Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.165
EAN num: 9780764516733
ISBN number: 0764516736
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: September 16, 2002
Publishing house: For Dummies
Sale Popularity Level: 1163399
Studio: For Dummies
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Product Description:
Get the scoop on the latest features and add-ons Packed with savvy tips for mobile professionals Have more fun and get more done with your Treo or Visor Handspring Visors offer a winning combo of clever features and Palm OS power and the new Treo ups the ante with a built-in phone as well as Internet and e-mail capabilities. This friendly reference deals you in on the whole range of possibilities, from Graffiti and personal information management basics to Treo wireless functions, hot new Springboard add-ons, and the best third-party software. The Dummies Way Explanations in plain English 'Get in, get out' information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humour and fun
Amazon.com Review:
Running the same Motorola processor that backed up the very first Apple Macintosh computers and boasting a wonderfully efficient user interface, the Handspring Visor has lots of capabilities to offer. In Handspring Visor for Dummies, Bill Dyszel takes new Visor users along as he puts the little unit through its fundamental paces. He then helps turn keepers of appointment books and contact lists into something like Visor experts, as he digs into databases, Palm Mail, after-market software, and synchronization with applications that reside on a 'mother ship' computer.
Dyszel's approach to the subject is pure Dummies: he combines text about features and what they're good for with clear procedures that show exactly how to use them. Sometimes the commentary seems a bit contrived (a phenomenon that's almost par for the course when you have to write something insightful about, say, changing fonts), but the stepped procedures--which alternate between telling you what to do ('Tap OK') and what happens as a result ('DateBook+ is now your main date book')--make up for it, and it's a clear, effective approach. For newcomers to the Visor and the Palm OS, this book contains important information. --David Wall
Topics covered: Palm OS on the Handspring Visor, along with its built-in applets and popular after-market hardware and software, covered at a level suitable for novices. There's information on the basics of the Visor's user interface, followed by instructions for using all its factory-installed software (like DateBook and Memo Pad), including neat features like infrared beaming. Later sections deal with connecting the Visor to desktop computers for HotSync'ing and to the Internet via a modem. Add-in software also is discussed.
User popularity level:
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I'm no computer geek, so this book gave me exactly what I needed to get me going with my new Treo right away. I love it!
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The book is great if you use a Window based computer. However, the author directs you to "...Dummies for Palm Pilot" for MAC related Handspring Visor issues.
If you are a Mac user I recommend the book, "Visor" by Broida and Johnson.
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This book really doesn't tell you anything you can't find in the users manual. If this book had provided more indepth information on how to maximize my Visor (i.e. mobil use) then it would be much more useful. Some analysis on how Visor and some of the Springboards interact would be great!
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This book was a great help. Although the Platinum, like any other visor, is really easy to set up, this makes it just all the easier. It provides many good warnings, tips, reminders, etc. What i especcially liked were the tips that you probably couldn't find many other places. It is not a nessecary by any means, (well, after you have bought it, it becomes one,) but i would definatley recommend it. The 20 dollars is definately worth it, opposed to sitting waiting for an e-mail from customer service, or waiting on the phone with customer service. One small thing. This product, in the way it describes certain things, works perfectly for the Platinum. And i assuming it works perfectly for the deluxe and the visor, but i am not sure about the prism, since it is a step up. But buy it. Great product. I give it 27 stars.
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If you have a Visor, you are a step ahead of the game. If you can turn it on by yourself, you can skip the very first chapter.
This gives little information to anyone who has done any research into their PDA choice. Most of the info covered in this book is easily found on the 'Net in one form or another. The Handspring/Visor specific information does not add any overwhelming value to this guide.
This book would be a helpful guide to someone who may have gotten a Visor as a gift and is pretty clueless as to how to begin, but to anyone who has an even passing familiarity with a PalmOS device, this book offers little.
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