Palm Organizers: Visual QuickStart Guide

Whether you're using a Tungsten T3 with its glorious high-res screen or the No. 1-selling, under-$100 Zire, the heart of your handheld remains the same: the mighty Palm operating system! Here to ensure that you start taking advantage of all of its built-in software and functionality immediately is a thoroughly updated Visual QuickStart Guide from Palm pro Jeff Carlson. Using clear, step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of visual aids, Jeff quickly brings you up to date and up to speed on all that's new in the rapidly changing world of Palm Cobalt and Palm Garnet devices: the ability to synchronize data with Apple's iApps (iCal, Address Book, iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto) and Microsoft Entourage; support for high-res screens in tablet designs; rich graphics and multimedia features; and more. After learning how to use Palm's built-in applications, you'll quickly discover the breadth of what you can accomplish using today's Palm-based organizers—snapping photos, communicating wirelessly, recording sound, and more!

Palm Organizers, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide explains the Palm basics and applications using concise, step-by-step instructions and plenty of illustrations.

Whether you're using a Tungsten T3 with its glorious high-res screen or the No. 1-selling, under-$100 Zire, the heart of your handheld remains the same: the mighty Palm operating system! Here to ensure that you start taking advantage of all of its built-in software and functionality immediately is a thoroughly updated Visual QuickStart Guide from Palm pro Jeff Carlson. Using clear, step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of visual aids, Jeff quickly brings you up to date and up to speed on all that's new in the rapidly changing world of Palm Cobalt and Palm Garnet devices: the ability to synchronize data with Apple's iApps (iCal, Address Book, iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto) and Microsoft Entourage; support for high-res screens in tablet designs; rich graphics and multimedia features; and more. After learning how to use Palm's built-in applications, you'll quickly discover the breadth of what you can accomplish using today's Palm-based organizers—snapping photos, communicating wirelessly, recording sound, and more!

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Explains how to make the best use of the many features of a PalmPilot or other Palm OS-based organizer, including the date book, address book, memo pad, to-do list, calculator, and other tools. Also covers such features as e-mail, surfing the Web, managing money, and using the organizer as a pager, cell phone, or MP3 player. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jeff Carlson divides his time between his Seattle Web design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations (www.necoffee.com), and writing for publications such as PalmPower, Macworld, and HOW Magazine. He is the Managing Editor of the weekly electronic newsletter TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), a contributing editor at Palmpower, the co-author of Real World Adobe GoLive 5, and the author of Palm Organizers: Visual QuickStart Guide and Handspring Visor: Visual QuickStart Guide for Peachpit Press. His pioneering use of the Palm OS handhelds caused an epidemic of organizer purchases at his office, where he rushes around with his handheld asking, "Wanna see something cool?"