Find out where to go for more great third-party applications

ALL THIS AND AN INTERACTIVE CD-ROM, offering access to over 2,000+ Palm applications from PalmGear H.Q.!

CD includes:

BackupBuddy, Bubblet, Cesium, Chronos Consultant, Datebk3, HotTime, Pendragon Forms 30-day Form, TapPad, TealPhone, Texas Hodem Poker, TrackFast, UnDupe...and thousands more!

Plus live links to additional applications and updates.

From the Back Cover

If Palm OS can do it, you can do it too… Palm OS handhelds are the most versatile PDA devices available. And this comprehensive guide is all you need to get the most out of your own handheld. Packed with insider tips and real-world examples, the Palm OS^® Bible covers everything from Graffiti and Date Book basics to software enhancements for e-mail, financial management, OS performance, and much more. Complete with a CD-ROM loaded with great Palm OS applications, it's the one book you need to take your Palm handheld to the max. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Palm OS handhelds

• Discover Graffiti enhancements, alternatives, and advanced strokes
• Get insider tips on maximizing the built-in organizer functions
• Use the HotSync function to synchronize your handheld with a Windows or Macintosh computer
• Master applications for lists, finances, text, travel, graphics, and games
• Learn the secrets of great communication, from faxes to e-mail to Web surfing
• Make your handheld run faster and smarter with HackMaster and other utilities
• Create your own custom Palm OS apps with Pendragon Forms
• Find out where to go for more great third-party applications

2000+ Palm applications from PalmGear H.Q.! Interactive CD-ROM packed with useful applications including:

• BackupBuddy
• Bubblet
• Cesium
• Chronos Consultant
• Datebk3
• HotTime
• Pendragon Forms 30-day Form
• TapPad
• TealPhone
• Texas Hodem Poker
• TrackFast
• UnDupe
• And thousands more
• Plus live links to additional applications and updates

Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: Pentium II class PC running Windows 98/NT/2000 or Power PC Running Mac OS 7.6 or higher; a Palm OS Device

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Product Details

• Paperback: 772 pages
• Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide; First Edition edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764534084
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534089
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,099,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of 3rd party stuff for the Palm, July 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Palm OS Bible (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Firstly this book title is misleading - it isn't a book for operating system hackers/app developers. What it is is a very good guide to the built in apps and add-on applications (mainly software, though there is a bit out of date section on hardware).

It isn't condesending or authoratarian, rather it comes across as a set of balanced well thought out independent reviews. Not all of the reviewed s/w is on the CD - and the CD front end is slow and clumsy.

The reviews of applications give the impression the author has actually used them and isn't regurgitating the applications marketing. He describes what each program does and, in may cases, what it doesn't. For most apps he gives the cost, memory requrement and developer, plus lists developers web sites. There is a good list of contacts in the back. Hardware section is good with pictures of most of the stuff. A good section on batteries but nothing on the serial connector. Not all available hardware is covered, though of course thats asking a bit much. One thing missing is a consise list/table/index of all the apps covered. I'm looking forward to an update of the book and definately recommend it to anyone wanting to expand thier palm functionality.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Primer and FAQ, July 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Palm OS Bible (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Brown does a good balanced job. Example is that his chapters are arranged such that I was able to skip ones (PalmVII,Mac,Handspring) that I had no interest in but still came away with a good experience. You don't have to read it cover to cover to get something out of it. The CDROM is full of lots of files from PalmGear. Only difference between this one and the O'Riley one (Definitive Palm Pilot Book) is probably the CDROM--theirs uses s/w from Handago (formerly PalmCentral).

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New "Must Have" Palm OS Reference, July 3, 2000

By 

Robert Ferguson (Charleston, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Palm OS Bible (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The new Palm OS Bible will be a "god send" for those who are interested in the very popular Palm handheld resource. This book is very complete and covers the 3Com and newly released Handspring Visor format. It also gives insights into forthcoming improvements in this arena as the author is a member of the "inner circle" of development. The supplied software is fantastic, and very comprehensive. It offers old standards and late breaking examples of useful applications for the Palm OS. The text also lists several useful retail applications and offers the trial versions of the software as well. There are many useful shortcuts and new ideas listed here that I have not seen in print elsewhere, adding to the novelty and must have status of this text. I recommend this book to any Palm OS user, you won't be sorry.