How To Do Everything With Your Pocket PC, 2nd Edition

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Summary: How To Do Everything With Your Pocket PC, 2nd Edition
Review: Excellent book! Buy this book if you are new to the Pocket PC!!! I tried another and it just did'nt have the detail. McPherson writes like he is sitting next to you! It is easy to read and I've become educated in how to use my ipaq more efficently. McPherson also has many useful websites within the book that are very helpful.

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Summary: How To Do Everything With Your Pocket PC, 2nd Edition
Review: Excellent book! Buy this book if you are new to the Pocket PC!!! I tried another and it just did'nt have the detail. McPherson writes like he is sitting next to you! It is easy to read and I've become educated in how to use my ipaq more efficently. McPherson also has many useful websites within the book that are very helpful.

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Summary: Do More With Your PocketPC
Review: This book is great! Whether you're a novice or seasoned veteran with PocketPCs, this is the book to get. It can be read chapter by chapter or used as a reference manual. If you just bought a PocketPC and you're confused with the little or no information from the manufacturer, get this book. The author takes you through some of the more intimidating set-up procedures in an easy step-by-step order to get your handheld up and running. Each aspect of the programs- Word, Excel, and Outlook - is covered in a clear-cut, understandable manner. Accessory programs that can be added are also covered if you want to extend the functionality of your device. I bought 2 other books on the PocketPC; I found this one the most informative.

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: This is a good book for those who know how to use a PDA and are experts at reading and writing code. It is not for beginners or those who have never seen Win CE. But if you love computers and techie gadgets, are good with code and like to play with electronic toys, are looking for another techie's love of toys, then you might get something out of it. But if you are inclined in that way you already know this stuff. Don't waste your money. There are other books that do a better job in both areas

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: This is a good book for those who know how to use a PDA and are experts at reading and writing code. It is not for beginners or those who have never seen Win CE. But if you love computers and techie gadgets, are good with code and like to play with electronic toys, are looking for another techie's love of toys, then you might get something out of it. But if you are inclined in that way you already know this stuff. Don't waste your money. There are other books that do a better job in both areas

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Summary: Fun book for the PocketPC enthusiast
Review: This is a really fun book to read. It is designed to help PocketPC users understand just what they can do with their really expensive toy. While it's probably not a good book for techies, since they will probably be able to figure out everything they're PocketPC can do pretty quickly anyway, it is good for everyone else.

The book starts out pretty much how you would expect it: with a section on how to synch your PocketPC and other introductory steps. Once you've got it synched, there is a discussion on personalization features of the PocketPC. The book then goes through each of the types of things you can do with a PocketPC: make contacts and manage appointments, use PocketPC versions of Excel and Word, call someone on the phone (if you're lucky enough to have the PocketPC Phone Edition), take notes, access multimedia content, use mapping software, and even instant message.

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Summary: Fun book for the PocketPC enthusiast
Review: This is a really fun book to read. It is designed to help PocketPC users understand just what they can do with their really expensive toy. While it's probably not a good book for techies, since they will probably be able to figure out everything they're PocketPC can do pretty quickly anyway, it is good for everyone else.

The book starts out pretty much how you would expect it: with a section on how to synch your PocketPC and other introductory steps. Once you've got it synched, there is a discussion on personalization features of the PocketPC. The book then goes through each of the types of things you can do with a PocketPC: make contacts and manage appointments, use PocketPC versions of Excel and Word, call someone on the phone (if you're lucky enough to have the PocketPC Phone Edition), take notes, access multimedia content, use mapping software, and even instant message.

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Summary: Very Useful
Review: This is a very useful book. Whether you're looking for a reference manual or a users' guide, you'll be sure to find the information you need here. The many pictures and highlighted tips and notes make "How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC" easy to read, and easy to quickly find the information you're looking for.

The Second Edition has been updated with new information, including details about Pocket PC 2002 and even the very new Pocket PC Phones. Where specifics are different between the Pocket PC 2000 and Pocket PC 2002 versions, this very thorough book covers both.

The information is all current, the pictures useful, and the tips excellent. Whether you're a newcomer to Pocket PCs looking for basic information, or a more sophisticated user looking for reference information, you'll be sure to get a lot of good information from this guide.

Rating:
Summary: Very Useful
Review: This is a very useful book. Whether you're looking for a reference manual or a users' guide, you'll be sure to find the information you need here. The many pictures and highlighted tips and notes make "How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC" easy to read, and easy to quickly find the information you're looking for.

The Second Edition has been updated with new information, including details about Pocket PC 2002 and even the very new Pocket PC Phones. Where specifics are different between the Pocket PC 2000 and Pocket PC 2002 versions, this very thorough book covers both.

The information is all current, the pictures useful, and the tips excellent. Whether you're a newcomer to Pocket PCs looking for basic information, or a more sophisticated user looking for reference information, you'll be sure to get a lot of good information from this guide.

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Summary: this book is not current - Updated Revision Needed Now
Review: While I enjoyed the book and found much of the information informative, I was also disapointed that it's focus is on the 3100,3600,3700,3800 series and the MicroSoft CE 2002 operating system. The 3870 is the latest model referenced and it was released 11/15/2001, almost two years ago. Alot of changes have happened and this book is not current.

I have just been introduced to the iPAQ world with a 5555 and MS CE 2003. Most of the CE 2003 Operating System is the same (in appearence) as CE 2003. After reading the HP users manual, which I found sparce, I purchased this book partly for configuration information of WiFi email (which is a major bullet on the cover) and troubleshooting.

I found the book's information on configuration of WiFi email to be basic, almost the same at the HP manual, and there was little information to deal with setup problems that do arise. There are only 2 pages devoted out of 365 that deal with troubleshooting...