The Little Palm Book

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Summary: Almost like painting by numbers
Review: For a brand new user of a Palm Pilot, it can be a bit intimidating to look at the user guide. The Little Palm book tremendously eased the pain of learning a new technology.

Besides being entertaining and easy to read, the book provides a great comparison of the Palms so that the reader is aware of the strengths and room-for-improvement (like memory limitations)of the unit he/she has, or is planning to buy.

A chapter on other resources besides 3com was extremely helpful. Like any new owner, it is predictable to search all kinds of information for buyer assurance, and then some.

The book walked me through several "exercises" that I felt confident enough to use the Palm after just one reading.

This is an excellent reference. Thanks for all the other reviewers who reinforced my decision to get this book.

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Summary: Extremely helpful for "Late Adaptors"
Review: I got burned over a previous problem last year with hotsynching the Palm V with Windows NT (3Com didn't have a "fix" for it then), so I returned my first one. I waited almost a year before I tried again with another Palm V, and I wanted a quick indoctrination into the ins-and-outs of how to use it. This book was the ticket, and then some.

Only thing I was surprised about was that this book assumes the readers will opt for the Palm Desktop as their Personal Information Manager. I use Microsoft Outlook extensively, and don't want to switch, especially since I already have so much info programmed in Outlook.

Otherwise this was just perfect. So happy to note that even though there are later versions of the Palm, my baby has lots of room to grow!

Rating:
Summary: Extremely helpful for "Late Adaptors"
Review: I got burned over a previous problem last year with hotsynching the Palm V with Windows NT (3Com didn't have a "fix" for it then), so I returned my first one. I waited almost a year before I tried again with another Palm V, and I wanted a quick indoctrination into the ins-and-outs of how to use it. This book was the ticket, and then some.

Only thing I was surprised about was that this book assumes the readers will opt for the Palm Desktop as their Personal Information Manager. I use Microsoft Outlook extensively, and don't want to switch, especially since I already have so much info programmed in Outlook.

Otherwise this was just perfect. So happy to note that even though there are later versions of the Palm, my baby has lots of room to grow!

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Summary: A little to basic.
Review: In my opinion this book is a rewrite of the Palm Handbook. It's very basic.

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Summary: Perfect for new Palm users
Review: The Palm Pilot craze is clearly at full strength when you have to buy one for your retired father for Christmas. The unfortunate truth of this fact is that most people approach their Palm Pilots as glorified address books that make them look trendy.

The Little Palm book digs deep - deeper than one would imagine - to help you maximize the capabilities of your PDA. Even as a self-proclaimed Palm veteran, I was able to unlock features and functionality of my Palm VII that I was completely unaware of, with this book. Its for everyone from novice to expert.

For anyone planning to buy a Pilot as a holiday gift this year, this book makes a wonderful companion. Even if you just want to make the most of your investment, want to know how to download email on your Palm or beam files to a freind, pick up The Little Palm Book. It covers the III, IIIx, V, and VII.