The definitive behind-the-scenes story of the visionary team that launched the handheld industry.  Palm insider Andrea Butter and New York Times columnist David Pogue -- with full, exclusive cooperation of the company's founders and more than fifty key Palm and Handspring executives -- tell the riveting tale of the start of an industry constantly in the headlines. The origins of this volatile industry began with the tiny team who beat staggering odds to turn the PalmPilot into a billion-dollar market and later took their ultimate vision to Handspring, now Palm's most powerful rival.  Many of today's current events relating to the competition in this industry are forecasted in this important business drama. The authors take an unprecedented look at how the visionary founders of the industry led one of the most successful startups in history to succeed against all odds-including a shoestring budget, shortsighted corporate partners, and competition from Microsoft. The roller-coaster ride is full of insight into the bungles of venture capitalists, the allure and pitfalls of partnerships with giant corporations, and the steely determination needed to maintain entrepreneurial and visionary independence. With gripping accounts of the last-minute crises that almost torpedoed the PalmPilot on the eve of its unveiling, and the triumphant, unprecedented reception of Palm in the marketplace, as well as the glimpses into the future of this industry, this book is as entertaining as it is instructional. Key revelations include:  * The principles of business, economy, and product design that led Palm to succeed where billion-dollar corporations like Apple, Motorola, and Casio had failed. * Important moments in technological development of the handheld such as the secret "Easter egg," a software surprise planted in the Palm software that nearly sank launch plans. * Unique insight into the showdown with Microsoft, and 3Com's tragic decision not to make Palm independent that led Palm's founder Jeff Hanwkins and CEO Donna Dubinsky to take their vision elsewhere. * The ongoing competition between Palm and Handspring. The new rivals to contend with including Sony.

Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm Handspring and the Birth of the Billion-Dollar Handheld Industry

Business & Money

David Pogue

Andrea Butter

Biography & History

John Wiley&Sons

Windows Me, the hotly anticipated successor to Windows 98, comes with dozens of important new features. They include a home-networking Wizard; Movie Maker, for creating digital sounds and movies; and self-healing, self-updating software components. But one major failing of Windows remains unaddressed in the Me edition: it comes without a single page of printed instructions.In Windows Me: The Missing Manual, author David Pogue provides the friendly, authoritative book that should have been in the box. It's the ideal user's guide for the world's most popular operating system.The book begins at the beginning: with a tour of the Desktop, the enhanced Start menu, and instructions for customizing the Taskbar and toolbars. There's a special focus on organizing files, folders, and windows for maximum efficiency and minimum clutter.More advanced chapters explore each control panel and built-in application; walk readers through every conceivable kind of configuration (for Internet use, for peripheral equipment, and so on); and guide them in setting up a small network--an essential skill in today's home or small office--including how to share a single Internet connection among several PCs. The book even shows readers how to access one of today's hottest PC features: listening to live radio, or watching live TV, from all over the world, via the Internet.Special appendixes cover more technical ground: the various DOS applications that govern the startup and shutdown process, instructions for installing and updating Windows, and so on.Windows Me: The Missing Manual is a one-stop reference for the professional and consumer Windows user. In keeping with the high standards of the Missing Manual line, the book features superb writing, offers special features for both absolute novices and power users, and covers its topic completely. If Microsoft could close its eyes and wish for the perfect user's guide for its flagship product, Windows Me: The Missing Manual would magically appear.

Windows Me: The Missing Manual

Computers & Technology

Operating Systems

Pogue Press

Apple's wildly popular iPhoto, for its new Macintosh computers, is a gorgeous, polished digital shoebox for uploading, organizing, printing, publishing, and touching up digital photos. iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual-presented by best-selling author David Pogue-keeps pace with the recently revised software, charting the changes and illustrating the interactivity among Apple's iLife software products. With this guide, Macintosh fans can take their digital photos on to the screen, the Web, printouts, hardbound photo books, and even to DVDs, CDs, and digital movies. And they'll learn how to take iPhoto far beyond its deceptively simple list of features.

iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual

Arts & Photography

Derrick Story

Joseph Schorr

Photography & Video

Users will find a lot to like about the new iPhoto 4. With Smart Albums, they can organize photos similar to the way iTunes creates playlists. And they can share photos over a network using the same Apple technology for sharing music. There's much more, and our new Missing Manual covers everything in detail and with scrupulous objectivity. But this witty and authoritative guide goes much further, giving readers the basics they need to make iPhoto really work:Essentials of photography. Using iPhoto without a grounding in camera technique is like getting a map before you've learned to drive. This book offers a friendly guide to the digital camera, and professional tips for making everyday snapshots look spectacular.Editing basics. Even great photos need a little touching up. This book shows how to master iPhoto's brightness and contrast controls, cropping tools, new Enhance and Retouch commands, and more.Finding an audience. iPhoto excels at presenting photos. The book goes into detail about creating and uploading a Web site gallery, creating QuickTime movies from your pictures (both for DVD and on the Web), interactive DVD slideshows, AppleScripting iPhoto, important information on backing up and managing batches of photo files, and putting together one of Apple's linen photo books, including hints on how to arrange the pictures, what book formats work best for what kind of material, how to override the installed designs, and how to make up your own! iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition covers all of these procedures, step by step and offers details on even the smallest nips and tucks.

iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual

Now with the release of Mac OS 8, Macintosh has a new lease on life -- and you have some new features to explore. Thanks to Macs For Dummies, 5th Edition, you'll get the most out of your Mac whether you're a first-time user or an old hand. Multitalented Mac guru David Pogue offers here a complete reference that's as easy to understand as the Mac is to use. You'll discover how to Set up your Mac, including how to connect a printer, monitor, modem, and other hardware Install and upgrade software Streamline your Mac's operating system by getting rid of files you don't need Use popular word processing, spreadsheet, and other applications effectively Play audio CDs and run multimedia CD-ROMs Take your PowerBook on the road Go online and find tons of Mac software to download Soup-up your Mac by adding more RAM or a cache card, or increase the resolution and number of colors your monitor can display by adding VRAM No matter the variety of your Mac -- from Performa to PowerBook to Power Macintosh to Mac clones from Power Computing, UMAX, and others -- Pogue knows it inside and out. And, with Macs For Dummies, 5th Edition, you can, too.

Macs for Dummies (5th ed)

Science & Math

Mathematics

Hungry Minds, Inc

Macworld Mac and Power Mac Secrets

Hardware & DIY

IDG Books

"iPhone UK: The Missing Manual" is a thorough, fun and distinctly UK-flavoured look at the phenomenal new wonder-gadget from Apple, the iPhone. Written by "New York Times" columnist and "Missing Manual" series creator David Pogue, this magnificent book shows you everything you need to know to get the most out of your new iPhone. Full of humour, tips, tricks, and surprises, "iPhone UK: The Missing Manual" teaches you how to extend iPhone's usefulness by exploiting its links to the Web as well as its connection to Macs or PCs; how to save money using Internet-based messages instead of phone calls; and how to fill the iPhone with TV shows and DVDs for free. It includes a whole chapter on O2, the iPhone's mobile carrier in the UK.

IPhone UK

Networking & Cloud Computing

Pogue Press/ O'Reilly

Did you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar? How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident? What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day? When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class or government-issued pamphlet covering the essentials. Somehow, you're just supposed to "know" how to use your phone, tablet, computer, camera, Web browser, e-mail, and social networks. Luckily, award-winning tech expert David Pogue comes to the rescue with "Pogue's Basics, "a book that will change your relationship with all of the technology in your life. With wit and authority, "Pogue's Basics" collects every essential technique for making your gadgets seem easier, faster, and less of a hassle. Crystal-clear illustrations accompany these 225 easy-to-follow tips. Tips include: Make the type bigger on your screen . Bring a wet phone back from the dead . The fastest way to charge an iPad . The 10 best apps to put on your phone . How to type symbols . Bypass annoyingly long voice mail instructions . Use map apps on your phone without an Internet connection . Sign a contract electronically . See what's in a file without opening it . The 12 best free services on the Web . Turn off automatic bullets, lists, and links in Word . Protect yourself from online scams and viruses . Set up an automatic backup system on your computer . What to do about junk e-mail . Send photos so that they don't bounce back . Print or email articles without ads . How to get money for your used electronics . Rename a bunch of files in one fell swoop . Make YouTube videos sharper . and much more. At last, you can lose that nagging, insecure feeling that you're not the master of your own gadgets. The tech tips in "Pogue's Basics "are all you need--the shortcuts to a happier technological life."

Pogue's Basics - Signed/Autographed Copy

Flatiron Books

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power

Abby Carnelia is an average sixth grader. She gets along okay with her parents, does pretty well in school, and has an annoying little brother. There’s absolutely nothing remarkable about her at all—that is, until the day when she happens to tug on her earlobes while standing in front of a hard-boiled egg.That’s the day Abby discovers there’s something very, very special about her after all: she has a magical power, and there are some people who will do anything to find out where it came from.

Children's Books

Humor

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