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Summary: Chris Seibold MyMac.com Book Review
Review: ...How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld is pretty much what it says: a book all about the Palm OS (not just Palm Pilots but any PDA that runs the palm operating system). The authors, Dave Johnson and Rick Broida, clearly love the Palm OS...in the same way a lot of Mac users love the Mac. In this book you'll find a nice defense of the Palm OS and all the instructions for using said miracle of miniaturization.The first two thirds of How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld are pretty standard fair. Mostly how to do this and that with your Palm PDA...How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld really comes into it's own around chapter fourteen. The chapter is entitled "How to use you Palm as a laptop Replacement"...you'd be surprised with just how close you can come...other niftiness abounds system hacks for avoiding the capital letter stroke, hacks to use that leftover flash memory and methods to print to just about any printer with an IrDA port. Those are just a few of the enclosed tips that make the book worth having for the...power Palm users. The style of the book is perhaps it's most appealing feature. Sure it's full of pictures and useful instructions...This keeps the book light and enjoyable instead of devolving into a monotone how to manual. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the reasons to try something or the reasons to not try something are presented with equal weight with the consequences noted. All factors noted How to Everything with Your Palm Handheld is an engaging (for an instruction manual) and useful read. Bottom Line: This is not a ground breaking book (perhaps it was three editions ago) and most if not all of the information is available elsewhere. Yet owing to the writing style and advanced user tips How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld would be a useful addition to any Palm user's library from novice to just short of Palm OS programmer. MacMice Rating: 4 out of 5
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Summary: An excellent Palm primer
Review: Congratulations, you've tramped out to the local SuperDuper store, listened to the confusing prattle of a sales personette, and decided to take home a shiny new Palm. Great. Now tramp back to that store and buy this book. For within it's pages you'll quickly gain the knowledge of how to use that handy electro-gizmo. Broida and Johnson have taken miles of useful information and packed it into understandable, babble-free text. We loved the witty banter between the two authors, and we also appreciated the smooth flow from the basics to the slightly more (but not too much so) advanced information that gave us just what we needed to get up and running fast. You will find yourself fully perusing this easy read in the first sitting, and reaching for it from the shelf plenty afterwards. If there is a book that captures the usefulness of the Palm, this is it.
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Summary: Best Tome Available Now
Review: Finally, a Palm reference which addresses the new models released this year! Johnson and Broida have a funny, irreverent style which makes reading through a computer book really helpful. The coverage of Mac issues is superb, as are the specialized chapters on Games, Office, and Finance. Chapters are a bit too short for my taste - I'd love 20 pages per chapter instead of 15 -- just a little more please! That's how much I liked it. The book lacks a CD and coverage of models not produced by Palm Inc. is weak -- too weak in my opinion (I even own a Palm model). That said, this is a pretty good book. If you love your Palm, you'll love this book. If you hate your Palm, you'll probably end up loving it after reading this book.
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Summary: Great resource for the novice user.
Review: Great resource for the novice user but offers little for the advanced user. If I were a new user this would be an indespensible book to help me get kick started into the world of Palm computing. It covers the basic built in applications very well, giving practical examples and thourough explanations. It also points you to many, many different ways to use your Palm and gives helpful examples as well as points you to the sites that sell various software and hardware enhancements.
The only problem is that I have used mine for over 2 years and consider myself to be an expert. Most of what was covered in the book I have already figured out long ago or do not have any real need to use the feature, such as a Network Hotsync. I was looking for more advanced topics such as how conduits work or what other system commands are available to use with the shortcut in additon to the Date and time stamp. I rated this a 4 from a new user perspective, but for more advanced users I would only give it about a 1.5
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Summary: Good Info. Out of Date
Review: I just purchased a Palm m515 and ordered this book as a help to get me started. The book covers a lot of information, but is for older models of PDAs. It is out of date. So if your looking for material for a new model PDA, look for a newer edition book.
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Summary: A Neccessity.
Review: I owned a Palm V a few years ago and haven't had a Palm since, until buying one last week (M500). Although I consider myself Palm literate, I am very glad that I bought this book. I would recommend that every Palm user / owner have a copy. Even topics that I thought I could gloss over, I eventually found a tip, trick or pearl of wisdom contained within. A most useful book, get it and read it cover to cover, a chapter a day.
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Summary: For a newcomer to the world of PDA's, this book is fantastic
Review: I recently purchased a Palm Vx and, subsequently,this book. I found this book to be so much more informational than the instructional manual that came with my Palm. It explained so much more in detail,And then there were these little extras: 1. A section of the Handspring Visor 2. Each Chapter has a section devoted to the Macintosh 3. Chapters devoted to various add-ons like software, modems, etc. 4. Chapters on downloadable programs Honestly, this book has everything you'll need to know about the Palm, Palm Accessories and maximizing your Palm's potential. What I found most valuable in this book were the numerous 'Tip' Boxes found throughout the pages. These presented some really great ideas for how to organize certain things and how to make the most of the Palm. For a 'creatively messy' individual like myself, these were very handy.
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Summary: Too much time telling you the obvious
Review: It's my belief that about 90% of what's written in computer books is excessive and unnecessary: there are a ridiculous number of them, they're overpriced, and they spend too much time telling you the obvious. Given that context, this is a good book by computer book standards, though clearly that's not much of a compliment. What I found most interesting were the reviews and suggestions regarding third-party software (and where to get same). Most of the rest consisted of rather obvious tips on how to use the existing software, of which I found about two to be of use. In other words, the useful parts of this 600-page book was about 50 pages or less. So if you're really at a loss on how to use your Palm Pilot, go ahead and get this book, or if you can buy it and deduct it on your taxes. Otherwise you're probably just about as well off doing a Web search as forking over ($) for a marginally useful book.
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Summary: First 300 pages are no better than Palm's documentation
Review: The first half of the book cover many generalities and obvious points, most of which could be read from your Palm's manuals. It also covers many models, so you may not be sure exactly what applies to your toy. The second half of the book covers a lot of communication issues, independent add-on applications, security, and other in-depth topics. It does a good job explaining the security options available in Palm's newer OS and all of the permutations for sharing/protecting different levels of information.
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Summary: It's just okay
Review: This book is good for the brand new user. It give basics and lots of them. However, I was looking for more. I was hoping to learn how this cool tool can help me better organize my life - tricks and tips. This book is more about mechanics - exactly what you need to push and write to make it work.
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