Book Description

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.

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.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Palm, Handspring, Qualcomm pdQ smartphone, and beyond: How To Do Everything With Your Palm Handheld delivers 600 pages of soup-to-nuts coverage — and it's a blast to read.

If you're just getting started with your Palm handheld, they'll walk you through setup, getting your PC or Mac ready, and getting information in and out, including beaming appointments, contacts, memos, tasks, and whole applications. There are detailed chapters on each Palm mini-app: date book, address book, to do list, memo pad, expense, and so forth.

There's a full chapter on taking your Palm on the road. (It'll set off the metal detector at the airport, and don't forget to turn off appointment alarms that might turn it on at the start or end of your flight, when all electronic devices are supposed to be turned off.) You'll find detailed coverage of the Palm VII and its cool wireless features, a full chapter on the cool new Handspring Visor, and a full section on communications: wireless and landline modems, email, instant messaging, web browsing, faxing, and more.

From Graffiti tips to money management, third-party software to troubleshooting, this book will make using your Palm an even more rewarding experience than it already is.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Learn to use all Palm OS handheld devices, including the Palm VII handheld, the Handspring Visor, and Qualcomm pdQ smartphone with this friendly, solutions-oriented guide.

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