How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (Paperback)

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This guide takes the approach that handheld computers based on the Palm operating system are so user-friendly and crash-proof that it's useless to spend a lot of time telling you how to get it to work. Rather, How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld is more of a taskmaster, leading you through such productivity tips as tracking expenses, planning trips, and using the Palm as a business productivity software suite.

Though the book is weighted heavily toward the PalmPilot, it is targeted toward users of all devices based on the Palm OS, such as the IBM WorkPad, the Qualcomm pdQ, and the Handspring Visor, to which the authors devote an entire chapter. What Dave Johnson and Rick Broida do best is explain how to get the most out of those features you probably gave only a cursory glance to.

Most users probably create to-do lists on their Palm handhelds, but how many of them import those lists into other applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel? Both programs build tables based on to-do list data. Palm handhelds also come with an applet called Sun Compass, which could come in handy when you're on the road.

Given that so many people use their PalmPilots as glorified address books, the tips Johnson and Broida supply are highly useful. How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld will show you how to make these popular devices the ultimate productivity tools. --John Frederick Moore

Product Description

Get full coverage of all Palm OS handheld devices, including the Palm VII handheld, the Handspring Visor, and Qualcomm pdQ™ smartphone. This easy-to-follow guide explains how to use built-in and third-party applications and accessories, establish wired and wireless Internet connections, and much more.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 607 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media (March 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072124903
• ISBN-13: 978-0072124903
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,748,888 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There and endless list of things you can do with this thing!, March 24, 2000

By	Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

You want a cell phone, calendar, e-mail, fax machine, play games and access the internet and you want all this in one piece of equipment. Sounds like you're out of luck, right? Then you don't own a Palm, and if you do there is so much you can do with it. Everything to do with your palm handheld is the book that brings it all together.

The book starts off with a chapter on buying the right Palm unit for you, giving you the choices of features, the different type and makers of Palm units and the ways to find the best cost. I like the fact that the author has not prejudged any unit; it's your choice.

After that you get chapter about setting up the palm, how to get information from the palm and using the Date Book, address book, To Do List, Memo pad and planning a trip. The author ability to detail information without boring the reader is one of the reason I like this book very much.

Part 3 of the book is communications, using the modem, e-mail and messages and the Internet. Part 4 give you chapters about others thing the palm can do like games, graffiti enhancements and software. Finally Part 5, which deals with troubleshooting. The book is complete and everything your need to know is right here.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Makes You Think, August 20, 2000

By	Sheldon (Aspen, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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If you are looking for a companion CD with a zillion Palm programs, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for a book that blows away the book that came with your Palm, this is not the book for you. However, what this book does well is really make you think about all the things you can do with your Palm, including things you never imagined you would or even could do with it.

It also makes you think about using the Palms built-in features and programs you probably aren't using now, and does a good job of explaining how to use them. It's not Gone With The Wind, but it's a pretty good reference worth having around.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Palm Handhelds-The Ultimate Reference Source, April 4, 2000

By	Paul (West Bloomfield, MI) - See all my reviews

I received this book only two days ago and have spent several hours poring through it. It is exteremly well written, concise, and explains things in a way that everyone can understand. You won't have to be a techno-nerd to enjoy this one. Hats off to the authors. I have learned a lot just in the short time I have had this book. I would consider this to be the ultimate reference source for palm handheld users at this time.