iPhone: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box
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iPhone: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box Details
About the Author David Pogue is the founder of Yahoo Tech, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American and host of science shows on PBS’s “NOVA.” He’s been a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” since 2002.With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the “for Dummies” series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 titles.David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. He’s won two Emmy awards, two Webby awards, a Loeb award for journalism, and an honorary doctorate in music. Read more
Reviews
Lovely to look at, hard to see . . . This is my third Missing Manual, and at first I was delighted to see the more compact size, slick pages, and color illustrations. Then I tried to read it, and within seconds I knew I was in trouble: the text is printed in GRAY, not black. For anyone with visual limitations, this can be a deal-breaker. How ironic that a book which devotes an entire chapter to accessibility violates basic rules of legibility by taking away much-needed contrast between the text and the white paper behind it. Missing Manuals, what were you thinking???Luckily, I discovered that I could read it, but only under a very strong, bright light.I am completely new to iPhones--or any other smartphone--and have been working with this and two other books to get up to speed. The others are iPhone for Seniors for Dummies, which is helpful for introducing the basics; and iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X from the Teaching yourself Visually series (especially useful with everything being clearly labeled on sample screens. I'm getting useful information from all of these books. But iPhone: the Missing Manual is by far the most thorough. For example, it w "first as the only one of the three that talked about the "burst" feature of the camera--something I didn't realize I had triggered.So it's wa worthwhile purchase, but David Pogue, PLEASE use black text in the future. (Note: the Kindle version does have black text--and a serif typeface as well--but I find that format too difficult to use with a reference book.
