How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld, Fifth Edition - Softcover

Johnson, Dave; Broida, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072258705 ISBN 13: 9780072258707

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

Offers the most expansive and up-to-date information on Palm OS devices available, as well as coverage of new models, including the innovative Tungsten T3, the multimedia-savvy Zire 71, the Sony Trio 600 and the wireless Tungsten W

Includes a chapter fully devoted to Palm OS 6 and updates to all of the core-app chapters to reflect changes made to the latest OSExpanded coverage of wireless options, especially Bluetooth and WiFi

About this title

About the Authors

Dave Johnson has a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University. He has written about technology for 15 years. Dave's magazine credits include such publications as Wired, Handheld Computing Magazine, PC World Magazine, and Family PC Magazine. Johnson also hosted a call-in talk radio show on technology for two years. He is the author of 18 books, including the best-selling titles How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (written with Rick Broida) and How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera. Johnson was a contributing author to Build Your Own Combat Robot, and he has written several children's stories including The Wild Cookie, which was recently published as an interactive storybook for Windows.

Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) is a mobile computing editor for CMP Media, and Rick Broida (Commerce Township, MI) is the founder and former editor of Handheld Computing, the first and only print magazine designed expressly for Palm OS users. They are the best-selling authors of How to Do Everything with Your Palm and How to Do Everything with Your Visor

From the Back Cover

Get the most out of your PDA with this step-by-step guide. How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld, Fifth Edition covers the latest features, tools, and utilities and explains how to customize your PDA, HotSync with your PC, and use the date book, calendar, address book, to do list, and memo pad. You'll learn how to access e-mail and the Web, turn your PDA into a mobile office, watch movies, listen to music, secure your PDA, and so much more. Regardless of which Palm OS handheld you own, you'll find out how to maximize its capabilities from this easy-to-follow book.

-Set up your PDA and enter data using Graffiti, a keyboard, or the Palm Desktop
-Perform wired or wireless HotSyncs
-Manage appointments, contacts, tasks, memos, and expenses
-Prepare your PDA for a road trip load maps, travel data, language dictionaries, and more
-Surf the Web, access e-mail, and even make calls
-Use your handheld as a complete business computer
-Play games, listen to music, watch movies, view photos, and read e-books
-Protect your data by implementing foolproof security measures
-Manage, troubleshoot, and upgrade your PDA

About the authors: Dave Johnson is the author or co-author of three dozen books, an editor of PC World's weekly Digital Focus newsletter, and an avid Palm handheld user. Rick Broida is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books and the founder and former editor of Handheld Computing magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072258705
• ISBN 13: 9780072258707
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 464