The Iphone Book: How to Do the Things You Want to Do with Your Iphone

I got this book as a gift and figured I probably didn't need it. After all, the iPhone is a breeze to use, right? I honestly thought I knew everything I needed to know about it. But holy cow, I found out that there's a whole bunch of stuff that I really didn't know and that the phone has hidden power I'd never tapped. The Killer Tips & Tricks chapter is awesome. I never realized how to access special characters on the keyboard or other domain types besides .com, how to change the size of the caller ID photo, and OMG how to jump to the search field in contacts. Plus, the layout of the book, much like the iPhone itself, is very easy to navigate and use.

What a great book to have to learn all about the iPhone. There are how to tips, little known features, and great ideas on really personalizing your iPhone. One of my favorites is creating your own wallpaper business card for your iPhone. Whether you've had your iPhone for awhile, or just got one, you'll find many tips in this book for you.

While the interface of the iPhone is so beautiful and well thought-out that using it is mostly intuitive, there were still a few things that stumped me. Thankfully, the iPhone Book set me straight in about 4 seconds. One of the reasons I like the book so much is that it's set up with one topic and one photo per page, although many pages have additional tips as well. All those screen shots of the interface make it really easy to follow the instructions. One thing I could NOT figure out was the auto-complete feature. That had me so entirely confused! But right there in the beginning of this book (page 13) it was all clearly explained. Made life so much easier. Highly recommended.

The iPhone Book: How to Do the Things You Want to Do with Your iPhone (One-Off) This book is written in an extremely user-friendly manner and it has an excellent index which is greatly appreciated. Both authors, Scott Kelby and Terry White, are known world-wide as superb teachers and explainers, and their book reflects this. The physical attractiveness of the book results from a pleasing balance of images, text and white space. I would never consider going anywhere without my iPhone, and I feel the same way about this book too! Kudos to Scott and Terry!

This is a great book for learning how to do something with your iPhone. Every page is a self-contained "how to" for a different subject - and no function of the iPhone goes undescribed, with screen shots and exact directions. Some pages also have extra tips or work-arounds for things, like making a slide show with music, that you'd think were already built-in functions. Where there are difference when interacting with a Mac or a PC, these are pointed out too. The book is divided into chapters for each of the different major functions of the iPhone - web surfing, photos, iPod features, etc. - and oh yeah, I think you can make and receive phone calls on it, too. The organization and complete Table of Contents make it very easy to find exactly the help you're looking for. The writing is in a very light and conversational style - each chapter begins with a humorous intro, and then dives right into the how tos. You can either read through this cover to cover or use it as a reference manual. I personally find the iPhone to be the easiest cell phone I have ever used. But even so, I picked up several good tips and tricks from this book, and recommend it to all iPhone owners who want to get the most out of their new toy.