Customer Reviews

Treo Essentials

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The poor excuse for an instruction manual provided with the excellent Treo 650 is so "non-user-friendly" (very small, gray type, dense copy) that I bought his book as a "substitute manual"

The book is a readable, inviting, instruction manual. All the information in it is buried somewhere in the supplied (free)factory manual but this book avoid eyestrain and frustration. That was worth it for me.

The Treo 650 is an extraordinary device, combining in one package a cell phone (with data modem capabilities) and the awesome power of the Palm OS as a personal digital assistant. The online manual that ships with the Treo 650 is not intended for easy reading.

Morrison's book, however, which covers much the same territory is.

Treo Essentials doesn't go much beyond the manual: it is simply easier to deal with and merits consideration on that point alone. Morrison has a clear writing style and the book is adequately illustrated.

It's a handy, but not absolutely essentially, reference.

Jerry

I have owned first the Treo 600 and then the 650. I first purchased "Now you know Treo" to try and pick up some tips to help me maximize the use of the device. I did not find that book helpful. I just recently picked up "Treo Essentials" and found it very helpful. I am only about 1/4 through the book and have picked about 5 new things that I didn't fully understand or know even though I have been using a Treo device for several years. My recommendation is buy "Essentials" and skip "Now you know". "Essentials" is much more detailed than "Now you know" but still easy to read and understand.

This was a waste of money. You can get the same info on the internet. Short and sweet... don't do it!