Treo Fan Book

By Jeff Ishaq

What's tiny enough to fit in your pocket but mighty enough to serve as your full-featured mobile phone, your Palm-powered organizer, your wireless email, text messaging, and web-browsing tool, and even your digital camera? Why, it's your all-in-one Treo smartphone from palmOne And you can master the revolutionary little device in no time flat with the new Treo Fan Book. Not much bigger than the Treo itself but jam-packed with all the information you need to learn about each and every feature and capability of this combined phone/PDA, Treo Fan Book is a full-color, reasonably priced treasure trove of tips and tools to make instant experts of even smartphone neophytes. More than 200,000 Treo's have already shipped, and the popularity of the powerful, pint-sized device is growing. This quick and accessible guide to the bestselling smartphone is the perfect choice for yourself or gift for the Treo aficionado in your life. Author Jeff Ishaq can help anyone become immediately Treo savvy. A Palm OS(R) Certified Developer who has been producing software for Palm OS devices since their inception in 1996--and who develops popular shareware for the Treo 600--he is well known amongst the Palm community, and he has been named a Handspring Developer's Community Host for his participation in their Treo 600 community. Ishaq has an approach and writing style that will make learning the Treo quick, painless, and fun for all. Designed for new and eager Treo users, this unbeatable reference guide contains just the information you need (including the basics, such as using the phone, finding your way around the organizer features, and surfing the web)--and then plenty more that you want (things like mobile living with the Treo, such as using it as an MP3 player; selecting available accessories; and taking advantage of countless troubleshooting tips). The Treo Fan Book helps you make the very most of your new, do-all gadget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596008163
• ISBN13: 9780596008161
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Six Stars - I love my Treo

I just love my Treo. Even a smartphone needs a smart user to take advantage of all of its brilliance--especially when that phone is as jam-packed with features as the Treo. To master all of the Treo's phone, email, Internet, photographic, and organizational capabilities, you need this pocket-sized guide! As the only Treo guide authorized by its maker (palmOne), this one goes way beyond the manual to demonstrate the tricks and techniques that aren't divulged anywhere else. With Treo in your hand and this guide at your side, you can work as you read, mastering one topic quickly and then moving on to the next. Each tip or technique takes just minutes to complete, which means you can use what you learn immediately and watch your skills improve every time you pick up your handheld. Use this guide just as you do your Treo itself--when you need it, to do precisely what you want with your smartest of tools! Signed, Erica Phillips (I love my Treo, do you love yours?)

Nice gift for Treo owners

This is a short, compact, introduction to both the hardware and software of the Treo. It walks through all of the external features, the software, and all of the gadgets and gizmos you can add on. In addition there are some pointers to useful third party software that you should have a look at. The walkthrough of the basics of the system software are good enough to be a standalone book that would preclude other book purchases. This is definitely a good gift for new Treo owners, but people with PDA experience may want to have a look at it as well.

nifty mobile computer

Are smart phones the harbinger of what future cellphones might be? Ishaq seems to think so. He devotes his book to the Treo family of smart phones, which is now just over 2 years old. Impressive functionality, that greatly exceeds most cellphones. He points out that the very first Treo 270 in May 2002 was one of the first to be able to surf any site on the web, not just those with pages specialised for phones. All later versions were able to also do this, of course. Whereas the typical cellphone of later 2004, as I write this, still lacks the ability. And from what I can gather, external to the book, don't expect it anytime soon in such phones. The basic tenet of the book is that the Treo is a mobile computer, that can be wirelessly plugged into the phone net. Some users will revel in all the nifty little options. But if you're the sort who thinks a conventional cellphone is just fine, you may want to check out the different viewpoint espoused by the book.