The Gadget Geek's Guide to Your Blackberry And Treo,9781598631715

The Gadget Geek's Guide to Your Blackberry And Treo

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781598631715
ISBN10: 1598631713
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-03-15
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning Ptr
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Summary

"The Gadget Geek's Guide to your Blackberry and Treo" covers everything readers need to know about smartphones, from choosing the right device to taking advantage of all the functions and capabilities. Written in a simple and succinct style, the book provides tips, techniques, definitions, and vivid screenshots to help readers master all of the functionalities of both the Blackberry and the Treo. Starting with the basics, the book goes beyond the manual, covering add-ons, hacking, and even Moblogging. Readers learn how to enhance their work, communication, and entertainment using these ever-popular handheld devices.

Table of Contents

Treo Features and Quick Start
1(22)
Overview Of Your Treo
3(1)
Using The Navigation Pad
3(2)
Connecting And Syncing Your Treo 650 With Your Computer
5(1)
Using Treo's Built-In Productivity Applications
6(7)
Opening Applications
7(1)
Calendar
7(2)
Contacts
9(1)
Tasks
10(1)
Memos
11(1)
Synchronizing Your Productivity Apps
12(1)
Using The Treo Phone
13(2)
Making a Call
14(1)
Receiving a Call
15(1)
Emailing With Versamail
15(2)
Push Email Integration
15(2)
Documents To Go Attachments
17(1)
Text Messaging With SMS, MMS, And IM
17(1)
Surfing The Web With The Blazer Web Browser
18(1)
Using Wifi
19(1)
Using Bluetooth
19(1)
Using Expansion Memory Cards
20(1)
The Realplayer App
21(1)
Coming Up Next
21(2)
BlackBerry Features and Quick Start
23(22)
Overview Of Your BlackBerry 7100G
25(3)
Using the QWERTY Keypad
26(1)
Using the Trackwheel and Escape Button
26(1)
Navigating Your BlackBerry
27(1)
Using The BlackBerry Desktop Software
28(3)
Application Loader
28(1)
Backup/Restore
29(1)
Intellisync
29(2)
Using Your BlackBerry's Built-In Productivity Applications
31(5)
Calendar
31(2)
Address Book
33(1)
Task List
34(1)
MemoPad
35(1)
Using The BlackBerry Phone
36(1)
Getting Messages
36(6)
Establishing Redirector Settings for Outlook
37(1)
Configuring the BlackBerry Web Client
38(2)
Setting Up Blackberry Enterprise Server
40(1)
Sending an Email Message
41(1)
Instant Messaging With Your BlackBerry
42(1)
Using The Wireless Web
42(1)
Using Bluetooth
43(1)
Coming Up Next
43(2)
Productive SmartPhones for Work and Home
45(22)
Locating Contacts And Addresses
46(6)
Navigating Your Treo 650 Contact List
46(3)
Locating Contacts in BlackBerry's Address Book
49(3)
Managing Contacts
52(4)
Managing Contacts on Your Treo 650
52(1)
Managing Contacts on Your BlackBerry
53(1)
Exchanging Contact Information
53(3)
Using The Calendar
56(8)
Using Your Treo 650 Calendar
56(7)
Using BlackBerry Calendar
63(1)
Managing Tasks
64(2)
Using Treo's Tasks
64(1)
Using BlackBerry's Task List
65(1)
Working With Memos
66(1)
Using Treo's Memos App
66(1)
Using BlackBerry MemoPad
66(1)
Coming Up Next
66(1)
Communicating with People on Your SmartPhone
67(38)
Using Your Phone
69(6)
Understanding GSM/GPRS, EDGE, and CDMA
69(1)
Using Your BlackBerry Phone
70(4)
Using Your Treo 650 Phone
74(1)
Using Email
75(11)
Setting Up a Treo Email Account
76(3)
Opening Your Emails
79(3)
Managing Emails
82(2)
Opening Email Attachments
84(1)
Creating a Group Distribution List
85(1)
Using SMS And MMS
86(6)
Composing, Sending, and Opening SMS Messages
87(3)
Composing, Sending, and Opening MMS Messages
90(2)
Instant Messaging
92(11)
Signing Up with Yahoo!
93(1)
Using Your BlackBerry with the Built-in Yahoo! Messenger
93(4)
Instant Messaging with Your Treo 650 Using Yahoo! Mobile
97(1)
Using VeriChat
98(5)
Coming Up Next
103(2)
Browsing the Web with Your SmartPhone
105(24)
