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The Online Guitar Store - iPod Fan Book
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $11.66
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Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.5
EAN: 9780596007768
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0596007760
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-09-13
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The iPod is more than a digital music device. It has become a cultural phenomenon and a fashion statement, symbolized by the universally recognized white earphones. Already a bestseller in Japan, the iPod Fan Book shows owners how to get the most out of the world s most popular portable music player. This compact and beautifully packaged guide is for iPod users who want a quick, fun way to learn all the features and capabilities of the device. The iPod Fan Book takes readers through the process of loading the iPod with music and then organizing, playing, and even burning those tunes onto CDs and DVDs. The book also discusses ways to use the iPod on-the-go, such as playing it through a car stereo. And it shows how to use the iPod as a PDA for storing things like addresses and personal calendars. The perfect gift for people living the iPod lifestyle.
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Summary: What can I do with my iPod?
Comment: A lot, with suggestions from this little book published by O'Reilly Media. Suggestions for third-party hardware, freeware and shareware programs to make the most of the iPod, and a lot more. At $14.95, this is the basic book for iPod users to have on their bookshelf.
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Summary: Great little book!
Comment: I'm kind of on a mission to read all of the iPod books, seeing as how I'm enjoying the heck out of playing with my iPod. Just finished reading this one, and I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised.
At first glance, I wasn't too optimistic. I mean, how could anything this small cover things that weren't covered in the other books and in more detail? Boy, was I surprised in the value I found here.
While I wouldn't recommend it as a start to finish manual for the iPod, it was a terrific addendum to whatever you might choose as your full manual. Full of great little tidbits of info and tips on how to do lots of very fun and useful iPod tricks. Plus, it sourced several software tools that the other books seem to have missed.
I would definitely recommend this book. Just don't expect it to be the ultimate manual on everything you can do with an iPod or with full and detailed instructions for everything. It does make some assumptions that you have at least some experience with an iPod. However, once you have gotten the basics, this book can definitely help you to expand your usage of the iPod.
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Summary: Great replacement for included iPod manual
Comment: This very nice looking book, very well done content. There's a few tips and tricks for experienced users.
But for the most part, this is a great book for a replacement manual. The included "manual" that comes with the iPod is pretty lacking, and this would be a great additional purchase for your first iPod.
If I were to buy my techno-phobe mom an iPod, I'd also buy this book to go along with it, and she'd be teaching me things in days.
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Summary: A little more style than substance in this good book
Comment: The first impression you get of O'Reillys iPod Fan Book is of the packaging. A small volume (about the same height as the iPod and twice the width) it comes with a half-height wrap that has the title and author on the front and the bar code, price and a short contents on the back. Take this off and you have a full-size cover with all the simple elegance of the white iPod itself. The front features the wheel of a 4G iPod and the back has just the Apple logo and "iPod" in Apple's distinctive typeface below it. Remove this second cover and you have a book with a simple design of grey with a white border, the back is blank and the front has the title and the subtitle "Go everywhere with iPod" in small type.
This concentration on design flows through the rest of the book. It is visually stunning; at the same time, effort has been made to make the design useful. The pages are visually tabbed to make it easy to navigate the seven chapters. Each chapter is tabbed in a different color reflected through use of that color within the chapter. Full color pictures and screen dumps add to the legibility and usability of the book.
This book is also full of useful information for the newcomer to the iPod. A small amount is covered in the documentation you get with the iPod, but a great deal is not. Apart from a useful chapter on accessories, the book focuses on methods of getting the best from an iPod and how to organise your music.
To sum up this book: it is a little more style than substance and falls short of being the ideal book for all newcomers to the iPod (and even less for experienced users). On the other hand, the style makes the information that is provided readily accessible for all. I'd say this is the perfect companion to an iPod for a teen-age girl and if my 12-year-old daughter was getting the mini she has been hinting for, a copy of this would be included. (I expect that anyone who spent more than ten minutes deciding on the colour of their mini would probably love the elegance and style of this thin volume.) The low price makes it a great impulse buy or stocking stuffer.
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Summary: Ipodesque Design is Perfect
Comment: Apple claims to have sold more than 6 million iPods to date and based on its trademark ease of use, 6 million is surely just the beginning. This cute, little book is a perfect companion to the phenomenon in that it presents a wealth of iPod information from downloading and ripping songs to managing playlists and much more all in the same funky Mac/iPoddy style that will appeal to users. Its tabby, buttonny page layouts are perfectly in sync with the design of the product it's describing. If you're buying somebody an iPod as a gift, this would be a perfect additional "throw-in" to introduce them to the "iPod lifestyle" as well.
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