Taking Your iphone to the Max

Erica Sadun holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written, co-written, and contributed to almost two dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn't need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, and a vast myriad of both successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement. Eight Ways to Get the Most out of Your Zune, the O'Reilly shortcut, and Modding Mac OS X, also from O'Reilly, are her latest books. She also wrote Taking Your iPhone to the Max.

1. The Basics * Mastering gestures--from pinching to sliding on your iPhone * Using the iPhone built-in QWERTY keyboard * Navigating your iPhone media (with coverflow, etc) * Placing calls the iPhone way 2. Communications * The iPhone email survival kit * Voicemail * SMS * Taking charge of your calendar with iPhone and iCal 3. Surfing with iPhone * Browsing with iPhone's version of Safari * Getting the most from Google, etc. Websites on your iPhone 4. Expanding the iPhone * Adding new items to your iPhone main menu * Third-party software 5. Media * Everything you need to know in iTunes for your iPhone * Syncing basics (you only have 4 or 8 GB available), esp with smart playlists * Bringing along iBooks on your iPhone (Notes feature, possible/probable PDF reader) * iPhone games * Buying content on the go * iPhone photo slideshows 6. Media Concerns * Connecting iPhone to your TV for video out * Homebrew iPhone content (e.g. Ripping DVDs for iPhone widescreen playback) * Hacking into iPhone's OS X and running real OS X programs there 7. Power Users * Contract-free VOIP with Jajah, Skype, etc. * The limits and possibilities of the technology. (Why only 2.5G, etc?) 8. Accessorizing * The 12 accessories you can't live without: from power cords to docks to speakers to headphones