Why Bother With The Mobile Web?
107(1)
Browsing Web Pages
107(3)
Using Treo's Blazer Browser
108(1)
Using the BlackBerry Browser
109(1)
Bookmarking Web Sites
110(1)
Bookmarking Sites with Your Treo
110(1)
Bookmarking Sites with Your BlackBerry
110(1)
Saving Web Pages, Requests, And Images
111(1)
Saving Information Using Your Treo
111(1)
Saving Information Using Your BlackBerry
112(1)
Viewing And Managing Bookmarked And Saved Pages
112(3)
Viewing and Managing Bookmarked and Saved Pages on Your Treo
113(1)
Viewing and Managing Bookmarks and Images on Your BlackBerry
114(1)
Copying Information From A Web Site
115(1)
Copying Web Information on Your Treo
115(1)
Copying Web Information on Your BlackBerry
116(1)
Forwarding Web Information
116(1)
Forwarding Information with Your Treo
116(1)
Forwarding Information with Your BlackBerry
116(1)
Searching
117(6)
Searching with the Treo
117(1)
Searching with the BlackBerry
118(1)
Searching with Google Mobile
118(5)
Downloading Files From Web Pages To Your Treo
123(1)
Configuring Security Features On Your Blackberry
124(1)
Clearing The Cache
125(1)
Speeding Up Browsing
126(1)
Coming Up Next
127(2)
Enhancing Your Lifestyle with Your SmartPhone
129(18)
Picture And Video Basics
130(7)
Taking a Picture with Your Treo 650
131(3)
Viewing Pictures on Your Treo 650
134(1)
Recording a Video Using Your Treo 650
135(2)
Viewing Videos on Your Treo 650
137(1)
Managing Pictures And Video On Your Treo 650
137(4)
Copying Media Elements to a Memory Card
138(1)
Deleting Media Elements from Your Device's Internal Memory
138(1)
Working with Albums
139(1)
Sharing Pictures and Videos
140(1)
Enjoying Music On Your Treo 650
141(5)
Downloading Music from Your Computer
142(1)
Transferring Music from a CD to Your Treo
143(1)
Listening to Music on Your Treo
144(1)
Creating and Playing Playlists
145(1)
Editing a Playlist
145(1)
Coming Up Next
146(1)
Customizing Your Device
147(28)
Customizing Your Calendar
148(2)
Tweaking Your BlackBerry Calendar
148(2)
Tailoring Your Treo 650 Calendar
150(1)
Personalizing Your Contacts
150(1)
Customizing the BlackBerry Address Book
150(1)
Adjusting Your Treo 650 Contacts Preferences
151(1)
Tailoring Your Tasks
151(1)
Establishing Your BlackBerry Task List Preferences
151(1)
Setting Your Treo 650 Task Preferences
151(1)
Molding Your Memos
152(1)
Exploring Your Phone Options
153(3)
Setting BlackBerry Phone Options
153(1)
Specifying Treo 650 Ring and Alert Tones
154(2)
Configuring Your Email
156(6)
Setting BlackBerry Email Options
157(2)
Establishing Treo 650 Email Options
159(3)
Tweaking Your Web Browser
162(4)
Configuring Your BlackBerry Browser
162(3)
Setting Your Treo 650 Browser Properties
165(1)
Customizing SMS And MMS
166(1)
Setting SMS and MMS Preferences in Your BlackBerry
166(1)
Establishing SMS and MMS Preferences in Your Treo 650
166(1)
Establishing Your Instant-Messaging Preferences
167(1)
Power Setting Tips For The BlackBerry And Treo 650
167(2)
Working with Your BlackBerry Power Settings
168(1)
Setting Your Treo Power Preferences
168(1)
More Options And Preferences
169(4)
Setting the Treo 650's Auto-Keyguard and Disabling the Touchscreen
169(1)
Setting Screen Preferences
170(1)
Setting Wallpaper Themes
171(2)
Coming Up Next
173(2)
Cool and Useful Tips and Tricks
175(16)
Integrating Your Treo Phone With Other APPS
176(3)
Listening to Music
176(1)
Viewing Contacts
177(1)
Viewing Calendar Events
177(1)
Returning a Call with the NotePad
178(1)
Getting Full Contact Information for Phone Favorites
179(1)
Tricks For The BlackBerry Phone
179(1)
Treo Calendar Tips And Tricks
180(1)
Dragging to Reschedule Calendar Events
180(1)
Indexing and Searching Your Calendar of Events
180(1)
Searching Your Calendar for Contacts
181(1)
Tricks For The BlackBerry Calendar
181(1)
Quickly Adding and Deleting Appointments
181(1)
Quickly Modifying and Rescheduling Appointments
181(1)
