1.0 out of 5 stars
Only if you suffer from severe tech phobia, Jun 3 2004
By A Customer
I bought this book based on highly favorable reviews here. I found this book to be a total waste of time and money. This book may be useful if you are a complete newbie, don't have access to an IT guy/gal and haven't a clue how to do a web search for info/tips.
Otherwise, don't bother. There is little info on the newer IPAQ's and none on the 2003 OS. This is hardly surprising given the 2002 copyright. Some 30% of the pages are dedicated to promotions of peripherals and games (pages 247 to 352 out of 352 pages, not including appendices). Most of the peripherals are now obsolete. More importantly, all this info can be found at any PDA site, for free.
This is a VERY basic text, yet it doesn't cover important items such as data backup and recovery. If it does, it certainly isn't listed in the index. Need to find out how to reset your IPAQ? Forget it. Not in the index and nowhere to be found in the text. However, you will find "Marble Madness" and "bags, carrying."
The text discusses various brands of storage cards, but fails to inform you on how to transfer data onto those cards. Two solid pages are dedicated to specs for an IBM hard drive - info which is available, for free, on the web. Nevermind the question of why someone who needs a hard drive for his PDA would be using this "IPAQ for the severely tech challenged" book?
Compare this to the three pages which the writer begrudgingly alots to troubleshooting and you get a sense of where the priorities are with this book. And by the way, those troubleshooting tips are either available on the web at the IPAQ webpage (guess what? for free) or for issues which have been resolved.
Do a Google search. It'll save you time, frustration and money.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
VERY LITTLE ON IPAQ, Mar 7 2004
This review is from: How to Do Everything With Your iPAQ(R) Pocket PC (Paperback)
IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS BOOK FOR SOMETHING RELATED TO AN IPAQ....FORGET IT....BUT IF YOU NEED SIMPLE HELP WITH WORD, EXCEL OR OUTLOOK....THIS IS YOUR BOOK.....
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Correction of review below, Sep 26 2003
This review is from: How to Do Everything With Your iPAQ(R) Pocket PC (Paperback)
One of the review's below said 'This book doesn't cover the h1910'. This book was written before that device was on the market. The Second Edition, which is the one that is currently selling fully covers this device, so the review below is not accurate and should be removed. The book covers the entire range of iPAQ devices.
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