Taking Your iPod touch to the Max

by Erica Sadun

Overview

Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPod touch to the Max gives you all the tips and techniques you could ever think of to make the most of your Apple iPod touch. Erica Sadun is an expert at hacking devices to discover undocumented tricks, and this book reveals everything and more about the functionality of the iPod Touch. But before that, Sadun will give you the best, most efficient, and fun–to–read introduction to the basics of using the iPod touch that you will ever find.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430206422
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/25/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	213
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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