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Running the same Motorola processor that backed up the first Apple Macintosh computers and boasting a wonderfully efficient user interface, the Handspring Visor has lots of capabilities to offer. In Handspring Visor for Dummies, Bill Dyszel takes new Visor users along as he puts the little unit through its fundamental paces. He then helps turn keepers of appointment books and contact lists into something like Visor experts, as he digs into databases, Palm Mail, after-market software, and synchronization with applications that reside on a "mother ship" computer. Dyszel's approach to the subject is pure Dummies: he combines text about features and what they're good for with clear procedures that show exactly how to use them. Sometimes the commentary seems a bit contrived (a phenomenon that's almost par for the course when you have to write something insightful about, say, changing fonts), but the stepped procedures--which alternate between telling you what to do ("Tap OK") and what happens as a result ("DateBook+ is now your main date book")--make up for it, and it's a clear, effective approach. For newcomers to the Visor and the Palm OS, this book contains important information. --David Wall Topics covered: Palm OS on the Handspring Visor, along with its built-in applets and popular after-market hardware and software, covered at a level suitable for novices. There's information on the basics of the Visor's user interface, followed by instructions for using all its factory-installed software (like DateBook and Memo Pad), including neat features like infrared beaming. Later sections deal with connecting the Visor to desktop computers for HotSync'ing and to the Internet via a modem. Add-in software also is discussed.
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