Treo Message And Text Tricks
182(2)
Spotting Changeable Data
182(1)
Highlighting and Copying Text
183(1)
Accessing Special Characters
183(1)
Using Search Keywords
184(1)
Messaging And Typing On A BlackBerry
184(4)
Treo Blazer Tips
188(1)
BlackBerry Browser Tips
188(1)
Setting Treo Application Buttons
188(1)
Coming Up Next
189(2)
Killer Add-on Applications for Your BlackBerry
191(20)
Downloading Third-Party Apps
192(4)
Downloading Applications to Your Desktop
193(2)
Downloading Apps to Your BlackBerry
195(1)
Killer Applications For Your Blackberry
196(13)
eOffice Professional Edition
197(1)
IM+ Mobile Instant Messenger
197(1)
PocketMac for BlackBerry
198(1)
My Expense Tracker for BlackBerry
198(1)
My Time Tracker for BlackBerry
199(1)
ExpenseManager
199(1)
Total Fitness for BlackBerry
200(1)
FitCalc for BlackBerry
201(1)
MedicineNet's Pocket Guide to Medications for BlackBerry
202(1)
Medical Dictionary for BlackBerry
202(1)
MP3 Ringtones for 7100 BlackBerry
203(1)
BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex
203(1)
Pocket Express
203(1)
Stock Tracker 2.0 for 7100 BlackBerry
204(1)
Express Movies
204(1)
HelloWorld Map Browser
205(1)
Amplified for BlackBerry
205(1)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary and MSDict Viewer 2
205(1)
English Thesaurus for BlackBerry
206(1)
Wordcaster
206(1)
NetWalk for BlackBerry
206(1)
Mobile Warzones---Desert Warfare
207(1)
Reef War
207(1)
Ascendo Photos for BlackBerry
207(1)
WorldCam---Live WebCam Viewer
208(1)
Freeware and Shareware
208(1)
Coming Up Next
209(2)
Killer Add-on Applications for Your Treo 650
211(18)
Downloading Third-Party APPS
212(3)
Installing Third-Party Applications from a Windows Computer
212(2)
Installing Third-Party Applications from a Macintosh Computer
214(1)
Wirelessly Downloading Apps to Your Treo 650
215(1)
Removing Applications
215(1)
Killer Applications For Your Treo 650
216(12)
Quickoffice Premier for Palm OS---PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
217(1)
Documents to Go Premium Edition for Windows
217(1)
ExpensePlus
218(1)
995 Unit Converter
218(1)
NeoCal
218(1)
mVoice
219(1)
VoiceDiallt
220(1)
Audacity Audio
220(1)
Life Balance
221(1)
Diet and Exercise Assistant
221(1)
Ringo Pro---Treo MP3 Ringtone Player
222(1)
Ultrasoft Money
222(1)
Pocket Quicken
223(1)
MobiTV for Treo 650
223(1)
Directions On-the-Go
224(1)
MyBible 4 with NIV Bible (for Macintosh)
224(1)
The Sci-Fi Mega Collection
225(1)
Scrabble for Palm OS
225(1)
Sudoku Master
225(1)
Atari Retro for Palm OS
225(1)
Village Sim
226(1)
Pocket DVD Studio
226(1)
NoviiAnimator
227(1)
Freeware, Shareware, and eBooks
227(1)
Coming Up Next
228(1)
Moblogging with Your SmartPhone
229(22)
Blogging, Podcasting, Vlogging, And Photo Blogging Defined
230(2)
Capturing Podcasts And Vlogs
232(8)
Desktop Aggregators
233(4)
Web-Based Aggregators
237(1)
Aggregators for the Mobile Internet
238(2)
Test-Driving The Juice Aggregator
240(6)
Exploring Juice
240(1)
Downloading and Listening to Your First Podcast
241(1)
Adding a New Podcast Feed from Juice's Directory
242(3)
Adding a New Podcast Feed from Outside the Juice Directory
245(1)
Moblogging Your Own Podcasts And Vlogs
246(3)
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com)
247(1)
TextAmerica (http://www.textamerica.com)
248(1)
vBlog Central (http://www.vblogcentral.com)
248(1)
SnapNPost.com (http://www.snapnpost.com)
248(1)
Buzznet.com (http://www.buzznet.com)
249(1)
mo:Blog (http://www.tektonica.com/moblog)
249(1)
Coming Up Next
249(2)
The BlackBerry or the Treo 650?
251(12)
Price
252(1)
Design
253(1)
Technical Specifications
254(1)
Hardware Features
255(1)
Software Features
256(2)
Interface
258(1)
Navigation
258(1)
Multimedia Capabilities
259(1)
Quick Reference Technical Summary
259(2)
Closing Thoughts
261(2)
Appendix A Glossary of Terms 263(12)
Index 275

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