iPhone 5 Kickstart
Dennis Cohen
Michael Cohen
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Dennis would like to dedicate his efforts here to his wonderful wife, Kathy, who dragged him (kicking and screaming) into cell phone usage a year before the iPhones introduction, and to Apple for the iPhone, the first cell phone he didnt hate and the one that has become his constant companion.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
D ennis would like to acknowledge Michael, whose vision and humor make writing a book like this on a tight schedule bearable and, at times, enjoyable. Thanks also to the folks at McGraw-Hill who shepherded us through the effort: Megg, Stephanie, and Jill. Finally, thanks to our agent, Carole Jelen, for making the introduction.
Michael would like to acknowledge Dennis (of course), our editors, and our agent, and to offer special thanks to Adam and Tonya Engst and the rest of the TidBITS staff and the Control Freaks who made it possible for him to devote the time he needed to work on this book.
About the Authors
Dennis Cohen has 35 years in the software biz as a developer, development manager, consultant, technical editor (more than 400 titles), and author (more than 30 titles), starting out in the Jet Propulsion Laboratorys Deep Space Network in the late 1970s, with stints at Ashton-Tate, Apple/Claris, and Aladdin Systems along the way.
Michael Cohen has been living at the intersection of technology and the humanities for his entire professional life. Over the years, he has taught English composition, worked as a programmer for NASAs Deep Space Network, helped to develop the first commercial ebooks at the Voyager Company (no relation to NASAs Voyager, by the way), co-founded a major universitys Humanities computing center, written a number of books and articles, and played with a lot of new technology while pretending it was for work (yeah, right).
About the Technical Editor
Jill Duffy is a writer and software analyst at PC Magazine. She also writes a weekly column about staying organized in a digital world at www.pcmag.com/get-organized.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
T his book, iPhone 5 Kickstart, is a consolidated guide to the latest incarnation of Apples industry-defining smartphone. It is designed to give you what you need to know to use your new iPhone easily and enjoyably, briefing you on its myriad features and capabilities without slowing you down with technical discussions.
In of this book, we help you get started with your iPhone:
shows you how to set up your new device, helps you make some essential settings, and gives you a tour of whats in the box.
explains how to place calls on the iPhone and make use of its flexible onscreen keyboard for typing and editing. In this chapter you also get to meet Siri, the iPhones intelligent assistant who can answer a variety of questions and perform many tasks for you.
shows you how you can get e-mail from one or more e-mail accounts, how to send e-mail, and how to organize your mail.
takes you to the Web with the iPhones powerful mobile Safari browser and shows you how to make use of its tabbed browsing, shared bookmarks, and reading list capabilities.
