iPhone For Dummies - Softcover

Customize your iPhone, fill it with cool stuff, even use it to manage your life

With Apple's iPhone, you have the world virtually in your pocket. But because it does so much, there's much to know about using it! This full-color guide shows you how to keep on top of your appointments, check the local weather, get driving directions and stock quotes, send and receive e-mail and text messages, take photos — even talk on the phone.

• Activate your iPhone

• Sync your data, calendar, e-mail, and media

• Make and receive phone calls

• Find a person, place, or thing with Maps

• Take and organize photos

• Troubleshoot common problems

Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has written or co-written 50 popular computer books, including Dr. Mac: The OS X Files and Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies for Wiley Publishing; Stupid Mac Tricks and Dr. Macintosh for Addison-Wesley; and The Little iTunes Book, 3rd Edition and The Little iDVD Book, 2nd Edition for Peachpit Press. His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. Bob has penned the popular Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle for the past ten years and has been published in dozens of computer magazines over the past fifteen years. His achievements have been documented in major media around the world. (Yes, that was Bob juggling a keyboard in USA Today a few years back!)
Bob is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on Mac OS. From 1989 to 1997, he was a contributing editor and columnist for MacUser magazine, writing the Help Folder, Beating the System, Personal Best, and Game Room columns at various times. In his copious spare time, Bob heads up a team of expert technical consultants who do nothing but provide technical help and training to Mac users via telephone, e-mail, and Internet-enabled remote control software, which allows them to see and control your Mac no matter where in the world you may be. If you’re having problems with your Mac, you ought to give them a try.