iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 3GS [Paperback]

Edward C. Baig (Author), Bob LeVitus (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470536985 | ISBN-13: 978-0470536988 | Publication Date: August 3, 2009 | Edition: 3

A full-color guide to the iPhone, including the new iPhone 3G S

With its new 3G S model, the iPhone is definitely the must-have mobile device. This fully updated guide covers all the cool features of the fastest iPhone ever, including the Spotlight search feature, voice control, and video camera capability.

iPhone For Dummies, 3rd Edition also covers the basics of using the multitouch interface, setting up iTunes, browsing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail, and more.

• The iPhone 3G S is the fastest and most powerful iPhone yet, with a host of new features
• Learn to use landscape mode for e-mail, texting, and shooting widescreen video
• See how to copy or cut and paste text, video, photos, and Web content from one app to another
• Find out how to make calls, play music, or create new playlists using voice control
• Locate anything on your iPhone with Spotlight, whether in your calendar, contacts, e-mail, iPod, apps, or even saved Web clips
• Discover how to create and send messages that include text, video, voice memos, map locations, and more

Covering all the features of the much-anticipated iPhone 3G S, iPhone For Dummies, 3rd Edition helps you get every bit of functionality your iPhone offers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Fill your iPhone with cool stuff, ask it to play a song or call a friend, and find anything with Spotlight!

The iPhone keeps getting better, and this book keeps you in tune with the newest features. The basics are here too: how to use the multitouch interface, set up iTunes and buy music, surf the Web, check and send e-mail and text messages, watch movies and TV shows (and YouTube), admire pictures, download apps — and even make phone calls.

• Stay organized — synchronize contacts, calendars, e-mail accounts, and bookmarks between your computer and your iPhone

• Do you copy? — copy, cut, and paste text, photos, and videos from one application to another

• Record it — capture a thought, a memo, or a meeting with Voice Memos then trim your recording and send it via e-mail or MMS

• Shake and shuffle your music — create playlists, scroll through your music library, and customize your listening experience

• Find yourself — identify your location via GPS, get turn-by-turn directions, find true north with the compass, and search for a location

Open the book and find:

• Steps for getting started with your iPhone

• How to make a phone call with Voice Control

• Details about connecting to a Wi-Fi network

• Easy ways to check the weather and get stock quotes

• How to connect wirelessly to Bluetooth devices

• Tips for taking advantage of push notifications

• How MobileMe can help find your iPhone if it has been lost

• Advice on troubleshooting your iPhone

About the Author

Edward C. Baig is the Personal Technology columnist for USA TODAY and the author of Macs For Dummies, 10th Edition. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle and is the author of Mac OS X® Snow Leopard For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 3 edition (August 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470536985
• ISBN-13: 978-0470536988
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars These Reviews Are Outdated! Not for 3G-S or 3.0 Software!, August 25, 2009

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Frank D. Ireland "frankland" (frankland) - See all my reviews
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I am not reviewing this book, as I have not read it. I am posting this to point out that the reviews that have been posted are not for this book. It is readily apparent that the reviews are outdated because the book is for the iPhone 3G and 3G-S. The iPhone 3G-S did not go on the markent until June of 2009, and most of the reviews pre-date that period. The 3.0 software update that was released in June of 2009 added a very significant number of features to all iPhones (the original iPhone, the iPhone 3G, and the new iPhone 3G-S). Neither the 3.0 software update OR the 3G-S were available when most of these reviews were written, so they are irrelevent.

I am a very happy Amazon customer, but I think that Amazon needs to be more prudent about ensuring that they post product reviews that are relevent to the product that they appear with!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, February 20, 2010

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K. Darby "K. Darby" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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My niece always took care of my technical problems, phone or computer. Well, she went off to college [proud of her]. The times I've run into a question about how to accomplish some step on my iPhone, the book walked me through the solution. Niece came home for a visit, was impressed how 'knowledgeable' her Auntie had become. p.s. Mac for Dummies equally good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, May 30, 2011

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Don't know how my wife and I could have ever learned how to use the IPhone without the help provided in this publication.