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Summary: Take your Palm organizer to "Infinity and Beyond"
Review: A must buy for any serious user who wants to do more than store phone numbers and keep track of appointments! The native software that comes with the palm organizers is only the beginning. David Pogue explains in practical and enjoyable terms ways to enhance the capabilities of every aspect of your organizer. The CD ROM that accompanies the book is an invaluble source of add on software(freeware, shareware and 3rd party). The book is an excellent resource for troubleshooting and expanding the hardware capabilities as well. I purchased the 1st edition and jumped at the opportunity to get the 2nd edition as the updated information was current and allowed me to take full advantage of new opportunities with my Palm III(with 8Mb of memory thanks to this book). This book has opened my eyes to the full power and potential of the Palm OS. Buying this book is a no brainer!
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Summary: An Invaluable Aid for Palm Users
Review: Any scan of bookshelves, virtual or otherwise, yields literally dozens of books purporting to be "Ultimate Guides." David Pogue's book provides enlightment in every chapter. As a long time Pilot owner (I have a twice upgraded 1000), even the introductory section contained surprises. Don't skip the sections devoted to the built-in applications, these are not token treatments or a rehash of the Pilot manuals. Enter a graffiti "8P" in your datebook and see if doesn't make you smile. "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide" delivers.P.S. The Scotch tape trick has to be tried to be believed. I haven't mis-stroked a 'y' since.
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Summary: Useful, interesting and well written.
Review: As a person new to the Palm Pilot, I think this is the best book on the subject. All of the other books in the field seem to be just crappy collections of shareware. While this book includes the requisite load of crappy shareware, it elucidates some concepts barely glossed over in the manual, in a much more entertaining manner. Caveats: It's not a programming guide and there is no section for Linux or Unix users.
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Summary: A great resource to re-aquaint you with your PalmPilot
Review: As one who had been an unthusiastic PalmPilot user, I had gotten into advanced aspects of the tool including loading new apps, tweaking preferences, etc. Still, I fell out of love with it for various reasons. This book has served as something of a relationship counselor, rekindling my enthusiasm while at the same time introducing me to sides of my "partner" that I had never known or noticed. David's own fondness for the PalmPilot is evident, and this is a great resource for most anyone looking to get the most out of theirs.
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Summary: David Pogue is a delight to read, as always.
Review: Browsing the virutual shelves in search of a definitive guide to my new Palm III was daunting, until I saw the one penned by the unimitable David Pogue. David's humorous approach to all things microprocessed keeps anal retentives like me from taking it all too seriously. "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide" serves up an extensive CD-ROM as well (more "stuff" than the other guides), but, more importantly, takes great pains to discuss the Mac OS and Windows 95 DeskTops.
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Summary: Pogue Covers the Width and Breadth...
Review: David Pogue has long been a favorite source of mine for Mac books, and when I was planning to buy a PDA, his was the first and the best of the PalmPilot books I consulted. Not only is Pogue a strong writer, but also O'Reilly is a respected computer books publisher. About the only downside to Pogue's book is its age -- it is definitely due for an overhaul, as it barely touches on newer Palm, Inc. handhelds and Palm OS clones. As a Handspring owner, I was a little disappointed to not have much information pertaining directly to my handheld. Nevertheless, that's a minor qualm, as I saved myself days of quibbling with my new device, and got right to working thanks to Pogue's book. Not only that, but the CD that comes with the book made it absolutely worth the cost. I definitely suggest this book.
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Summary: Pogue Covers the Width and Breadth...
Review: David Pogue has long been a favorite source of mine for Mac books, and when I was planning to buy a PDA, his was the first and the best of the PalmPilot books I consulted. Not only is Pogue a strong writer, but also O'Reilly is a respected computer books publisher. About the only downside to Pogue's book is its age -- it is definitely due for an overhaul, as it barely touches on newer Palm, Inc. handhelds and Palm OS clones. As a Handspring owner, I was a little disappointed to not have much information pertaining directly to my handheld. Nevertheless, that's a minor qualm, as I saved myself days of quibbling with my new device, and got right to working thanks to Pogue's book. Not only that, but the CD that comes with the book made it absolutely worth the cost. I definitely suggest this book.
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Summary: an accessible reference for users of various levels
Review: David Pogue's "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide" is part concordance to PalmPilot user manuals and part encyclopedic Rosetta Stone with which to unlock some of the deeper user secrets of this phenomenally popular handheld computer. Pogue manages to present both the most practical and the arcane aspects of the PalmPilot in well-written, thoughtfully organized and easy-to-read text, which is broken up into logical chapters interspersed with regular and valuable "tips" and "warnings," as well as occasional sidebars, notes, "Executive Tip" summaries, and screen shots. Nothing strikes the PalmPilot user-reader as gratuitous here. Living up to its subtitle, the book is indeed comprehensive, providing more information than all but the most dedicated power users likely will ever need. At the same time, it is surprisingly accessible; the reader looking for a quick answer to an immediate question or problem will not likely be disappointed or frustrated. The included CD-ROM represents a good collection of useful software programs for the Palm computer, even if many are the "light" versions of more robust programs available for commercial purchase. The only improvement I would wish is that O'Reilly had published this soft cover ubermanual and reference as a loose-leaf binder that easily could be updated for this quickly-evolving computing platform and would more likely stand up to the heavy use this publication invites.
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Summary: Great but not enought
Review: Great source, tends to be written for the new user, but still enough hints and secrets for the established piloteer to learn plenty. The EverythingCD, Code Warrior Lite, and IntelliSync software make this the best deal I've seen for the PalmPilot. This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to use their PalmPilot to it's potential... includes hard to find info on multimedia, intro to application development, image and midi capabilities, and non-documented shortcuts.
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Summary: With this book your Palm worth at least twice
Review: I bought my Palm IIIx last summer and recently received this book from a girlfriend as a Christmas gift. This book changed my life (even if I still has not read all of 600 pages). I thought Palm Pilot is just an personal organizer containing Address Book, To Do, Date Book and Memo, but Palm Pilot: Ultimate Guide showed me all possibilities of my Palm. With this book my Palm IIIx worth at least twice. I read about many great capabilities of Palm devices I never dreamed about. I checked the CD provided with the book and found many useful programs among 3100 contained on it. Now I use my Palm with spreadsheet utility, music database organizer, remote controller, scientific programmable calculator, e-book, beloved images collection... It also told me how useful Palm modem is so I bought it, too, and now I can surf the web, read news and do e-mail wherever I go. Buy this book and you won't be sorry any cent you spent on your Palm.
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