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Taking Your iPhone to the Max (Technology in Action)

Posted by Tawna Aylsworth on Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Since they've come around, I've been one of those people that have had to have the latest and greatest phone. I've had just about every high end PocketPC or Smartphone available. And I've really liked them. I had one of the 1st gen iphones (4gb) but b/c I was on T-Mobile, it was little more than an iPod (and I use a Zune so that wasn't even very important to me). I had an unlucky streak though and broke the last two iMate Smartphones I had within a few weeks of each other so was left using a Windows Mobile 5.0 device. A coworker was going to return his iPhone and offered it to me for a decent discount and i figured what the heck, I'll give it a try.

At first though, it was of little benefit. That's b/c I was on T-Mobile not AT&T and knew veyr little about the iPhone. After looking around the net, I saw this book had really high ratings and was available for the Kindle. So while I was eating dinner, I bought it. A few seconds later it appeared on my kindle and I dove in. I started making notes of what all I needed to do to get it working on T-Mobile and a few other things. I had struggled for a few days trying to get it working to no avail. I was having a lot of trouble getting it to sync with my ultra mobile pc running vista. With this book on my Kindle, I returned home and dove in. About 2 hours later I was up and running. Not only did I have the phone working but I had the ipod synced, and internet connectivity. It took me all of 10 seconds to fall in love with Safari. So chapter by chapter I kept reading. In all, I ended up doing a late nighter b/c I was learning how to do things on the iPhone that I either didn't know about or couldn't get working. Navigation went from being a pain in the a55 to a breeze. In no time I had it synced with my Outlook contacts too... and it even pulled in each contact's picture if it was available in my Outlook profile.

So in just a few hours, I went from not being able to make calls or use the iPod to basically having a smaller and faster version of my ultra mobile PC. In fact, now that I've gotten so familiar with it, I rarely use my ultra mobile b/c it's just another gadget to worry about and have to keep charged.

The book is very easy to read and while I'm not a technical novice, I was completely unfamiliar with Apple products. It got me right over the learning curve in just a few hours. Every single thing I had wanted to do with the iPHone was explained - perfectly I may add, in this book. Additionally, the book amazingly gets right to the point of everything and gives it coverage commensurate with the importance of the feature. It really holds your hand through some of the more difficult things (like getting it working with other networks) but doesn't belabor issues that aren't all that big of a deal.Every other book I can think of on how to use any given mobile device, be it a camera, zune, xbox etc is the opposite - it covers the basics in painful detail and tends to cover the important stuff lightly. Maybe it's just that what I consider important is the same stuff the author did, but I think pretty much anyone new to the iPhone will be left feeling the same way I was. (the best example I can give is with respect to the warnings and explanation of the warranty. If you're a none AT&T user, you don't want to do anything to void the warranty and end up being left out to dry. So I was really hesitant to just indiscriminately try things I found on the net. By specifically addressing this issue, explaining the downside and upside, the author makes it clear they understood what you're facing and then she proceeds to explain it in enough detail that you won't be (or at least I wasn't) afraid to give it a try).

If you have an iPhone already and are well versed in all of its features, then you probably don't need this book although there will be a few things you'll find helpful (particularly in terms of navigation). If you have a AT&T Contract and only use bread and butter features then you'll be in the same boat. But if you're new to iPhone and particularly if you're on another network, and you are of the "I can't live without my phone" mindset, this book is absolutely for you. It's written to that type of user specfically and she does a superb job in that respect

Considering the price for the Kindle edition in particular, it was one of the smartest buys I made in a while. Without it, I would very likely have just given up on the iPhone, and now I've definitely become a major fan of it and would really hate to not have an iPhone. All because of this book.


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Taking Your iPhone to the Max (Technology in Action) Overviews

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using secret tips and techniques from gadget hacker Erica Sadun. Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPhone to the Max will show you how get the most out of Apple’s iPhone. You’ll find all the best, and undocumented, tricks as well as the most efficient and enjoyable introduction to the iPhone you’ll ever find.

Starting with a guide to iPhone basics, you’ll quickly move on to discover the iPhone’s hidden potential, like how to connect to a TV, get contract-free VOIP, and hack OS X so it will run apps on your iPhone. From e-mail and surfing the Web, to using iTunes, iBooks, games, photos, ripping DVDs and getting free VOIP with Skype or Jajah, you’ll find it here. You’ll even find tips on where to get the best and cheapest iPhone accessories. Get ready to take iPhone to the max!

What you’ll learn

  • iPhone basics
  • E-mail, voicemail, and using iCal
  • Surfing the Web with iPhone using Safari
  • Expanding the main menu using third-party software
  • Using iTunes, games, and iBooks
  • Connecting to the TV and ripping DVDs
  • Hacking OS X to run apps on the iPhone
  • Getting contract-free VOIP
  • Saving on accessories and what you really need

Who is this book for?

Anyone who has an iPhone and wants to get more out of it, learn how to connect to other devices, or tinker with it

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Customer Review


Taking I Phone to the Max - Jon E. Brubaker - North Carolina USA
This is a book for I Phone beginners. It goes step my step and shows you how your I Phone operates and gives you tips on how to get the most out of it. It is a little short on illustrations so some one that has a hard time picturing thing in their mind might have a trouble. The title may miss lead some into thinking it is how to hack your I Phone and it gives you a few tips on that, but it is basically an I Phone operating guide


Great Mix of Beginner and Techie Content - J. Hitchcock - Manchester, NH
Great Mix of Beginner and Techie Content

As an iPhone user since summer of last year and a current user of a 3G phone, this book presents a great resource for someone who is just starting with an iPhone to someone fairly savvy. The content that covers the general usage of the phone is a lot better than any documentation that comes with the phone and there is a lot of information that you pick up along the way.

At first, I thought some of the earlier chapters were a little basic. As I was reading, I was surprised at the number of things that I picked up which now seem painfully obvious that I never knew before. Things like unlocking the phone faster or better using the iPhone stereo headset. After those chapters was a lot of meaty content.

There are a couple chapters on better email handling and browsing on the phone. For email handling, there's a good overview of how to setup mail on the iPhone and through iTunes as well. In Safari, I learned a few things for moving around and managing pages.

The next section is about prepping media for use on the iPhone and about the iPod functionality. There is also a section for hacking the iPhone. While this is a section that requires keeping current outside of the book, it is a good base of knowledge to know what to look for.

My usage of photos and the camera had been pretty limited before reading the book. Two things I took out of this section was the idea to use the iPhone more as a slideshow player than a camera (since I generally don't like the phone's camera) and to use Flickr to upload the pictures that I do take. The end of that chapter includes a dozen of oddball uses of the camera and some of them are really oddballs.

The book itself has an attractive layout and is easy to go through. There is a good mix of content and call-out tips which provide plenty of information for getting the most out of the iPhone. This book covers both Windows and Mac.

All in all, it's a very practical book that gives plenty of overview and great nuggets that will enhance your experience on the iPhone.



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