Palm Pilot Companion [Paperback]

Steven M. Schafer (Author)

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USR's Pilot is one of the hottest-selling hardware products on the market. Using practical examples and advice from industry experts, readers will learn how to put this powerful hardware product to work for them and discover how to effectively install and use 30 of the best add-in applications. - Teaches how to use the Pilot to stay organized, extend the Pilot's capabilities, take notes and use the extensions and utilities

- Includes the PocketData CD-ROM for Pilot, a multi-platform CD-ROM with all of the software discussed in the book, as well as additional tools and utilities

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789712482
• ISBN-13: 978-0789712486
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,376,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Start-up, February 15, 1998

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This review is from: Palm Pilot Companion (Paperback)

Ideal for the starting Pilot user. The book is mostly information available on the web, but in a more convenient format, with the software readily available. It has a few pearls for advanced users, but is of little to no value for power users.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Plus for entry level users, minus for power users, January 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Palm Pilot Companion (Paperback)

This book is a decent compilation of information already available on the internet. It does save time in this respect. I was disappointed to find out that I already had the software on the CD or already knew the 'tips' the book had to offer.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great companion, October 10, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Palm Pilot Companion (Paperback)

This book is a must for all new, and perhaps some old, afficionados of that wonder piece of computing, the Palm Pilot. Glossing over the information contained in the Palm Pilot Handbook, Schafer's book is a review of some of the software available for the Palm Pilot and a sampler of some. As such, it is a great overview of how-to-make-a-great-little-machine-even-better. One of the nice features of this book is that it lists add-on software in categories familiar to the basic Palm Pilot interface, so the reader can quickly look up extra software that may aid that user in particular. It even provides sources for the reader to develop his/her own software for the Palm Pilot. The disadvantages of Schafer's book are that it may date quickly, and the somewhat overly-smarmy descriptions of this little bit of hardware may aggravate the more cynical. However the new and convinced devotee will only agree. Happy playing!