How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (How to Do Everything)
Get full coverage of all Palm OS handheld devices, including the Palm VII handheld, the Handspring Visor, and Qualcomm pdQ? smartphone. This easy-to-follow guide explains how to use built-in and third-party applications and accessories, establish wired and wireless Internet connections, and much more.
This guide takes the approach that handheld computers based on the Palm operating system are so user-friendly and crash-proof that it's useless to spend a lot of time telling you how to get it to work. Rather, How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld is more of a taskmaster, leading you through such productivity tips as tracking expenses, planning trips, and using the Palm as a business productivity software suite. Though the book is weighted heavily toward the PalmPilot, it is targeted toward users of all devices based on the Palm OS, such as the IBM WorkPad, the Qualcomm pdQ, and the Handspring Visor, to which the authors devote an entire chapter. What Dave Johnson and Rick Broida do best is explain how to get the most out of those features you probably gave only a cursory glance to. Most users probably create to-do lists on their Palm handhelds, but how many of them import those lists into other applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel? Both programs build tables based on to-do list data. Palm handhelds also come with an applet called Sun Compass, which could come in handy when you're on the road. Given that so many people use their PalmPilots as glorified address books, the tips Johnson and Broida supply are highly useful. How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld will show you how to make these popular devices the ultimate productivity tools. --John Frederick Moore
How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (How to Do Everything) Accessories
 Palm TX Handheld
Palm Organizers, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Palm Stylus 3-Pack (3178WW)
Palm for Dummies, Second Edition
Palm 3199WW Cradle Kit for Tungsten E2/T5/TX and LifeDrive
Palm TX Handheld with Hard Case
Palm TX ClearTouch Crystal Screen Protector (Single Pack)
Saunders 00497 RhinoSkin Aluminum Hardcase for Palm Tungsten TX/T5
Palm Z22 Handheld
Palm 3176WW Slim Leather Case for Tungsten T5
How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (How to Do Everything) Reviews
I've had my Palm TX for almost a year and knew I wasn't using it anywhere close to it potential. This book is a wonderful source of information that is delivered with a good sense of humor, making it an easy read. I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more about their Palm device and how to get better use out of your investment.
I really they covered using a Palm with a Mac a little more. well written (little too much "sidenote" jokes for my taste). The authors did not cover using a palm for GTD though. Explains the basics very well.
"How to Do Everything with Your Palm Powered Device" Sixth Edition has been a big help to me with my palm TX. After owning the palm TX for about a year I thought I knew most of it's capabilities. If I lost my copy I would immediately purchase another one. When I purchased the book I quickly learned many additional things my palm could do and how to use it more efficiently. I refer to it often and would highly recommend it to all Palm users. Boy was I wrong.
I'm guessing it knocked more than a year off my learning curve for using my new PDA. And that is probably going to be true for most people who have been using a Palm PDA for awhile. There might be just a few bits here or there that an experience user might find new or interesting. Most of the complaints seem to fall in the area of being, "Most of this stuff I already know.". With a title of, "How to Do Everything with Your Palm Powered Device" - I expected the book to cover just what it did - "Everything", which to me basically means the entry level stuff, the intermediately level stuff, and a smattering of advance user stuff. Before buying this book, I read over a lot of the reviews here on Amazon, and noticed that some of them are less than positive, and I'd like to address that in light of my own experience with this book. If you are familiar with the basic operation of one of these devices, there may be some stuff that you might find interesting too - but most likely not a whole book worth.
Just recently got to the point in my life where I need to get and use a PDA and decided to buy this book to go along with it. I found it extremely well written and easy to read. So my advice, if you need to know "Everything" as I did - this is the book for you. As I gain more experience with using the device, I imagine that I'm going to appreciate more of the intermediate stuff as well. As a new user, there was a lot of basic information that I needed to know, and which this book covered in detail - the bulk of the book is dedicated to doing that. This book mainly covers the "Basics", stuff that someone who has used one of these devices has already figured out. As someone "new" to this, it was exactly what I needed to hit the ground running with using my new Palm gizmo. I think this is a great book.
Also, Dave Johnson has a good sense of humor which adds value to any technical presentation for me. The Troubleshooting Tips are succinct and well-documented. I've finally found a book that gives me help with Palm basics and addresses current generation (Palm TX) products. The single biggest thing that sold me on this book were the explanations of WI-FI and Bluetooth; why does every other Palm "how to" book assume we know the ins and outs of the new technologies - if those technologies are included at all.
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