Synopses & Reviews
The easy way for the over-55 set to make the most of the iPhoneiPhones are a lot of fun, but if you've spent the past few years clutching onto your flip phone—or land line—for dear life, they can be a bit intimidating right out of the box. Thankfully, this down-to-earth, friendly guide is your life raft! Written in plain English and packed with easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations that make the iPhone accessible to even the biggest technophobes, this new edition of iPhone For Seniors For Dummies will have you texting, talking, surfing the web, connecting on social media, and keeping up with family and friends in no time.
The iPhone combines three products—a mobile phone, an iPod, and a portable game console—into one ultraportable device. Boasting a sleek, minimalistic design with a larger screen and keyboard than those tiny phones of yesteryear, it allows you to send and receive e-mails and text messages, make FaceTime video calls, capture, share, and store photos and videos, get directions with GPS maps, listen to your favorite music, watch YouTube videos, store and synch your contacts, play games, and so much more. Pretty cool, huh? Whether you're looking to take your first stab at texting, want to reap the benefits of having the Internet at your fingertips no matter where you are, or just want to keep up with your kids and grandkids, this hands-on guide gives you fast and easy instructions to get up and running with your new iPhone.
- Large text and drawings make the book accessible and easy to read
- Full color format provides helpful screenshots that bring the instructions to life
- Offers guidance on buying and getting started with your first iPhone
- Covers all of the iPhone features in a straightforward, fun language
Once you get comfortable with your iPhone, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!
Synopsis
- What the book covers: buying and getting started with your iPhone, iPhone accessibility features, taking notes, using maps and organizing your calendar, finding and browsing sites of interest to seniors on the Web with mobile Safari, using the iPhone for e-mail and Facebook, buying apps and iTunes, working with pictures, buying and reading iBooks, buying and playing music, buying and watching videos and searching YouTube for videos of interest to seniors, getting help, printing, safety and maintenance (such as protecting the screen, setting a password, and so on).
- Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for more than seventeen years.