iPhone: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition [Paperback]

David Pogue (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1449393659 | ISBN-13: 978-1449393656 | Publication Date: August 31, 2010 | Edition: Fourth Edition

With multitasking and more than a 100 other new features, iPhone 4.0 is a real treat, cooked up with Apple's traditional secret sauce of simplicity, intelligence, and whimsy. iPhone: The Missing Manual gives you a guided tour of everything the new iPhone has to offer, with lots of tips, tricks, and surprises. Learn how to make calls and play songs by voice control, take great photos, keep track of your schedule, and much more with complete step-by-step instructions and crystal-clear explanations by iPhone master David Pogue.

Whether you have a brand-new iPhone, or want to update an earlier model with the iPhone 4.0 software, this beautiful full-color book is the best, most objective resource available.

• Use it as a phone -- learn the basics as well as time-saving tricks and tips for contact searching, texting, and more
• Treat it as an iPod -- master the ins and outs of iTunes, and listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and movies
• Take the iPhone online -- make the most of your online experience to browse the Web, read and compose email, use social networks, or send photos and audio files
• Go beyond the iPhone -- learn how to use the App Store, and how to multitask between your apps, organize them in folders, and read ebooks in iBooks

Unlock the full potential of your iPhone -- with the book that should have been in the box.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Pogue Press; Fourth Edition edition (August 31, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449393659
• ISBN-13: 978-1449393656
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Computers & Technology > Hardware > Handheld & Mobile Devices
  • #53 in Books > Computers & Technology > Home Computing > Internet
  • #84 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems

More About the Author

David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video. His daily blog, "Pogue's Posts," is the Times's most popular blog. David is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News and a frequent guest on NPR's "Morning Edition." His trademark comic tech videos appear each Thursday morning on CNBC. With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles. David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. He's been profiled on both "48 Hours" and "60 Minutes."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just when you thought you knew everything about your iPhone 4!, September 1, 2010

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Diana De Avila "MS Gkygrl" (Malta, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iPhone: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition (Paperback)

I have been an iPhone owner from the first generation of them. Admittingly, I was not completely pleased with the first gen of iPhone's because it felt lacking with so few applications available (unless it was jailbroken). It was a cool device at the time, but I found the Blackberry Curve a little more beholden to my likes and needs ... that was until the 3G, 3Gs and now the iPhone 4 with iOS4 came along. A completely different brand of machinery and intelligence.

I love David Pogue's Missing Manuals. My tech bookshelf is lined with his familiar green covers that range from Apple applications and OS's to Windows Operating Systems. He just writes a good book that is accessible to both the beginner and the expert. There is always more to learn.

I have been waiting patiently for the release of this book and was thrilled to get it. The iPhone iOS4 can get as complex as you want it to. Even if you are an advanced techie or iPhone user, this book will STILL have something in it so that you will feel you've gotten your dollar's worth. There are several iPhone books out there now but I am going with the tried and true Pogue book because I know and appreciate his writing and presentation style. The content is not so dry and boring that it loses you -- he writes in a very engaging manner and he can reach the novice and expert alike.

The book is printed on nice coated paper with beautiful, clear screen shots. I bought the book so that I could delve into iMovie for iPhone. At first I was a bit disappointed that it was not addressed more in depth until I read into the section more and discovered that he is offering a download that explains the use of iMovie. This book is filled with resources like that.

Besides learning a lot from the book and taking your iPhone to it's max usage and getting the most out of it ... you are also provided with further jumping off points that allow you to delve into areas that interest you more. For me that's iMovie. Just an example.

For the money you've put into buying your iPhone and potentially extra apps, a resource like this will stretch your dollar even more by helping you to get the most use out of it.

I am an iPhone 4 first adopter who dealt with the "death grip" (he even addresses that in the book). I feel like I have a pretty darn good grasp on this piece of hardware but also know that there is much more to be learned.

I love David Pogue's books and this one really does not disappoint.

5 stars!

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who knew my phone could do all of these things! Great book., September 1, 2010

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KarLynP "romance books rule" (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iPhone: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition (Paperback)

Love this book, I did not know my new phone could do all of these things! While I was able to figure out many of the great features of my new iPhone4 without any manual, I was honestly shocked to read about all the cool features I had yet to discover. This manual has an easy to read layout, including lots of helpful pictures and helpful user tips. My iPhone4 is my first smart phone ever, but I am not a technical novice. However, savvy users with iPhone experience may not learn quite as much as I did - but I can't imagine that anyone could discover all the cool features on their own. I started reading the manual thinking I would just scan the first chapter or two, but I ended up reading it cover to cover. I am using my iPhone more than ever, and smarter than ever.

If you are interested in this book to disover what an iPhone/smart phone is all about, I would recommend it. I can't believe I waited so long to even get a `smart phone', but now I know it is something that will change the way I manage my life as it sooooo much more than just a phone. I'm even reading books on the thing, plus booking/tracking airline flights, ordering lunch, organizing my health records with doctor information, searching for local business using its automated gps positioning (not to mention mapping directions), listening to music, watching TV shows, reading the daily news on dozens of news sources, playing games and so much more.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate iPhone 4 Book, September 21, 2010

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Daniel McKinnon "Dan" (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iPhone: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition (Paperback)

David Pogue is so good at what he does he could get hired by Apple or Google immediately and instantly improve their technical documentation department ten-fold. The Missing Manual line of books is so good that it's like candy for the tech reader that wants to learn more about nearly any technology on the market.

With 'iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers iPhone 4 & All Other Models with iOS 4 Software' Pogue has done it once again, improving on the previous edition of iPhone TMM by covering the new, gooooorgeous 4 line of phones. People like Pogue blow me away, they are people that seem to be able to get 25+ hours out of every day that most people only use/get 1440 minutes. I don't know how he is able to turn around such quality books in such a rapid amount of time, it's sick.

From the writing to content to design to the total package, if you want a book that will cover the iPhone top to bottom in a fun, educational way look no further.

***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION